Fantasy Adventures is an out-of-print

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. It was first released in June 1996.

Publication

It was adapted from Mayfair's Encounters

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. The base set included 450 cards. It was sold in 100-card fixed starter decks and 15-card

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s. The ''Wheel of Time'' expansion was pushed back to a late summer release to coincide with release of a

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novel, but neither it nor the ''World of Aden'' expansion ever materialized. The game featured exceptional art for the time.

Reception

Andy Butcher reviewed ''Fantasy Adventures'' for ''Arcane'' magazine, rating it a 6 out of 10 overall. Butcher comments that "Not outstanding, then, but simple to play and fun nonetheless. If you've got a younger sibling who's expressed an interest in these 'strange games' that you play, you could do worse than sit down and play this with them for a while..."

References

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