Designed by Jim Dunnigan & Tom Shaw
Development by Don Greenwood
This game produced by Avalon hill was mentioned as .recommended equipment.
in the original Dungeons & Dragons boxed set. Two of the three books in the
set reference this game as needed for wilderness encounters (see picture
below). The game was the best-selling title in Avalon Hill's history.
The connection to D&D being a factor most likely. Outdoor Survival was first
sold in 1972 and continued to be produced through 1985. It was often sold in
National Park gift shops as well as the hobby stores. This is a must for any
D&D collection!
An excerpt from the 3rd D&D core book Underworld & Wilderness Adventures -
..adventures in the wilderness area are made on the Outdoor Survival playing
board..
Outdoor Survival is a game of wilderness survival skills. Lost and alone, you
must survive and escape all that Mother Nature has to offer. With 5 different
scenarios from inexperienced hikers lost in the woods to a rescue party trying
to find a lost person. You will have to deal with animals, weather, finding
food, water, and surviving sickness to prevail.
This set contain the following:
* two-sided sheet, digest-sized, titled "OUTDOOR SURVIVAL / Get playing QUICKLY -
read this card FIRST"
* two-sided sheet (folded into fourths, to produce a digest-sized object), titled
"Rules of Play / OUTDOOR SURVIVAL"
* 23-page digest-sized booklet, titled "a primer about WILDERNESS SKILLS for
players of the game -- OUTDOOR SURVIVAL"
* four roughly digest-sized, identical yellow sheets titled "Life Level Index
Chart". They are one-sided (the backs are blank),
* set of five double-sided, digest-sized sheets. Each contains a "scenario",
1 through 5, titled "Lost", "Survival", "Search", "Rescue", and "Pursue"
* roughly 9"x11", one-sided, glossy, full-color sheet, titled "MAPBOARD MOVEMENT
CHART"
* large, fold-out, thick cardboard map
* heavy-stock paper sheet holding eight sets of punch-out counters
* one six sided dice is required to play
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