What Lies Before
A solo dungeon-crawler of dice, decisions and destruction
What Lies Before (Dwarfdom volume 1) is a solo gamebook with unique dice challenges. If you fail the challenges, the bad guys choose your adventure for you.
The Unsung Hero of a Desperate World: Dragons unleash judgment upon the dwarfs. As a lowly golem with rising powers, you must reunite the People, reclaim ancient magic, and forge a new era — or erode into history with all Dwarfdom.
Learn as you Play: Dive straight into the story without reading pages and pages of rules beforehand. The book introduces you to all the major mechanics as you encounter each for the first time.
Go Beyond Stat Checks: While we all love good old roll-X-or-higher, you’ll do so much more with your dice in this game. Like hammer them into each other. Or roll and manipulate them to solve unique puzzles.
Level up your Character: Boost your attributes, master new skills, and recover long-forgotten arcana. Develop an emerging soul across attempts -- what kills you makes your (next) golem stronger!
Shape a Civilization: Your decisions affect the development of non-player characters, influencing their behavior and the course of history.
Emerge Victorious Over and Over (or not): With 7 ways to win, and dozens to lose, you’ll play many times before you’ve fully explored the dwarfs’ world and their possible futures.
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