lefttop righttop
leftborder rightborder
leftborder
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
June 20, 2013, 10:25:19 AM

Login with username, password and session length
Recent
[Today at 10:24:39 AM]

[Today at 10:22:02 AM]

[Today at 10:21:25 AM]

[Today at 10:20:31 AM]

[Today at 10:17:58 AM]

[Today at 10:17:33 AM]

[Today at 10:15:54 AM]

[Today at 10:10:20 AM]

[Today at 10:09:08 AM]

[Today at 10:05:03 AM]
Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 6   Go Down
Author Topic: Cavern Crawl: Version 2.5 Now Available!  (Read 6117 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Funghy-Fipps
mad scientist



Never yield! Never lay down your sword!

Offline Offline

Age: 32
Location: East Devon, UK
Posts: 715


WWW
« on: August 20, 2012, 12:47:27 AM »

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
« Last Edit: January 16, 2013, 11:59:03 AM by Funghy-Fipps » Logged

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.  ~ G.B. Shaw

http://drumsdeep.blogspot.co.uk/

My under-development dungeon crawl game: Cavern Crawl 2.8
Christian
Supporting Adventurer
scatterbrained genius
*


... standing on the shoulders of giants.

Offline Offline

Age: 30
Location: The Antipodes
Posts: 2555


WWW
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2012, 05:09:20 AM »

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

Intergalactic Games - http://www.intergalacticgames.com.au
Custom-built terrain
Accessories
Australian stockist of Lead Adventure Miniatures
Estarriol
librarian




Offline Offline

Location: Near Exeter, Devon
Posts: 121


WWW
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2012, 07:12:14 AM »

Looks good from a quick flick through. I'll have a more thorough read later.
Logged
Gibby
Supporting Adventurer
mad scientist
*



Offline Offline

Age: 25
Location: Lincoln UK
Posts: 795


« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2012, 11:34:12 PM »

Can't access it. It keeps redirecting me to "Google Drive" welcome page, trying to get me to sign up to something.  Frown
Logged
beefcake
Supporting Adventurer
mastermind
*



Offline Offline

Age: 32
Location: New Zealand, Hastings
Posts: 1030


WWW
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2012, 03:13:39 AM »

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

Resin Dungeon pieces and bases
http://thedeepdungeon.blogspot.co.nz/
phreedh
Supporting Adventurer
mastermind
*


Carpe plumbum!

Offline Offline

Age: 37
Location: Kävlinge, Sweden
Posts: 1724


WWW
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2012, 07:05:09 AM »

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

Please visit my miniature gaming blog at http://ministuff.godzilla.se

2012 Lead Tally: 71 painted – 254 acquired = -183
Funghy-Fipps
mad scientist



Never yield! Never lay down your sword!

Offline Offline

Age: 32
Location: East Devon, UK
Posts: 715


WWW
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2012, 11:30:40 AM »

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.  Frown

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!

Logged
Funghy-Fipps
mad scientist



Never yield! Never lay down your sword!

Offline Offline

Age: 32
Location: East Devon, UK
Posts: 715


WWW
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2012, 11:34:21 AM »

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).
Logged
Estarriol
librarian




Offline Offline

Location: Near Exeter, Devon
Posts: 121


WWW
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2012, 08:58:16 PM »

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




Offline Offline

Posts: 23


« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2012, 01:04:37 PM »

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...
Logged

"If fleas developed a rite, it would be based on the dog" - Wittgenstein (1931)
Funghy-Fipps
mad scientist



Never yield! Never lay down your sword!

Offline Offline

Age: 32
Location: East Devon, UK
Posts: 715


WWW
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2012, 11:15:57 PM »

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.
Logged
thenamelessdead
bookworm



I've made a huge mistake...

Offline Offline

Age: 30
Location: Devon
Posts: 65


« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2012, 07:44:29 PM »

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!
Logged
Funghy-Fipps
mad scientist



Never yield! Never lay down your sword!

Offline Offline

Age: 32
Location: East Devon, UK
Posts: 715


WWW
« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2012, 05:09:04 PM »

Some images from a recent crawl:






More blurb on the blog.
Logged
blackstone
Supporting Adventurer
mad scientist
*



Offline Offline

Age: 40
Location: sunny Birkenhead...
Posts: 667


WWW
« Reply #13 on: September 08, 2012, 05:32:53 PM »

That looks great mate.. !

Logged

Dr. The Viking
Supporting Adventurer
scatterbrained genius
*


Rowdy, Hostile and Wrong Inc.

Online Online

Age: 130
Location: Hammel, Dänemark
Posts: 3449


WWW
« Reply #14 on: September 08, 2012, 05:48:28 PM »

Inspiring! Such an atmosphere in those photos!  Love
Logged

In the grim darkness of the imminent future there is only 19th century wargaming!

http://clovermilk.blogspot.com

Peace in our time
Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 6   Go Up
 
Jump to:  

Related Topics
Subject Started by Replies Views Last post
Ancient Fossils found in saltwater cavern Call of Cthulhu dominic 3 1240 Last post December 08, 2007, 12:38:40 PM
by Colonel Tubby
Underground Cavern encounter Placard Fantasy Adventures Alfrik 2 789 Last post January 24, 2010, 06:57:51 PM
by blackstone
dungeon crawl recommendations Fantasy Adventures « 1 2 » Jaypeel 15 1095 Last post March 13, 2012, 03:07:41 PM
by Sir Barnaby Hammond-Rye
Painting the Cavern Crawler Fantasy Adventures antimatter 9 650 Last post January 20, 2013, 08:41:43 PM
by Faust23
Cavern Crawl 2.8 Unleashed + Batrep Fantasy Adventures Funghy-Fipps 11 477 Last post May 08, 2013, 02:50:04 PM
by verd
rightborder
leftborder




Lead Adventure Forum Support

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.18 | SMF © 2013, Simple Machines
TinyPortal v0.9.8 © Bloc
Waltz design by IchBin
Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
leftbottomborder   rightbottomborder