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Review: Appx. N Jam 2026 pt 1
Dank Dungeons is currently hosting their second Appx. N game jam over on itch. 🕹️ Itch.io Game Jam APPX ‘N’ JAM 2026 Join the community, build something amazing, and submit your project before the deadline hits! View Jam & Submit The jist is that you get a title assigned, based on the fantasy and science…
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Review: Under the Shadow of Helfast Spire
Today we are looking at Under the Shadow of Helfast Spire, a zine and regional adventure for Shadowdark by Robert “Bob World Builder” Mason. It’s for level 3ish PCs and features a 22-room dungeon along with a few classes, some monsters, magic items, etc etc. In the tradition of the Cursed Scrolls we start with…
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Review: When the Shimmer Fades
Today we’re looking at When the Shimmer Fades, a level 2-4 adventure for Shadowdark by Matthew Pfister aka GnomeLackey. This adventure features a short hexcrawl and a 4-level, 45-room dungeon set in the nicely detailed region called the Shimmering Vale. Long ago the people of the Shimmering Vale abandoned the gods of their fathers and…
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Stingbaats! Vol. 1 Is Accepting Submissions
I’m a little late to the party but after the incredibly awesome and successful indie Shadowdark zine, Stingbaats! Vol. 0, submissions are being accepted for Stingbaats! Vol. 1. Go here for more info, and to submit your work: Stingbaats! Vol. 1 – Creator Packet by stingbaats The theme is for this first issue is what…
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Review: Saint Kaelen’s Lantern
Today we’re looking at Saint Kaelen’s Lantern, a Shadowdark adventure for levels 4-5 by Gianmarco Bellucci that takes place in a dungeon of 109 rooms across 10 floors. Maybe not quite a megadungeon, but a kilodungeon? The eponymous lantern is a sentient artifact whose acquisition kicks off the adventure. It has multiple mechanical effects and also…
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Review: The Tragedy of Ravenmere Manor
Today we’re looking at The Tragedy of Ravenmere Manor, a Shadowdark adventure for levels 3-4 written by William Harshman. It is a gothic horror adventure through the titular 18-room manor designed to be run in a single 4ish hour session. The setup is simple: a man named Victor hires the party to retrieve his brother…
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Review: Things Possessed of Power
Today we are looking at Things Possessed of Power, a Shadowdark adventure written by Nick Campbell for levels 3-5. It is the fourth in a series of drow/underdark themed adventures that takes place in the author’s Kumonosu setting, his own spin on the deep world that lives in the night below the surface. The previous…
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Review: Race for the Crown
Today we’re looking at Race for the Crown, a Shadowdark RPG adventure written by Alan Tucker and published by Jeff Stevens Games. This is an adventure for levels 4-7 and takes place in a 4-room dungeon. Hey that’s like 20% more efficient than your standard 5-room dungeon. Sometimes, a picture truly is worth a thousand…
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Review: In the Halls of the Maneater
Today we are looking at In the Halls of the Maneater, a Shadowdark adventure by Laurin-David Weggen. Maneater is a level 1-3 monster hunt through an 18 room dungeon written for the Soulblight: First Cycle setting, which is set “during a time between the Stone and Bronze Age of its world”. But it would not…
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Review: Final Torch #3 – Shards of the Frozen North
Today we are looking at Final Torch #3 – Shards of the Frozen North World, a Shadowdark adventure by Ross Mahler. This is a mini-setting and hexcrawl including three adventures for levels 1-10. It takes place in a particularly cold corner of the world of Lethalia (bit on the nose, innit?) and also has a…