| And Other Tales | |
|---|---|
 Cover by Jennell Jaquays [lower-alpha 1] | |
| Designers | |
| Publishers | Judges Guild |
| Publication | 1980 |
| Genres | Fantasy |
| Systems | Basic Role-Playing |
Legendary Duck Tower is a 1980 fantasy role-playing game adventure published by Judges Guild.
| And Other Tales | |
|---|---|
| Cover by Jennell Jaquays [lower-alpha 1] | |
| Designers | |
| Publishers | Judges Guild |
| Publication | 1980 |
| Genres | Fantasy |
| Systems | Basic Role-Playing |
Legendary Duck Tower is a 1980 fantasy role-playing game adventure published by Judges Guild.
Duck Tower is an adventure in a dungeon with a hundred rooms. [1] Characters can encounter 61 different creatures. [1]
The scenario is set in a citadel in ruins that was once populated by humanoid ducks. [2] The book contains dozens of non-player characters. [2] The gamemaster can decide where to place the encounters. [2]
The book describes both an abandoned city and tower. [3] The NPCs each have short paragraphs to describe their personalities and motives. [3] The dungeon has detailed descriptions and several maps and diagrams, with a list of random items that players can find. [3]
The ruined fortress-temple of the god Humakt is home to 17 groups of NPCs and monsters. [4] The prosperous duck tribe that lived there when it fell centuries ago are a mutated or cursed race of humanoids. [4] It has been taken over by explorers, outlaws, dangerous creatures, and archeologists. [4] The gamemaster rolls a 100-sided die to assign a location for each encounter. [4] One map without a grid pattern shows the entire Duck Tower complex, and the gamemaster shows the players a sketch of what is visible as the party comes near the temple. [4]
Legendary Duck Tower and Other Tales was written by Jennell Jaquays [lower-alpha 1] and Rudy Kraft, and was published by Judges Guild in 1980 as a 64-page book. [2]
Both the title and cover of the module reference the Dark Tower adventure also by Jaquays. [2]
It is a supplement for RuneQuest for two or more players. [1]
Forrest Johnson, in The Space Gamer #29, commented that "Duck Tower is a wonder and a marvel, a priceless adventure for anyone who likes Runequest ." [1]
William Fawcett, in issue #44 of The Dragon , commented that "One of the weaknesses of many Runequest scenarios is that they sacrifice detail in the environment and dungeons, in favor of presenting the details of the statistics of a large number of non-player characters. [Duck Tower] is exceptional in that it not only avoids this problem, but does a very good job of presenting an interesting locale for adventuring in any system. This is definitely one of the best Runequest scenarios available and should be a must for anyone campaigning in the system." [3]
Anders Swenson reviewed Duck Tower for Different Worlds magazine and stated that "The concept is one which should be applicable to many individually-written adventures, the found magical items are a new dimension to the game (there are no 'standard' RQ magic items in the tower as written) and overall it is a good investment for all RQ campaign referees." [4]
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