The Toughest Dungeon in the World is a 1980 role-playing game solo adventure for Tunnels & Trolls.
The Toughest Dungeon in the World is a 1980 role-playing game solo adventure for Tunnels & Trolls.
The player character is a troll prowling the dungeon trying to amass a treasure hoard. [1]
It was written by Ken St. Andre and was the first Tunnels & Trolls adventure published by Judges Guild.
In 2020, St. Andre, with art by Steve Crompton and Phil Longmeier, updated and expanded the adventure to create a 48-page second edition named Toughest Dungeon in the World. Its release coincided with the second edition of Monsters! Monsters! and was first published by Trollhalla Press Unlimited. [2]
Forrest Johnson reviewed The Toughest Dungeon in the World in The Space Gamer No. 35. [1] Johnson commented that "Do you enjoy rolling dice for hours on end, even knowing the probability of a favorable outcome is very slight? [...] If you have better things to do with your time [...] there are plenty of other games on the market." [1]
Anders Swenson reviewed The Toughest Dungeon in the World for Different Worlds magazine and stated that "In evaluation, this is a well done adventure with a crazy theme that everybody should try. Pity the poor troll, cowering in the dank depths, trying to get a small fortune together so he can escape to the outside world, free from the clutches of dungeon existance[ sic ]! It may make you want to take a troll to lunch." [3]
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