Mazes RPG Reforged

MAZES is a return to the classic sword and sorcery dungeon crawler with award-winning, yet delightfully simple modern rules that put you right into the action. A thoroughly modern take on the original RPG of dragons, dice, and dungeons! 

Mazes is a fresh take on the classic dungeon RPG. Choose a die, pick a class, and open the door to adventure. Mazes is elegant, simple, and fast, with rules designed to create fun, dangerous adventures. Characters are well defined, with edges that make them feel and play differently. The MC (the Maze Controller) has tools that make it easy to set up and run games without a lot of prep. Plus, there are plenty of published adventures for Mazes, and rules that make it easy to use any OSR compatible modules.

Mazes captures the original feel of fantasy roleplaying; and translates it into a vibrant, easy to understand, modern rules system. In Mazes, you pick a die, pick a class, answer a few questions – and you’re ready to play. Like an old school game, Mazes is focused on creativity and “rulings over rules”. As a modern game, the rules are consistent, extendable, and focused on the narrative. Together, this means that the rules are fast to learn, logical, and adjudicable without having to consult a rule book every five minutes.

Easy to learn, and easy to teach - Mazes is the perfect introduction to roleplaying, while still having enough teeth for even the gnarliest grognards. It's time to get back in the dungeon!  

It’s designed to provide the full experience of a crunchy RPG, but with minimal setup and prep – all without giving up the fun, mechanical depth of an exciting roleplaying system. Sorry, there isn’t any math – we did all that work for you!  In a polymorph game, each player only ever uses a specific polyhedral die – a d4, a d6, a d8, or a d10.  Each die represents a different “way to play” or a  different “role” that they have in the group. Whenever a player asks “can I do something”, they roll their die and with a quick glance at their character sheet to know if they succeed.

There is NEVER any math involved (no modifiers, no masters). Depending on the game world and what kind of character that you are playing – you may roll with advantage or disadvantage (or not need to roll at all); and the MC (the person running the game) never rolls dice. The MC has tools to control the flow of game, and resources like the players to ensure that game play is fast, fair, and fun - without needing to memorize a million rules.