During play

A typical game session flows between the different phases. Over the course of many game sessions, play will follow this sequence:

• Decide to pursue one adventurer’s quest.
• Adventure through the Underworld (Crawl Phase).
• Struggle against the strange denizens of the Underworld (Challenge Phase).
• Rest as well as possible in the lightless depths (Camp Phase).
• Return to the City, broken and bleeding (City Phase).
• Spend accumulated wealth to heal, stock up on equipment, and pursue long-term projects in the City.
• Pick up a contract to finance the next crawl.
• Descend back into the Underworld in continued pursuit of the current quest while working on their contract (Crawl Phase).
• Repeat.