This page last edited November 6, 2011 (and seldom needs to be updated)
Plan to come to our Annual T&T Convention in Arizona in July. Click here for information about the convention, and a link to sign up.
T&T RULEBOOK v5.5 NEWS: This version has 32 new pages including the complete Buffalo Castle solo adventure, plus Ken St Andre's "Chronology of Trollworld" plus new optional rules from Ken such as "Character Creation", "Half Breeds and Unusual Character Types", "Combat", "Spite Damage", "The Many-dice Problem", "Style of Play", and "The Money of Trollworld" AND "Skills in T&T" and "Pulling your Punches" by Michael Stackpole. It also includes the complete version 5.0 of the rules. If you order the T&T rules or the T&T Box set or the T&T Summer Special #1 below, you will get version 5.5 of the rules, which is a rulebook 8 1/2" x 11" in size, with the square binding. If you order the Fiery Dragon edition, from the next paragraph here, you will get version 7.5, which is very similar to 5.5 except it has some additions and improvements by Ken. Either version can be used with the solitare adventures, and is easy to learn and play. And the 7.0 version (TWICE as powerful as "the other" company's version 3.5) is a small sized rulebook with spiral binding so it lays flat.
Have you ever dreamed of being a bold and fearless adventurer, a warrior-king, or a cunning and powerful magician? You can be all these when you play TUNNELS & TROLLS - the worlds you explore and great quests you pursue are limited only by your imagination! You’ll find that T&T is easy to learn and easy to play. You can adventure through the T&T solitaire adventures by yourself - or play with your friends in our Game Master adventures (Or design your own gamemaster adventure for your friends). We have a complete line of T&T gaming aids to keep you going. (Tunnels & Trolls was written by Ken St Andre) and edited by (and cover art by) Elizabeth Danforth
(The T&T rulebook contains a description of the chakram, a weapon recently made popular by Xena.)
NOTE: If you are interested in foreign language (non-English) editions of our T&T or Catalyst books, click here.
If you are considering teaching an RPG to a small child, you might find this pictureamusing.
(To see a color picture of the box set, and black & white gifs of the solo adventure covers, click here.
Contains everything you’ll need to play, and more:
T&T Rulebook: easy to understand, filled with in-depth examples. Everything you’ll need to know to play T&T, including Combat, Magic, Weapons & Armor Charts, and Monsters, plus Elaborations, Weapons Glossary, Index, and Trollstone Caverns (an introductory game master adventure).
Buffalo Castle: A T&T adventure that you can play by yourself- because in place of a game master, the BOOK directs you through the adventure by offering written options. (Included in the rulebook)
Castle Ward: a gamemaster adventure, easy for a new GM to moderate. A nearly deserted castle guards the entrance to a monster stronghold.
Player Character Pack: 10 T&T characters to get you started, all completely attributed and equipped.
Three six-sided dice (games sold outside the US may not contain dice).
Boxed set: (Includes all the above) - $24.95
T&T 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION, version 7.0.For the 30th Anniversary of T&T, we allowed our friends at Fiery Dragon to produce a special version of T&T, with additional rules (and complications) by Ken St Andre - came in a metal box, included cardboard heros and monsters, and a CD. Huge bargain. However, we have long since run out of them, sorry.
Click here to see the 7.0 T&T cover artwork by Liz Danforth.
However, they have since created version 7.5 which is available for the time being. It was being sold for $35, but we have the last few remaining copies, and are going to sell them (while they last) for $49.95. At some point in the near future, we expect them to come out with just the 7.5 rulebook, but as I type this I don't know exactly when.
To order T&T version 7.5 for $49.95:
Fiery Dragon has also produced a bonus item called DELVERS PACK which you can order for a limited time from Flying Buffalo.
Please note: There is no official "6th Edition" of Tunnels & Trolls. None has ever been authorized, nor will one be. T&T is a trademark of Flying Buffalo Inc, and Flying Buffalo and Fiery Dragon are the only people publishing authorized English language editions.
In 1976 Ken St Andre created a variant of T&T called Monsters! Monsters! It is a complete game, where you play the Monsters instead of the heroes. It was originally published by Metagaming, and reprinted by Flying Buffalo. It includes cover and interior art by Liz Danforth. To see the cover, and/or buy a copy, click this link. (No one other than Metagaming or Flying Buffalo has ever been given permission to print this game.)
Although this fantasy role-playing and fiction magazine is no longer being published, we sometimes have back issues available. Each issue has either a short mini-solo adventure for T&T or a short Gamemaster Scenario that can be used with T&T or other fantasy role playing games. Email rick at flying buffalo dot com and ask which SA issues are available. I actually have one or two each of most of the issues. There were only 16 different issues, although the last one is numbered 17. Issue 9/10 is a double issue.
We do have Issue #12: fiction by Charles de Lint, articles by Manly Wade Wellman, Larry DiTillio, and Lee Duigon, T&T Mini-solo. For $10
If you'd like to see some of the SA covers, click Here
All on your lonesome, you've had enough of sudoku, free roulette and watching TV and you want to play T&T? Well, how about a couple of T&T Solitaire Adventures? The book is the gamemaster, and each can be played many times. The solo adventures listed here are coded for difficulty, number & type of characters permitted within. "War" means warrior; "Wiz" means magic-user; "any" means any character class allowed (warrior, wizard, or rogue). "L1-3" means it is for 1st through 3rd level characters. "MM" means Magic Matrix is included. [Note: Missing numbers are out of print. Please don’t ask us for them. We suggest you check stores that sell used games, or try game auctions at conventions, or put a classified ad in a gaming magazine. Many magazines will put "items wanted" ads from gamers for practically nothing.]
(To see black & white gifs of the solo adventure covers, and a color picture of the box set, click here.
Note: It is very difficult to publish a solo adventure with jumbled paragraphs without making any errors! Our "errata sheet" for T&T solo adventures is located at the errata page.
T&T Computer Generated Character Sheets: an envelope with 25 computer generated characters for T&T with weapons, items & languages. Each package unique. $2
TUNNELS & TROLLS COMPUTER GAME:
New World Computing released a computer game based on the T&T universe. This game is very true to the original RPG & the solos. Liz Danforth, the editor and artist of the T&T rules worked on the computer game, which is quite extensive. Available on CD for IBM format. You get a scanned copy of the rulebook and map. You can buy a hard copy of the map above. You will need to be able to run a DOS program on your computer to make this work. $10.00
T&T computer game on a CD
TUNNELS & TROLLS SUMMER SPECIAL #1:
(We called the following two items the "Summer Specials" because we came up with the idea one summer. But they have been very popular, so we have continued to offer them. As long as you see them on this webpage - they are still available!)
Package includes the T&T box set, (which includes the solo adventure Buffalo Castle and the GM adventure CASTLE WARD, plus the complete rules, version 5.5), plus a GM adventure: Catacombs of the Bear Cult, plus one of the solo adventures When the Cat's Away, plus the book of short stories, Mage's Blood & Old Bones, plus a great bumper sticker. (To see some of our bumper stickers, click here.) Retail value over $45 only $39.95. (note: includes the 5.5 version of the rules. Also note: this special used to contain "Caravan to Tiern", which we are out of, so we are including "When the Cat's Away" instead.)
TUNNELS & TROLLS SUMMER SPECIAL #2:
Solo Adventure Set. Includes 8 solo adventures: Two "double adventure" books, Gamesmen of Kasar/Mistywood and Sword for Hire/Blue Frog Tavern, plus 4 regular solo adventuers: Beyond the Silvered Pane, Beyond the Wall of Tears, Amulet of the Salkti, and Dark Temple. Retail value over $45 only $24.95.
Sorry, no longer available. We ran out of Beyond the Wall of Tears.
Tunnels & Trolls Bonus Pack
This package contains a reprint of the long out of print solo adventure ABYSS by Paul Creelman (a solo adventure that will let you get a dead character back to life), plus the "Survival Kit" from the old (also long out of print) T&T Gamemasters screen (charts for the gamemaster), plus a NEW short gamemaster adventure by James Walker "Tomb of the Mummy King", plus an expanded treasure generator chart, a random monster encounter chart AND a pack of T&T character sheets. If you like games which make you think such as Settlers of Catan, live roulette or chess, you will love this bonus pack. All for only $9.95
This product is intended for direct sales to consumers at conventions and through the internet, so it is packaged in a zip lock bag with black & white artwork. However, we will make it available to distributors and retailers at their normal discounts. Product #8406
For a T&T character card that you can print out for your use, click here.
For information about playing Tunnels & Trolls Online click here.
For a list of online T&T Links Click here.
Here are some T&T solo adventures that you can play online:
The first T&T solo adventure was Buffalo Castleby Rick Loomis.
Also Ken St Andre (the designer of T&T) has put a T&T solo the "Old Dwarf Mine" online. Click here to visit the Mine
To read about Ken's hat, and how it had more fun in Las Vegas than he did, click on the link in this sentence!
Free RPG Day
Flying Buffalo participated in "Free RPG Days" in 2007, 2008 and 2011
You could have visited any one of the more than 300 gamestores on that day, and picked up a FREE copy (short version) of the Tunnels & Trolls rules, plus a solo adventure that will allow you to play the game by yourself, or with friends. You can still get a copy by visiting our booth at ORIGINS or GENCON, or by agreeing to run a T&T event for us at your local convention or gamestore. Email rick at flying buffalo dot com. Or you can just purchase one for $2.
To get a copy of whichever version we still have on hand:
Here is a link to the cover for the 2007 Free RPG Day book
The 2008 version:
It contained a short version of the rules, a GM adventure by Ken St Andre and a (very short) solo by Rick Loomis
Unfortunately we have given away or sold all copies of the 2008 version.
To find a list of retail stores where you can pick up a free copy of our T&T submission, click the Free RPG Day logo above. It will contain a short version of the rules, and a GM adventure and a short solo adventure.
Here is a link to the cover for the 2011 Free RPG Day book
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