Published card games
The Sorcerer's Cave
Ariel Productions Ltd, 1978
The Sorcerer's Cave is a card game published by Ariel Productions Ltd in 1978. It is played with 1 to 4 players, from age 10 and in about 60 minutes.
- players
- 1–4
- minutes
- 60
- years
- 10+
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The box
- Publishers
- Ariel Productions Ltd, Gibsons, Philmar
- Designer
- Terence Peter Donnelly
- Artwork
- Polly Wilson
- Year of release
- 1978
About the game
The Sorcerer's Cave is a fantasy board/card game designed by Terence Peter Donnelly and first published in 1978. Though greatly simplified, it was inspired by the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Unlike D&D, however, Sorcerer's Cave does not require "Dungeon Master" or referee. One of its strengths is that it can be played solo or competitively, as well as cooperatively. Another is the diplomatic aspect of interactions between players with changing agendas. In general, player(s) gather and control a party (or parties) of adventurers who explore a multi-level dungeon that is randomly generated by drawing area cards from a deck. Encounters include special rooms, traps, monsters, allies, magical items and treasures.More from Ariel Productions Ltd
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