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FYI

There will be multiple preview games of Dungeoneer Adventures at Dudracon in San Ramon California this weekend.

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Onwards to Glory!

It's a complicated question. Many of the hero cards are perfectly compatible with XCG, some have different effects which are more or less powerful. For example, the Hero Background Calling, Curiosity, allows you to draw the top five cards of the hero deck, examine them and put any number of them bac...

Yes, but not all of them.

It's in the rules as an optional rule.
We have kept things true to the dungeoneer tradition by including several optional rules you can use to expand or extend your game.

Thomas Denmark came up with a very clever way to play the game without physical cards. I prefer to play with cards, as they really help me organize my thoughts as a dungeonlord or as a hero. Remote play is not an explicit design goal, but we hope that the system is flexible enough that you could use...

The Dungeonlord got wacked last night! Dzintars and Michael, who got wiped out in a total party kill last month, redeemed themselves with a clear victory against an Epic scenario set in the great chasm in the Dunwin Wastes which separates Dolmeranthuz from Ilbor Paidan. Excellent hero design and ef...

I didn't want this information buried in a thread where some of you might not find it, so here is a peek into the current DGA game environment in its is nearly complete state! Question Nº1: So, is there space for dramatic conflicts, even if their resolution has nothing to do with the system? Yes. I...

Question Nº1: So, is there space for dramatic conflicts, even if their resolution has nothing to do with the system? Yes. Thomas Denmark mentioned something about characters being created by the choice of 5 cards that determine different aspects of the character. QNº2 Let's say there's 4 cards of e...

wow, finally a simple question! yes. it will be possible to do your own 'home brew' dungeoneer world thomas denmark has already put card templates up on his site i reccomend putting your DGA cards in sleeves that way, when you have home made cards mixed in you will not easily be able to tell them ap...

For now, take a look as Designer Diary #3: This is Not Chess.

That will give you a preview of combat tactics in DGA.

In addition to Design Diaries, we are going to have some playtest reports on the site shortly.

From those you can really get a feel for the system.

Onwards to Glory!

Please see design Diary #6: Hero Creation in 10 mins or less.
It should be up on the site shortly.

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We greatly appreciate your support and thank you for your questions.

Onwards to Glory!

DGA has only 3 attributes. Melee Magic Speed Die rolls are either threats or challenges. In this way the basic rules of Dungeoneer Expandable Card Game are unchanged. In the next designer diary (right now being approved by Goodman Games and Thomas Denmark) you will learn all you need to know about h...

DGA is both a card game and a roleplaying game. We studied HeroQuest, Warhammer Quest as well as Talisman in some depth during the initial design phase. Dungeoneer Adventures is meant to be substantially more rich of a game, but we are aiming for a similar simplicity of gameplay. That being said, th...

The role of the dungeonlord is to create a real threat for the heroes. No rolling dice in secret to 'nerf' your blows for the sake of story. The plot is laid out in advance, and is represented as a quest tree. Our explicit design goal is to extend the Original Dungeoneer XCG concept (where each play...

It was an interesting problem for us to make Dungeoneer adventures: i) accessible to the newcomer ii) appealing to the experienced Dungeoneer XCG player. Our solution is simple. The core rules deal with everything you need to run the game. We use sidebars to deal with topics that are of particular i...

The most recent test of "Escape from Palanthion" at Gamescape North in San Rafael, California was a great success. All four heroes survived, barely. I don't know if it was just the great group of guys we had at the table, or if giving tangible glory rewards for the roleplay phase really is...

The next organized playtest will be at Gamescape North in San Rafael California at 6pm on Monday, September 17th. Escape from Palanthion Dungeoneer Adventures Advance Playtest 3-4 Players GM - Richard Pocklington The high priest of Omnisus has been assassinated, and the bloody dagger is found in you...

Wow, our group is keeping a close eye on this game. Your design direction is looking visionary; in how you meld CCGs & RPG (while staying away from the ‘chess’ style so many other games are falling into). You seem to have broken the mold on so many RPG ‘sacred cows’ that we are eagerly awaiting...

It seems Wizards of the Coast is making a great effort to streamline the d20 system in the new Star Wars Saga Edition. There is also some speculation that these changes might find their way into D&D 4th Edition. Since 'streamlineing' the game also seems to be the goal of Dungeoneer, will you gu...

Are there any imposed restrictions (e.g., Referee) on what a PC could do with his glory, or do the players restrict themselves based on role-playing circumstance? Great question Banesfinger. As is often the case in an RPG, the answer is 'it depends'. There are many ways to spend your glory. Most of...

Treasure hordes are represented by a combination of two things: a) a glory reward b) opportunities to draw cards Each hero has a hand of cards. Once you have the Sword Fiendslayer in your hand, to find it, you use a ready action, pay the glory costs and place Fiendslayer into play. The ready action ...

The Gold Standard Since the dawn of role-playing games we have used a gold standard to represent economic power. Gold pieces, silver pieces, copper pieces, platinum pieces, credits, scrip, paper bills, you name it. Almost any type of tangible currency that has ever existed has been made use of in so...

On Monsters: Monster is a designation which can be applied to all sorts of creatures, from hideous green-skinned, three horned fiends, to cunning pirate queens. The Dungeonlord may, for a few peril, transform a character into a monster at the end of a role-play phase. Similarly, monsters may, under...