
DURF
A downloadable adventure game
DURF is a rules-light dungeon-fantasy RPG in the vein of games like Knave, Troika! and Into the Odd.
This game uses the OSR elements I personally like (risky combat, simple stats, and prepping before an expedition) but also uses more modern ideas (reduced bookkeeping, quick character generation, a simple advantage system etc.) to make the game easy to pick up and move along smoothly.
Give it a go if that sounds like something that might tickle your barnacle!
Looking for an adventure to start playing?
Check out The Lair of the Gobbler, a low Hit Dice dungeon written for DURF.
Hacking DURF
DURF is made to be hacked, pulled apart and built on top of. The source text is available for easy editing and the game is licensed under Creative Commons (CC-BY 4.0) so you can share and adapt this material for any purpose, as long as you credit me somewhere. If you do, I'd love to see what you're making! Don't be afraid to shoot me a message on Discord or Twitter!
Translations

- Italian by Francesco Catenacci (can be downloaded on this page)
- French by Louis-Philippe Breton (can be downloaded on this page)
- Spanish by Arturo Purroy
- German by Birger Lambrecht
- Portuguese (Brazilian) by Mateus M. D. Souza
- Japanese by nonntann
Resources
DURF Collection
Everything compatible with DURF, both by me and by other amazing people, in one convenient place.
Online Rules Reference
A web version of the rules for easy reference during online play.
Random Character Generator
Quickly generate a random starting character to start playing.
CULT OF THE LIZARD KING Discord
Updated | 27 days ago |
Status | Released |
Category | Physical game |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (84 total ratings) |
Author | Emiel Boven |
Genre | Role Playing |
Tags | Fantasy, knave, OSR, pen-and-paper, rules-lite, Tabletop, Tabletop role-playing game |
Average session | A few hours |
Languages | German, English, French, Italian |
Download
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Development log
- Japanese translation is now available!27 days ago
- Brazilian Portuguese translation now available!48 days ago
- French translation is now available!Oct 24, 2022
- German translation is now available!Sep 13, 2022
- Spanish translation is now available!Jul 26, 2022
- Wizardry! is now availableJun 08, 2022
- Physical copies restock for my fellow EU folksMay 17, 2022
- Google Doc Source TextMay 02, 2022