D100 Dungeon

A Reason to go back into the Dungeon!
With his D100 Dungeon Martin Knight has given us a solitaire dungeon crawler that offers about as much fun as a fella can have alone with some dice. This recent discovery has me recalling all the fun I have had over the years since Gary Gygax gave us those tables for random dungeon generation in his Dungeon Master's Guide and thereby opened the door for playing the world's most popular fantasy adventure game solitaire. Flying Buffalo's many solitaire adventures and Steve Jackson's Death Test (Metagaming) and their imitators have been my go-to products for solo adventure gaming these many decades since, but Mr. Knight's Dungeon has caught my attention in a serious way.
D100 Dungeon is a complete game - nothing else is needed except a pencil and d100 and a d6. It is a free download over at BoardGame Geek and I can't recommend this product highly enough. The rules are simple enough for character generation, combat and magic and for running the dungeon adventure itself, but pay attention because this game has a lot of subtle depth in the 52 page print-and-play document. It is mostly b&w with a color cover and one other page you will want in color - the M Maps Table.
The idea is simple and very well executed. A lone adventurer makes many delves into the dungeon underworld, hoping to complete various quests, while accruing wealth and reputation. Character advancement includes improved ability percentages, additional skills, better weapons and armor and more powerful spells. The book is full of random tables for determining everything from dungeon layout to monster reaction tests to spell failure curses. The quests keep the game fresh and challenging. The mechanics are immersive. In D100 Dungeon, Martin Knight takes an idea that has been around since the late 1970s (the no referee RPG experience) and has made a modern product that feels like it builds upon forty years of innovation.
This free print-and-play book represents to me what is best about the online tabletop gaming community - a hobbyist who is sharing his talent and enthusiasm with others who will hopefully appreciate his effort and generosity. I am a fan.