OMG how is this not a genre of table-top gaming unto itself?! Oh man, I could see a steadily growing collection of these to serve as one-room, or small building interiors to drop onto the table as players come and go from places, or discover little buildings along their overworld travels. Little country inn's, blacksmith shops, pubs, abandoned houses, small jails, shops. And when you're done with the room, you close it up and put it back on a shelf, all self-contained. AMAZING o_o
Indeed, I've made a few of these now ...and while they're not as versatile as regular dungeon tiles, I kinda like them for the reasons you stated above :) (I might see if I can do a dreaded 'short' video of some of my other finished ones at some point)
There's a brand called Tenfold Dungeon that pretty much did an entire kickstater of this. All matrioshka-like dungeons that collapsed into a single box.
I see you making an entire dungeon like this one day. Just think. You pop into a game store with a case full of tiny boxes, each a ready-made and prepared scene. Your players start very confused, but then call you on the genius of doing it this way.
😄 😄 😄 On a more serious note though - clean/unused pizza boxes work great (here's everything that I could fit inside a small 7" one): i.imgur.com/gE49gJs.jpg
What a cool concept! You could keep everything a secret, even giving players a choice; "pick a number!". And then play a room from a selection of 'adventure in a box'.
Switching between angles while filming does provide a better look to what you are making. So i think it will be good to continue experimenting and find what works best.
You never cease to amaze. I thought that box was too small for much of anything and you turned it into a playable cellar! Regarding the new camera work, it looks good. The whole process was very easy to follow and the editing was smooth. Thank you for all you've created.
I have a similar 'pizza box dungeon' that I made a while back. I might have to post a quick video to showcase that at some point :) Plus, this was a similar idea (if you missed it): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dVaWuwP2gEU.html
OH MY GOD!!! this is such a great idea! I am going to tweak it a bit and try to make a tavern and shops for my son's DnD sessions, so he always has a quick set to pull up for when his players pull up to a town.
These boxes do come in a few different sizes - plus I've also made a little tomb in a (clean/unused) pizza box in the past - so they're a good option too.
An interesting format. I could easily see the versatility and convenience of using a collection of these in varying sizes for when one has to travel to run a game. I would expect them to take up a lot of space once I had a lot of them due to the box form factor. If my entire terrain system were based around this method, I would need a lot more storage room. Using a flatter method of floor tiles separate from wall tiles increases the modularity while decreasing the storage footprint. Still, this is clever and I can definitely see it being appropriate for specific situations. I like the multi-camera approach, with more practice I can see it greatly improving your videos. I also approve of your technique of asking 2-3 relevant questions to improve the comment rate. It's obviously working, keep doing it! 🙂
For a similar 'pizza box dungeon' that I made - the box also housed a bunch of flat 2D tiles (i.e. no 2.5D walls) ...and that helped to make a bigger encounter area. I'll have to post a video at some point to show what I mean :)
more like this please! it is so hard having the compulsion to make terrain but have to transport boxes of said terrain to my local gaming store to actually use it.... this dungeon in a box idea is perfect for the gm on the go!
Yeah, the majority of my IRL gaming has also been done away from home - so I normally have to do most of it on a wet-erase mat (with a few scatter pieces thrown in here and there) - and I just concentrate on building one or two main encounter areas (which isn't perfect, but like you say, transporting more than that is a bit of an issue). However, the only problem with the '...in a box' builds is that I normally tailor the textures to fit the specific size of box I happen to have (the recent 'short' is a good example of this) - so I really need to make the box as well if I want to do a video/adventure that everyone can make (which I do hope to do at some point - I just don't know when). So yeah - it's on the to do list (with 101 other things 😅).
@@CrookedStaffTerrain I know that pain. I've been transporting those 20liter boxes of terrain and it's an absolute ache on my little scooter XD I've been sort of groping towards the idea of like a nesting box of terrain interiors, like 5 or 6 trays that all fit into one another, with textured tops to be the outside of the building so I can put down a tray upside down before they open the door, then flip the tray over and arrange furniture inside when they go in, but your boxes are such an elegant solution to the problem. A set of square ones of different sizes and another set of rectangles all set up to be fairly generic dungeon rooms with a little space for movable scatter in there would give an absolute plethora of options, so that's probably my next goal.
I love this! I too feel bad about throwing away particularly pleasing mail boxes. I could watch MANY videos just like this one ;) New camera angle and lighting looks good! All you need is a slo mo turntable haha. I would love a shot including the mini's at the end.
This is just plain brilliant! I'm thinking of having maybe 20 or so in these, to have a random dungeon feel or something. This is really feeding my inner imagination troll. Good work, and thanks!
I love it! Also the camera angle switches look very snappy. I think they could also be helpful because sometimes it is easier to see what you are talking about from a side angle.
Very HAPPY I found your Reddit Post. Great video and this time of year (December) there tends to be a number of packages that can be reused as store-able RPG rooms
Nice Job Kris! that's great for a quick little adventure or a tie-in to a larger adventure. Great video as always and thanks for sharing. Thanks also to the members of the discord that inspired you to make this
@@CrookedStaffTerrain An extra room (cellar) to search is like any other room in an adventure. It all depends on what is lurking in the corners from one game to the next 🙂
I follow a number of papercrafting channels that do cardmaking.... AND box-making (The posh paper lady is the one I'm mostly thinking about here). With her techniques to make a box - I think doing this could be really easy even if we don't have a particular box in the mail. (I get a lot of very big boxes with my bulk pet food order). I REALLY like this idea. Especially for small buildings. It could be really cool to do a farm house box, to dump in the middle of a battlemap for a farm combat.
It's a bit crude - but I made my own little box in this video (though I didn't show how I made the contents): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dVaWuwP2gEU.html So yeah, I think there's a lot of potential for this kind of thing :)
Very nice take! I have used 3D print spool boxes and pasted on the exterior to make a 3d building and the interior is used to store items for the night. Easy to carry and a nice change to the game every so often. What makes this work so well is the low walls, so you still have access into the small foot print. Kudos! Edit: You have done something similar...ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dVaWuwP2gEU.html
Great video. I think switching to the side angle for shots that require seeing the vertical walls are helpful to get a better view of what it might look like to people sitting around the table.
I have one in a small pizza box that's already made - but I was thinking of doing a short video of me unpacking it and laying it all out. There's also another tiny example here: i.imgur.com/rK5u0yv.mp4
I know I'm late to the party, sir, but thank you so much for sharing such an inspired project idea with us. I'll but turning one of my "Dungeon in a Box" parcels into... well, a dungeon in a box. LOL
Not a dungeon - but if you mean a little 'village in a box' using some of my 'tiny terrain' ...then yes, yes I have :) See the image on the right of this pic: i.imgur.com/FwefLJ2.jpg 😅
Hi, just found your channel. This is a great idea, it would be great to see a whole series of these with explanations of the images used and developing the theme as you went on. Keep up the great work 👍
This could be A THING. I mean, a very-light-hearted ruleset, smaller squares and definitely smaller minis (even standees), at an affordable price could mke for an awesome product series of autoplayable stand alone boxes.
As a crafting channel - I'm more about encouraging folks to have a go at making their own DIY 'dungeons in a box' TBH. Though they don't have to be this small - for example, here's an example of what I was able to fit into a small 7" pizza box: ru-vid.comDH6wLY5GuB8?feature=share So I imagine you could probably fit a whole lot more into a 12" box :)
I couldn't tell the size from the community post. I see now that is 4" x 4". That *_is_* tiny. I got some boxes to hold a ream of computer paper. As they were sold in pack of 25, I now have 20, 8.5" x 11" x 2" boxes to make into one-shot dungeons and/or common buildings. I just need to come up with a story so I know what I need make.
Nice (with regard to the boxes). Sometimes I just start making some terrain with only the vaguest idea of what I can use it for... and then I'll kinda work the story around the terrain. Failing that, I find an old tomb will rarely be a bad choice :)
@@CrookedStaffTerrain: I used one of my boxes to store all the pieces of the Build Along Dungeon, so I could, should, make the dungeon behind the bricked-up archway. (Not necessarily a tomb,) I have to think about this...
If time allows, I'll try and post a picture of my 'pizza box tomb' on the community page next week (or I might try to do a boxing/unboxing of it as a 'short').
I love this idea - once you have a bunch of them you could create random mini adventures quite easily by blind selecting some of them, especially if you have predefined encounters for each room. Superb for new DM's, And the dual camera is great. What's the software as I was looking for something to allow 2 webcams but was struggling to find a decent one. Cheers, keep up the good work.
To capture the footage I used OBS (I finally gave it a go - as I think it's what a lot of folks use) - it's a free download. I did have to switch camera views manually while I was recording though (like I would if it were a livestream) - but I'm still figuring it out :)
@@CrookedStaffTerrain Cheers. Might give some video stuff next year, tried it a while back but my DSLR kept switching off during filming so I'm thinking Webcams may be the way to start.
Haha, I did this to troll my spouse, well sort of trolling... It's one of the outcomes. Nothing to this quality calibre. She's not a fan of all the boxes I keep around. So pasted terrain and took memories from the games we played and left a little note card with the little notes about the memories between the characters had in the scenes and recreated the scenes, crudely mind you. It more like do it your foldout papercraft scenes. The plan is when I die she (or one of the kids will find all these allegedly empty 'boxes' of memories.) I hope they open them before they bin them... Oh well, I'll be gone. The Joy was in the journey. And if push comes to shove about my 'empty' box collection... This is the troll part. I can show them how empty they really are. That's the less desirable outcome but entirely self serving. No one will question my box collection ever again. Either way I win (in my own mind.)
