Ode to Dungeon Dweller

[bloomann]

Dungeon Dweller was the very first "role playing game" I ever bought, I was really young when I discovered the Crypt of the Socerer boxed set in our local hobby shop. Heratige made (as far as I know) two boxed "paint and play " sets, Crypt of the Sorcerer and the Caverns of Doom. It was probably THE easiest system ever concieved but very complete, revolving around a single D6 throw. Your characters (archtypes in the fantasy world) had only three (!) characteristics - Endurance, Speed, and Fighting Ability. It took about ten minutes to role up characters and my group of friends and I played this simplistic system (embelishing on it of course) for over five years. Inversly we played Champions (when we finally figured it out!) before finally concecrating most of our time to playing Stormbringer. But I still remember being 12 or 13 years old and holding the Halfling figurine in my hand while trying hard to paint it to ressemble the box's excellent paint job. Ahhh. We had so much fun with this system. I think I'm going to post it, or what I remember of it, very soon, just out of love for a lost childish gaming system.

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