52 Pickup: Issue #4 - Goblin Dungeon
Issue 4 (July 2023) of 52 Pickup is our first Roll and Write Edition, which contains a game you can play with a pencil, paper, and some six sided dice.
The Game
Goblin Dungeon
A solitaire roll and write game where you build a dungeon, fill it with goblins, and set dastardly traps to try keep those greedy adventurers away from your trinkets! Also contains bonus rules for hero units and a competitive multiplayer variant.
Designer Notes
Goblin Dungeon
I designed this game around capturing the feeling from playing classic ‘choose your own adventure’ books and classic Games Workshop/Steve Jackson games, while adding a base building element. In the inspirations it’s usually the player in conflict with space, trying to get to the end of a path to win the game. So in order to achieve my design goals I inverted this trope; the player creates the space and the conflict comes from stopping an outside force from reaching the end.
In keeping with the inspirations, the game is stacked a bit against the player, but there are plenty of ways to adjust difficulty.
The main games that inspired me was the Fighting Fantasy series, Chainsaw Warrior, and Munchkin.
Credits
- Art by Josie Bedford (@josie.tattoos)
- Game Design by Dylan Byrne
- Produced by Daniel Gratwicke
Availability
52 Pickup is currently only available upon request (by emailing hello@citysquarestudios.com), at the Hamilton City Library Zine vending machine, or physically at markets we attend. We are currently working on making 52 Pickup more easily accessible both online and physically.
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