Looks cool. I like Trapdoor better than Cavern Crawl, if that helps!
Is the game written expressly to include miniatures, or are they just icing on the cake?
I have been looking for a crawl game. How close to the old red box basic set is this game.I think Trapdoor captures the feel of [and pays homage to] the classics, but it definitely isn't a D&D retroclone. That's what I love about it. It takes all the elements that make a dungeon crawl cool and puts them in a tight, concise ruleset with modern design sensibilities. It's really impressive how comprehensive it is without getting bogged down in minutia.
thats what I was getting at, the 'feel' of a red box game of D&D. (lets go down a hole and kill stuff and take its money!) Which while lacking in the role playing depth of later games did deliver a super fun game in its own right. I guess that would be my dream. All the fun of 'role playing' 80's style with the added bonus of minis and tile terrain of which both was unaffordable back in the early 80's to me.That's the EXACT itch I'm aiming to scratch with Trapdoor. So far, I've only had a few trial games on older versions but it seems promising.
It definitely gets the thumbs up from me. Trapdoor is what I use all the components from my first edition Descent board game for. ;) And really, you can't beat the PDF/print combo price.
I have the old PDF from a year or two ago. It's intriguing, though it's a very early build. It looked well thought out - was well written though it looks a little bit dry for my style.
That was a long time ago - might take a peek at it again. It had good mechanics for building and pricing out units - allowing a GM a lot of lee-way.
thats what I was getting at, the 'feel' of a red box game of D&D. (lets go down a hole and kill stuff and take its money!) Which while lacking in the role playing depth of later games did deliver a super fun game in its own right. I guess that would be my dream. All the fun of 'role playing' 80's style with the added bonus of minis and tile terrain of which both was unaffordable back in the early 80's to me.
Purchased, downloaded and statting up a party tonight! =)
Get them rules, friends. It's a very nice and straightforward system. Congrats on getting it to market, Gareth!
I've been searching for a dugneon crawler with good granularity and longevity, and it sounds like TD might fir the bill. However, before I go and purchase it, I would like some more information on the underlying gameplay mechanics, especially what attributes there are and their limits, and how level progression is handled, as well as maybe a short desription of a melee attack or something like that :)
Have you tried Wargames Vault? I saw it on there a few months ago so assume it's still there.