Keep

A keep (from the Middle English kype) is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word keep, but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residences, used as a refuge of last resort should the rest of the castle fall to an adversary. The first keeps were made of timber and formed a key part of the motte-and-bailey castles that emerged in Normandy and Anjou during the 10th century; the design spread to England as a result of the Norman invasion of 1066, and in turn spread into Wales during the second half of the 11th century and into Ireland in the 1170s. The Anglo-Normans and French rulers began to build stone keeps during the 10th and 11th centuries; these included Norman keeps, with a square or rectangular design, and circular shell keeps. Stone keeps carried considerable political as well as military importance and could take up to a decade to build.

Donjon (role-playing game)

Donjon (French for keep) is an independently published role-playing game by Clinton R. Nixon, published by Anvilwerks.

History

Donjon, a narrative dungeon crawl by Clinton R. Nixon, was one of the indie role-playing games that appeared in the months following the casual gathering of indie enthusiasts at the booth for Adept Press, which became a booth for The Forge, at GenCon 34 in 2002.Donjon, InSpectres, and Misguided Games' Children of the Sun (2002) were finalists for the first Indie Game of the Year award, but they lost to the very-well received Dust Devils (2002) by Matt Snyder.

Description

Donjon is a fantasy game that is both a parody of and an homage to Dungeons & Dragons. Based on the result of die rolls in conflict resolution, players get to add facts to the situation, which gives them power to steer the adventure in directions the game master doesn't expect.

References

External links

  • Official homepage
  • Discussion forum
  • Dungeon (comics)

    Dungeon (French title: Donjon) is a series of comic fantasy comic books created by Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim, with contributions from numerous other artists. It was originally published in France by Delcourt as a series of graphic albums; English translations of the first several stories have been released by NBM Publishing, first in a black-and-white periodical version and now as several color graphic novels.

    The series is a parody of sword and sorcery conventions in general, and specifically of the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons. All of the characters are either anthropomorphic animals or other strange creatures. The "dungeon" of the title is, in the original series, a business establishment run by a mild-mannered chicken, where heroes come in search of adventure and treasure and invariably die. The timeline in the main continuity is described as the stages of day; the series that lead up to the dungeon's creation are described in the Potron-Minet (Dawn) segment, the castle's glory days are described as its Zénith, and its inevitable decay is described in the Crépuscule (Twilight) stories.

    Podcasts:

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    Wasted Years

    by: Dungeon

    [Bonus Track, Iron Maiden Cover]
    From the coast of gold, across the seven seas
    I'm travellin' on, far and wide
    But now it seems, I'm just a stranger to myself
    And all the things I sometimes do, it isn't me but
    Someone else
    I close my eyes, and think of home
    Another city goes by in the night
    Ain't it funny how it is, you never miss it 'til it's
    Gone away
    And my heart is lying there and will be 'til my
    Dying day
    [Chorus:]
    So understand
    Don't waste your time always searching for
    Those wasted years
    Face up... make your stand
    And realise you're living in the golden years
    Too much time on my hands, I got you on my mind
    Can't ease this pain, so easily
    When you can't find the words to say it's hard to
    Make it through another day
    And it makes me wanna cry and throw my
    Hands up to the sky




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