Raid on Rajallapor
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Raid on Rajallapor is an adventure published under license by Grenadier Models in 1984 for Flying Buffalo's modern-day espionage role-playing game Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes (MSPE).
Plot summary
The player characters, a team of mercenaries, must first escort a Picasso painting to India, then steal a golden statue of Shiva. Pre-generated characters and maps are provided. The book also contains a solo adventure involving finding a microfilm hidden in a casino.{{cite web|url = http://www.legrog.org/jeux/mercenaries-spies-private-eyes/raid-on-rajallapor-en | date=2009-05-08|title= Raid on Rajallapor |website=Guide du Rôliste Galactique| access-date= 2021-06-18 |language=fr}}
Publication history
In the early 1980s, Grenadier Models was a manufacturer of fantasy miniatures. In 1984, Grenadier decided to diversify by creating licensed RPG adventures. During the year, Grenadier published four adventures: Cloudland for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons; The Horrible Secret of Monhegan Island for Call of Cthulhu; Disappearance on Aramat for Traveller; and Raid on Rajallapor for MSPE,{{cite web | url =http://tomeoftreasures.com/tot_nontsr/grenadier.htm | title =Grenadier | website =tomeoftreasures.com | access-date =2021-06-18}} a 48-page book written by Gary Pilkington, with interior artwork by Flint Henry, and cover art by Martin Kealey.{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=68}}
Reception
In Issue 20 of Imagine, Nick Davison disagreed with the mystical element in Raid on Rajallapor, saying, "The scenario is well produced but I have my doubts about supernatural intervention, a device which also appears in [previously published MSPE adventure] Jade Jaguar. Perhaps the designers think this is an original way of shaking the players. But if it is repeated, surely it loses its impact?"{{cite journal | last = Davison |first = Nick | title =Game Reviews | type = review | journal = Imagine | issue = 20| pages =38 | publisher = TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. |date=November 1984}}