Cavern Crawl: Version 2.5 Now Available!

[Funghy-Fipps]

INSPIRED by my inextinguishable love of HeroQuest and Advanced HQ – the sacred games of my golden youth - last summer I set about creating a set of ultimate miniature-based dungeon bash rules (or something). Initially these were for private use only and involved little more than a crude interweaving of SBH/SDG, AHQ and Mordheim, with a few flourishes of my own. Fast-forward to now and the rules have become their own entity: standing alone and - dare I write it? - aloof from the aforementioned sets. Like them, though, they are still miniature-based, with character advancement and campaign-play at their core, but the mechanics are assuredly different; less clunky than the GW systems yet evincing more depth than SBH. In the tradition of such rules they are too restrictive to be considered true roleplay, but they do of course borrow motifs from, for instance, early incarnations of DnD.

The edition offered here (in pdf format) has been heavily edited and quite extensively play-tested, but I'd be patently lying if I claimed it's truly finished (and, yes, I know the page numbers are whack). This is where you guys - esteemed fantasy gaming aficionados - come in! I'd be extremely grateful if any interested readers could download them, have a quick read - the core rules are covered over a paltry six pages! - and perhaps then at some point have a quick game. If any of you are able to do so and then get back to me with any thoughts, critiques et cetera I'd be most appreciative. As you can probably tell I'm rather pleased with these rules, but am naturally slightly biased in this view and would like to garner the honest opinions of others. If judgements are positive then I'll think about commissioning a friend to work up a logo and some artwork and get to work on improving the layout. The intention here is not to necessarily make a profit or anything of the sort: I'd just love to author a set of rules with cool artwork that give fellow gamers pleasure.  

Here's the link: Cavern Crawl

[Christian]

Well, that looks rather nice! I've printed off a copy for train reading on the way home  Thanks for sharing... I look forward to having a go, actually!

[Estarriol]

Looks good from a quick flick through. I'll have a more thorough read later.

[Gibby]

Can't access it. It keeps redirecting me to "Google Drive" welcome page, trying to get me to sign up to something. 

[beefcake]

Very cool rules there. Looks like you've put a lot of work into it. Well done!!

[phreedh]

Looks good Gareth! Will try to print at work today.

[Funghy-Fipps]

Thanks to all who've showed interest.  If you have a chance to try the rules out please let me know what you think!

Can't access it. It keeps redirecting me to "Google Drive" welcome page, trying to get me to sign up to something. 

Apologies.  If you'd like to PM me your email and I'll send you it as an attachment.

Looks good Gareth! Will try to print at work today.

Cheers Phreedh.  Ignore the previous incarnation: this is far superior!  Let me know what you think!

[Funghy-Fipps]

Looks good from a quick flick through. I'll have a more thorough read later.

I see you're a local man!  Thanks for the interest.  If you fancy a game at some point then please let me know (I live in Woodbury a couple of miles from Exeter).

[Estarriol]

Shiny! I messaged you, I'm in Crediton. Just the other side of Devon's thriving metropolis.

[Mr. Cigarface]

I must say, the rules look very promising! Pretty simple, but not as shallow as SoBH, and with a good oldschool fantasy feel to it that makes me want to dig out my worn copy of AD&D 2nd ed. Player´s Handbook.

Looking forward to playing it in the near future.

Rules question #1: what is the benefit of being small, cf. halfling? It doesn´t figure among the descriptions of the characteristics...

[Funghy-Fipps]

Rules question #1: what is the benefit of being small, cf. halfling? It doesn´t figure among the descriptions of the characteristics...

Well observed!  It should be listed under 'Characteristics' and any models with Small are targeted by ranged attacks at -1 (it is mentioned under Encounter Phase>Ranged Attacks).  Thanks for pointing that out and I hope you enjoy the game.  Please let me know what you think.

[thenamelessdead]

Shiny! I messaged you, I'm in Crediton. Just the other side of Devon's thriving metropolis.

Are you sure about that bit?!

The rules look proper 'ansome.  It's nice for all the heroes to start with a skill - and just imagine how formidable they will all be after taking Stout Porter on board!

[Funghy-Fipps]

Some images from a recent crawl:

More blurb on the blog.

[blackstone]

That looks great mate.. !

[Dr. The Viking]

Inspiring! Such an atmosphere in those photos!