I can't say enough good things about King of Dungeons. We've been running old Basic D&D modules using its ruleset, and its an absolute joy. Built mostly on 13th Age's Archmage system, but also drawing inspiration from the likes of Blades in the Dark, and Over the Edge, it's really built for fast, fun, heavily-narrative play - which is exactly what my group enjoys. The whole guilds and charters concept is great, and the PCs world just naturally evolves quite quickly around them. The character classes kick ass right out of the gate. No need to level up before you get the cool stuff, as you begin with it. Written in a conversational tone, the book is great fun to read. Sometimes I wish it wasn't so conversational, and we found the odd thing here and there that could have been explained more clearly (levelling up caused a bit of confusion for us). But these are minor gripes for an otherwise clearly-written, well laid out book, that presents an excellent, easy, fast, fun system that you can pretty much drop any fantasy scenario into with minimal prep and tweaks, and run. King of Dungeons is a big winner with my group. And it's cheap. Do yourself a service.

My group has really been enjoying "The King of Dungeons". I've been using it as my ruleset of choice for running old D&D modules. So I was delighted to see new material for it, and having read through "The Great Roc Race" I can't wait to add it into our campaign as a very fun diversion before I tramp our party off to D&D Expert Set stalwart "The Isle of Dread". The Guild get roped into a very precarious race around the city of Cataclysm (KoD's default location) involving giant flying creatures, which they must first find and tame. Clocking in at 31 pages, it's filled with colorful NPCs, hilariously precarious tasks, and caps it all off with an action-packed hectic paced race that should get hearts pumping around the table. Short but sweet, and filled with great ideas, and that KoD humour, "The Great Roc Race" should provide an excellent evening or two's entertainment, and a nice side trek for your group.

This is a cracking little adventure. If - like me - you've always liked the idea of the Archmage engine but were never quite sure how it would work in practice, then definitely check it out. Some great examples of how to use montages and collaborative world building. Really looking forward to the follow up adventures that are apparently in the pipeline.

This is a nifty little book that really makes me want to get my group to start their own for-profit adventuring guild. As the author states, it clearly harvests inspiration from some of the best indie stuff around, as well as the more old school games, and comes out with something completely its own: abilities trimmed down to their core, classes made for fast play, and an expertise/background/culture system that doesn't hold your hand but really hits the spot. Very nice!

Great game,

Take 13th age and import it in to a much more narrative age with simpler rules but still tons of character options.

The guild rules, where the organisation you belong to is almost a character in its own rights is well crafted.

Nice read...it was like a reminder of some of the good times '90's' a reminder of some of the bad times 'con bingo' and a reminder of some of the ugly times...those photos! Much better priced than an off the shelf magazine and much more coherrant than most online blogs/articles. It's difficult to not enjoy this little slice of RPG opinions. Also that front cover artwork...worth the £2 alone.

Looking forward to the second edition...good work.