Crawl! Fanzine No. 9: The Arwich Grinder

Crawl! no.9: The Arwich Grinder

The Curwen Family have lived up among the pine woods on the outskirts of Arwich Village for as long as the oldest village gaffers can remember. The beautiful Bessie Curwen's bonnet is found in a strange creature's grasp. The village owes much to her family, so someone must go up into the dark pine-clad hills to make sure that the Curwens are all right. After all, the Curwens saved the village from starvation two winters ago. If you do not go, who will?

The Arwich Grinder is a Lovecraftean 0-level funnel for the DCC RPG written by Daniel J. Bishop.

What in the name of heaven or hell could be happening up there?

Also included, But He Sure Had Guts!, a gruesome short encounter.

Art by Mario T.

Maps by Sean Poppe

About Crawl! fanzine

• The first new third party Patron!
• Tips & tricks for Sword & Sorcery campaigns!
• Convert Old-School Spells!
• New skill systems!
• New rules to mix things up!

Crawl! fanzine is a zine for Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG. It's made by fans, for fans, in the classic style of punk-rock zines found in record shops and info-shops.

Now available as a PDF Digital Edition!

The zine was formerly available only as a printed, folded & stapled product. Each issue will continue to be locally printed and snail-mailed and available at select FLGSs. That tradition will continue, as that is the zines' main point and charm. Paper is expensive, but nothing beats a physical book in your hands full of useful stuff to make your game awesome at the table. Physical copies can still be purchased directly from .

Each creation, submission, art & what-not, belongs to their respective artists & authors. Credits and contact information will be made available for each contribution. If you would like to include, copy or use a derivative of the work you find in Crawl! please contact the original creator.

Crawl! is created to support the DCC RPG and its community of players and judges. This also includes publishers and developers that support DCC RPG. Contact crawl@ for more info.

Some Generous Reviews!

• "...one issue is often enough to weed out the good from the not so good...Crawl! is most certainly in the good column." - Tenkar's Tavern
• "Issue #1 starts with a hilarious twist...This is just the sort of gaming quirk that makes collector history." - A forum review on
• "This is the epitome of cool. I love the old-school style 'zines and Dak has done a great job with the first issue." - The Borderlands
• "...the usefulness of this material is going to vary depending upon your needs, but all of the content is top quality." - The Earthlight Academy
• "Running contrary to the classic zine aesthetic, Crawl! is a well designed little book." - Save vs. Total Party Kill
• "Crawl[!] in my opinion is the Maximum Rock and Roll of gaming mags. Pick it up and check it out." - Hex Generation
• "I can't stress this enough: if you're playing DCC RPG and not getting Crawl!, you're really missing out." - The Earthlight Academy
• "If you play the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG, you should check Crawl! out if you have not already." - Iron Tavern
• And Raven Crowking writes a brief rundown of the first few issues - Raven Crowking

About Straycouches Press

Straycouches Press is primarily the Reverend Dak's writing, design and publishing imprint. It publishes books and zines of all types, not just for games. Straycouches is also available for chapbooks, small printing, layout, editing and desktop publishing work. For more info, contact press@.

This product is based on the Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game, published by Goodman Games. This product is published under license. Dungeon Crawl Classics and DCC RPG are trademarks of Good­man Games. All rights reserved. For additional infor­mation, visit or contact info@.