Thieves' Guild 8

In the Thieves' Guild fantasy role-playing game, players take on the roles of thieves in an underworld of crime. In a series of supplements, Gamelords presented several adventures and extra rules. Thieves Guild 8 contains additional rules for ranged weapons, further explanations, and adventure hooks for

• highwaymen
• cat burglars
• various types of armed robberies
• temple looters and tomb robbers
• pickpockets and cutpurses
• assassins
• pirates

Two adventures are included:

• The adventurers must rescue a kidnapped bride
• In Part 1 of "Secret of the Crystal Mountains," the players enter the haunted Eregin Forest, seeking a treasure of glowing crystals. (Continued in Thieves' Guild 9: Escape From the Ashwood Mines).

Gamelords first published Thieves' Guild in 1980. Over the next four years, they released nine more supplements, including Thieves' Guild 8 in 1983, a 32-page softcover book written by Kerry Lloyd, Alfred Hipkins, and Janet Trautvetter, with artwork by Becky Harding, Denis Loubet, Wallace Miller, Larry Shade, Hannah M. G. Shapero, John Statema, and Janet Trautvetter.{{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=222}}

Chris Hunter reviewed Thieves' Guild 8 and Thieves' Guild 9: Escape From the Ashwood Mines for Imagine magazine and stated, "The scenarios are all very good though some need a little extra work to flesh them out."{{cite magazine| last = Hunter |first = Chris | title =Game Reviews | type = review | magazine= Imagine | issue = 23| pages =42 | publisher = TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. |date=February 1985}}

• Different Worlds #45 (March/April, 1987)

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Category:Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1983

Category:Thieves' Guild (role-playing game) supplements