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Uncle Skeleton's Nightmare Tunnels Return! - Dungeons & Lairs Poll for August 2022 + Index
🕑 Added 2022-06-22 12:03:04 +0000 UTCFinally able to share some big news with everyone—Uncle Skeleton's Nightmare Tunnels will be making its grand return. And this time, I've got some backup—the writing team and I will be tackling the Nightmare Tunnels.
If you haven't heard of Uncle Skeleton's Nightmare tunnels yet, it's a colossal map created by Tim Hartin of Dungeon of the Mad Mage fame that's got over 170 rooms. I've attempted to stock it twice but lost steam midway through both times. With writers helping, it should be a lot easier, now! I'll be writing some of the big pieces and also overseeing the whole project, so it should still have the zany Gygaxian vibe you've come to love with the two previous attempts.
It will probably take us about two months to complete the entire thing as I've got to make new maps (using my fancy new resources) and the writers will have to divvy up the 170+ rooms that make the full complex.
I let all the writers pick three monsters that they want to write for this first batch. Pick the one that you like the best and that monster will get its own section of the infamous Nightmare Tunnels.
This poll will end in two weeks to give everyone plenty of time to vote.
As usual, here's the Dungeons/Lairs back catalog. Kenku, aarakocra, drow, and merfolk won the last poll, so they'll be featured in a series of Spelljammer adventures prior to the release of Uncle Skeleton.
Dungeons and Lairs Index
- Dungeons & Lairs 01: Skeleton Tomb
- Dungeons & Lairs 02: Kobold Tunnels
- Dungeons & Lairs 03: Archmage Stronghold
- Dungeons & Lairs 04: Animated Objects
- Dungeons & Lairs 05: Banshee Tower
- Dungeons & Lairs 06: Basilisk Canyon
- Dungeons & Lairs 07: Aboleth Cave
- Dungeons & Lairs 08: Crawler Chasm
- Dungeons & Lairs 09: Mummy Lord's Pyramid
- Dungeons & Lairs 10: Depth Watcher's Pool
- Dungeons & Lairs 11: Dread Knight's Oubliette
- Dungeons & Lairs 12: Shadow Cat Gully
- Dungeons & Lairs 13: Dragon Turtle Shipwreck
- Dungeons & Lairs 14: Fey Dragon Forest
- Dungeons & Lairs 15: Fungus Grotto
- Dungeons & Lairs 16: Ophidian Monastery
- Dungeons & Lairs 17: Night Hag Gallery
- Dungeons & Lairs 18: Darkmantle Space Freighter
- Dungeons & Lairs 19: Griffon Nest
- Dungeons & Lairs 20: Lich Tower
- Dungeons & Lairs 21: Werewolf Village
- Dungeons & Lairs 22: Haunted Castle
- Dungeons & Lairs 23: Ethereal Plane
- Dungeons & Lairs 24: Flesh Golem Laboratory
- Dungeons & Lairs 25: Pazuzu's Aerie
- Dungeons & Lairs 26: Vampire Church
- Dungeons & Lairs 27: White Dragon Cavern
- Dungeons & Lairs 28: Ninja Clan Hold
- Dungeons & Lairs 29: Minotaur Maze
- Dungeons & Lairs 30: Owlbear Wood
- Dungeons & Lairs 31: Mimic Museum
- Dungeons & Lairs 32: Oni Palace
- Dungeons & Lairs 33: Rust Monster Mine
- Dungeons & Lairs 34: Revenant Ghost Ship
- Dungeons & Lairs 35: Sphinx Pyramid
- Dungeons & Lairs 36: Shadow Hotel
- Dungeons & Lairs 37: Salamander Forge
- Dungeons & Lairs 38: Treant Grove
- Dungeons & Lairs 39: Troll Bridge
- Dungeons & Lairs 40: Unicorn Island
- Dungeons & Lairs 41: Water Weird Ruins (Tovin's Flying Castle)
- Dungeons & Lairs 42: Wyvern Motes (Tovin's Flying Castle)
- Dungeons & Lairs 43: Vampire Undercroft (Tovin's Flying Castle)
- Dungeons & Lairs 44: Xorn Tunnels (Tovin's Flying Castle)
- Dungeons & Lairs 45: Mage Cube (Seekers of Yil)
- Dungeons & Lairs 46: Cultist Cathedral (Seekers of Yil)
- Dungeons & Lairs 47: Noble Tower (Seekers of Yil)
- Dungeons & Lairs 48: Assassin School (Seekers of Yil)
- Dungeons & Lairs 49: Untitled Kenku Spelljammer Adventure
- Dungeons & Lairs 51: Untitled Aarakocra Spelljammer Adventure
- Dungeons & Lairs 52: Untitled Drow Spelljammer Adventure
- Dungeons & Lairs 53: Untitled Merfolk Spelljammer Adventure
- Dungeons & Lairs 54: Uncle Skeleton's Nightmare Tunnels Part 1
- Dungeons & Lairs 55: Uncle Skeleton's Nightmare Tunnels Part 2
- Dungeons & Lairs 56: Uncle Skeleton's Nightmare Tunnels Part 3
- Dungeons & Lairs 57: Uncle Skeleton's Nightmare Tunnels Part 4
- Dungeons & Lairs 58: Uncle Skeleton's Nightmare Tunnels Part 5
- Dungeons & Lairs 59: Uncle Skeleton's Nightmare Tunnels Part 6
- Dungeons & Lairs 60: Uncle Skeleton's Nightmare Tunnels Part 7
- Dungeons & Lairs 61: Uncle Skeleton's Nightmare Tunnels Part 8
- Dungeons & Lairs TBD: Scarecrow Farm
- Dungeons & Lairs TBD: Succubus Chamber
Dungeons & Lairs Megamodules
- Dungeons & Lairs Megamodule #1: Tovin's Flying Castle
- Dungeons & Lairs Megamodule #2: Seekers of Yil
- Dungeons & Lairs Megamodule #3: Untitled Spelljammer Adventure
- Dungeons & Lairs Megamodule #4: Uncle Skeleton's Nightmare Tunnels Part 1
- Dungeons & Lairs Megamodule #5: Uncle Skeleton's Nightmare Tunnels Part 2
Fan Content Policy Monsters
- Dungeons & Lairs F1: Mind Flayers
Comments
Gillian Brunet
Really excited that you're going back to this, and hopeful that this time you will finish! I know big projects can be hard to drag across the finish line, but I would really like to DM this one!
Ltbadger
./Happy Dance That was the other project
DM Dave
Nice. Yeah, should be good. Neverending Dungeon is more or less coming back, too
Ltbadger
I am so happy about this news. It was this project and one other that I started my patreon to you
DM Dave
Oh yes. I’ll be writing that section
DM Dave
Yeah just cause I got new assets and there’s new writers. It’ll keep a lot of the flavor though
Jason Juillerat
So, is this a complete revamp of the originals or brand new altogether? Either way, this is exciting! I LOVE Uncle Skeletons Nightmare Tunnels!
Ben Corbett
i am all about those complex traps that would make a kobold blush
Frank Moore
Invisible stalkers for the win!!!
