dungeon doll

I got to run  Palace of the Vampire Queen (1976) for a dear friend today! I think it went extremely well overall, and its fun to hopefully have a game going which requires significantly less scheduling to make happen. She played multiple characters, mostly a mechanical conceit to make the dungeon work, but I loved to see the life she gave these characters (each written on a space the size of a cue card). Vampire Queen is great, also! It's kind of the perfect amount of actual dungeon for me, where I know exactly what's in every room right away, and have a lot of space to improvise and embellish as I go. I definitely recommend this adventure if you're into that sort of thing. The Premise A dwarven isle has been plagued by the Vampire Queen for centuries. Recently, she has captured the princess of the dwarves. The king has offered land, titles, and power to any who can return his daughter to him, though he expects these rewards to go unclaimed. He has lost hope. Dwarves here...