About this episode
This episode introduces listeners to a short tutorial dungeon for the Shadowdark role-playing game.
The Tomb of the Forgotten is a short Shadowdark tutorial dungeon introducing dungeon masters and players to the basic mechanics of the role-playing game. The adventure takes about an hour to run and includes: The full adventure, with room descriptions and advice Pre-generated characters A DM-friendly battle map with rules references. A grid-based battle map A gridless battle map We created this dungeon as part of Dungeon Jam 2026. Check out the official playlist on YouTube. Adventure Files Tomb of the Forgotten - Full Download (ZIP file with the adventure, maps, pre-generated characters) Tomb of the Forgotten - Adventure (PDF file) Pre-generated characters - (ZIP file with seven pre-gens) Maps Battlemap - GM Version (PNG) Battlemap - Grid (PNG) Battlemap - Gridless (PNG) Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Shadowdark Hazards Listen to the Episode Watch the Episode Watch Shadowdark Tutorial Dungeon on YouTube. Show Notes The Tomb of the Forgotten is a tutorial dungeon designed to introduce players and game masters to the Shadowdark ruleset. It is set in Mörka Norden, an alternative, Viking-inspired campaign setting taking place on an Earth reforged by Ragnorak. This dungeon is…
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Host: Lair Of Secrets
Topics covered
- role-playing games
- tutorial dungeon
- Shadowdark mechanics
- dungeon master
- Viking-inspired setting
Keywords
- Shadowdark
- Tomb of the Forgotten
- tutorial dungeon
- role-playing game
- dungeon master
- Viking-inspired
- game mechanics
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Shadowdark Tutorial Dungeon, The Tomb of the Forgotten
Places: Mörka Norden
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