Buffalo Castle

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Buffalo Castle is a gamebook first published by Flying Buffalo in 1976 (). Using the Tunnels & Trolls role-playing system, Buffalo Castle consists of 150 paragraphs in A4 format.

Description

After a friend suggested that someone should make a dungeon adventure book that allows the player to choose an answer and turn to another page, Rick Loomis wrote Buffalo Castle (1976). Buffalo Castle was an introduction to Tunnels & Trolls, a basic dungeon for a warrior of level 1–2.

Although it is widely believed that the Fighting Fantasy series of books were the first gamebooks to use dice and allow the character to possess statistics and equipment, Buffalo Castle pre-dates the Fighting Fantasy series by six years and used the same types of mechanics. Buffalo Castle may have been the first published adventure gamebook.

Reception

Steve Jackson reviewed Buffalo Castle in The Space Gamer No. 9. Jackson concluded, "If you're into role-playing, you'll enjoy Buffalo Castle. If you're into solo role-playing, buy it."

In other media

Buffalo Castle is included in the mobile game Tunnels and Trolls Adventures.

References

References

1. Shannon Appelcline. (2011). "Designers & Dragons". Mongoose Publishing.
2. Schick, Lawrence. (1991). "Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games". Prometheus Books.
3. "Item - Buffalo Castle - Demian's Gamebook Web Page".
4. Jackson, Steve. (December 1976 – January 1977). "Reviews". [[Metagaming Concepts.
5. "Tunnels and Trolls Adventures".

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