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Hell yeah! That sounds so fun!

Oh and for a good starting adventure, check out The Lair of the Gobbler! It's a bit old at this point, but it still holds up as a simple starting adventure. Even with just two players and a hireling or two it should work fine! Just make sure your players know they can always run away or try to negotiate, and that they should keep an eye out for traps ;)

Hey Valentino!

Really cool to hear that you're planning on playing DURF!

The first advice I'd like to give is that balance in the traditional sense isn't something to bother with in games like this, since there will be ways for an adventuring party to deal with foes which are way stronger than them. They can always run away, try diplomacy, or find a way to stack the odds in their favor. Just make sure you as a GM reward clever thinking from your players :)

But there are some other pointers to help make sure the balance isn't too off when it inevitably leads to a fight:

- Remind your players that they can push their characters to gain a Buff on their rolls.

- A simple way to scale fights is to make sure the combined HD total of the enemies is around the same as the total HD of the party. A little more or less usually isn't a problem, especially once players get their hands on magic items and other advantages.

- Let your players know their characters can die quickly with a few bad rolls. Having them embrace this is honestly the best way to play this game. Let them play their characters like they are driving a stolen car. Character creation is quick for a reason. If you want some more advice for players and GMs, check out the Player and GM Advice section in the preview PDF for DURF Expanded. It has some good advice to help you and your players get in the right mindset for this game.

Some other advice to help specifically with running the game for a smaller party:

- They should probably hire a hireling or two to make up for the smaller party size.  A simple carrier to carry their supplies and plundered treasure and someone to help them fight when it comes to that. Even bigger parties usually have a handful of hirelings to help with that. And if a player dies, they can even start playing one of their loyal hireling instead of rolling up a new character.

- Other than that, combined with the general advice above about balance, you should be okay! Just have fun and let the dice fall where they may. Even if shit goes bad, that often makes for the most memorable stories :) 

Good luck!

- Emiel

Since a lot of folks have echoed that sentiment, I have swapped to solo rules stretch goal with the one below it, making it easier to still hit in the end sprint of the campaign! :D

Due to popular demand from people like yourself, I have swapped to solo rules stretch goal with the one below it! Making it easier to still hit in the end sprint of the campaign!

It won't be the main focus, but the way the warfare rules are structured will make it easy to incorporate into your solo campaign!

Honestly, the best way to make it happen is to back anyway. You can always cancel your pledge before the campaign finishes. But even if we don't reach the stretch goal, I'm just a single creator, so any additional support will help me find more time to create those solo rules down the line :)

Thank you :) The final book will be around 200 pages and roughly A5-sized (a little wider but the same height)

Hey Roberto! In DURF you would just make an action roll using the most relevant attribute. So for a pit that could be the PC's DEX :)

Thank you!

Thank you for the kind words! It means a lot :)

Awesome! Thank you so much!

Thank you!

Hey! I'm glad you're enjoying the zines :)

1. Dang. I just checked the third printing and you are correct. I've switched to a new printing house and had to update the files for the new print run. Apparently I accidentally changed something in the files which caused all the page numbers to shift by 2. I double-checked with the copies I have of the other print runs, and they are all correct, so it seems to be a printing error which slipped in in the newest 2025 printing, so I'm sorry for that!

2. Break!! was in development for a really long time (TEA 01 came out way before the Break!! Kickstarter) so their old development blog post about combat directly inspired the zones used in TEA's combat system :)

I agree that the zine could have featured a few more monsters and it definitely is something I'd want to take another look at once I'll get around to creating an omnibus/rework of the first three zines :)

Enjoy!

<3

Thank you!

Thank you, Sean!

yes :)

Oh that's fair. Thanks for letting me know! I'll see what I can do :)

It is 72 pages + map

done :)

Thank you so much! I'm glad you're enjoying it :D

Thank you :D

Of course! Shoot me an email at the address found on my itch page :)

Yeah no worries! Email me at the address that's on my main itch page and I'll get you a key :)

Thank you so much! Hearing that means a lot to me :)

No need! The soundtrack will be made freely available for everyone and won't be bundled with this zine :)

Yes! TEA 01 has been reprinted and is already available at some places, more coming soon!

Right now, you can get it at Indie Press Revolution, if you are in the US :)

Thank you!

The soundtrack is a stretch goal and will take a while longer to finish up, together with the other stretch goals (character portraits and pregen sheets). I'll update y'all once they're done :)

That's great to hear!

Yes! Print copies are getting shipped to various shops worldwide next month after KS fulfillment wraps up :)

It was created to be used with a group and a GM, but I had solo games in the back of my mind while working on the first issue. So, if you use some kind of GM emulator, the random tables presented in issue 01 lend themselves as seeds for solo campaigns :)

Thank you :)

Thank you so much!

Thank you! And yes, Cult of the Lizard King is good :)

Thank you! I'm very happy to hear that :)

Thank you so much!

Hey! You can email me at emielboven[at]gmail.com :)

I can't seem to be able to see the picture you sent. Can you email me at emielboven[at]gmail.com? Then we can sort this out :)