dungeon-crawler

A form of dungeon crawler — Synonym of dungeon crawl.

Meanings

noundungeon-crawler (plural dungeon-crawlers)

plural dungeon-crawlers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of dungeon crawler.

    Greetings fellow Dungeon-Crawlers, I have managed to compile Angband 2.8.0 for the new Micro-kernel LinuxPPC OS.

    1997 January 12, Michael S. Sipior, “Font troubles on MkLinux...”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband (Usenet)
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    I know I've certainly seen munchkinism in the Storyteller system, which claims the nearly mystical ability to make roleplayers out of dungeon-crawlers.

    1994 August 25, Jamison Graff, “looking for new system”, in rec.games.frp.misc (Usenet)

    This is for face-to-face role-playing within a half-hour drive of Norfolk, Virginia, in the United States of America. I care not one whit for munchkins, dungeon-crawlers, and people who think counting your character's pennies and accounting for every iron spike in your character's backpack is a fun way to spend one of the few days I have off work.

    1998 July 27, Brandon Blackmoor, “[personal open] Norfolk VA, players wanted”, in rec.games.frp.misc (Usenet)

    Darn's Instant Fortress is beautiful at night while creaping^([sic]) through the woods killing things in the day (that's recalled I didn't want to dig out the DMG to look), the Arrow for finding your way to a town to sell your loot and buy more gear, and the Bag for carrying your gear there and carrying it and the loot all back. Perfectly reasonable items for "dungeon"-crawlers.

    2000 July 24, Mark K Styles, “Cost of Enchanting”, in rec.games.frp.gurps (Usenet)
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