A Familiar Tower

A Familiar Tower is an escape room adventure for Old-School Essentials.

It's more than rooms filled with puzzles, the dungeon is the puzzle. Each space teaches players about the unique mechanics of the dungeon or re-contextualizes previous information in new ways. Inspired by the puzzle box dungeons of The Legend of Zelda series, A Familiar Tower delivers challenges that feel natural to its world—mechanics that click into place the moment you discover how they work.

A Familiar Tower is a 40-page staple-bound booklet, half-letter size (5.5" x 8.5"), with minimal colors. Inside you'll find about 13 areas and enough content for 3 to 5 hours of play. Perfect for a one-shot, convention game, or to drop into an existing campaign world.

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