Hellpits of Nightfang
Cover by Jennell Jaquays[lower-alpha 1]
DesignersJennell Jaquays [lower-alpha 1]
PublishersJudges Guild
Publication1979 (1979)
GenresFantasy
SystemsBasic Role-Playing

Hellpits of Nightfang is an adventure published by Judges Guild in 1979 for the fantasy role-playing game RuneQuest.

Description

Hellpits of Nightfang is a low-level "gateway" adventure for beginning players. The 32-page book leads the characters to limestone caves located beneath a series of sinkholes.[1] The tomb of a powerful RuneLord is there, but a vampire with a love of gold has made a lair nearby, and vermin have surrounded his home.[2]

Publication history

Chaosium published the fantasy role-playing game RuneQuest in 1978. The following year, Judges Guild released a RuneQuest adventure, Hellpits of Nightfang, written by Jennell Jaquays[lower-alpha 1], who also created the cover art for the 32-page book.[1]

In April 1984, Minnesota Baptist minister Larry Forsberg introduced a motion at a local Republican county convention to ban fantasy role-playing games in public schools, using Hellpits of Nightfang as an example of the "satanic" games he was trying to ban.[3]

Reception

In Issue 32 of The Space Gamer, Forrest Johnson commented "It is not easy to find fault with this supplement [...] A good little adventure, easily worth [the price]."[2] Johnson [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Credited as Paul Jaquays.

References

  1. 1 2 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 212. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  2. 1 2 3 Johnson, Forrest (October 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. No. 32. Steve Jackson Games. p. 26.
  3. ↑ "Fundamentalist attack on game called unfair". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. 1984-05-14. p. 22.
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