The Escape From Demon Castle Dracula is a PDF with 18 pages (free/pay what you want at itch.io). You can play this fantasy game with a deck of cards and one six-sided die. As you explore the castle, you are laying out the cards on the table. I used this as my adventure, and I used Fantasy Mercenary and its supplement as my RPG system (34 plus 6 pages at DriveThruRPG). This RPG is a hack of D&D Fifth edition, but I did need to reference the D&D books during my adventure. I created a thief, a werewolf, and a conjurer as my first level heroes. I used The Solo Adventurer’s Toolbox (Bimler) as my Solo Engine. The objective of the adventure was to escape the castle. They did run into the vampire. They survived one round of combat with it. The vampire did not like the werewolf, so he did not hang around for more combat. My characters were able to explore 31 rooms, kill 8 monsters, and find three magic items and 53 gold pieces. One of those items was found in the vampire’s treasure vault. This plus one mining pickaxe was used to “open” a magically locked door that had the symbols of a diamond, opal, ruby, and emerald on it. Behind it was a hallway which led out of the castle. It was a good thing my conjurer could cast healing spells, otherwise they all would have perished in the castle. Give this game a try!

Really good stuff, very appealing take on what made older editions of DnD great without a lot of the baggage that other OSR style systems carry with them. Particularly like how interesting and evocative languages are under this system. Would heartily reccommend for anyone who enjoys the themes of DnD but would like a less bloated experience with some of the evocative tone of an older style of fantasy.