''Ascent To Anekthor'' is a 1984 fantasy role-playing game adventure, written by J. Andrew Keith, and published by

Gamelords Gamelords was an American game company that produced tabletop role-playing games and game supplements. History Kerry Lloyd founded the company, with three friends - Richard Meyer, Janet Trautvetter, and Michael Watkins in 1980. Gamelords was ...

for '' Traveller''.

Plot summary

''Ascent To Anekthor'' is an adventure in which the

player character A player character (also known as a playable character or PC) is a fictional Character (arts), character in a video game or tabletop role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player rather than the rules of the game. The characters tha ...

s join an expedition with a daredevil noblewoman to scale a mountain against two other groups to win a wager. It utilized the rules from The Mountain Environment by the same author.

Publication history

''Ascent To Anekthor'' was written by J. Andrew Keith, with art by

William H. Keith Jr. William H. Keith (born August 8, 1950) is an American author mainly contributing to military science fiction and military fiction and related game design, who writes also under several pen names, such as Ian Douglas, Robert Cain and H. Jay R ...

, and was published in 1984 by

as a digest-sized 56-page book.

Reception

Stephen Nutt reviewed ''Ascent to Anekthor'' for '' Imagine'' magazine, and stated that "''Ascent'' is the one occasion that the players climb a mountain for fun." Tony Watson reviewed ''Ascent To Anekthor'' in ''

Space Gamer ''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...

'' No. 72. Watson commented that "''Ascent to Anekthor'' is certainly not the most inspired of adventures, but the climb, if handled correctly, can be a tense and diverting venture for the players." Arlen P. Walker reviewed ''Ascent To Anekthor'' for ''

Different Worlds ''Different Worlds'' was an American role-playing games magazine published from 1979 to 1987. Scope ''Different Worlds'' published support articles, scenarios, and variants for various role-playing games including ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Rune ...

'' magazine and stated that "''Ascent to Anekthor'' could easily be converted to another system were it not so heavily dependant upon the rules presented in its companion volume. The scenario idea from ''Ascent'' might be rewritten for a rules system which includes a comprehensive set of mountaineering rules, but unless you are familiar with climbers' terminology the explanations from the environment book will be necessary."

References

{{reflist Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1984 Traveller (role-playing game) adventures