I: What You Need
One Page
Dungeon
2nd Edition
Designed By
Noah Patterson
Back to Basics!
You are an adventurer! You
seek riches, gold, and glory!
One Page Dungeon​ 2nd
Edition is a back to basics
RPG/Roll+Write mash up
game that focuses on
simplicity and quick play.
Lair of the Skull
King Briarbun has long been
dead. Known as a tyrant
and a bigot, the peasants
were happy to see him go to
his grave. However, it seems
he didn’t stay dead. A
bizarre and out of season
lightning storm lit up the long
abandoned castle. Locals
reported seeing lightning
strike the building’s highest
tower. The next morning,the
castle seemed alive with
commotion. The skeletons of
the King’s Court are BACK
and looking to rule again!
by rolling your classes Dice
Code for each one. Reroll
DICE: ​You’ll need FIVE
Six-Sided Dice. 4 should be
in one uniform color and
the last one a different
color (The Magic Die).
PENCIL:​ A good pencil with
a usable eraser.
GAME SHEET: ​A copy of
the game sheet from these
rules.
IMAGINATION: ​Your own
imagination to help tell
your character’s story!
II: Character
Creation
ONE: ​Start by Choosing a
Class from the table below.
Each class assigns a dice
code to each of the 4 Main
Stats. Dice codes include:
● D2:​ Six-Sided Die.
Odds =1 Evens = 2
● D3:​ Six-Sided Die
Divided by 2
Rounded up.
● D6:​ Six-Sided Die.
TWO: ​Determine your Stats
rolls of 6 on D6 codes.
Whichever number you roll
for each is your Stat in that
score. The Stats are:
● M-ATK​: Melee Attack
● R-ATK​: Range Attack
● DEF​: Defense Value
● MGK​: Magical Power
THREE: ​Roll 2 Six-Sided
Dice and add your Magic
score. The result is how
much gold you have. You
may now spend gold on
weapons and armor from
the weapons and armor
tables.
FOUR: ​Name your character
and add a picture. You can
draw one OR cut and glue
one of the provided
character portraits included
in these rules.
III: Classes
ELF
M-AK R-AK DEF MGK
D2 D6 D3 D3
DWARF
M-AK R-AK DEF MGK
D6 D2 D3 D3
 GNOME IV: Weapons RANGED WEAPONS
M-AK R-AK DEF MGK WEAPON CR G
D2 D3 D6 D3 Dart Gun 1 2
MAGICIAN Rock Sling 1 2
M-AK R-AK DEF MGK Throwing Star 2 3
All weapons have a cost (in
D2 D3 D3 D3 gold) and a Combat Rating. Iron Ball Sling 2 3
Write any weapons
purchased in their Shortbow 3 4
WIZARD respective slots on the game
M-AK R-AK DEF MGK sheet. (​In the box next to the Hand Cannon 3 4
symbol of the bow for ranged Longbow 4 5
D2 D3 D2 D6 weapons and the symbol of
crossed swords for melee Crossbow 4 5
ROGUE weapons​). Additionally, each
M-AK R-AK DEF MGK weapon box has a series of Hvy. Crossbow 5 6
small dots. Lightly mark or
D2 D6 D6 D2 fill in dots next to the Musket 6 7
weapon according to the
weapon’s Combat Rating (or
RANGER CR​ for short).
M-AK R-AK DEF MGK V: Armor
MELEE WEAPONS
D3 D6 D3 D2 WEAPON CR G
WARRIOR Dagger 1 1
M-AK R-AK DEF MGK Club 1 1
D6 D2 D6 D2 Brass Knuckles 1 1
Hand Mace 2 2
ASSASSIN
M-AK R-AK DEF MGK Shortsword 2 2
D6 D6 D2 D2 Hand Axe 2 2
Hammer 3 3
NOBLE
M-AK R-AK DEF MGK Rapier 3 3 All Armor has a cost (in
gold) and a Defense Rating.
D2 D2 D6 D3 Longsword 4 4 Write any armor purchased
in the armor slots on the
Spiked Mace 4 4 game sheet. (​In the box next
BARBARIAN to the symbol of the shield​).
M-AK R-AK DEF MGK Bastard Sword 5 5 Additionally, the armor box
Master Axe 5 5 has a series of small dots.
D6 D6 D6 - Lightly mark or fill in dots
Dragon Axe 6 6 next to the armor according
*Barbarians may never use to the armor’s Defense
the MGK stat. Rating (or ​DR​ for short).
Dragon Sword 6 6
 ARMOR ONE: ​Choose Exit​: Choose a
WEAPON DR G door or hallway (an exit)
leading off your current
Pot Lid Shield 1 1 room.
TWO: ​Generate Room​: Roll
Leather Cap 1 1 D6 on the ​Rooms ​chart
pictured on the game sheet
Wooden Shield 2 2 to determine what the next
room will be. Draw that
Gauntlets 2 2 room onto the map. The
room layout you rolled may
Iron Shield 3 3 be rotated in any direction
so long as as many
Iron Helmet 3 3 halls/doors as possible line
Tower Shield 4 4 up with preexisting
halls/doors. Any
Leather Armor 4 4 halls/doors that run into a
wall are considered dead
Dragon Shield 5 5 ends.
THREE: ​Roll for Monsters:
Chainmail 5 5 Roll D6 on the ​Monsters
chart to see which monster
Dragonscale 6 6 is in the room. Roll D3 to
see how many of the
monster rolled there are.
FOUR: ​Fight Monsters:
VI: Gameplay Enter into combat and kill
the monsters in your room.
FIVE: ​Roll for Room Feature
Each room will have its own
special feature you’ll have to
investigate prior to getting
any treasure. Roll D6 on the
Features​ chart and
encounter the feature.
SIX: ​Treasure:​ Finally, once
the room is cleared of
monsters and traps, roll D6
on the ​Treasure​ chart and
gain the treasure.
VII: Monsters
Your hero begins the game
in the bottom right corner
room of the Dungeon Map.
This is the Dungeon
Entrance. From there, you
will move from room to room
fighting monsters and
getting gold. A single turn of All monsters in a room must
the game is played as be killed before you can roll
follows: for treasure. Each monster
on the chart has two stats.
These are:
RANGE: ​Each monster will
have either a bow symbol or
a crossed swords symbol.
The bow means they attack
in ranged combat. The
crossed swords means they
attack in melee combat.
DIFFICULTY LEVEL:​ This
is the Monster’s Level and
the number appears
beneath the range symbol.
This number changes the
number of dice you roll in
combat. For instance, if you
have 4 combat dice to roll
and the monster DL is 1,
you remove 1 combat die.
You now only have 3 combat
dice to roll.
VIII: Combat
The instant monsters
appear, combat begins.
Combat takes place over
FOUR steps:
ONE: ​Initiative:​ You will
make a roll using your MGK
stat to see who acts first in
each round of combat.
TWO: ​Ranged Combat:​ All
monsters and heroes with
ranged weapons get a
chance to attack (in
initiative order).
THREE: ​Melee Combat:​ All
monsters and heroes with
melee weapons get a chance
to attack (in initiative order).
FOUR: ​Victory: ​Check to see
if anyone has won the
battle. If there are still
monsters, and you’re still
alive, move back to step one
again and roll for initiative
for a new round.
IX: Initiative
Initiative is determined by
your attunement with the
magical realm. The more in
tune you are, the more
chance you have of
foreseeing your enemy’s
movements. To do this:
ONE: ​Count up the number
of STARS underneath your
MGK stat that are NOT
MARKED. Take that many
dice for your starting dice
pool.
TWO: ​Check the monster’s
DL (for ONLY the monster
TYPE in the room. Not for
every monster in the room)
and subtract that many dice
from your dice pool.
THREE: ​Roll all the dice in
your pool. You are trying to
roll ​equal ​or l​ ower ​ than
your MGK stat on ONE of
the dice in your pool. If one
dice shows the desired
result, you get to act first in
both ranged and melee
steps. If not, you must act
second.
X: Attacking
When it is your turn to
attack (on either ranged or
melee steps) you will do the
following.
ONE: ​Count up the number
of UNMARKED HEARTS
underneath your R-ATK stat
(during the ranged step) or
the M-ATK stat (during the
melee step). Take that many
dice for your starting dice
pool.
TWO: ​Check the monster’s
DL (for ONLY the monster
TYPE in the room. Not for
every monster in the room)
and subtract that many dice
from your dice pool.
THREE: ​Roll all the dice in
your pool. You are trying to
roll ​equal ​or l​ ower ​ than the
necessary attack stat on AS
MANY DICE in your pool as
possible.
FOUR: ​Every die in your
pool that shows the desired
result inflicts ONE damage
on the monsters. All
non-boss monsters always
have 1 Life Point. So each
dice showing the proper
result kills 1 monster. If NO
dice show the desired result,
you miss your attack.
XI: Using Weapons
When you fail an attack roll,
or are unsatisfied with the
die results, you may use a
weapon to reroll some or all
of your dice. Spend one
Combat Rating point from
your weapon (ranged
weapons in ranged combat
and melee weapons in melee
combat) by erasing one dot
from the weapon. Reroll as
many dice in the pool as you
wish. If you still aren’t
happy with the results, you
may spend again to reroll.
However, once a weapon is
depleted of all CR points, it
breaks until you can find
time/tools to “sharpen” or
“fix” it.
 XII: Defending
When it is the monster’s
turn to attack (on either
ranged or melee steps) you
MUST make a defense roll.
ONE: ​Count up the number
of UNMARKED HEARTS
underneath your DEF stat.
Take that many dice for
your starting dice pool.
TWO: ​Check the monster’s
DL (for ONLY the monster
TYPE in the room. Not for
every monster in the room)
and subtract that many dice
from your dice pool.
THREE: ​Roll all the dice in
your pool. You are trying to
roll ​equal ​or ​lower ​ than the
DEF stat on ONE DICE in
your pool.
FOUR: ​If ONE dice shows
the desired results, you
block or dodge the attack. If
NO dice show the desired
result you take one damage
for EACH MONSTER in the
room. You MUST shade in a
heart beneath one of your
physical stats (M-ATK,
R-ATK, or DEF--player’s
choice) per damage, thus
decreasing your future dice
pools for that stat. If ALL of
your hearts are shaded in,
you are dead. GAME OVER.
XIII: Using Armor
When you fail a defense roll,
you may use armor to reroll
some or all of your dice.
This works in the same
manner as weapons,
spending DR points to
reroll. However, once an
armor is depleted of all DR,
it becomes unusable until
you can “fix” it.
XIV: Using Magic
BEFORE any attack or
defense roll is made, you
can choose to call upon
magical power to assist you
in the roll. (For example: In
attacks, this might mean
igniting your arrow with
holy flame or shooting a
fireball from a sword. In
defense, this could signify a
magical shield or
clairvoyance to see where
the attack is coming from).
To do this, spend 1 magic
by marking off one of the
stars on your sheet. Take
out the one dice that is a
different color and roll it
with the rest. With the
magic dice, you are trying to
roll ​equal​ or ​lower​ than your
MGK stat to pass the test.
In attack rolls, a success on
a magic dice inflicts 2 dmg.
You can also choose to use
magic if you have NO
weapon or your weapon is
broken. The magic allows
you to still cast an attack
spell without the use of a
weapon
XV: Zero Dice
If for any reason you are
reduced to 0 dice on a die
roll (either through loss of
health, magic, monster DL,
or some combination) you
will still roll 1 die. This is
called the LUCK ROLL. To
succeed on such a roll you
MUST roll a 1 on the dice.
XVI: Room
Features
After a battle is won, and all
monsters are killed, you will
then encounter the Room’s
Feature. This will either be a
trap or a boon.
TRAP:​ Traps are indicated
with a Shield symbol and a
number below said shield.
Dodging a trap is a defense
roll. Each trap has a DL of
its own and ALL traps inflict
1 damage. Whether you
dodge or not, the trap is
triggered and you no longer
need to worry about it.
BOON: ​Rooms with a boon
in them will grant you some
helpful boost as indicated
by the symbols listed.
● Heart:​ Heal as many
health (erase shaded
hearts) as are heart
symbols pictured.
● Star:​ Recover as
much magical power
(erase shaded stars)
as are star symbols
pictured.
● Circle:​ ​Repair or
Sharpen one or more
weapons or armor (fill
in circles next to said
weapon or armor) as
there are circles
pictured.
You can’t gain more of these
boons than are listed on
your character sheet. So, for
example, if you have all your
hearts and enter a heart
room, you can’t gain an
additional one. The same
goes for magic. You only
have 4 magical charges
possible at a time. Weapons,
however, even ones that
started with lower CR than
the number of circles
pictured may be hewn to
have higher amounts of CR
by filling up the circles next
to a weapon to the max
value (6 circles per weapon
and/or armor).
XVII: Treasure
Finally, once a room is
cleared and encountered
you may roll on the treasure
chart.
GOLD: ​In some cases, you
will be asked to roll a dice
code and earn that much
gold. Record your current
gold in the spot on your
character sheet for gold.
ELIXIRS: ​You may also find
elixirs that work similar to
boons. You may use Elixirs
immediately or keep it by
writing it in on the empty
space next to the elixir
bottle on your sheet. You
may only carry ONE Elixir
at a time. If you find a new
one, you must decide
whether to keep the one you
have or take the new one.
You can use elixirs at any
point in the dungeon.
TREASURE ROOMS:​Rooms
5 and 6 on the Room chart
are considered “Large”
rooms. When you clear
these rooms, roll TWICE on
the Treasure chart.
XVIII: Secret Doors
Sometimes, you might hit a
dead end or wall yourself in.
When you do this, you can
take a chance at finding a
secret door after a room is
complete. You will use your
magic to clairvoyantly see
where a secret door might
be. Make a magic roll (see
the section on Initiative for
an example. Since there are
no monsters, you lose no
dice to Monster DL). If you
pass, you find a secret door
and may move into any
adjacent room. If it is a new
room, generate it as normal.
If you fail to find a secret
door, you lose 1 magical
energy (shade in one of your
stars to show this).
XIX: Backtracking
If you need to backtrack,
you may turn around and
move through rooms you
previously visited. When you
do this, roll a D6. On a roll
of 5-6, new monsters
appear. Roll on the monster
chart as normal and enter
combat. You don’t earn
treasure for this battle. You
don’t roll for Room Features.
Do this for each room you
revisit except the Dungeon
Entrance..
LEAVING: ​If you get to the
Dungeon Entrance room,
you can choose to leave the
Dungeon and spend the
gold you currently have on
new weapons. You can also
spend gold on healing both
health and magic on a 1 for
1 basis. You may then
return to the dungeon. It
will have the same layout as
before, but all rooms will be
repopulated with monsters.
However, you still don’t roll
for new treasure or features
as you’ve already searched
these rooms before.
TRAPPED: ​If you get walled
into the dungeon with no
way out and you have no
magic to search for secret
doors, you are trapped
forever and starve to death
in the depths. GAME OVER.
XX: The Boss
When you have filled out
ALL the spaces on the grid
in the dungeon (16 rooms in
all including the Entrance)
the final and 16th room will
house the BOSS. You must
defeat the boss to win the
game. Unlike his/her
minions, the boss has
multiple life force points
(indicated by a number of
empty heart icons on the
right of the boss table).
BOSS COMBAT: ​Combat
with the boss works in a
similar manner to the
normal monsters. However,
before each round of combat
begins you will roll D6 to
see which attack the boss
will use for the round. Every
boss has 3 possible attacks.
The attack roll will tell you
in what step of combat the
boss will attack (ranged or
melee), how much damage
the attack deals, and the DL
for the boss for the round.
Use that DL for initiative
and all attack/defense rolls
for the current round.
BOSS LIFE FORCE: ​When
you make attack rolls
against a boss, each dice
showing a success inflicts
one damage on the boss LF
track (shade in hearts on
his track to indicate).
BOSS ATTACK: ​When the
boss attacks they deal the
full damage for the attack
(indicated by the number of
heart icons in the attack
box) if you fail your defense.
DEFEATING the BOSS:
When you shade in the last
heart on the Boss LF track,
you win. You immediately
level up (gain +1 to one stat
of your choosing) and roll 3
times on the Treasure Chart
(4 times if you’re in a Large
room).
LEAVING: ​You must then
backtrack to leave the
dungeon. However, now that
the boss is dead, many of
the minions have fled the
building. When you re-enter
a room, new monsters only
appear on a roll of 6.
Additionally, only ONE of
that monster will appear
instead of the usual D3.
XXI: Further
Adventures
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and escaped the dungeon,
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MONSTERS: ​Only ONE
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ROOM instead of D3.