EXPEDITIONERS TTRPG

Dwarfen Survival in the Underground

In Expeditioners, the players take on the roles of Dwarfs who live in the Underground and work with the Expeditions Guild, a wide-spanning organization that focuses on finding resources, delivering messages, and exploring dangerous locations. Living in the Underground is harsh and dangerous, so the pressure is on the Expeditions Guild to find vital resources and find safe passages through the tunnels for the Dwarfen Cities to survive.

Surviving in the Underground is not just about finding food and water. Other threats lurk in the caves of the Upper Depths, such as dangerous Trolls and mischievous Goblins. Darker things scavenge the Lower Depths, and who knows what terrors you might find in the Chthonic Abyss. The Overground is only slightly less terrifying, what with its vast open space and greedy inhabitants. Dangers exist aplenty for any Dwarf.

The Preorder

Expeditioners is still under development but you can preorder the game here and receive the complete game once it is ready. In fact, the text is ready and by preordering now you'll receive the playtest-ready version of the game. Once the game is complete and ready, the playtest version will be replaced with the game's final edition.

You can preorder the game now for $10 and every preorder helps fund the final steps of making Expeditioners into a more beautiful game, complete with original art by Shiraz and editing. Once the game is properly finished, the price will go up.

The Features

Expeditioners is a survival game for 2 or more players, where one will take the role of the Dwarf Guide to handle the game's management while the other players create their Player Dwarfs to risk their lives in the caverns.

These are some of the game's features:

• D6 dicepool mechanics: Whenever you want to take a direct action, you make an action roll by rolling a number of six-sided dice based on your Core Trait and other bonuses. Any die that comes up as either 5 or 6 is a Strike that counts towards Hitting the Mark.
• Simplified resource management: Your resources (rations, bandages, components, etc.) are all handled as Shares that fill up your Inventory. You start with a limited number of Shares, and you can only carry a certain amount, so be careful not to starve to death.
• Quick Dwarf creation: Making a Dwarf is quick so you can get a short game going faster. It is also handy in case you suddenly need to make a new Dwarf character.
• Simple adversary system: In Expeditioners, adversaries use a simple mechanic that allows you to make threats quick and with short notice.
• Painful combat system: Dwarfs suffer Pain in this game, and Pain takes time to heal. Without a healer, a badly injured Dwarf will surely die in the caverns.
• Exciting expeditions: Every expedition is given a number of milestones that the Expeditioners must complete in order to reach their destination, and every milestone introduces a different challenge. The Dwarfs can avoid the challenge, but only at a cost.

Contributors

Óskar Örn (he/him) - Creator and main writer, Óskar is from Iceland and has been making community content for various games as well as making some games of his own which are published under Ghoti Games (he also wrote this product page).

Shiraz @dicedeedsart (he/him) - Main artist and invaluable art director and friend. Shiraz hails from India, has provided great art for several projects, and has created games of his own that can be found on Itch under Dicedeeds Art and Games.