Ostensible Cat

So, as I mentioned earlier, I pulled out my old Dungeon! board game. Since it was missing some pieces, I decided to create my own. Since I have quite a few D&D minis sitting around, I figured that I'd incorporate those into the game. Since I am who I am, it has quickly devolved into not just mking up new pieces to replace the old, but a complete redesign of the game with a d20 mechanic as opposed to 2d6. So far I have decided to maintain the six level dungeon board, but I now have twelve classes divided into three tiers (adventurer, heroic, and master). On top of that, there are simple, tiered spell lists, special abilites, and thelike. I want to retain much of the feel of Dungeon! but ramp it up just a little (without becoming a quasi-rpg initself). We shall see how it works out as I playtest it on my son.

I broke out the old TSR Dungeon set today and played a game with my son. There are a few pieces missing, but we got around that and played anyway. While Dungeon isn't very complex, it does teach some basic RPG tropes such as dungeon delving ,basic tactics, etc. We had quite a bit of fun. I always loved Dungeon! as a kid. It was to the point where my brother and I even made our own classes (such as the druid, cleric, paladin, and monk - to bringa more AD&D feel) as well as adding monster, treasure and expanded rules. Since we are missing some pieces, I might go out and get some business card stock and create all new cards and introduce some of the rules I came up with back then. Perhaps even add some minis for flavor. Yeah, that would be fun!