Sanctuary (board game)

Sanctuary is a board game designed by Bill Fawcett for one to six players set in the fictional city of Sanctuary popularized in the Thieves' World line of shared universe anthologies edited by Robert Asprin and Lynn Abbey.

[1] The game comes with the following components: The rulebook begins with a short introductory tale describing the arrival of Kadakithis, the new city governor, and his personal security guards, the Hell Hounds.

[1] There are three ways to play: The games for 2–5 players and 2–6 players offer optional Advanced rules, including In the August 1983 edition of White Dwarf (Issue #44), Charles Vasey admired the "startling" box art by Walter Velez, and called the artwork of the components "less good but full of feeling."

"[2] Two issues later, in the October 1983 edition of White Dwarf (Issue #46), Alan Paull also thought the jigsaw-type board was "an excellent idea, which makes sure that the map is both easy to pack in the box and easy to set up on a playing surface without any annoying wrinkles or ridges."

Paull concluded "Sanctuary is a good buy for the family," and gave the game an average rating of 7 out of 10.