# Death Test

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'''''Death Test''''' is a 1978 fantasy role-playing game adventure for ''[The Fantasy Trip](/source/The_Fantasy_Trip)'' published by [Metagaming Concepts](/source/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](/source/Melee_(game))'' or ''[Wizard](/source/Wizard_(board_game))''.<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](/source/Steve_Jackson_(American_game_designer)), 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](/source/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](/source/The_Space_Gamer)|publisher=[Steve Jackson Games](/source/Steve_Jackson_Games)|issue=33|pages=32}}</ref>

On December 26, 2017, [Steve Jackson](/source/Steve_Jackson_(USA)) announced he had re-acquired rights to ''[The Fantasy Trip](/source/The_Fantasy_Trip)'' products he authored for [Metagaming](/source/Metagaming_Concepts), specifically ''[Melee](/source/Melee_(game))'', ''[Wizard](/source/Wizard_(board_game))'', ''Death Test'', ''[Death Test 2](/source/Death_Test_2)'', ''Advanced Melee'', ''Advanced Wizard'', ''[In the Labyrinth](/source/In_the_Labyrinth_(supplement))'', and ''[Tollenkar's Lair](/source/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](/source/The_Fantasy_Trip) 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](/source/Pegasus_(game_magazine))'' 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](/source/Pegasus_(game_magazine)) | issue = 10 | pages =74 |date=October–November 1982}}</ref>

==Reviews==
*''[Magia i Miecz](/source/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==
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Category:Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1978
Category:The Fantasy Trip adventures

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