Thursday, February 9, 2012

Megadungeon! Now Available


I am thrilled to announce that, at long last, my fantasy adventure boardgame, Megadungeon! is finally finished and available for download at RPGNow.




This game has been nearly a year in the making, with nearly ten months of playtesting and revision, and the end result is, in my own biased opinion, a fantastic, family-friendly boardgame reminiscent of great old games like TSR's Dungeon! and SPI's Deathmaze.


If you haven't been following the development posts on this project over on Hopeful Monster Creations, Megadungeon! is a monster-slaying, treasure-looting dungeon delve suitable for the whole family.  Each player selects one of three characters, warrior, sorcerer, or thief. Each player, on their turn, draws a random dungeon tile, places it and moves their character into it.  Thus, you are able to explore a completely different dungeon every time you play.


There are variable victory conditions, which allow you to play as long or short a game as you wish, but the dungeon has up to eight levels for those who wish a truly epic challenge!


The PDF download, available at RPGNow for $2.00, includes a ten page rule book and quick reference sheet as well as the following game components to be printed onto cardstock:

  • Character Cards (customized for each class, plus blank ones so you can make your own classes)
  • Map Tiles
  • Treasure Cards (for up to eight dungeon levels!)
  • Dungeon Level Counters

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18 comments:

  1. TreyFebruary 9, 2012 at 3:58 PM

    Cool! Glad to hear it's out--and a bargain. :)

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  2. Sean RobsonFebruary 9, 2012 at 4:03 PM

    Thanks very much Trey! Thanks also for all your helpful suggestions. Check your inbox.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2012 at 4:17 PM

    I grabbed myself a copy (how could I not at that price) and look forward to reading the rules and giving it a go. Thanks Sean.

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  4. Dennis LaffeyFebruary 9, 2012 at 4:45 PM

    Didn't know you were working on this. I'd actually been taking some notes for a game that was more or less the same (Dungeon the board game, but with tiles instead of a set board). Guess I'll scrap that project.

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  5. Sean RobsonFebruary 9, 2012 at 4:57 PM

    @David: Thanks, I hope you like it!

    @Lord Gwydion: I feel your pain. Getting beaten to publication has been been my bane in both the academic and gaming worlds.

    The fact that you are working on a similar project illustrates the need for such a family-friendly board game. My project actually started a couple of years ago, when I went hunting around the game stores for a Dungeon!-like game to play with my family and found absolutely nothing.

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  6. jasonsFebruary 9, 2012 at 6:28 PM

    I'm buying this right now.

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  7. Sean RobsonFebruary 9, 2012 at 6:32 PM

    Thanks, jasons, I really appreciate the support. I hope you like it!

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  8. Dennis LaffeyFebruary 9, 2012 at 7:12 PM

    Hope that comment didn't sound like sour grapes. I'll be downloading this and likely printing it up over the weekend to see how it plays!

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  9. Sean RobsonFebruary 9, 2012 at 7:24 PM

    @Gwydion: Not at all. Thanks for your support; I hope you enjoy the game - maybe yours is something totally different!

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  10. Aaron E. SteeleFebruary 10, 2012 at 1:03 AM

    This is on my "to play" list for the weekend. Watch for my triple-awesome game report.

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  11. DanFebruary 10, 2012 at 4:43 AM

    Congrats Sean! The one game we played a few weeks back was very fun indeed. Well worth a toonie! :)

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  12. Sean RobsonFebruary 10, 2012 at 8:35 AM

    @Aaron: I can't wait to see your report. I'm really curious to find out what other people think of the game.

    @Dan: Thanks; I'm glad you had fun with it.

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  13. Shane MangusFebruary 12, 2012 at 6:56 PM

    Big congrats, Sean!

    (Sorry for the slow comment; I have been out of town.)

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  14. Aaron E. SteeleFebruary 13, 2012 at 3:34 PM

    My daughter fell of a trampoline on the weekend so we didn't get a chance to play. But my son is quite ethusiastic: he has seen the map tiles (I printed the first five levels in different colored card-stock so we dont have to put the level chits on the tiles, and matched the treasure cards to the level color) and can't wait to try it.

    Have you seen and/or tried Thomas Denmark's Dungeoneer game? It uses playing-card sized map tiles, monsters, treasure, etc.

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  15. Sean RobsonFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:10 PM

    Hi Aaron, sorry to hear about your family mishap. Injured children do tend to force a change in plans.

    Printing the tiles on different coloured card stock is inspired. Once you get five or so different levels, with multiple access points, on the table, it can start to get very confusing.

    Five levels is probably all you'll need to start; I find that the level five victory condition is about right for an evening's play. Going beyond that is usually best saved for a multi-session 'campaign' game.

    I've heard of Dungeoneer, but I'm not really familiar with it, other than my understanding that it was a card game.

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  16. DanFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:01 PM

    Different colours for different levels is a fantastic idea! THings can get a tad confusing as you delve deeper... :)

    http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t516/zevious_zoquis/photo.jpg

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  17. UnknownFebruary 22, 2012 at 4:02 PM

    Awesome awesome awesome. I've been trying to buy Dungeon on eBay for months and this may satisfy my cravings. The oys should love it.

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  18. Sean RobsonFebruary 22, 2012 at 4:16 PM

    Hi Risus, I created Megadungeon! specifically because I couldn't find an affordable copy of Dungeon! and wanted a fun fantasy game to play with my family.

    If you're looking for a dungeon crawl boardgame for the family, this should do the trick!

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