Dungeon Run: Pocket
A downloadable game
Pick up a physical deck at The Game Crafter: link here
Pick up a printed book on Amazon.com: link here
Mega Maps on Amazon.com: link here
Digital Deck now available: link here !
Game Description
A notebook. A deck of cards. A dungeon full of trouble.
Grab your favorite pen, pencil, or quill—it’s time to dive into a fast-paced, ever-changing dungeon crawl that fits in your backpack and plays just about anywhere.
In Dungeon Run: Pocket, you’ll battle monsters, dodge traps, and grab treasure while mapping your own path through a randomized dungeon layout. No two runs are ever the same. Choose your moves wisely—when your health hits zero, the goblins haul you out on a stretcher (and they don’t do refunds).
Perfect for solo adventurers and coffee-table crawlers alike.
Rules Breakdown
Components
• Dungeon Run: Pocket Map Book
• 1x Deck of Monster Cards
• 1x Deck of Treasure Cards
• A writing implement (e.g. pen, pencil, burnt stick)
Setup
1. Choose a random map from the Map book.
2. Shuffle the Monster cards and deal our 4 next to each other face up. From left to right these are Monsters with Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 respectively.
3. Shuffle the Treasure cards and place them face down.
How to Play
1. Start at the Stairs on the Map.
2. You may move to any adjacent square that is not a wall.
3. If you occupy the same space as a Monster, resolve Combat.
4. If you occupy the same space as a Treasure, resolve Loot.
End of the Game
You may leave the Dungeon at any time. Leaving the Dungeon ends the game. Your VPs at the end of the game become your final score.
Download
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Development log
- Expansion 03 - Unstable Potions ReleasedMar 03, 2026
- Digital Cards now include Mega Maps and Expansions!Dec 13, 2025
- Digital Card Helper now available!Dec 12, 2025
- Season 1 - Expansion 2 now available!Aug 22, 2025
- Mega Maps now on AmazonAug 20, 2025
- Mega Maps released!Jul 24, 2025
- Preview: MEGA MAPJul 16, 2025
- Now on BGGJul 09, 2025
Comments
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Hi Shen,
Big fan of The Crumbling Dungeon here: The Crumbling Dungeon @ BoardGameGeek
I would like to build this one for a another long crawl. Any chance we can get the Mega Maps in digital form? That would tip the # of printable maps into 300.
Also... extra treasure points for you if you cook the remaining 66 to make it truly a year long challenge. :)
Keep up creating tiny beautiful dungeons.
Alex
I downloaded everything, so I made all the cards and printed the 200 maps....Where do I get the rulebook? Sorry for the stupid question but I'm a little confuse on this one.....Please ignore this comment, lol. I AM A SIMPLETON!!!
This looks awesome! I love all the included files and how well made it all is, and also that you sell physical copies of the books and have a tool to digitally handle the cards! Your video explains the game PERFECTLY, too, which is fantastic. It's always nice to be able to read the rules more for reference than necessity.
- ✨Beth
Thanks for the kind words and thanks for checking it out!
I’m having trouble understanding the rules. Can you make a YouTube with commentary rather than music please? Love your games but just can’t get this one
Try playing the game where there all the monsters have no special abilities. They're just levels 1 - 4. You start at the stairs and can walk to any spot that's not blocked by a wall or a monster. You encounter (fight) a monster if you enter its square. Compare your level to the monster's level. You take damage equal to the difference between levels, which means if you're the same level you take no damage.
You keep doing this until you are satisfied with the number of VPs you have or you have lost all your health.
If you defeat a monster the same level as you you gain 1 VP. If you defeat a monster a higher level than you, you gain 2 VPs and 1 Level.
Let me know what part doesn't make sense.
thank you I’ll try again
So you start at Lvl 1 with 5 HP and 0 VP.
You start at the stairs and can move any number of spaces that are empty without having to do anything else.
You select 4 monsters and choose which level they are and the numbers 1,2,3,4 represent the monster and level.
To beat a monster you must be the same level or higher. The monster takes damage if you are both the same level but you don’t take damage unless the monsters level is higher than yours
You draw a treasure card if you move onto a treasure chest.
How do you beat monsters with a higher level than you?
How do you gain levels to beat higher level monsters?
How do you win the game?
How do you beat monsters with a higher level than you?
You can fight any monster at any time. You take damage equal to the difference. So if you are Level 1 and you fight a Level 3, you lose 2 Health. If you are you Level 1 and you fight a Level 1, you lose 0 Health.
How do you gain levels to beat higher level monsters?
If you beat a Monster that is at a higher level you gain +2 VP and +1 LVL. So you gain levels by defeating monsters that are at higher levels than you.
How do you win the game?
Try to get the highest number of VPs. You can leave at any time.
Note: Something about that sheet must be old or out of date. Can you tell me which file you got that from? The "To beat a monster you need to be the same level of higher." is not fully correct. That text shouldn't be there.
The text on the play sheet is from me adding it to see if my understanding is right.
So you beat the higher level monsters but just loose HP. I got it now
Thanks for your patience
how can I get a spiral-bound book like yours? it looks a lot nicer than the perfect bound book does.
Hello! Some of these were handmade and I had a few that I sold exclusively at a local show. Unfortunately I don't have any more in stock. I'll keep folks updated if that changes.
I've been playing for a few days, and although I've tried to get my wife to play, the language barrier holds her back. Would you be interested in translating the game? I'm a native Spanish speaker. If you'd like me to help you with the Spanish translation, please email me at:
Srcaos1002@gmail.com
Just to make sure I got it. I need cards (36) which I can get here as PnP or as POD from theGameCrafter. I also need a book of dungeons, again PnP or POD from Amazon. Then if I do all those dungeons I can get an additional book POD from Amazon. Are these dungeons in the PnP? In both cases the POD book is perfect bound unlike the spiral bound book in the pictures.
Do I understand?
The Amazon book have the same dungeons as the free PnP for the base game. The Mega Maps on Amazon have an additional 90 (only 10 in the PnP).
The Amazon is perfect bound. The spiral bound is a personal copy / creation of mine.
Congrats on getting this listed on BGG!
Just a thought for organization:
use a "bracket" on the open side (in book form) of the page to vertically sort the monsters, bracket should match card size for alignment...
lvl 1 [ [ goblin ]
lvl 2 [ [rock monster]
lvl 3 [ [ zombie ]
lvl 4 [ [ dragon ]
hope that makes sense...
Oh yeah, that does make sense! I can definitely see that if the book were bigger. At A6 it's quite small at the moment.
I love the art !! The game looks very interesting !