Raid on Rajallapor
Raid on Rajallapor is an adventure published under license by Grenadier Models in 1984 for Flying Buffalo's modern-day espionage role-playing game "Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes" ("MSPE"). Plot summary. The player characters, a team of mercenaries, must first escort a Picasso painting to India, then steal a golden statue of Shiva. Pre-generated characters and maps are provided. The book also contains a solo adventure involving finding a microfilm hidden in a casino. Publication history. In the early 1980s, Grenadier Models was a manufacturer of fantasy miniatures. In 1984, Grenadier decided to diversify by  creating licensed RPG adventures. During the year, Grenadier published four adventures: "Cloudland" for "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons"; "The Horrible Secret of Monhegan Island" for "Call of Cthulhu"; "Disappearance on Aramat" for "Traveller"; and "Raid on Rajallapor" for "MSPE", a 48-page book written by Gary Pilkington, with interior artwork by Flint Henry, and cover art by Martin Kealey. Reception. In Issue 20 of "Imagine", Nick Davison disagreed with the mystical element in "Raid on Rajallapor", saying, "The scenario is well produced but I have my doubts about supernatural intervention, a device which also appears in [previously published "MSPE" adventure] "Jade Jaguar . Perhaps the designers think this is an original way of shaking the players. But if it is repeated, surely it loses its impact?