# The Channel **URL:** https://dungeondive.quest/c/channel/5.md [Latest](https://dungeondive.quest/latest.md) · [Categories](https://dungeondive.quest/categories.md) · [Tags](https://dungeondive.quest/tags.md) --- ## [About The Channel](https://dungeondive.quest/t/about-the-channel/11)
**Author:** [@modius](https://dungeondive.quest/u/modius)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/about-the-channel/11 "2024-08-21T01:21:10Z")
Where it all began – The Dungeon Dive youtube channel archive and other related video media. --- ## [Top 10 Dungeon Crawls of All Time (2026 Edition)](https://dungeondive.quest/t/top-10-dungeon-crawls-of-all-time-2026-edition/2343)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2026, 10:22am UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/top-10-dungeon-crawls-of-all-time-2026-edition/2343 "2026-11-02T10:22:13Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) revisits his dungeon crawl rankings for 2026, with one useful restriction: every selection must have reached his table within the past two years. This is a snapshot of what he loves pl… --- ## [Spooky Solo RPGs to Play in the Dark](https://dungeondive.quest/t/spooky-solo-rpgs-to-play-in-the-dark/2340)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/spooky-solo-rpgs-to-play-in-the-dark/2340 "2026-10-30T11:18:21Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) lays out a Halloween table of horror RPGs that work alone, noting where each can still be bought. Most descend from Liminal Horror, the Cairn-lineage game of strange investigations, wh… --- ## [A Look at Camp Grizzley 2nd Edition](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-look-at-camp-grizzley-2nd-edition/2331)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-look-at-camp-grizzley-2nd-edition/2331 "2026-10-27T23:26:27Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) opens his October horror episode with a bold claim: he can’t think of another game that captures its theme more perfectly than Camp Grizzly 2nd Edition, the freshly delivered crowdfund… --- ## [Keeper of the Hidden Treasure: Zombie Game - A Look at the Rarest Dungeon Crawl I Own](https://dungeondive.quest/t/keeper-of-the-hidden-treasure-zombie-game-a-look-at-the-rarest-dungeon-crawl-i-own/2327)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/keeper-of-the-hidden-treasure-zombie-game-a-look-at-the-rarest-dungeon-crawl-i-own/2327 "2026-10-27T22:31:28Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) unboxes what is probably the rarest board game he owns, and the most he has ever paid for one: Keeper of the Hidden Treasure: Zombie Game, published in Japan by Epoch around 1984. He s… --- ## [Top 10 Adventure Games of All Time (2026 edition)](https://dungeondive.quest/t/top-10-adventure-games-of-all-time-2026-edition/2334)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/top-10-adventure-games-of-all-time-2026-edition/2334 "2026-10-25T16:00:01Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) returns to his adventure game countdown for 2026, framing it as a snapshot of what he is enjoying right now: a game had to have hit the table fairly often since 2024 to qualify. He def… --- ## [Mask of the Sorcerer and XNOO #1 - The Sword & Sorcery Saga](https://dungeondive.quest/t/mask-of-the-sorcerer-and-xnoo-1-the-sword-sorcery-saga/2329)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/mask-of-the-sorcerer-and-xnoo-1-the-sword-sorcery-saga/2329 "2026-10-18T16:00:03Z")
The Sword & Sorcery Saga returns after a long break, and Daniel (@dungeondive) brings two very different books to the table. First is Darrell Schweitzer’s Mask of the Sorcerer (1995). Schweitzer’s We Are A… --- ## [Deep Rock Galactic - A Look at the Expansions](https://dungeondive.quest/t/deep-rock-galactic-a-look-at-the-expansions/2322)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/deep-rock-galactic-a-look-at-the-expansions/2322 "2026-10-15T15:26:09Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) follows up his Deep Rock Galactic review with a tour of the expansions Mood Publishing sent alongside the base game. He says it has replaced Zombicide for him. Space Rig is his favour… --- ## [A Normal Guy Plays Dark Souls - Part 13 - I, Invader of the Painted World!](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-13-i-invader-of-the-painted-world/2324)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-13-i-invader-of-the-painted-world/2324 "2026-10-12T16:00:18Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) finishes the Painted World of Ariamis, starting in its basement of bone wheel skeletons, which he says come straight out of Berserk and can shred stamina and poise when they gang up. H… --- ## [Pauper's Ladder - The Brighthelm Chronicle Expansion (Review)](https://dungeondive.quest/t/paupers-ladder-the-brighthelm-chronicle-expansion-review/2304)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/paupers-ladder-the-brighthelm-chronicle-expansion-review/2304 "2026-10-07T22:48:26Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) returns to one of his favourite games of all time, Pauper’s Ladder, to show off what he calls one of the neatest expansions he has ever seen: the Brighthelm Chronicle, an “ultimate fie… --- ## [A Normal Guy Plays Dark Souls - Part 12 - Revenge! And the Painted World](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-12-revenge-and-the-painted-world/2288)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-12-revenge-and-the-painted-world/2288 "2026-10-05T16:00:38Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) returns to Ornstein and Smough after some off-camera farming, carrying a Man-Serpent Greatsword at +10 because it suits the death-knight look, and a newly practised parry. He uses the … --- ## [Skyrim - Let's Play - Heart of the Mountain - Part 2](https://dungeondive.quest/t/skyrim-lets-play-heart-of-the-mountain-part-2/2272)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/skyrim-lets-play-heart-of-the-mountain-part-2/2272 "2026-10-03T16:00:32Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) returns to Heart of the Mountain having switched builds off camera: heavy armour, a shield and Sunder, his dwarven hammer, as part of a deliberate attempt not to drift into the stealth… --- ## [A Normal Guy Plays Dark Souls - Part 11 - They Kicked my Butt](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-11-they-kicked-my-butt/2263)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-11-they-kicked-my-butt/2263 "2026-10-02T16:00:26Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) picks up in Anor Londo and, for once, declines the shortcut. He shows the rail-jump that bypasses about 90% of the level, which has never been patched out and which he almost always ta… --- ## [Hero's Journey Home: Charming and Fun](https://dungeondive.quest/t/heros-journey-home-charming-and-fun/2202)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/heros-journey-home-charming-and-fun/2202 "2026-10-02T01:58:55Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) arrives at A Hero’s Journey Home by way of defeat. A week with Miskatonic Tales: Journey to Endmouth left him no closer to understanding it — a rulebook he rates poorly, a brain alread… --- ## [Skyrim - Let's Play - Heart of the Mountain - Part 1](https://dungeondive.quest/t/skyrim-lets-play-heart-of-the-mountain-part-1/2230)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 5:44am UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/skyrim-lets-play-heart-of-the-mountain-part-1/2230 "2026-10-01T05:44:23Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) opens a possible new series with a confession: he has been playing Skyrim since 2011 and has never finished the main quest, does not care about Stormcloaks or Imperials, and finds the … --- ## [The Witcher: Old World - I should love this game (but I don't!)](https://dungeondive.quest/t/the-witcher-old-world-i-should-love-this-game-but-i-dont/2237)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/the-witcher-old-world-i-should-love-this-game-but-i-dont/2237 "2026-09-30T22:20:49Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) takes a look at The Witcher: Old World — along with the Adventure Pack and the Monster Trail expansion — and finds a game that ticks nearly every box on his list without ever quite cli… --- ## [Welcome to the Dungeon Dive!](https://dungeondive.quest/t/welcome-to-the-dungeon-dive/2239)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/welcome-to-the-dungeon-dive/2239 "2026-09-30T20:29:44Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) introduces the channel in forty seconds flat. This is the Dungeon Dive’s founding document, and it is almost comically direct: if you like killing monsters and taking their stuff, roll… --- ## [A Normal Guy Plays Dark Souls - Part 10 - Anor Londo](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-10-anor-londo/2228)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-10-anor-londo/2228 "2026-09-28T18:00:21Z")
Carried off by gargoyles at the end of Sen’s Fortress, Daniel (@dungeondive) arrives in Anor Londo and expects to spend three episodes there. He stops first at the kindled bonfire and its fire keeper, whose… --- ## [Deep Rock Galactic - Deluxe 2nd Edition (Review)](https://dungeondive.quest/t/deep-rock-galactic-deluxe-2nd-edition-review/2229)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/deep-rock-galactic-deluxe-2nd-edition-review/2229 "2026-09-27T16:00:34Z")
After his videos on Stalagbite, viewers kept asking Daniel (@dungeondive) whether he had played Deep Rock Galactic. He had not, so he asked Mood Publishing for a copy and received the Deluxe 2nd Edition — t… --- ## [Essence: Explore - Battle - Trade (Review)](https://dungeondive.quest/t/essence-explore-battle-trade-review/2224)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/essence-explore-battle-trade-review/2224 "2026-09-25T14:53:01Z")
A Kickstarter Daniel (@dungeondive) backed has landed, and his shorthand for it is Seven Moons with more moving parts — a one-to-four-player open-world hero builder where the same rules serve solo, co-op an… --- ## [A Normal Guy Plays Dark Souls - Part 9 - Sen's Fortress (Deathtrap Dungeon!)](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-9-sens-fortress-deathtrap-dungeon/2225)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-9-sens-fortress-deathtrap-dungeon/2225 "2026-09-21T16:00:14Z")
Part nine takes Daniel (@dungeondive) into Sen’s Fortress, which he calls one of the coolest deathtrap dungeons in games — a tower of swinging blades, pressure plates and arrow traps that can be turned on t… --- ## [Tomb - Overview and Solo Play Development](https://dungeondive.quest/t/tomb-overview-and-solo-play-development/1826)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/tomb-overview-and-solo-play-development/1826 "2026-09-15T04:20:03Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) digs into TOMB, John Zinser’s competitive party-building dungeon crawler from AEG, and the homebrew solo variant he’s been hammering into shape. His verdict on the box as printed is bl… --- ## [Sunrot - The Simplest Game I've ever Played](https://dungeondive.quest/t/sunrot-the-simplest-game-ive-ever-played/2175)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/sunrot-the-simplest-game-ive-ever-played/2175 "2026-09-13T16:00:30Z")
Sunrot, from Smash Bash Games, reached Daniel (@dungeondive) through a viewer comment on his Ten Tabletop Games for fans of Dark Souls video, and he bought a copy on the strength of a very good box spread. … --- ## [A Normal Guy Plays Dark Souls - Part 8 - Return to the Asylum and Darkroot Garden](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-8-return-to-the-asylum-and-darkroot-garden/2157)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-8-return-to-the-asylum-and-darkroot-garden/2157 "2026-09-11T16:00:08Z")
With the second Bell of Awakening rung, Daniel (@dungeondive) declares this instalment of A Normal Guy Plays Dark Souls a cleanup episode, and the first job is one he nearly forgot: curling into a ball in t… --- ## [Horror on the Orient Express: Board Game - Review](https://dungeondive.quest/t/horror-on-the-orient-express-board-game-review/2139)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/horror-on-the-orient-express-board-game-review/2139 "2026-09-10T11:05:15Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) reviews Horror on the Orient Express from Chaosium, the board game built on the famous Call of Cthulhu campaign, and records it in his kitchen because the game has 56 setup steps, took… --- ## [A Normal Guy Plays Dark Souls - Part 7 - The 2nd Bell of Awakening and Return to Firelink Shrine](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-7-the-2nd-bell-of-awakening-and-return-to-firelink-shrine/2141)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-7-the-2nd-bell-of-awakening-and-return-to-firelink-shrine/2141 "2026-09-10T10:58:50Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) closes out Blighttown in this instalment of A Normal Guy Plays Dark Souls, and it is a full one: Chaos Witch Quelaag, the second Bell of Awakening, a scripted boss death, and a homecom… --- ## [Crimson Desert - Travelogue - The Village of the Sick](https://dungeondive.quest/t/crimson-desert-travelogue-the-village-of-the-sick/2140)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/crimson-desert-travelogue-the-village-of-the-sick/2140 "2026-09-09T16:00:26Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) takes the long road south from his expanded Greymane camp, now with a fish pond, to Sunset Valley at the bottom tip of Hernand, chasing a rumour of a village of the sick. No main quest… --- ## [The Dwarves: Big Box - Review](https://dungeondive.quest/t/the-dwarves-big-box-review/2113)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/the-dwarves-big-box-review/2113 "2026-09-02T16:00:35Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) went looking on Amazon for a fantasy adventure game he could simply buy — no crowdfunder, no hoops, no waiting — and came back with Pegasus Spiele’s The Dwarves: Big Box, around $55 an… --- ## [A Normal Guy Plays Dark Souls - Part 6 - Exploring the Swamp and Getting a Huge Sword](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-6-exploring-the-swamp-and-getting-a-huge-sword/2112)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/a-normal-guy-plays-dark-souls-part-6-exploring-the-swamp-and-getting-a-huge-sword/2112 "2026-09-01T18:15:33Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) takes the normal-guy Dark Souls run down into the poison swamp below Blighttown, and sets himself one rule for the episode: a single attempt at the descent, no resting at the halfway b… --- ## [Cthulhu Death May Die: 2026 Revisit and a Look at Season 4 (review)](https://dungeondive.quest/t/cthulhu-death-may-die-2026-revisit-and-a-look-at-season-4-review/2104)
**Author:** [@thekeeper](https://dungeondive.quest/u/thekeeper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://dungeondive.quest/t/cthulhu-death-may-die-2026-revisit-and-a-look-at-season-4-review/2104 "2026-08-30T16:00:16Z")
Daniel (@dungeondive) returns to Cthulhu: Death May Die after a long absence — a retail copy of Season 4 was the prompt — and uses the visit to re-argue why the game works. The pitch is structural: it drop… [Next page](https://dungeondive.quest/c/channel/5.md?page=1)