The Deadly City
The BIG RUBBLE is the perfect hunting ground for prospective and veteran adventurers. From the relative safety of the frontier town of New Pavis, exploration parties may venture forth into the Rubble to once again tap the treasures and magics in its ruins. They will be aided and hindered by the guards and bureaucrats of the occupying Lunar Empire.
The Big Rubble is a vast area enclosed by giant-built walls of solid stone. Once it was the site of Robcradle, an ancient Jrusteli city, and then it held the magnificent capital of the hero Pavis. Only thousands of acres of ruin and destruction
now remain, full of robbers, outcasts, and inhuman monsters.
The Rubble Guide provides background describing the creation of the ruins, tells of major areas within the giant walls and of 49 points of interest within those areas, examines the vegetable guardians of the Elven Garden, hints at how to get in and out of the Rubble, illustrates four types of Rubble ruins, contains general and specific encounters, and reveals the cult of Yelorna.
The nine scenarios in the Episodes book explore some of the many exciting places within the Rubble. Griffin Gate is the main entrance for legal adventuring parties, and this scenario includes three separate episodes occurring within the gate area. Wolfhead’s Lair, Raid on Yelorna, The Devil’s Playground, Krang’s Table, and the Puzzle Canal introduce the manifold tribes and gangs who survive through incessant raid and plunder within the Rubble. Temple at Fedora takes the adventurers south, beyond the walls, to the mouth of the Zola Fel River. Each of these adventures requires one or two evenings to complete. Dozens of additional scenarios will develop as sidelights from then nine given here or from the plentiful descriptions provided.
Several “official” Lunar Empire forms have been included to license and annoy hapless adventurers. No one is allowed back into the safety of New Pavis without his Adventurer’s License, and few except for trolls, elves, broos, and ogres dare to live in the Rubble.
COMPONENTS:
Big Rubble Players’ Guide,
Big Rubble Guide for the Gamemaster, Episode book,
11×17” map of the Rubble.
The RUNEQUEST campaign-mate to the Pavis scenarios
Details
Original Credits:
- Authors: Steve Perrin, Greg Stafford
- Common Knowledge for the Players
- Greg Stafford and Steve Perrin
- Cult of Yelorna – Michael Trout
- Guide for the Gamemaster
- Greg Stafford and Steve Perrin
- Lunar Patrol – Sandy Petersen
- Garden Guardians – Mark Lukens
- Additional Troll Material – Gordon Monson
- Episodes for the Gamemaster
- Greg Stafford and Steve Perrin
- Griffin Gate – Steve Perrin and Steve Henderson
- Wolfhead’s Lair – Oliver Dickinson
- Raid on Yelorna – Michael Trout
- The Devil’s Playground – Ken Rolston
- Krang’s Table – Brian Marick
- The Puzzle Canal – Sandy Petersen
- Temple at Feroda – Marc Willner
- Common Knowledge for the Players
Classic Edition:
- Proofreading by Susan O’Brien.
- Layout by James Sutton.
- ISBN# 978-1-56882-XX
- System: RQ2
Editions
The RuneQuest Classic Edition Kickstarter recreations are identified as Classic editions.
| SKU | Name | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHA4022-X | Big Rubble – The Deadly City | 1983 | boxed set |
| CHA4022-S | Big Rubble – The Deadly City | 2019 | 2nd edition Classic Softcover. |
| CHA4022-PDF | Big Rubble – The Deadly City | 2019 | 2nd edition Classic PDF. |
| CHA4022-S-POD | Big Rubble – The Deadly City | 2020 | 2nd edition Classic Print on Demand (POD). |
Redbubble
| Image | Name | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Map of The Big Rubble |
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- CHA4001 RuneQuest (1978, 1980, 2015)
- CHA4002 Balastor’s Barracks (1978, 2016)
- CHA4003 Apple Lane (1978, 2016)
- CHA4004 Trolls and Trollkin (1978, 2016)
- CHA4005 Creatures of Chaos 1: Scorpion Men and Broos (1978, 2016)
- CHA4006 Militia & Mercenaries (1979, 2016)
- CHA4007 Snake Pipe Hollow (1979, 2016)
- CHA4008 Cults of Prax (1979, 2016)
- CHA4009 Foes (1980)
- CHA4010 Gateway Bestiary (1980, 2018)
- CHA4011 Plunder (1980, 2016)
- CHA4012 Rune Masters (1980, 2017)
- CHA4013 Griffin Mountain (1981, 2018)
- CHA4014 Cults of Terror (1981, 2016)
- CHA4015 Borderlands (1981, 2018)
- CHA4016 Trollpak (1982, 2019)
- CHA4017 SoloQuest (1982, 2018)
- CHA4018 Questworld (1982)
- CHA4019 SoloQuest 2: Scorpion Hall (1982, 2018)
- CHA4020 SoloQuest 3: The Snow King’s Bride (1982, 2018)
- CHA4021 Pavis: Threshold to Danger (1983, 2019)
- CHA4023 RuneQuest Companion (1983, 2019)
- CHA4024 RuneQuest Old School Resource Pack (2016)
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