Deathtrap Equalizer Dungeon

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Deathtrap Equalizer Dungeon is a 1977 gamebook published by Flying Buffalo.

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Gameplay

Deathtrap Equalizer Dungeon is the second book in the series after Buffalo Castle . [1] Ken St. Andre wrote Deathtrap Equalizer Dungeon in February 1976. [2] St. Andre wrote the gamebooks Deathtrap Equalizer Dungeon and Naked Doom which were published in 1977 after Rick Loomis's own Buffalo Castle. [3] :36

Reception

Steve Jackson reviewed Deathtrap Equalizer Dungeon in The Space Gamer No. 11. [1] Jackson concluded that "On the whole, it's a lot of fun. Generally witty too". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Jackson, Steve (April–June 1977). "Reviews". The Space Gamer . Metagaming (11): 38.
  2. St. Andre, Ken (1979). "It Grows on You". Different Worlds (1): 13.
  3. Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.