Big Rubble: The Deadly City
 Big Rubble, The Deadly City (boxed set) as published by Chaosium in 1983. Cover by Brad W. Foster 1982. | |
| Designers | Steve Perrin Greg Stafford |
|---|---|
| Publishers | Chaosium Moon Design Publications |
| Publication | 1983 Boxed edition (Chaosium) 1999 Gloranthan Classics Volume I – Pavis & Big Rubble (1999) (Moon Design) 2019 Classic edition (Chaosium) |
| Genres | Fantasy |
| Systems | RuneQuest |
Big Rubble: The Deadly City is a boxed tabletop role-playing game supplement for RuneQuest. Originally published by Chaosium in 1983. It was republished in 1999 by Moon Design Publications in a single volume with Pavis: Threshold to Danger as Gloranthan Classics Volume I – Pavis & Big Rubble .[1] The 1983 edition was republished in 2019 in PDF format as part of Chaosium's RuneQuest: Classic Edition Kickstarter.[2]
Contents
Big Rubble: The Deadly City describes "The Rubble", 25 square kilometres of supposedly treasure-filled ancient ruin that surrounds the small town of Pavis.[3] The supplement includes[4]
- 16-page booklet Common Knowledge for the Players
- 32-page Guide for the Gamemaster
- 92-page Episodes for the Gamemaster, containing seven adventure scenarios written by eight different authors
- a 17" x 22" fold-out map
Reception
In the November 1983 edition of White Dwarf (Issue #47), Oliver Dickinson gave some parts of the supplement an excellent rating of 10 out of 10, especially two of the included scenarios, and rated most of the rest of the contents 8–9, although he thought some of the scenarios were below average, only worth 5–6.[3]
In the February 1984 edition of Dragon, Steve List liked the variety of scenarios, although he found one of them "a little out of place" since it involves travel outside of the area covered by the supplement. List concluded with a strong recommendation, saying, "Big Rubble is one of the best scenario packages I have seen. It is well-produced in a physical sense, and it is well-written and well-planned. As a blend of self-contained scenarios and open-ended setting, it is a valuable addition to the Runequest library.[4]
Reviews
- Fantasy Gamer #4 (Feb./March, 1984)
References
- ^ Glorantha Classics Volume 1, Pavis & Big Rubble. Moon Design Publications. 1999. ISBN 978-0-9777853-5-3.
- ^ "Big Rubble". Chaosium. Chaosium Inc. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ a b Dickinson, Oliver (November 1983). "Open Box". White Dwarf (Issue 47). Games Workshop: 15.
{{cite journal}}:|issue=has extra text (help) - ^ a b List, Steve (February 1984). "Big Rubble completes the pair". Dragon (82). TSR, Inc.: 52–53.