Tunnels and Trolls

by Ken St. Andre

The fundamental framework for adventuring in Tunnels & Trolls is the concept of an underground tunnel complex wherein dangerous traps and deadly monsters guard undreamed-of treasures, where magic and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0940244004
• ISBN13: 9780940244009
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Flying Buffalo
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.5" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Tunnels and Trolls has been updated!

While 5th edition Tunnels and Trolls is a great game, if you are buying the game to play and not just to complete a collection, then make sure you buy either edition 5.5 or the 30th Anniversary Edition (also known as 7th edition). Note: There isn't an official 6th edition. If you're new to Tunnels and Trolls, I'd actually suggest you start with edition 5.5. They just seem better organized, plus you get the chronology of Trollworld, which is missing from 7th edition. If you find that you like the game, then you might want to pop for 7th edition, which really bends a lot of the rules present in the 5.5 and older editions. In many ways, the two versions are different games. Levels are calculated differently. Talents are handled differently (and are a lot more high-powered in 7th edition); they're actually referred to as 'skills' in 5.5, and aren't included in the game in editions 5 and earlier. Attributes are accumulated differently (and are the basis of level calculations in 7th edition). And magic is quite different between the two versions. You can customize your game, of course, and probably your best Tunnels and Trolls gaming experience will come from picking and choosing rules from 5.5 and 7e, to come up with your own brand of game. Fortunately, the system is very flexible in that regard. So... if you can afford only one version of the game, I'd recommend buying 5.5. If you can afford both 5.5 and 7e, I'd suggest buying them both, since 7e is not a simple update of 5.5, but a complete rehaul of the game. And yet the two games are still compatible. Pure genius.

Wow - it's still around!

I'm one of those people who went through their FRP phase playing Tunnels & Trolls - I was somewhat surprised to see that it's still around but I guess in retrospect, it's not that surprising: the rules are simple and easy to grasp and allow you to start playing right away and the players were pretty much encouraged from the first page to come up with their own house rules if they wanted to, something which I always felt was in keeping with the philosophy of FRP's.

Tunnels & Trolls -

Tunnels & Trolls - the original and best! This is the classic fantasy role-playing game, much overlooked and a heck of a lot of fun! Easy to understand and with endless possibilities. Basic games lasting one night to mammoth game sessions lasting months are all possible with this system. It has quite a lot of back-up material, especially solo adventures, although many are now out of print but can be found lurking on the web if you know where to look. The game system has a die hard following of fans and there are many fine sites supporting the game, all brimming with free material to enhance your games. If you like Fantasy Role Playing, you'll LOVE Tunnels & Trolls.

An old favorite

This is the rulebook for Tunnels and Trolls.What is Tunnels and Trolls? It's a first-generation fantasy pencil-and-paper RPG, created back in 1979 by Ken St. Andre from a simplified set of Dungeons and Dragons rules. This is a great classic, unique in the way that it is incredibly simple and easy to learn. The rules are readily grasped, but not simplistic. What Tunnels and Trolls is actually famous for is not the group play ( which is far from the quality expected at an average AD & D session - the rules are far too simple to handle non-dungeon settings), but the series of solo adventure books that allow players to play without a gamemaster. The game is very fun and addictive. It is built around the old-fashioned concept of hack-and-slash ( perhaps some would like to comment that hack-and-slash is not role-playing. You are wrong.). This is the single thing that the game handles well, but it handles it exceedingly well. The game hasn't changed much since it was created, and has its own little circle of followers. This is an instant favorite and an old classic. Try it out.

great game

This is a really awesome game especially for gamers who want a simplistic roleplaying game. If you dont have anyone else to play with you can buy some solitaire adventures