 Cover by Jennell Jaquays | |
| Designers | Jennell Jaquays |
|---|---|
| Publishers | Judges Guild |
| Publication | 1979; 46 years ago (1979) |
| Genres | Fantasy |
| Systems | Basic Role-Playing |
Hellpits of Nightfang is an adventure published by Judges Guild in 1979 for the fantasy role-playing game RuneQuest.
Description
Hellpits of Nightfang is a low-level "gateway" adventure for beginning players. The 32-page book leads the characters to limestone caves located beneath a series of sinkholes. The tomb of a powerful RuneLord is there, but a vampire with a love of gold has made a lair nearby, and vermin have surrounded his home.
Publication history
Chaosium published the fantasy role-playing game RuneQuest in 1978. The following year, Judges Guild released a RuneQuest adventure, Hellpits of Nightfang, written by Jennell Jaquays, who also created the cover art for the 32-page book.
In April 1984, Minnesota Baptist minister Larry Forsberg introduced a motion at a local Republican county convention to ban fantasy role-playing games in public schools, using Hellpits of Nightfang as an example of the "satanic" games he was trying to ban.
Reception
In Issue 32 of The Space Gamer, Forrest Johnson commented "It is not easy to find fault with this supplement A good little adventure, easily worth ." Johnson
Notes
References
- ^ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 212. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- ^ Johnson, Forrest (October 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. No. 32. Steve Jackson Games. p. 26.
- "Fundamentalist attack on game called unfair". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. 1984-05-14. p. 22.