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Shadowdark RPG Quickstart Set (Print + PDF)

This item is currently on backorder. All orders placed after October 7th are expected to ship in January. You will still receive the PDF immediately when ordered. Orders that contain this and other products will ship when the entire order is available.

This is the physical print version of the Shadowdark RPG Quickstart Set. You also get a free PDF download emailed to you immediately.

Experience the world's greatest roleplaying game in a whole new light. Lift your torch, draw your blade, and enter the Shadowdark! 

The Shadowdark RPG Quickstart Set is the perfect way to introduce you to the game. The two 68-page, digest-sized booklets give you all you need to play and run thrilling Shadowdark RPG adventures for 1st-3rd level characters.

The set includes eight 1st-level characters on heavy card stock with gorgeous, full art on one side and game statistics on the other. 

Inside the Player and Game Master Quickstart Guides, you'll also find:

  • Lost Citadel of the Scarlet Minotaur, a 1st-3rd-level dungeon crawl where characters can delve for legendary loot... but where pushing their luck might result in an encounter with the infamous scarlet minotaur!
  • A classic, hand-drawn adventure map + player-safe JPEG for virtual table tops
  • 36 spells, 19 magic items, and 52 monsters
  • The four core classes: priest, fighter, thief, and wizard
  • Full character creation rules for making custom crawlers
  • A form-fillable character sheet PDF

Just want the PDF version? Download it for FREE right here

Customer Reviews

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Rama
Quick to run

These are great for running a game on the go. Anytime I find myself playing Shadowdark even on discord, I keep the Player Quick Start Guide on hand. For the basics I need to run, this could be no simpler. While I am not particularly a fan on pregen characters, these are done on excellent card stock and a quick easy reference to get any table running. The Quick Start DM guide also comes with an adventure, one not found in the CORE rules as well as one two items unique to Shadowdark.

Lost Citadel of the Scarlet Minotaur was both fun to run and play and these adventures are the hall mark of Kelsey Dionne who has been a life long TTRPG player.

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Ken S
Brilliant!!

Great system, easy to pickup and enjoy a dungeon without the slog of details from other systems. Highly recommend you should pick this up

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D McNabb
The perfect way to introduce your RPG group to shadowdark

I have the books for the complete Shadowsdark rules and experience in hardcover along with other terrific tools and zines. But the quickstart set was the perfect way of introducing my gaming group to Shadowdark. It beautifully gave them an easy and fun launching point and with simple tools to get them going as players and me as a GM. It has remained afterwards as a great table reference for the players. What a blast we had with included adventures.

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Pablo Tamargo
Great

It is great!

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JPP
Great quickstart guide

Clear, concise and elegant. All things we want in a quickstart guide. After reading, I am now actively trying to convince my gaming group to try it!!! I've ordered the full rulebook, I am way too curious now.