Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes (MSPE) was first published in 1983. We have finally made a pdf of the original book (with the original classic miniatures ads in the back!)
This is an RPG very similar to the classic Tunnels & Trolls fantasy RPG, except it is (as the title suggests) for more modern characters with guns and whatnot. It is more of a skill based system than 5th Edition T&T.
Due to the renewed interest in OSRpgs we are issuing the classic 5th edition of Tunnels & Trolls as a downloadable PDF, so if you didn’t get a copy back in the “good old days” now you can get it!
Tunnels &Trolls is the 2nd oldest role-playing game and has been in print since 1976. This 100 page PDF contains the classic and widely popular 5th edition of T&T. This is the version that most people remember and used from 1979 to 2006. Like most rpgs you play this with a GM and a group of players. Play is quick and streamlined and T&T has more emphasis on role-playing and less on charts and reference books. All the rules you need are in this book and there is even a small GM adventure in this book you can use. The other unique aspect of T&T is that it’s one of the few rpgs you can play solitaire. There are well over 50 solo adventures available, including 26 published by Flying Buffalo. (Many of them are on Drive-thru.) Download a copy of the classic version of T&T and find out why it has endured for so long.
This is it! The new and improved, Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls.
T&T is the second ever fantasy role playing game, and the easiest to use. This book contains everything you need to play the game solo (with the many solo adventures) or with a group of friends.
It also includes a lot of extra material and descriptions of the worlds played in by the designer and his friends back in the late 1970’s.
The first 166 pages are the core rules, followed by the Elaborations section which has optional rules and systems you can pick and choose from to add to your T&T games. There is also a 16 page full color section which includes color maps of Trollworld, Khazan, Khosht and Knor along with other paintings and maps.
There is a 50 page Trollworld section that includes descriptions of locations on every major continent and three cities, plus a detailed Trollworld timeline. The book also includes a solo adventure that gives you the chance to bring dead characters back to life and a GM adventure on the continent of Zorr, plus a detailed weapons glossary and much much more – over 380 pages of material.
This is the old Tunnels & Trolls 4th Edition rulebook, scanned and cleaned up so you can see what it was like in the “Olden Days”, offered at the original 1977 price of $4.
During our successful “Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls” kickstarter, as a stretch goal we offered a reprint of the original T&T rules from 1975 if someone would purchase Ken’s last original copy for a ridiculous sum of money. Someone did. So here it is.
All our wonderful backers for the project got this pdf for free. It is now available for all to purchase.
This is the complete, original rule set, and is sufficient to play any of the solitaire adventures of today.
Buy now from DriveThruRPG.