Sewers of Oblivion

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Sewers of Oblivion is a 1980 role-playing game adventure for Tunnels & Trolls published by Flying Buffalo.

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Plot summary

Sewers of Oblivion is an adventure in which a group of thugs have taken the possessions away from the player character and imprisoned the character in the sewers. [1]

Reception

Anders Swenson reviewed Sewers of Oblivion for Different Worlds magazine and stated that "The T&T solo adventures by Flying Buffalo are generally very good and this one is no exception. Sewers of Oblivion is a good buy for the solo T&Ter." [2]

W.G. Armintrout reviewed Sewers of Oblivion in The Space Gamer No. 51. [1] Armintrout commented that "This is a marvelous creation, but my regular characters wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole. I recommend this only for those mythical people with seventh-level supermen!" [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Armintrout, W.G. (May 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (51): 32–33.
  2. Swenson, Anders (July 1981). "Reviews". Different Worlds (12): 31.