Despite sharing the franchise, each edition of Dungeons and Dragons offers wildly different experiences. Those changes become even more stark when you compare the streamlined epicness of 5th Edition to the slapdash ways of old-school D&D. For tabletop players who actually played D&D in the pre-millenium, the wave of OSR (Old School Renaissance) offered everything they wanted. If you happen to be one of them, then Dungeon Crawl Classics is the game to get into.
Fortunately for you, Fanatical has dozens of its best adventures on a mega sale.
For $17.99, you can get $723 worth of Dungeon Crawl Classics books on Fanatical. That’s 97% off for years upon years of retro-style D&D books. If you’re not sure Dungeon Crawl Classics is to your taste, you can actually get four books for free. Simply grab the first tier of the Colossal 70+ Dungeons RPG Collection for a whopping zero dollars. All four free adventures are appropriately holiday-themed, especially if you like your Christmases with deadly monsters.
As someone who’s seen plenty of OSR games, Dungeon Crawl Classics stands among the best entry points to the genre. The biggest reason being it’s just so darn zany and fun. You know those magical moments in a campaign when something absolutely bonkers happens, and it becomes an inside joke for your table? Dungeon Crawl Classics is tailormade for those kinds of stories.
The pulp fantasy adventures and beautifully intricate systems makes it so undeniably “tabletop.” It’s the kind of experience you can only get surrounded by a bunch of loveable dorks and a mildly sadistic DM. Okay, more than mildly, we’re talking 80s-style TTRPG rules here. You will probably perish, but at least you’ll bust a gut laughing while doing so.
Here are some of the notable adventures from the Colossal 70+ Dungeons RPG Collection on Fanatical:
- The Doom That Came To Christmas Town
- Home for the Holideath
- Doom of the Savage Kings
- Idylls of the Rat King
- Temple of the Dragon Cult
The Colossal 70+ Dungeons RPG Collection sale ends on February 4, 2026.
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