World of Duchame & The Dark Tide
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A 1988 D&D binder, rebuilt as two free browser RPGs: Good or Ill

Walk 68 chapters of the Duchame Marches, traced from the author's own graph-paper maps. Lead a company of the Good to Castle Duchame, or rise from its depths as a servant of the Dark Lord.

68 chapters 2 complete campaigns 21 Ill peoples to play 225-page illustrated guidebook

Choose your side

The same world, the same 68 chapters, walked in opposite directions. Neither side is the easy one.

A lord of the Good and his mounted company at a river crossing, a timber house and windmills beyond

⚔ The World of Duchame

From the port town of Airport to the crater fortress of Castle Duchame, where Mildeonedehalkion waits.

  • Raise a company of retainers who earn their rank
  • Found the Keep, swear the Paladin's oath to Adon
  • Fell each hold's guardian to open the way on
Play the Good road
The Dark Lord, horned and winged, on a glowing circle in the dark

☠ The Dark Tide

Begin at the bottom of Duchame as a servant of the Dark Lord, and break the Good's holds one by one, all the way out to Airport.

  • Play an orc, a goblin, a drow, a hill giant, or one of 17 more Ill peoples
  • Rule by dominion; bind imps, ghouls and gargoyles
  • Raise the Dark Seat, swear the Black Oath to Gryphon
Play the Dark Tide

What you can do

A real RPG with a world that keeps its author's 1988 voice: his maps, his characters, his villain.

A company that grows

Retainers rise from hired hand to shield of the realm. They carry their own light, loot the dead and take the best gear after you, in order of loyalty.

68 chapters from the binder

Twenty holds traced room by room from the original graph paper, the rest built from each hold's own binder facts.

Tear it down

With eight retainers at your back, or the arms of a hill giant, pull down thrones, watchtowers and the enemy's siege engines.

Survive the road

Food and water for every mouth, horses, ponies and a wagon, camps with a watch, and weather you can see.

Play your way

Keyboard and mouse, touch, or a gamepad that works every menu. Four camera views, from over the shoulder to first person.

Books and films

A 225-page illustrated guidebook beside the game, short films for the great moments, and an illustrated book for every chapter.

Will it run for me?

Almost certainly. If your browser can show a 3D map, it can play Duchame.

  • Any modern browser with WebGL: Chrome, Edge or Firefox on Windows, macOS or Linux.
  • Desktop or touch. On a tablet or phone, a joystick appears on screen.
  • No install and no account. Press Play and you are in.
  • Saves stay in your browser, in ten slots. Clear your browser's site data and they go with it.
  • Free. Support the game on Patreon if you enjoy it.

🎮 Playing with a controller

Any Xbox-style pad works and drives every menu. For the most from it, an 8BitDo Pro 2 in its Windows (XInput) mode. A D-pad-only pad plays the whole game through the quick menu.

Left stick or D-padWalk, and move through menus
Right stickTurn the camera
A / BTalk / Jump
X / YSearch / Inventory
Start / SelectQuick menu / Map

Switch it on or off from the title screen, or add ?pad=on / ?pad=off to the game's address.

The binder is open

Free, in your browser, right now.