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MAZES City of Skull - A Low Prep, Rules Light RPG

Created by 9th Level Games

MAZES Fantasy Roleplaying is an old school dungeon crawler with 15 minute setup and one shot play in just 2 hours. This campaign expands MAZES with the City of Skull campaign setting, adventure, and additional accessories.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Fulfillment Complete!!!
about 2 months ago – Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 02:21:13 PM

🎉 We are happy to report that fulfillment is complete! 


At this point if you have not received your rewards or a shipping notice, please contact us via EMAIL at [email protected] 


MAZES Zinequest Project - A Manual of Monsters 

This launches on Thursday Feb. 19th and is the follow up to last year's A Handbook for the Player.



Other Mazes News 


2026 CONVENTIONS
  • We're back at UK Games Expo!!! Stand 2-915. 
  • Play Mazes games in the HEDRON room and Alexandria RPG Library at PAX East, PAX West, and PAX Unplugged! 
  • Select High End Games with the Maze Architect, Patrick Lynn Clapp, at Origins & Gen Con. 
  • The Mad Maze of the Murder Mage live stage show at San Diego Comic-con. 

IN THE WORKS 
  • We have contracted with a solo designer to write SOLO Rules & make conversion rules for existing modules! 
  • We are continuing to work with Dwarven Forge and will have an collab adventure with them out soon. 
  • There *may* be a Mazes book of actual mazes coming soon! 
  • Patrick has something BIG in the works that will hopefully be announced by the end of 2026. 

Be sure you are following 9th Level Games for all the news! 


Shipping Rewards Update
3 months ago – Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 08:05:28 AM

Happy New Year! 


As stated in our last update, we planned to finish up fulfillment the week after Christmas. Due to holiday shutdowns it took a bit longer than we hoped to get up and running. 

Since then we have shipped out all but 185 orders and the rest are slated to be shipped by the end of next week (January 23rd). 

If you ordered Handbook for the Player that will ship with your City of Skull rewards as well. 


A word from our CEO: 

I want to personally apologize for the significant delay on this campaign. As you saw in our other updates, these projects took some turns that we think make them better but it was at the expense of time. 

Below you will see BACKER ONLY note with a special 50% off coupon for Mazes products as a thank you for baring with us. 

Thank you for your support and patience. 

Sincerely, 
Heather O'Neill 
CEO 

All Production complete & Rewards Shipping soon!
3 months ago – Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 02:14:21 PM

We're happy to report that the final product, Prison Tomb, is through production and was delivered to our warehouse! 

We are sending fulfillment orders to our warehouse today, however, with it being Christmas week it is unlikely that the shipments will go out before Monday December 29th. 

Thank you for your patience with us as we navigate this larger than expected project. We think you'll be really happy with the end results, though!!! 

~9th Level Games

October Update - Locked Addresses & Shipping Information
5 months ago – Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 02:56:04 PM

City of Skull is here! 

Late last week we starting prepping for fulfillment and the plan is to start shipping out orders with items in stock this week. See below for more details. 

A note from Chris O'Neill (Mazes, Polymorph creator) 

CITY OF SKULL is finally ready for your delving and hex crawling needs. It's been a strange year (and it continues to be strange, honestly). So, its time to get STRANGE and PULPY fiction to your table! The classes are strange, the monsters are stranger, and the world seems new and fresh.
Currently, I am working thought he final touches on the rest of the City of Skull products - and I think you're all gonna flip for the MASSIVE Beyond the City of Skull Adventure Path - which we thought would be like 200 pages, but is clocking in around 360!!! 

Locking Addresses 

You should have received a notice that we locked down addresses to start fulfillment. If you did not see that and have moved you can check the address we have on file here: https://city-of-skull-for-mazes-rpg.backerkit.com/

Shipping Update 

All physical items are complete EXCEPT Beyond City of Skull and Prison Tomb. 
  • Beyond City of Skull is in final proofing and going to the printer by Monday 10/27 
  • Prison Tomb is in final edit and going to layout as soon as we can. 

Shipping Waves 
  • Wave one to start 10/22 - City of Skull book only 
  • Wave two - City of Skull with add-ons in stock 
  • Wave three - Orders with Beyond City of Skull & Prison Tomb 

We apologize for the long delay in delivering these books to you. This project ended up being more than we had planned and the same team working on much of this was also working on other projects that were delayed due to the tariffs. 

Other News 

We are creating and printing the Monthly Mazes Modules in sets of three adventures. These are in production but will be ready for purchase at PAX Unplugged and our website in late November. Each book contains THREE adventures around a single theme - lairs, crypts, dungeons, hex crawls, and more.  Here is a sneak peek.

September Update - Updates on Production and Delivery to You
6 months ago – Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 01:31:59 PM

We apologize for the delays on getting you an update (We had one drafted for August and forgot to post). Our goal it to get you the absolute best products, however that means we have run into a number of delays. The Beyond City of Skull adventure path is proving to be a beast which is causing delays on Prison Tomb as well since the same team is working on all of these projects. Please review our updates below. 

Production Updates

City of Skull - These are complete, have shipped, and are expected in our warehouse this week.

Mazes Screen + Adventure - These are complete and have been received in our warehouse.

Beyond City of Skull - The team was delayed in getting the appropriate information to the layout person. This is a complicated connection adventure path and we are making sure the layout and flow of this book is right. We are in layout now, but it is proving difficult to fit this into one book, so it may end up being 2 books and you'll all benefit from getting this for the price of one book!

Prison Tomb - This one has been on hold as we work through the Beyond City of Skull issues. This will be done after Beyond City of Skull layout is complete.

In World Zine - We accidentally said it was complete and delivered last update. This is about 90% written and we will work to get you the PDF as soon as we can. This will also be done after Beyond City of Skull layout is complete. 

PRODUCTION STATUS 

  • City of Skull main book Delivery expected this week & PDF delivered via Backerkit ✅
  • Maze Controller Screen PDF delivered, received in warehouse. ✅
  • Adventure with the Maze Controller Screen  PDF delivered, received in warehouse. ✅
  • City of Skull coins Complete and delivered to us. ✅
  • In-World Card Deck PNP complete & delivered. ✅
  • Soundtrack Complete, codes sent out ✅
  • Mazes Fantasy Roleplaying PDF sent delivered today. ✅
  • Stickers designed and ordered ✅
  • Collab patch completed & delivered ✅
  • Beyond City of Skull Adventure Path In Layout now. 
  • Prison Tomb Solo in editing/early layout 
  • In-World Zine Finalizing final text now 
  • City of Skull for Roll20 not started yet.

Delivery to You 

Once City of Skull books are received, we will start shipping out orders with items in stock. This includes orders with: 
  • City of Skull 
  • Maze Controller Screen 
  • City of Skull coin set 
  • Mazes Fantasy Roleplaying 
  • Stickers 
  • Collab Patch 

A second wave of shipping will start once Beyond City of Skull, Prison Tomb, and the In World Zine are complete and arrive in our warehouse. At this point we are not able to give you a definitive date, but our estimated timeline would be 4-6 weeks from today for us to start delivery. 

Thank you for your support and patience as we navigate through this project. We are dedicated to making this THE BEST IT CAN BE and hope that when you finally receive your rewards you will agree. 

~9th Level Games