Pyramid Review

Portable Adventures
   Set 01: Lair of the Rat-King
   Set 02: 8th Grade

Published by Third World Games
Designed by Dan Smith with Michael Nickoloff

Graphic Design by Dan Smith

60 full-color cards, rule sheet, & four six-sided dice; $12.95

Described as "The Multi Genre Card Game System For 2-4 Players," Portable Adventures is another release from Third World Games, who also publish the The Testimony of Jacob Hollow and Battle of the Bands - The Rock & Roll Card Game! Like the latter, Portable Adventures is designed by the artist Dan Smith, best known for illustrating supplements such as GURPS Cthulhupunk and the long running "Bruno" cartoon, both for Steve Jackson Games. The concept behind Portable Adventures is simple: purchase one set and this provides the rules and experience to play any of the other sets, each of which explores a different genre. Further, any set can be combined with another in a number of different ways. Currently there are two sets available, Set 01: Lair of the Rat-King sends groups of adventurers underground to fight the invasion of a Ratling Horde, while Set 02: 8th Grade, deals with life in, well, the 8th Grade.

Portable Adventures is for two and four players 13 years and up -- about the right age to get the most out of Set 02: 8th Grade! Each set consists of a deck of 60 cards, an 11 by 8½-inch rules sheet and four six-sided dice -- one for each player. The deck consists of:

This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.



Article publication date: February 6, 2004

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