Memory When I first started running OSR-style games with The Black Hack (1 st edition), I found it almost impossible to track torches. Or a...| permacrandam.blogspot.com
The nature of the random encounter check is that of a timer. While it is not a literal countdown (since random results are mathematically independent), it simulates one. It is the danger clock, always ticking, giving meaning to the decision to search (or not), investigate just one more room (or not)| Necropraxis