#the prisons

Jacques Rivette - Joan the Maid II: The Prisons (1994)

Joan The Maid, Part II: The Prisons (1994) | dir. Jacques Rivette

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.

That's the American dream right there.

Jacques Rivette - Joan the Maid I: The Battles (1994) & Joan the Maid II: The Prisons (1994)

Jacques Rivette - Joan the Maid II: The Prisons (1994)

Giambattista Piranesi, The Prisons, 1743-60