The Tower of Indomitable Circumstance

Last updated
The Tower of Indomitable Circumstance.jpg

The Tower of Indomitable Circumstance is a 1981 fantasy role-playing game adventure published by Judges Guild.

Contents

Contents

The Tower of Indomitable Circumstance is an adventure for beginning player characters [1] of all character classes. It is the first published game scenario by Quest for Glory co-designer Corey Cole, Cover and some interior illustration by E. L. Perry (now known as Tristan Alexander.

Reception

Ian L. Straus reviewed The Tower of Indomitable Circumstance in The Space Gamer No. 50. [1] Straus commented that "GMs who need a change of pace and have experienced players should buy this adventure if they are willing to correct its flaws. It does play smoothly after you fix the maps." [1]

Reviews

Related Research Articles

<i>Middle-earth Role Playing</i> 1984 Tabletop fantasy role-playing game

Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP) is a 1984 role-playing game based on J. R. R. Tolkien'sThe Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit under license from Tolkien Enterprises. Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.) published the game until they lost the license on 22 September 1999.

<i>Champions</i> (role-playing game) Tabletop superhero role-playing game

Champions is a role-playing game published by Hero Games designed to simulate a superhero comic book world. It was originally created by George MacDonald and Steve Peterson in collaboration with Rob Bell, Bruce Harlick and Ray Greer. The latest edition of the game uses the sixth edition of the Hero System, as revised by Steve Long, and was written by Aaron Allston. It was released in early 2010.

<i>Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds</i> 1982 video game

Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds is the second game in the Wizardry series of role-playing video games. It was published in 1982 by Sir-Tech.

<i>The Keep on the Borderlands</i> Dungeons & Dragons adventure module

The Keep on the Borderlands is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure module by Gary Gygax, first printed in December 1979. In it, player characters are based at a keep and investigate a nearby series of caves that are filled with a variety of monsters. It was designed to be used with the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set, and was included in the 1979–1982 editions of the Basic Set. It was designed for people new to Dungeons & Dragons.

<i>The Secret of Bone Hill</i>

The Secret of Bone Hill is an adventure module written by Lenard Lakofka for the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and published by TSR in 1981. It is designed for novice and intermediate players with characters of levels 2-4. The module received mixed reviews from critics.

<i>The Gem and the Staff</i> Dungeons & Dragons adventure module

The Gem and the Staff, by John and Laurie Van De Graaf, is an adventure module for the Dungeons & DragonsExpert Set. Rather than being a typical group adventure, The Gem and the Staff was designed for head-to-head tournament-style play, with players separately playing the same adventure and competing against each other for points earned by accomplishing certain goals. The adventure is only playable with one dungeon master (DM) and one player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bushido (role-playing game)</span> Tabletop role-playing game

Bushido is a Samurai role-playing game set in Feudal Japan, originally designed by Robert N. Charrette and Paul R. Hume and published originally by Tyr Games, then Phoenix Games, and subsequently by Fantasy Games Unlimited. The setting for the game is a land called Nippon, and characters adventure in this heroic, mythic, and fantastic analogue of Japan's past.

<i>SwordThrust</i> 1981 video game

SwordThrust is an interactive text adventure game for the Apple II, created by Donald Brown and published by CE Software in 1981. It consists of seven separate adventures and is the commercial successor to Brown's Eamon (1980).

<i>Powers & Perils</i>

Powers & Perils (P&P) is a role-playing game written by Richard Snider and published by Avalon Hill in 1983 as a boxed set.

<i>Curse of Xanathon</i>

Curse of Xanathon is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure module designed by Douglas Niles for use with the D&D Expert Set. It was published by TSR, Inc. (TSR) in 1982 and is designed for 5–8 player characters of level 5–7.

<i>High Fantasy</i> (role-playing game)

High Fantasy is a fantasy role-playing game system originally published by Fantasy Productions in 1978. A second edition in 1981 and several subsequent books were published by Reston Publishing that featured solo adventures using the High Fantasy system. The game received mixed reviews in game periodicals including White Dwarf, The Space Gamer, Different Worlds, Ares, and Dragon.

<i>Beastmaker Mountain</i>

Beastmaker Mountain is an adventure for fantasy role-playing games published by Mayfair Games in 1982.

<i>House on Hangmans Hill</i>

House on Hangman's Hill is an adventure for fantasy role-playing games published by Judges Guild in 1981.

<i>Sword of Hope</i> (Judges Guild)

Sword of Hope is an adventure for fantasy role-playing games published by Judges Guild in 1980.

<i>Legendary Duck Tower</i> Tabletop fantasy role-playing game supplement

Legendary Duck Tower is a 1980 fantasy role-playing game adventure published by Judges Guild.

<i>Action Aboard: Adventures on the King Richard</i> Science-fiction role-playing game supplement

Action Aboard: Adventures on the King Richard is a 1981 role-playing game adventure for Classic Traveller, written by Bill Paley, with a cover by William H. Keith, and published by FASA.

<i>Introduction to Adventure Gaming</i> Fold-up board wargame booklet

Adventure Gaming is a booklet published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) 1981 that contains three short games in different genres meant to introduce players to SPI's range of products.

<i>Death Duel with the Destroyers</i>

Death Duel with the Destroyers is an adventure published by Fantasy Games Unlimited (FGU) in 1982 for the superhero role-playing game Villains and Vigilantes.

The Oracle: Magazine of Fantasy Gaming was a magazine published by Horizon International, Inc. It was an amateur/semi-professional magazine covering fantasy role-playing games. The magazine published one year, between 1982 and 1983.

<i>Cthulhu by Gaslight</i> Horror tabletop role-playing game supplement

Cthulhu by Gaslight is a horror tabletop role-playing supplement, written by William A. Barton, with art by Kevin Ramos, and first published by Chaosium in 1986. This supplement provides information on role-playing in an alternate setting of Victorian England of the 1890s for Call of Cthulhu. An expanded second edition was published in 1988, and a third edition was published in 2012. It won an Origins Award and received positive reviews in game periodicals including White Dwarf, Casus Belli, Different Worlds, Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer, The Games Machine, Games International, and Dragon.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Straus, Ian L. (April 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (50): 32–33.
  2. "Different Worlds Magazine".