#imaginary prisons

You wouldn’t just let her die, would you?

Had to disappoint a lot of people to get to where he is today.

'A short stay in hell', Steven L Peck // 'Imaginary Prisons', Giovanni Piranesi

Mood board / dungeon inspiration of the day: Giovanni Piranesi’s Carceri d’invenzione, Imaginary Prisons, fantasy landscapes of massive stone architecture dominated by columns and arches, stairs and bridges to nowhere, barred gates, and hanging ropes and chains (begun around 1745 and published as two versions in 1750 and 1761).  The original designs would be difficult to map, but it’s worth incorporating some of these elements to a dungeon encounter location.  To evoke this on a wargaming table I would omit the tall surrounding walls and build one or more central towers with stairs and balconies, placing some lower pieces around them.

Le Pont-levis, 1761 Giovanni Battista Piranesi Domaine public