Dungeon Pulp
A downloadable game
This game was made in collaboration with Dark Arts Coffee, and is illustrated by Strange House.
Dungeon Pulp is a dice rolling dungeon crawler in which you track a luckless adventurer's progress through a horrid acid-corrupted dungeon. It requires three 6-sided dice (two in a light colour, one in a dark colour) and a pencil and eraser. It is single player.
This is essentially a lo-fi print and play board game with roleplaying elements, in the same vein as games such as Four Against Darkness and Dark Fort. The physical edition comes in special boxes of coffee made by Dark Arts Coffee.
The debut module that comes included with Dungeon Pulp is called Pit of the Horned Defiler.
A note on versions
There are two versions to download. Each PDF features two pages of A4.
The DAC version has a layout that matches the physical product, which means it can be folded to fit in the coffee box. Use this one if you purchase the coffee and want to print off another sheet and have it fit in there. The pages are folded hotdog once, and then hamburger twice to create a three-panel Z-fold.
The AV version is designed to simply be printed and not require folding.
Third-party licence
You are welcome to publish modules or other content for Dungeon Pulp as long as you do not reuse the game's artwork . The following text should be included somewhere visible in the publication and on the product page:
[Product name] is an independent production by [Author or Publisher] adapted from Dungeon Pulp and is not affiliated with Alfred Valley. Dungeon Pulp is copyright Alfred Valley.
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Development log
- Third-party licence34 days ago
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Howdy, had a first play-through as Clemberly the Knave!
Foolishly figured I could take down a mini-boss (they are only mini after all!).
Stumbled upon withered dragon... Yikes!
Took a hit and decided to flee, but it killed me on the way out :(
Didn't even make it halfway through the dungeon!
Poor Clemberly. Maybe I'll try as a Brigand next time.
Having a blast though XD
Got to watch out for those dragons, still got a bit of life in em!
Glad you're enjoying the game. Time to suit up and get out there again.
Good morning!
It's been a really cool experience to venture into the game.
A question arose while playing, is this interpretation of one of the Special Events correct.
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Special Events
Line 3: An undead drunkard gives you a quest to recover a map. Reward: 200gp.
How to obtain the Map: You must roll an 8 on the Loot Table after clearing a room with combat.
Item Effect: The Map is worth 120gp and grants a passive +1 bonus to all your future rolls on the Loot Table.
The Mechanical Decision:
Option A (Keep it): You keep the Map in your inventory to benefit from the +1 loot bonus for the rest of the dungeon.
Option B (Complete the Quest): You give up the bonus, backtrack to Room 1 (risking Lurkers and Acid accumulation), and exchange the Map for the 200gp reward — yielding a direct profit of 80gp compared to the item's face value.
This interpretation sounds correct (assuming Room 1 in your example is the room you encounter the undead drunkard). You could also potentially gain the map by buying it from a merchant.
Thanks! Today, gameplay in Portuguese is already coming out for our friends here in Brazil who got excited about the game!
Good morning!
To test and promote the game, I just translated the rules into Brazilian Portuguese (without formatting—I'll tweak them as I play), and I set up a virtual table to get a better feel for the gameplay!
I'll leave the links here. If there are any issues with keeping the virtual table and the Portuguese translation public, just let me know and I'll restrict access, okay?
First of all, congratulations on creating the game! I'm having a great time with it!
Unfortunately, my English isn't great, so I prefer to have everything translated beforehand!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C8VlktmcMYmHkb7VCLAnL3CjedTAcWVOrS1Q_OJO9N8/...
https://rubenscaruso.github.io/dungeon_pulp/
Wow, looks like a lot of effort has gone into it - thank you! Glad you're enjoying the game.
Fine for your versions to remain online by the way.
🤓🍻
yo this game rocks. i was wondering how you'd feel about another creator trying their hand at making a module for it? let me know what you think and i can get in touch with you on discord or something? cheers!!
Hey! Thanks for the kind words. I've been meaning to put a 3rd party licence on here to enable folks. Thanks for the reminder! But generally, yes, please feel free to make things, in the meantime.
Most wonderful :) Cheers!
Está disponible en español?
Do any other modules exist yet?
No! Hopefully will do more in the future.
Really enjoying it. However, my two sad characters have died horribly, I'm afraid.
Sounds about right!
I'm having a lovely Saturday morning with a cup of Dungeon Pulp and your game. About to reach LVL 2... 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Godspeed!
Oh this looks great! needed something to occupy my weekend, so you have my thanks. :D
Perfect timing!