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Gruelling Jail is the first deadly entry in the Cutthroat D6 Quick-Play Adventure series — short, intense sword-and-sorcery tavern games from KS Bishoff.
In the notorious land of Pangorio, prisoners are thrown into the Gruelling Jail, a sadistic underground maze designed to amuse the city’s wealthy elite. Adventurers — sometimes real, sometimes forced — fight, claw, and scramble their way out.
Perfect for:
A GM’s off-night or missing-player filler — quick to teach, quick to play, and set entirely in-universe.
Competitive one-shots between friends
Solo challenges when you need a bite-sized dungeon-crawl fix.
Meta-Style Adventure: Cutthroat can be a ‘game within a game’, played by your campaign character, at an inn, tavern, or roadside fruit stand, when they need a narrative break.
You’ll Need:
Two six-sided dice (or a dice roller app)
A way to track a countdown from 20
The Map: It’s included
Play Time: 60 - 120+ minutes
Gruelling Jail can be slotted seamlessly into any sword-and-sorcery campaign. Do you have the grit to survive Pangorio’s most profitable prison?