''Death on the Reik'' is a 1987 role-playing game adventure for ''

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'' published by

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''Death on the Reik'' is a boxed adventure module in which the

player character A player character (also known as a playable character or PC) is a fictional character in a video game or tabletop role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player rather than the rules of the game. The characters that are not control ...

s have escaped from Bogenhafen and use the River Reik for transportation.

Publication history

''Death on the Reik'' was the third adventure in ''

The Enemy Within Campaign ''The Enemy Within'' campaign (abbreviated to TEW) is a series of adventures for ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' originally published by Games Workshop in the late 1980s. The campaign was voted the best RPG campaign of all time by ''Casus Belli'' m ...

'', the sequel to ''

Shadows Over Bögenhafen ''Shadows Over Bögenhafen'' is a 1987 role-playing game adventure for ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' published by Games Workshop. Contents ''Shadows Over Bögenhafen'' follows the first adventure, '' The Enemy Within'' as the player character ...

''.

Reception

Phil Gallagher reviewed ''Death on the Reik'' for '' White Dwarf'' #93, and stated that "The conclusion to the adventure should provide more than a few tense moments for the players, not to mention a shock or two. But I'm not to going to give any more than that away... except to say that the adventure certainly ends with a bang!" Richard A. Edwards reviewed ''Death on the Reik'' in ''

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'' No. 82. Edwards commented that "The graphical presentation of this series is amazing. The detailed castle map is useable in any gaming situation which could require one and the river material is likewise useable in other systems. But the real value of this package is as part of the continuing saga of The Enemy Within."

Reviews

*'' White Wolf'' #9 (1988) *''Arcane'' #15

References

Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1987 Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay adventures {{Rpg-stub