This exercise started out as an attempt to produce a set of rules for the old Caverns game described in the Beholder website (www.beholder.co.uk). The description was obviously set up with the intention of encouraging people to come up a set of rules themselves to roughly match the gameplay the author had recollected from his version of the game. Which is exactly the challenge being met here. However, the exercise has very quickly developed it’s own life under the influence of exposure to other game systems, and other developments that seemed like a good idea at the time.
Other games that have impacted on this development are: Hero Quest, Talisman, Wabbit Wampage, Tantrix
The game is basically a swords and sorcery game which is not all that serious and will hopefully have some quite fun and novel types of play involved.
The main aim of the game is that the players draw a Quest card for themselves then attempt to fulfill that quest. Once the quest is fulfilled then the character wins the game by getting back to the Caverns entry point. It’s as easy as that.
The game is split into three man downloads and a couple of additional downloads for those interested in getting at the source material. This can be downloaded from my "Models and Games" Page on this website.
At this stage there is no artwork on the event, spell, and quest cards, but I intend to do that at some stage.....
All instructions and contact details are in the zip files. Give it a try and have fun.
The character shown here is from the Nettlebed Caverns game as one of the options for the player characters. Here is the characters profile...
Like, you know, you just live to shop. Finding a new range of shoes in some obscure little shop hidden away in the rough end of town is such an adventure for you. When you go back home with them, all your friends are like “Wow!” soooo envious. They all wish they were as mod\' as you.
Someone told you that there was a big sale on somewhere around here. You think this way might lead to their bargain basement, but you\'re not so sure now. Like maybe you missed a turn or something. It\'s a bit creepy down here, and the others you have seen here just have nooooo taste – like just soooo last week.
Other games that have impacted on this development are: Hero Quest, Talisman, Wabbit Wampage, Tantrix The game is basically a swords and sorcery game which is not all that serious and will hopefully have some quite fun and novel types of play involved.
The main aim of the game is that the players draw a Quest card for themselves then attempt to fulfill that quest. Once the quest is fulfilled then the character wins the game by getting back to the Caverns entry point. It’s as easy as that.
The game is split into three man downloads and a couple of additional downloads for those interested in getting at the source material. This can be downloaded from my "Models and Games" Page on this website.
At this stage there is no artwork on the event, spell, and quest cards, but I intend to do that at some stage.....
All instructions and contact details are in the zip files. Give it a try and have fun.
The character shown here is from the Nettlebed Caverns game as one of the options for the player characters. Here is the characters profile...
Like, you know, you just live to shop. Finding a new range of shoes in some obscure little shop hidden away in the rough end of town is such an adventure for you. When you go back home with them, all your friends are like “Wow!” soooo envious. They all wish they were as mod\' as you.
Someone told you that there was a big sale on somewhere around here. You think this way might lead to their bargain basement, but you\'re not so sure now. Like maybe you missed a turn or something. It\'s a bit creepy down here, and the others you have seen here just have nooooo taste – like just soooo last week.