randalls
09-29-2008, 05:47 PM
I don't usually plug my ebay auctions outside of ebay, but I found my copy of Dinky Dungeons and have it up for sale this week. Dinky Dungeons was a complete RPG in a 3"x5" baggie -- including rules booklet, character sheets, and a starting adventure. It was playable and interesting as the review/description on Steffan O'Sullivan's web site shows:
Dinky Dungeons is a simple role-playing game (RPG) published in 1985 by "Doc's Games - an Uncle Morty Production." The format is unique for an RPG: the original (complete) game was sold in a ziplock bag measuring 3" by 5" - and the actual rulebook is only 2.5" by 3.25"! (~60 x 85 mm.)
The ziplock bag includes a 32-page rulebook, an errata sheet, a GM-screen, some character sheets, an adventure, an adventure map, and 2d6 - two 5mm dice (3/16").
The game is a wonder of conciseness. The rulebook includes character creation, character classes and races, weapons, armor, and items to buy, two different systems of magic spells, action resolution, saving throws, combat, "skill rolls", experience rules, and a monster list containing 37 creatures with stats, over half of them also having some note or other. The errata sheet includes the missing notes for some of the monsters, some detail about combat that was overlooked, rules for healing, alternate experience rules, and a picture of a Fuzzy Winker whining.
Read the full review (http://www.panix.com/~sos/rpg/dinky.html)
If you are interested in a copy of Dinky Dungeons, the eBay auction (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=350102233420) ends Thursday evening.
Dinky Dungeons is a simple role-playing game (RPG) published in 1985 by "Doc's Games - an Uncle Morty Production." The format is unique for an RPG: the original (complete) game was sold in a ziplock bag measuring 3" by 5" - and the actual rulebook is only 2.5" by 3.25"! (~60 x 85 mm.)
The ziplock bag includes a 32-page rulebook, an errata sheet, a GM-screen, some character sheets, an adventure, an adventure map, and 2d6 - two 5mm dice (3/16").
The game is a wonder of conciseness. The rulebook includes character creation, character classes and races, weapons, armor, and items to buy, two different systems of magic spells, action resolution, saving throws, combat, "skill rolls", experience rules, and a monster list containing 37 creatures with stats, over half of them also having some note or other. The errata sheet includes the missing notes for some of the monsters, some detail about combat that was overlooked, rules for healing, alternate experience rules, and a picture of a Fuzzy Winker whining.
Read the full review (http://www.panix.com/~sos/rpg/dinky.html)
If you are interested in a copy of Dinky Dungeons, the eBay auction (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=350102233420) ends Thursday evening.