a research proposal for chit-pull dungeoneering.

Why?

Troika! is an OSR game. Make dungeon crawling Troika!

The initiative stack is part of the Troika! parcel. It makes things chaotic — not sure who goes next — but also gameable — strategise based on who's left in the stack.

The Dungeon Stack makes a dungeon crawl fit into the Troika! parcel.

• Burn tokens (inspired by Errant by Ava Islam) deplete resources.
• Dweller tokens breathe life into the dungeon.
• Rest tokens slow down the pace of play and hearken to old-school rules requiring periodic rest.
• The initiative stack propels ****play and attacks the players’ Luck.

How?

Make or get a dungeon and a wandering monster table.

Assemble the Stack

Players put in their Initiative tokens. That's two each.

For each player, put in a Burn token.

For every two henchmen, put in a Burn token.

Put in a Dweller token for each free agent in the dungeon:

• Dungeon factions
• Creatures tracking the players
• Things stuck in traps

Put in one Rest token.