Our dungeons no longer lay in musty underground caves or decrepit ruins, abandoned by time and the living. Instead, they’re perfectly public and thus perfectly hidden. Obscured by clean lines and neon lights. Spewing stale, recycled air. Guarded by bloated government budgets signed by equally as bloated plutocrats. Reeking of greed and corruption.

I’m beyond thrilled to announce the beta release of CRWLR, a modern-set game designed specifically for urban funnels and crawls of all kinds!

In CRWLR, you’ll find

• Snappy character creation.
• Tense gameplay.
• A tenuous balance between strategy and destruction.
• No-holds, lethal combat.

If I’ve done my job right, you’ll find CRWLR somewhere at the intersection of fast-paced, tactical, unforgiving, and smarmy.

Go big or perish.

CRWLR is the most intensive game I’ve worked on yet. It involved hours upon hours of work in writing, rewriting, editing, layout, and design. I’ve had iterations of the game across Docs, Publisher, and my phone, and I stole the best from each for what has released today.

A few notes:

• As you play through or read through CRWLR, if you run into any questions or have any suggestions, please make liberal use of the Discussion Board! I’m happy to answer any and all questions, and since the game is currently in beta form, your suggestions might end up in the final version (print??) of the game!
• CRWLR—and the mechanics it’s built on, SGG—is released under CC by 4.0! If you get inspired by the game or mechanics, just chuck me into your attributions and do your thing!

You’ll find CRWLR on my page for $5 (with loads of community and playtest copies available!), and in Disaster Tourism’s Ultralite Game Jam.

In a lot of ways, CRWLR is homage to the kinds of gameplay I really enjoy. I hope you have a blast.

Cheers <3