#microquest

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UK 1983

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Treasure of Unicorn Gold, MicroQuest 6 for The Fantasy Trip, Melee, and Wizard, Metagaming, 1981, Roger Stine box art.  This sequel to Treasure of the Silver Dragon launched another real life treasure hunt for a gold unicorn and $10,000, but Metagaming folded before this quest was solved.

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Spaceship bristling with gun turrets (Norman Royal, from ad for Interplay zine in back of Treasure of Unicorn Gold, Metagaming, 1981)  I must have drawn over a hundred similar ship profiles myself, inspired by a few like this in various Metagaming publications.

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“A 31 ounce solid sterling silver dragon is hidden in the United States.”  (Roger Stine box art for Treasure of the Silver Dragon, supplement for Melee and Wizard, by Howard Thompson, Metagaming, 1980.)

Howard Thompson founded Metagaming and published the first MicroGame, Ogre, in Austin, Texas, in 1977.  Inexpensive but well-designed pocket-sized games took off in popularity.

In 1980 Thompson’s Silver Dragon contained clues to finding a real silver dragon sculpture, with additional prizes of $10,000 to the finder and a trip for 2 to Acapulco for the store that sold the winner’s copy.  Apparently the plan was for the search to take years, with a postcard drawing after 5 years to determine a winner if no one had found the actual hiding place.

UT Austin grad student Thomas Davidson quickly found the dragon in New Mexico and claimed the prize.  Metagaming released Treasure of Unicorn Gold as a follow-up in 1981, but the company ceased operations by April 1983.  Howard Thompson dropped out of the gaming scene, and the hiding place of the gold unicorn never was revealed.

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Master of the Amulets, MicroQuest 7 for The Fantasy Trip / Melee / Wizard, Pat Hidy cover, Metagaming, 1981

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Dwarf takes his axe for a stroll (Pat Hidy, Master of the Amulets, Metagaming, 1981)

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azt találtam ki, hogy a már random generált prefix mögé számok helyett, inkább valami számomra motiváló dolgot írok, amit minden egyes nap le kell írnom ezáltal tudatosul bennem meg elmélyül vagy mi.

így lett az ehavi jelszavam valami hasonló: r4nd0McH4ract3rek@DONTSMOKE jópár kollégám akikkel szeretek lógni rendszeresen dohányzik, így néha (egy időben rendszeresen) elkap a kísértés, hogy lemegyek velük elszívni egy cigit. az ehavi microquestem ez, remélem működik.

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Metagaming printed the bagged version of Death Test 2 with more natural colors than the boxed version.  (Pat Hidy, 1980)  [image via boardgamegeek]