''Tollenkar's Lair'' is a 1980 fantasy role-playing game adventure for ''

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'' originally published by

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Plot summary

''Tollenkar's Lair'' is a complete labyrinth with six levels. ''Tollenkar's Lair'' is a solo scenario set in a tunnel complex, a six-level dungeon that gets progressively more difficult as it goes down. It is usable with ''The Fantasy Trip'', ''

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'', or '' Wizard''.

Publication history

''Tollenkar's Lair'' was written by Steve Jackson, with art by Robert Phillips, and was published by Metagaming Concepts in 1980 as a 16-page book. When Howard Thompson published ''The Fantasy Trip'' in 1980, he felt that the price point was too high, and so he split the game up and published it as four books: ''Advanced Melee'', which contained the extensions for the combat system of ''Melee''; ''Advanced Wizard'', which contained the extensions for the magic system; ''In the Labyrinth'', which contained the rules for the

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; and the adventure ''Tollenkar's Lair'', which author Shannon Appelcline described as "a 'stocked labyrinth' (or GM adventure)". A republished version of ''Tollenkar's Lair'' is included in the ''TFT Legacy Edition'' box set, announced as part of Steve Jacksons Games'

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campaign to reissue ''The Fantasy Trip''.

Reception

Karl Mueller reviewed ''Tollenkar's Lair'' in ''

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'' No. 31. Mueller commented that "This adventure is a must for most ''Fantasy Trip'' GMs, especially beginning ones, both as a campaign in its own right, and as an example of what can be done with a TFT dungeon design."

Reviews

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References

{{reflist Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1980 The Fantasy Trip adventures