With a series of camps coming up in Summer, I again pondered on a decent game I could play outdoors. Death Maze came to mind because the game is played with no board and very few counters in use at once, it's also a 1 to 6-player game and I find a fantasy game tends to appeal to a wider audience, in this particular case casual gamers who also camp.
Apart from the basic Underworld Monster Characteristics Chart, I have created 7 new charts to generate wandering monsters for the following terrain domains: Swamp, Forest, Grasslands, Plains, Rocky, Hills & Desert. These are needed because I have created a random wilderness above the maze where cities may be found in which adventurers may seek haven. I have invented new Races, Predators, Creatures and Herds to populate this wilderness.
I play the ‘pure’ game, in other words I refrain from tinkering with the rules, though I just had to add spears! I thought maybe the designers left out this weapon because of it’s unwieldy nature in a maze? But then again, the hero depicted in the box art is wielding a hefty 2-handed hooked spear! Roll for spears on the same column of the Combat Results Table as swords, hammers and axes.
I play the ‘pure’ game, in other words I refrain from tinkering with the rules, though I just had to add spears! I thought maybe the designers left out this weapon because of it’s unwieldy nature in a maze? But then again, the hero depicted in the box art is wielding a hefty 2-handed hooked spear! Roll for spears on the same column of the Combat Results Table as swords, hammers and axes.
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