RetroRoleplaying: The Blog

I've discovered the Dungeon Robber game. it's a flash game of old school dungeon crawling. Very old school dungeon crawling. From the game description from the "what the heck is this?" box on the startup screen:

The very first single-player dungeoncrawl game was not a video game. It was a series of charts printed in the first edition of Dungeons and Dragons, back in 1979. By rolling dice according to the instructions, you could generate a dungeon which was illogical, arbitrary, super-lethal, and which often didn't even produce usable results.

THIS GAME USES THOSE CHARTS.

The system is slightly modified early TSR D&D. The game is not graphics intensive. In fact, the main graphic "the random dungeon generator as map" which flashes around as the program rolls dice to generate the next part of the dungeon. Most of the game is text description with choices at the end of every turn. I've found Dungeon Robber to be a lot of fun and very addictive -- and as you probably know, I'm not a big fan of computer RPGs. If you like old school D&D, give Dungeon Robber a try.

Play Dungeon Robber

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The third Sponsor Microlite81 (and Lords & Wizards) Mini-Drive for RetroRoleplaying Cancer Fund is running now. The goal is $500 with the following giveaway items: First Fantasy Campaign (1st Printing), Judge Guild Character Chronicle Cards, Basic Boxed Set (complete including original dice), Expert Boxed Set (complete including original dice), Journey to the Center of the Circle (from Wilmark Dynasty), and The Vampyre's Mirror (also from Wilmark Dynasty). Each $10 donated gives you one chance at one of these items. The top three donors will have a separate drawing for a set of 1st printings of the original three TSR adventure modules (The Giants series as three separate modules: G1, G2, and G3) This is in addition to the usual PDF downloads and other benefits of a donation to the RetroRoleplaying Cancer Fund and sponsorship listings in the upcoming Microlite81 and Lords & Wizards games. To get help us pay our cancer treatment related bills (and to get access to some special downloads and a chance at the above-mentioned items), send a donation in any amount -- small or large -- to me via Paypal. Thank you!

As of 3 August 2013, $125 has been donated in this mini-drive, an additional $375 in donations is needed to trigger the drawings for the items mentioned above.