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[–] directsun@ttrpg.network 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Forgive my ignorance, what's going on in this picture?

Looks like a Microfilm reader?
As for the joke... It's like the dungeon was so huge they had to "shrink" it to microfilm to be able to fit in "1 page".

I wouldn't say it's a great joke, but that's what I got out of that.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

It's a bit before my time, but I believe this is microfilm. I still see these at the library but I've never had any reason to use one.

[–] Herbstzeitlose@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

The things in the boxes are microfiche, an archival solution used before scanners were common. The images on them are fingernail-sized and require a bulky device (also pictured) to read.

I work with these things. A fiche is the size of my hand and can hold about 10x23 A4 pages, maybe 10x24 if very dense. Or one ginormous dungeon map, if you really wanted.