''The Horn of Roland'' is an adventure published by
Avalon Hill in 1984 for the multi-genre role-playing game ''
Lords of Creation''.
Description
''The Horn of Roland'' is designed as an introductory adventure for new players.
The
player characters start at a modern day science fiction convention where they are investigating a murder. Their investigation uncovers evidence of supernatural events in the world, and increasingly bizarre events happen as the characters follow the murder suspect through the
Bermuda Triangle
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Components
The
boxed set
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Music
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holds:
* 48-page book with the adventure
* five sheets of paper containing player aids, including local maps and a sketch of the murder scene
Publication history
The multi-genre role-playing game ''Lords of Creation'' published by Avalon Hill in 1984 was designed by
Tom Moldvay
Thomas Steven Moldvay (Nov. 5, 1948 – March 9, 2007) was an American game designer and author, best known for his work on early materials for the fantasy role-playing game '' Dungeons & Dragons'' (D&D).
Career
During the 1970s while a stud ...
to allow the
gamemaster to create adventures in almost any genre, from fantasy to science fiction to modern espionage. Moldvay also planned to write five adventures to support the game, but only three were published: ''The Horn of Roland'', ''
The Yeti Sanction
''The Yeti Sanction'' is a 1984 role-playing game adventure for '' Lords of Creation'' published by The Avalon Hill Game Company
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'' (modern-day espionage), and ''
Omegakron'' (post-apocalyptic science fiction).
''The Horn of Roland'' featured art by
Dave Billman.
Reception
In Issue 22 of ''
Imagine'', Mike Dean was impressed and gave a strong recommendation, saying that "anyone seriously considering GMing
'Lords of Creation''would be well advised to buy ''Horn of Roland'' only to see just how good an adventure can be!"
Other recognition
*A copy of ''The Horn of Roland'' is held in the collection of the
Strong National Museum of Play (object 110.21200).
*A copy of ''The Horn of Roland'' is held in the Edwin and Terry Murray Collection of Role-Playing Games, 1972-2017 (Box BG38) at
Duke University
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References
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Role-playing game adventures
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1984