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Procedures on paper, nothing for sale
A guest referee should inherit a keyed map, a torch clock, and a reaction table, not a mystery novel about the setting.
This site exists so dungeon and wilderness nights can share a working language: exploration turns, morale, hirelings, light, and rations. The job is orientation, and the cart is empty on purpose.
Copy is kept by the same Pop Culture USA hobby desk that maintains neighboring orientation sites. No SKUs, no drops, no invented crate.
History checks via Old School Revival on Wikipedia keep dates honest. Edition arguments do not; shared procedures do.
Editorial boundaries
Shop links are navigational. Prefer a designer’s own blog for news. If a paragraph here ever conflicts with a primary rules document, trust the primary and tell us.
Empty rooms and reaction rolls exist so the table can surprise the referee. Player ingenuity is the point of a keyed sandbox.
What belongs on other pages
Night-before habits live in Guides. Scope and “are you a shop?” live in the FAQ. Dated page changes live in Updates.
Related desks in this neighborhood
Edition-specific desks when you want a different dialect: