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DCC-Compatible RPG where YOU play the Monsters! Welcome to Dungeon Dwelling Creatures

Created by Rugby-Melee Games

You're no Hero. You destroy heroes. You are the bane of adventurers and those who seek fortune and glory in dungeons and ruins. Dungeon Dwelling Creatures is a Dungeon Crawl Classics-compatible RPG in which you take on the role of a monster.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Gen Con Recap AND Sample Dice!
10 months ago – Wed, Aug 06, 2025 at 03:52:38 PM

Hey, creatures! As promised, here is your Gen Con recap!



What a great time at Gen Con! For those who have not had the pleasure of going, it is a heck of an experience! It was fun, but I know everyone I went with needed a break to catch up on some much-needed sleep.

We arrived on Wednesday and hit the ground early on Thursday. We were primarily in LOS (Lucas Oil Stadium) running games in the Dark Master's Domain (aka Joseph Goodman of Goodman Games)! We ran tons of Dungeon Dwelling Creatures Games, Weird Frontiers, and the upcoming Dragon King's for DCC.

On Friday, we all wore our Dungeon Dwelling Creatures shirts to support our launch. We finished out with more games over the weekend and made one last trip to the vendor hall on Sunday before heading back to our rented house. Thank you to everyone who sat in on some DDC games and who chatted with us at Gen Con. Those who got a free monster token, I hope you use it wisely! Obligatory photo dump follows.



And, hot off the press, the sample Dungeon Dwelling Creatures Dice from Impact Miniatures arrived... at their facilities. They are in the process of sending the sample dice to us. The sample dice are the standard 7-dice, but the sets we are selling are the full 14-dice set (that includes the funky dice). A picture is below, but we will post a short video once we have sample dice in hand.

So many Stretch Goals down and more to go! Unlock Brendan LaSalle's exclusive class for DDC!
11 months ago – Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 07:48:13 AM

Thank you folks for the amazing response to DDC! We've past $15k which puts us just over halfway towards unlocking the very cool class that our friend and role model Brendan  LaSalle created for us. Let's knock it out! Keep spreading the word and if you haven't backed now, come on an be a bad guy, no reason to wait!

  • US $5,000 - VTT TOKENS: Congrats! We hit our first stretch goal! At this level, we unlock virtual tabletop tokens.


  • US $7,000 - BOOKMARKS: Dax Hamon has designed a physical bookmark that will be included in physical backer shipments.

  • US $10,000 - SATIN BOOKMARKS: Satin bookmarks will be included in all physical copies of the core book.


  • US $12,000 - NEW HAG CORRUPTION CHART BY LEVI COMBS: At this level, Levi Combs will create a new Hag corruption chart to add more flavor to Hags!

Levi Combs is an award-winning publisher and established game designer. Additionally, he is the owner of Planet X Games. Levi is best known for many DCC-combatable products, including An Occurrence at Howling Crater and Jungle Tomb of the Mummy Bride.



  • US $15,000 - MIGHTY CRUSADERS BY SEAN OWEN ROBERSON: At this level, Sean has agreed to write up a rival group of adventurers called the Mighty Crusaders. The Mighty Crusaders are artifact hunters who have their sights set on the same treasure as the monsters! PDF only.

Sean is the co-owner of Palladium Books. He is best known for his work on the epic RIFTS setting and system and Savage RIFTS. He has written numerous titles for Palladium Books, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, and other systems and settings.



  • US $17,000 - MORE VTT TOKENS: At this level, all backers will receive virtual tabletop tokens for adventures that invade their dungeons.


  • US $20,000 - FREE CREATURES DIE: All physical backers will receive a Dungeon Dwelling Creatures custom d6.

     US $22,000 - ART BY KEELAN HALVORSEN: At this stretch goal, we will commission the talented Keelan Halvorsen to make a full page of black and white art that will be featured in the book.  Keelan is an experienced artist with numerous artworks featured in tabletop roleplaying games over the years. You can find more of his incredible artwork here.

    • US $25,000 - ANOTHER ADVENTURE: At this level, an original Dungeon Dwelling Creatures adventure, Through Time, will be included in all versions of the book. 


    • US $27,000 - VIRTUAL BATTLE MAP: At this level, a virtual battle map for the Through Time adventure is unlocked.


    • US $30,000 - A NEW CLASS BY BRENDAN LASALLE: Crazy Uncle Brendan has agreed to provide a new class, the Swarm Tribe. The Swarm Tribe class represents several different species of tiny humanoids that band together and act in unison. These tiny folk live, work, and fight so closely with one another that they effectively act as a superorganism.

  • Brendan LaSalle is a writer for Goodman Games, best known for his thrilling Xcrawl DCC-compatible system and setting. He has written numerous adventures for Goodman Games and is also the head of the Road Crew!

First Stretch Goal Down!
11 months ago – Fri, Aug 01, 2025 at 10:43:08 AM

UNLOCKED - VTT TOKENS: Congrats! We hit our first stretch goal! At this level, you've unlocked virtual tabletop tokens.

Next up: BOOKMARKS: Dax Hamon has designed a physical bookmark that will be included in physical backer shipments. 

We're live..and funded!
11 months ago – Fri, Aug 01, 2025 at 10:29:20 AM

 Hi, everyone! We're excited that we're live and funded in less than 30 minutes! We have people at GenCon spreading the word about Dungeon Dwelling Creatures (DDC) and others on the home front running the crowdfunding. There are many amazing stretch goals, as I'm sure you've seen. Please help spread the word so we can break through these goals and get you even more amazing content! 



Remember, everyone who backs within the first 48 hours gets a FREE PDF of the Dungeon Dwelling Creatures Quick Start rules. Don't miss out!