Turmoil
A dungeon belonging to a powerful "mage/dragon/your mother" appeared in "province name". Hurry and send your heroes, or else the land is lost!"
This should actually be something like then deadmatch, but only for one player. However, the hero should do one level/turn, featuring even stronger enemies each step.
Example dungeon:
1. Level: Werewolf
Treasure: 100 Gold
2. Level: Necromancer
Treasure: 200 Gold, Level 2 mag. Item
3. Level: Something nasty
Treasure: 500 Gold, uber item of coolness
and so on.
In the early game, one would try and explore maybe the first or the second level, while in the late game, your hero might search all levels for some powerfull (maybe unique?) items or a whish or whatever.
I'm sorry this has nothing to do with Cosmic Encounters, but maybe we could build in some Giants
[ March 16, 2004, 17:58: Message edited by: PrinzMegaherz ]