Using modified Musket & Pike rules, Mike Gilbert designed Down Styphon!, a miniatures wargame that is based the battles described in H. Beam Piper's novel Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen.
14), Tony Watson thought the game, although well-written, was just okay, saying, "The rules themselves are good, faithful to their inspiration.
They are not very innovative, but they certainly provide all major components thus giving the players some interesting and accurate miniatures battles.
"[1] In the October 1979 edition of Dragon (Issue #30), Kenneth Hulme thought that most of the 18-page rule book was "top-notch", but had issues with a number of the rules, which he felt prevented the game from truly bringing Piper's novel to life.
However, he concluded with a thumbs up, saying, "Once the purchaser of Down Styphon gets past the initial few bugaboos, however, the game is very playable.