Sword for Hire (Flying Buffalo)

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

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Plot summary

Sword for Hire is an adventure in which the player character is a low-level fighter or rogue who hires out as a mercenary to a local wizard to explore the sub-levels of his dungeon. [1]

Reception

Lorin Rivers reviewed Sword for Hire in The Space Gamer No. 28. [1] Rivers commented that "In the balance, this dungeon is certainly worth [the price]. I recommend it." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Rivers, Lorin (May–June 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (28): 26.