Sanctuary is a board game published by Mayfair Games in 1982 that is based on Thieves' World .
Sanctuary is a board game published by Mayfair Games in 1982 that is based on Thieves' World .
Sanctuary is a board game designed by Bill Fawcett for one to six players set in the fictional city of Sanctuary popularized in the Thieves' World line of shared universe anthologies edited by Robert Asprin and Lynn Abbey. [1] The game comes with the following components:
The rulebook begins with a short introductory tale describing the arrival of Kadakithis, the new city governor, and his personal security guards, the Hell Hounds. [1]
There are three ways to play:
The games for 2–5 players and 2–6 players offer optional Advanced rules, including
In the August 1983 edition of White Dwarf (Issue #44), Charles Vasey admired the "startling" box art by Walter Velez, and called the artwork of the components "less good but full of feeling." This was the first time that Vasey, a wargamer, had seen a multi-piece "jigsaw" board, and he thought it worked far better than the standard folding maps of the period, saying, "It's time for wargamers to lobby their manufacturers!" Overall, Vasey called the game "Bright and bouncy, it reminds me a little of one of the dafter games which still retains my loyalty - Heads & Feds, a junk game of dope dealing. I should add, mega-points here, you get little silvery coins to play with in the game just like at play-school!" [2]
Two issues later, in the October 1983 edition of White Dwarf (Issue #46), Alan Paull also thought the jigsaw-type board was "an excellent idea, which makes sure that the map is both easy to pack in the box and easy to set up on a playing surface without any annoying wrinkles or ridges." Paull also liked the component artwork, calling it "of a good standard, though the backs of the cards, as in all Mayfair games, are plain except for the Mayfair logo." He thought the game was a good family game, saying, " "Sanctuary will appeal to those seeking an uncomplicated game for all age ranges from twelve years old upwards. The rules are not long, and neither are they difficult to understand." Paull concluded "Sanctuary is a good buy for the family," and gave the game an average rating of 7 out of 10. [1]
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