Buffalo Castle
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Buffalo Castle is a gamebook first published by Flying Buffalo in 1976 ({{ISBN|0-940244-01-2}}). 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).{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}{{rp|36}} Buffalo Castle was an introduction to Tunnels & Trolls, a basic dungeon for a warrior of level 1–2.{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|authorlink=Lawrence Schick|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5}}{{rp|226}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://gamebooks.org/show_item.php?id=2703|title=Item - Buffalo Castle - Demian's Gamebook Web Page|website=gamebooks.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204162153/http://gamebooks.org/show_item.php?id=2703|archive-date=2012-02-04|url-status=dead}}
Reception
Steve Jackson reviewed Buffalo Castle in The Space Gamer No. 9.{{cite journal|last=Jackson|first=Steve|authorlink=Steve Jackson (American game designer) |date=December 1976 – January 1977 |title=Reviews|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Metagaming|issue=9|pages=28}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://tunnels-and-trolls.metaarcade.com/|title=Tunnels and Trolls Adventures|website=tunnels-and-trolls.metaarcade.com|access-date=2019-11-19}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120204162153/http://gamebooks.org/show_item.php?id=2703 Buffalo Castle at gamebooks.org]