My man!

Who can forget the sketchy treasure maps that the players will find/buy?

It's a great opportunity for some fun

It means “uncle”,

In DND, an uncle is some one that enjoys the classic rules, and makes you actually play the game. Like mapping it as you go.

(Though I use terrain tiles that are progressively revealed. Once you’re out of the dungeon, though, it’s on you to remember what was in there.)

Ignore the other guy, people have always used words like “uncle” or “ mom” sarcastically for people who behave in a certain way. It’s not causing the fall of civilization or anything.

(From a fellow unc) Asking what Unc means was such an unc move.

Unc is older than a zoomer, but younger than a boomer.

Mentally, nothing to do with physical age. Just how you present yourself mentally

Union Aerospace Corporation

Eye of the Beholder (and sequels) were so good and so hard.

the fall of the west is now being documented through the new use of linguistic features.

Unc is short for uncle, and in the east, uncle is a common shorthand to refer to an elder who is about your father's age, but not a member of your family. It can be used to refer to strangers "I gave the food to that uncle over there" or, as a nonspecific respect marker "Uncle John went to the market".

Here "unc-mechanic" refers to a mechanic an older person might enjoy.

EDIT: One might be familiar with Ojisan from hentai anime
https://japanphraseadventure.com/ojisan-or-obasan-be-careful-how-to-call-middle-aged-people-in-japan-without-offending-them/

Different strokes for different folks.

Sometimes I'm looking for a gritty note heavy experience, sometimes I'm looking for an easy and fun romp.

Thanks for the reminder that I still need to play the second Untold game

I remember doing that in a bunch of PC dungeon crawlers and Zelda 2 on the NES as well . I have no idea how you'd navigate the last level of Zelda 2 without making a map, that place was infuriating.

No map! Every direction is valid!

My guess is trying to hide from the wrath of the DM

I think it's a DM joke that the party is overlooking the obvious path to continue, the hallway in the background, and instead are doing bonkers stuff in an attempt to progress.

There is no map so he had to make sure there's still a territory

Yes, it's the best way to play that and a few of those other 3D exploration games like Shining in the Darkness.

I like the DS games Etrian Odyssey, they use the touch screen and force you to draw your own maps. The HD remakes are ok but that's by mouse and don't feel the same, lol.

Edit- funny I didn't see the other comment mentioning it too, haha. Funny they're all SEGA now (even if EO is Atlus, lol).