{{Italic title}} '''''Death Test''''' is a 1978 fantasy role-playing game adventure for ''The Fantasy Trip'' published by Metagaming Concepts.
==Plot summary== ''Death Test'' is an adventure that centers on a test devised by the Thorz, the ruler of the city of Ardonirane, to test potential recruits for his army. <ref name="SG"/>
==Publication history== Metagaming published MicroQuest #1, ''Death Test'' (1978), which was a short adventure intended for solo play in use with either ''Melee'' or ''Wizard''.<ref name="designers">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}</ref>{{rp|79}} ''Death Test'' was written by Steve Jackson, and was published by Metagaming Concepts in 1978 as a 20-page digest-sized book with counters in a zip-locked bag, also published in the same year as a digest-sized box with a booklet, counters, and a die.<ref name="HW">{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|authorlink=Lawrence Schick|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=153}}</ref>
''Death Test 2'' is a sequel to ''Death Test'', in which a second labyrinth was built after the Thorz determined the original ''Death Test'' failed to weed out unworthy warriors.<ref name="SG">{{cite journal|last=Pehr|first=Ronald |date=November 1980 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=33|pages=32}}</ref>
On December 26, 2017, Steve Jackson announced he had re-acquired rights to ''The Fantasy Trip'' products he authored for Metagaming, specifically ''Melee'', ''Wizard'', ''Death Test'', ''Death Test 2'', ''Advanced Melee'', ''Advanced Wizard'', ''In the Labyrinth'', and ''Tollenkar's Lair''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/2017-12-26|title=Daily Illuminator: The Fantasy Trip Returns Home |first=Steve|last=Jackson |website=www.sjgames.com |date=Dec 26, 2017 |access-date=2018-01-07}}</ref> ''Death Test'' and ''Death Test 2'' were re-released in a combined edition in 2019 by Steve Jackson Games after Jackson re-acquired the copyright for the TFT products he authored for Metagaming.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thefantasytrip.game/news/2019/april/april-17-in-stores/ |title=April 17 In Stores |last1=Reed |first1=Philip |date=17 April 2019 |website=thefantasytrip.game |publisher=Steve Jackson Games |accessdate=5 May 2019}}</ref>
==Reception== Robert C. Kirk reviewed ''Death Test'' for ''Pegasus'' magazine and stated that "''Death Test'' is a fun dungeon to explore. Foes and traps are challenging but not insurmountable. It is a dungeon with a rational purpose and not a 'stocked' hole in the ground. It is clever without being silly. It is highly recommended."<ref name="Pegasus10">{{cite journal | last = Kirk |first = Robert C. | title = From the Horse's Mouth | journal = Pegasus | issue = 10 | pages =74 |date=October–November 1982}}</ref>
==Reviews== *''Magia i Miecz'' (Issue 1 – 1993) (Polish)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/MagiaIMiecz199301/page/n3/mode/2up | title=Magia I Miecz 1993 01 | date=January 1993 }}</ref> (as "Śmiertelna Próba")
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1978 Category:The Fantasy Trip adventures