What is Cursed World?

Cursed World is a Dungeons & Dragons homage, but it is not an old school game. It's an attempt at a less tactical, more narrative approach to the familiar tropes.

Every gamer knows D&D. The monsters, spells, and tropes are ingrained in gamer culture. Love or hate it, practically every gamer has played it and had fun with it at some point. But in spite of multiple editions and years of expansion, most veteran gamers consider it dated and primitive.

So why not take what people love about D&D, and modernize it? Rather than re-create the original game like retro-clones do, Cursed World is a complete reconstruction of the dungeon fantasy experience. Outdated concepts have been reexamined. Classic tropes have been polished to a high sheen.

It's an old-school setting without the old school rules. It uses FATE, the state-of-the-art system that powered two Origin award-winning games. But to connect Cursed World to the D&D tradition, it will include quick conversion rules for d20 or Pathfinder monsters and and traps.