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Game Shadowdark Any Level

Shadowdark: The Scarlet Minotaur

The Lost Citadel of the Scarlet Minotaur is Shadowdark's now iconic intro adventure, designed for characters of level 1 to 3. If offers new players a perfect introduction to the Shadowdark system and its old-school style of play enhanced by modern mechanics, while experienced players can enjoy the hallmarks of this dark and gritty fantasy game, through a sprawling and open-ended dungeon ready to be explored and conquered.

Date
Tue, 7 April 2026
Time
19:00 – 23:30
4.5 hours · Berlin time
Where
Table 3
Back Area, stage
Table size
2 – 5 players

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About this session

Long ago, a mighty enclave of warriors lived inside the Lost Citadel. They worshipped bulls in ever-bloodier, cultish rituals that culminated in their leader, Minoros, transforming into the Scarlet Minotaur. This immortal avatar of rage slaughtered the warriors in a single night of mayhem. However, some of their servants escaped through the unseen halls used by the lowly. These beastmen hid in the fallen citadel, trapped by superstitious fear of the outside.

I this adventure, you will play a party of adventurer's who came to the Lost Citadel searching for powerful magic items to help them defeat an evil that has been threatening your home town. Although you are not veteran adventurers by any means, this scrappy group of people decided to stand up and fight back.

The Lost Citadel is a sprawling dungeon with multiple factions and a final challenging boss, as well as puzzles and secrets to be uncovered. Every time a group goes through the citadel, different situations and outcomes can be achieved, thanks to the clever design of this now iconic adventure, created by Kelsey Dione, the designer of Shadowdark.

If you play at this table, you will be joining the ranks of thousands of Shadowdark fans who have faced the Scarlet Minotaur and survived - or not! - to tell the tales.

We will be provide pre-generated Level 1 characters. You can find the Free Quickstart rules for the system in this link. If you want to build a character for this adventure, you can use the rules in this booklet. Just make sure to build a first level character, following the steps in the material. Alternatively, you can use online character generator here.

Content warnings

violence, cults, human sacrifice

Prepare for the game

Game system
Shadowdark
Experience level
Any Level
Table size
2 – 5 players

What to bring

dice, pen, pencil, eraser

All times on this page are shown in Berlin time.

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