For character levels 1-3, DCC #1 pits PCs against a wererat king and his wicked minions.

The 3rd printing features the art of classic TSR artist, Jim Holloway.

The title is a reference to Idylls of the King, a cycle of narrative poems by Alfred Tennyson.

In Idylls of the Rat King, goblin bandits have taken up residence in an abandoned mine northwest of Silverton.

It was deliberately barricaded generations ago when the Gannu family, founders of Silverton, discovered an unspeakable evil on its lowest levels.