Sorcerer Solitaire

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Sorcerer Solitaire is a 1979 role-playing game adventure for Tunnels & Trolls published by Flying Buffalo.

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Plot summary

Sorcerer Solitaire is a solo adventure in which the player character is a magic-user investing a haunted house in the night. [1]

Reception

Lorin Rivers reviewed Sorcerer Solitaire in The Space Gamer No. 28. [1] Rivers commented that "With its good points and bad, this remains a unique and fairly pleasant adventure." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Rivers, Lorin (May–June 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (28): 25.