Xcrawl Color Edition *OP

by Brendan J. Lasalle (Creator)

Fabulous prizes! Cars, wealth, and a year's supply of furniture wax! All of these--and much, much more--can be yours...if you survive. Of course, you are going to have to kill the monsters to get the treasure, and you aren't the crowd favorite today, and the cameras are very unforgiving. But there are no second takes, and if you die... YOU DIE!

Xcrawl is a game of Xtreme dungeon crawling set in a modern-day twist on the classic fantasy genre. Monsters roam the Earth, but they're captured and forced to perform in dungeons, where professional athletes test their skills to win fabulous prizes. Xcrawl is a world of sell-out superstar adventurers, corporate-sponsored action and live-on-pay-per-view mayhem!

Genres: Role Playing Games

240 pages, Hardcover

First published October 4, 2006

About the author

Brendan J. LaSalle is a writer, game designer, storyteller, and author of many FRPG adventures and supplements for Goodman Games, Fat Dragon, Savage Mojo, Hand Made Games, Pandahead Publishing, Troll Lords Games, Legendsmith, and others. He is best known as the creator of Xcrawl, the dungeon-adventure-cum-alternative-modern-death-sport he has published since 2002.He lives in Salem, MA, with his wife, Dr. Lori M. King, and dog.

Reviews

[Stuart · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pros: First 120 pages are fluff, no rules. The fluff is excellent in content if middling in execution.

Cons: Needs editing for form and content.

The crunch: I find the d20 system somewhat obnoxious, but I think XCrawl plays well to the strengths (and the weaknesses!) of the system to create a truly unique and enjoyable game. The fluff fits well with the theme, and the overall tone facilitates swashbuckling mayhem in the best possible way.

The attached prestige classes are pretty cool, and I like that classes that don't have any place in XCrawl (barbarian, druid, etc) are sort of written out. I also like that Bards are extremely usable in this setting.

Could be four stars with editing, could be 5 stars with a unique system tailored to the game.

[Abraham Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

great optional dnd setting!

[Jay · Rating 4 out of 5]

excellent idea, can't wait for the pathfinder version of this game material to come out soon.