Dungeons, Dice & Danger

Take a fantasy dungeon crawl, shrink it to pencil and dice, and go hunting for treasure and glory.

Designer: Richard Garfield
Published by: alea
Editions by: Broadway Toys LTD, Lelekan

A roll-and-write dungeon crawl: no miniatures, no sprawling board, just a pencil, a sheet and a handful of dice. You delve into deep, dark dungeons in search of treasure and glory, and the dungeons are, naturally, infested with monsters who have other plans for you. The dice decide what you can do, and you mark down your progress on paper as your hero grows bolder, richer or more battered. Think of a tabletop dungeon adventure shrunk down to a notepad, with the fantasy flavor intact and the setup reduced to handing out pencils. A game takes around an hour, works from one to four players with two as the community favorite, and it is rated for ages 12 and up. Released in 2022.

Roll-and-write dungeon delve for one to fourTreasure and monsters on every page of your sheetFantasy adventure with almost no setup

Who it's for

You like the idea of a dungeon adventure but not the hours of setup, and you are happy to play with just a pencil and some dice.

Not for you if…

You want miniatures, a big board or deep character progression. This is a compact paper game, and the dice always have the last word.

Vibe's take

Light on rules, heavy on that one more room feeling. Dice produce the choices and your sheet records the consequences, so the story builds up in pencil as you go.