Editing Dungeon Crawl Classics (section)

==The Funnel==
Most infamous amongst the DCC gameplay loop is the 0th-Level character funnel.  Essentially, Judges are encouraged to have their players roll up four 0th-level characters using old school rules: 3d6 for each stat, 1d4+STA HP, and d100 to determine starting Occupation, which gives the player access to one weapon and one piece of equipment.  Characters can range in ability from comparable to a B/X level 1 character to complete trash.  Then the GM sends this mob of 12-28 characters into a meatgrinder dungeon.  The low health, low equipment, and lack of class skills for these characters means that they'll be slaughtered in droves, leaving only the luckiest and most capable of the cannon fodder to become Adventurers.

The core rulebook comes with an adventurer funnel, and Goodman Games is constantly releasing new ones, either themselves or through third parties.  These range the gamut from "Venture into Evil Stonehenge" to "being kidnapped by Antwomen".