Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC) is a series of roleplaying adventure

Role-playing game

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 modules published by Goodman Games

Goodman Games

Goodman Games is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. Goodman Games is best known as the publisher of the Dungeon Crawl Classics series of adventure modules, as well as the Dragonmech and the award-winning Etherscope role-playing games, and has...

 under the d20

D20 System

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 open gaming license

Open Gaming License

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. It includes more than 40 adventures, and features celebrated game designers such as Michael Mearls, Dave Arneson

Dave Arneson

David Lance "Dave" Arneson was an American game designer best known for co-developing the first published role-playing game , Dungeons & Dragons, with Gary Gygax, in the early 1970s...

, and Monte Cook

Monte Cook

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, as well as classic TSR artists like Jeff Dee

Jeff Dee

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, Jim Roslof

Jim Roslof

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, and Jim Holloway

Jim Holloway (artist)

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. The DCC series harkens back to classic 1st edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons modules in content and style.

The series' design ethos is summed up by the following statement that is included in every DCC:

"Remember the good old days, when adventures were underground, NPCs were there to be killed, and the finale of every dungeon was the dragon on the 20th level? Those days are back. Dungeon Crawl Classics don't waste your time with long-winded speeches, weird campaign settings, or NPCs who aren't meant to be killed. Each adventure is 100% good, solid dungeon crawl, with the monsters you know, the traps you fear, and the secret doors you know are there somewhere."

Awards

• 2008, Nominee, Best Adventure: DCC #50: Vault of the Iron Overlord
• 2008, Nominee, Best Adventure: DCC #51: Castle Whiterock
• 2008, Nominee, Best Cartography: DCC #51: Castle Whiterock
• 2007, Nominee, Best Adventure: Dungeon Crawl Classics #34: Cage of Delirium
• 2007, Nominee, Best Setting: Dungeon Crawl Classics #35: Gazetteer of the Known Realms
• 2007, Nominee, Best Cartography: Dungeon Crawl Classics #35: Gazetteer of the Known Realms
• 2006, Nominee, Best Adventure: Dungeon Crawl Classics #12.5: Iron Crypt of the Heretics
  Iron Crypt of the Heretics
  Iron Crypt of the Heretics is a d20 Dungeon Crawl Classics adventure written for Dungeons & Dragons by Harley Stroh. For character levels 11-13, DCC #12.5 send the PCs into a forbidden crypt rife with deadly traps and challenging puzzles. In 2006, Iron Crypt of the Heretics was released in a 1e...
  
  
• 2006, Nominee, Best Adventure: Dungeon Crawl Classics #20: Shadows in Freeport
• 2005, Winner, Pen & Paper Fan Awards - Best Adventure: Dungeon Crawl Classics #13: Crypt of the Devil Lich
• 2005, Nomination, ENnie Award - Best Adventure: Dungeon Crawl Classics #11: The Dragonfiend Pact
• 2004, Nomination, ENnie Award - Best Adventure: Dungeon Crawl Classics #5: Aerie of the Crow God
• 2003, Honorable Mention, ENnie Award - Best Adventure: Dungeon Crawl Classics #1: Idylls of the Rat King
  Idylls of the Rat King
  Idylls of the Rat King is a d20 Dungeon Crawl Classics adventure written for Dungeons & Dragons by Jeffrey Quinn. For character levels 1-3, DCC #1 pits PCs against a wererat king and his wicked minions. As of 2006, Idylls of the Rat King has been reprinted three times. The 3rd printing features the...
  
  

Fourth Edition Dungeons and Dragons

Goodman Games was the first third party publisher to release print adventures under the GSL

GSL

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for 4E. Three 4E adventures were released at Gen Con in August, 2008.

External links

• Goodman Games' DCC Preview
• Acaeum DCC Collecting
• Pen and Paper DCC database