I don't know whether it will be more or less popular than Dark Dungeons, but I don't really mind either way. Darker Dungeons throws off that shackle and is the game as played at my table - with rules that are streamlined in some places and expanded in others. There are rules for specialist mages and clerical domains.īasically, Dark Dungeons is forced to mostly stick close to its source material because it's designed as a clone.The classes have been tweaked and expanded.Ability scores are now done by a standard array (plus simple tweaking) and hit points per level are fixed rather than rolled. No more rolling 3d6 and hoping you get lucky enough to get an experience bonus (and no more rolling a '1' for hit points).The ad-hoc mechanics of old D&D (saves are d20-roll-over, skill/attribute checks are d20-roll-under, thief abilities are d100-roll-under, turning undead is 2d6-roll-over, finding secret doors is 1d6 roll a magic number, and so on.) have all been replaced by a single and consistent 'check' system, but with the various chances of success kept to within +/-5% of the Dark Dungeons chances so that the game plays in a similar manner.Major changes include (and this is just the highlights, not an exhaustive list): The Darker Dungeons rules are based on the Dark Dungeons rules but tweaked for a more modern audience. Like Dark Dungeons, the PDF version is free and the printed books are sold at cost - I'm not making a penny from it.

What's more, the artwork is by posters from here on the GitP forum! Darker Dungeons - the sister game to Dark Dungeons - is now available from the Gratis Games website as a download or as a print-on-demand book.

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