Dungeon!

Dungeon! is an adventure board game designed by David R. Megarry and first released by TSR, Inc. in 1975. Additional contributions through multiple editions were made by Gary Gygax, Steve Winter, Jeff Grubb, Chris Dupuis and Michael Gray. Dungeon! simulates some aspects of the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) role-playing game, which was released in 1974, although Megarry had a prototype of Dungeon! ready as early as 1972.

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It is catalogued under topics including Board games introduced in 1975, Dungeon crawler board games and Dungeons & Dragons board games.

Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: board game
Genre: dungeon crawl
Publisher: TSR
Game mode: dungeon crawl

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publication date: 1975-00-00
title: Dungeon!
game mechanics: dice
inception: 1972-10-00

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Original edition
Artwork and game pieces
Gameplay
Dungeon levels
Character classes
House rules
Later editions
Wizards of the Coast editions
Video game
Reception
Other reviews
References
External links

Dungeon! features a map of a simple six-level dungeon with hallways, rooms, and chambers. Players move around the board seeking to defeat monsters and claim treasure. Greater treasures are located in deeper levels of the dungeon, along with tougher monsters. Players choose different character classes with different abilities. The object of the game is to be the first to return to the beginning chamber with a set value of treasure.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dungeon!” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.