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'For the Dungeon!' Puts RPG Players in Minion Monster Shoes

Published Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:40:50 -0500

I'm really loving the idea behind For the Dungeon!, a new role playing game that's going through its funding cycle on Kickstarter at the moment.

'For the Dungeon!' Puts RPG Players in Minion Monster Shoes — //Credit: For the Dungeon!

The idea behind the game is that players take on the role of one of the countless minions that reside within a dungeon, making life difficult for the hordes of adventurers that make their way there.

'For the Dungeon!' is a comedy role-playing game where you get to play as the hapless minions instead of the heroes. Experience the rush of unquestioning loyalty to a darker power and charging into danger with reckless abandon! Raid villages, scout ancient ruins for artifacts, and protect the dungeon from homicidal adventurers.

The game uses the Powered by the Apocalypse system, which relies on heavy role playing from players, who can heavily influence the way the game works out by using their character's built in traits.

Characters are represented by a set of short descriptions called traits. They cover a character's skills, equipment, and motivations. Traits provide an easy way to know both who your character is and what they're good at.

Something inherent to being a minion is their penchant for chaos. Critical failures are a core part of what makes the game unique and fun. Whenever the characters critically fail the player provides a prompt that the Game Master uses as inspiration for whatever hilariously unexpected misfortune befalls them.

If you have the kind of game group that loves to improv, this will be the perfect RPG system for you. And if not, it sounds like exactly the kind of game that would be a blast to play after a couple of beers!