http://www.rpgnow.com/product/138653/HHSOLO-1--The-Hounds-of-Halthrag-Keep
What do you get for the purchase? Well - a digital file that will bring to mind those lost days of yore when your trusty Brass Lantern kept the Grues at bay. It will remind you of Fighting Fantasy books. It will remind you of some Lone Wolf and Choose Your Own Adventure books
Inside there is a highly-condensed version of The Dungeon Crawl Classics rules-set, which if you aren't already familiar with them will give you a taste of what you might expect from DCC. If you do know DCC already, then I expect you will be able to jump in and get your 0-level death-wish fantasy within a couple of minutes. You may even have a satisfactory conclusion, although that's somewhat beside the point...
Playing through the adventure with a 0-level character and escaping from the Keep somehow will give you about 10XP if you burn a little Luck and have the Gods on your side. If you really work the thing over, you'll come out of it with some cool stuff that will make for a very interesting Level 1 character of whatever class you choose - the location is chock full of weapons and monsters and some gold and enough interesting events to propel some character development before a PC is even ready for play in groups.
On the other hand, just like in a regular DCC funnel game you may find the dice go against you and you are slaughtered without fanfare or mourning. So it goes, eh? The good thing is there is a system in place so that you could recover some stuff from your previous character if you play your cards right.
There is bonus material provided by +Claytonian JP, as well as the meaty and dangerous part of a Patron by +Paul Wolfe from Angels and Daemons and Beings Between.
I can't even remember all the little terrible references I slipped in, but I think gamers of a certain age will know the thing before they even read it, mostly! I admit it's a work of pastiche but I crafted it pretty lovingly over the course of a year and I hope that you check it out.
Expect a print version soon, and an old-fashioned game book format before the year's end!
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