DCC - Campaign: Episode 01: Frozen in Time
The Ghost Ice - an eons old glacier filled with spirits - has cracked open revealing a mysterious entry. The tribe has selected you to explore...
$15.00
/ Session
Details
3 players following this game
Weekly / Wednesday - 12:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3 hours
1 / 6 Seats Filled
Report Adventure
StartPlaying Money Back Guarantee
If your game doesn't happen, we guarantee a refund. Just reach out to StartPlaying Support. Refund Policy
Meet your party members
1/6
About the adventure
You're no hero. You are a band of primitive tribesmen living on the edge of civiization, Descendent of the survivors of a long past catastrophe. You've grown up with the legends of The Ghost Ice, a titanic glacier at the northernmost end of the tribe's wintering grounds. One night after eons of silent sentry, The face of The Ghost Ice came crashing down into broken mountainous piles revealing two small dark holes halfway up the enormous glacier. Having just come of age You have been selected by the tribe leaders to ascend The Ghost Ice, enter the holes and see if the evil spirits inside have departed. Kick off a Dungeon Crawl Classics campaign with this unique Level-0 funnel adventure. Each player begins the funnel with four characters. It is expected that you will lose at least some of those characters during this highly lethal adventure. Only the strongest (or luckiest) will survive. Characters who do survive will suddenly find themselves capable of heroic mighty deeds, or powerful magic in a world beyond their wildest dreams. These characters will level up and may continue on to the next episode of the campaign NEW PLAYERS WELCOME - DCC is easy to learn and new players are encouraged to join. The start of a new episode is an especially good time to join. Each episode will consist of a different pre-published module taking characters through a wide variety of adventures. Although not a requirement, diligent players can check out a PDF of the quickstart rules from Goodman Games here: https://goodman-games.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DCC_QSR_Free.pdf
Game style
Dungeon Crawl
Theater of the Mind
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(5)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
1 game hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Storytelling, Beginner Friendly
About me
Hi there, my name is Justin, I am a visual artist, comics creator and Dungeon Judge. I've played a ton of systems from TMNT to D&D. I have a preference towards some of the more old school systems, and am primarily looking to run Dungeon Crawl Classics, Mutant Crawl Classics or XCrawl. I've run D&D and DCC for friends and family for over a decade and am just dipping my toes into running games for the public. DCC organized play launches this year (2026), so I'm especially excited to start running some DCC organized play games with you. I am a total acolyte for the system and am happy to teach/welcome new players.
View Profile →Character creation
Creating your character
You can create your characters using https://purplesorcerer.com/create_party.php Change the Occupation source drop down to: Frozen in Time
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will need to join the discord for game chat If you have dice, you should have them on hand. Optionally, players may wish to read the quick start rules here: https://goodman-games.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DCC_QSR_Free.pdf
What Trusty Justin brings to the table
I run theater of the mind style games. You will be asked to cast your creative imagination into the characters that you play and to see the world through their eyes. I will describe the environment, the NPCs and the obstacles, and you will describe what your characters do. There is no requirement that you do character voices or heavy role play or anything like that as the adventure is mostly designed around exploration and survival. Episode 01: will cover the basic rules and 0-level funnel play. players who continue on to episode 02 will learn to level up and begin exploring the different character classes.
Homebrew rules
I will be mostly sticking to the Rules as Written but am open to the rule of cool.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Trusty Justin creates a safe table
This campaign is generally PG-13 but I invite you to provide me with your list of Lines (things that you absolutely do not want to see in played out in a roleplaying game) and veils (things that maybe are okay as long as it's "offscreen" or just eluded to") if one exists for you. I reserve time at the end of our game to do a quick check-in and debrief. What did you like, what would you change, Do you have any lingering questions, where to go to keep playing, things like that.
Content warnings
Safety tools used