This puzzling level-2 adventure compatible with Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG will twist your noodle as you navigate a three-dimensional labyrinth filled with deadly challenges and confounding obstacles. What mysteries and miseries are the mad sorcerer concealing?

The adventure includes:

If you back the campaign in the FIRST 48 HOURS, you will receive a FREE sticker sheet of art from previous Nerdronomicon publications! Even if you back at the PDF level!

This adventure is designed for every type of Judge, from zero-preppers to flavor-text junkies. Organized so you have exactly what you need at the table. The text is broken into brief summaries and an OSR-style control panel layout for easy access. There is box text to read aloud or add flavor to your personal vision. Judges' advice is provided throughout to get the most out of the adventure.

In addition, measurements, ability checks, saves, die notation, and proper nouns are bolded for easy reference. Plus, proper nouns are spelled out phonetically, and measurements are given in both imperial and metric systems.

The Sorcerer's Conundrum will fit into any grimdark pulp fantasy setting, but it is also part three in The Saga of Sorcerer Verrükter and the Rükstau Rejects, a series that will run six parts in total, taking characters from level zero to level five.

In The Sorcerer's Fate, an explosion of infernal energy drew the villagers of tiny Rükstau into the orbit of the Sorcerer Verrükter.

In part two, The Sorcerer's Return, an enfeebled Sorcerer Verrükter (see explosion above) sent the survivors on a mission to retrieve a healing herb from the ruins of a nearby derelict temple.

Now Verrükter calls on (the surviving members of) the party once again. This time, to secure a magic item from the center of a magical labyrinth.

Physical or digital, there's an option for you!

Receive a 44-page 5½ x 8½" printed copy and a PDF copy of The Sorcerer's Conundrum for DCC RPG, as well as all of the physical and digital stretch goals.

Receive a 44-page 5½ x 8½" PDF copy of The Sorcerer's Conundrum for DCC RPG, as well as all of the digital stretch goals.

Show your support, follow the campaign, and maybe pick up an add-on or two!

Receive five 44-page 5½ x 8½" printed copies of The Sorcerer's Conundrum for DCC RPG at less than 67% of MSRP.

Digital assets! Stickers! More stretch goals to unlock and to discover!

New to Nerdronomicon? Want to get the first two parts of the series? Add on some of our previous adventures, and more!

...and retailer bundles of all this loot to boot!

The zines will be 44 pages, 5½" x 8½", stapled and printed in black and white with vegetable-based inks on recycled or sustainably sourced paper by Mixam. I am handling fulfillment myself primarily via the USPS.

Shipping can fluctuate wildly, but right now shipping is projected to be $10 for US addresses and $25 for the rest of the world.

Playtesting is done! Writing is done! Layout is done! About 25% of the illustrations are done! Once the rest of the illustrations are done, we'll go to print. We aim to have things in the mail to you sometime in November 2026!

There is no certainty in this cold, cruel universe, but I'll do my best to adhere to this timeline. I will communicate any issues as quickly and thoroughly as possible.

Possible problems may arise from supply chain or shipping interruptions beyond my control or the general chaos inherent in existence.

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