Dungeon Crawl dungeon creation

[jdroscha@...]

Hey All,

   I've been exchaning some emails with Jim Doherty of Eight 
Foot Llama and he has what I feel are some excellent 
suggestions for clarifying the dungeon creation rules in 
Dungeon Crawl.  I'd like any and all opinions either way.  Some 
combination of the two?  How would you write it?

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Rules currently in draft:

	The first player places a tile face-down in the middle of the table,
then takes all four pawns and places them on the line segments 
between
the spaces of the tiles (one per segment).  Starting with the 
second
player, take turns placing tiles face down in the following 
manner:
1) Turn over a tile and match its color to one of the pawns on the 
first
tile played, noting which edge of that tile the pawn is on.
2) Place the tile, face-down, adjacent to the last tile placed, 
against
the edge of the last tile placed that correlates to the matching 
colored
pawn.
3) If there is already a tile in the place determined by this 
method,
place the tile anywhere along the edge furthest from the first tile
played, in the direction that correlates to the matching colored 
pawn.
4) After placing the tile, choose a coin and place it, value-side up, 
on
the tile in the space closest to you (each player should be 
placing
coins in different corners of tiles).

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Jim's suggestion:

The first player places a tile face-down in the middle of the table,
then takes all four pawns and places them on the line segments
between the spaces of the tiles (one per segment).   The black
pawn indicates north.  The other pawns will therefore indicate
east, south, and west.

Starting with the second player, take turns placing tiles face
down in the following manner:

1) Turn over one tile and place it next to the last tile played.
The color of this tile will indicate where it should be played 
relative
to the last tile.  If it is black, for example, place it on the north 
edge
of the last tile played.  A red tile might have to be played on the 
east
edge of the last tile, while a green tile might have to be played on 
the
south edge, etc..  The orientation of the pawns will tell you where
to place your tile.

2) It may be that you can't place your tile because there is already 
a
tile in that location.  If so, place the tile anywhere along the edge
furthest from the first tile played, in the appropriate direction.  For 
example, if you can't place a black tile, place it instead
  on the north edge of the northernmost tile on the board.  If
  multiple tiles tie for the title of northernmost, take your pick.

3) After placing the tile, choose one of your coins and place it,
value-side up, on the tile.  Put it on the space closest to you.  
Thus
each player will be placing coins on a particular space 
(northeast,
northwest, southeast, southwest) of any given tile.
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Thanks,
James