# Secret of the Ancients

Secret of the Ancients is a board game.

- **Complexity:** 2 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1984
- **Categories:** Scenario / Adventure / Module
- **Mechanics:** Skill Based (buy or gain skills), Dice (Primarily d6), Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc), Random Attribute Generation (during Character Creation), Race Based (Player Race/Species affects gameplay), Lifepath Character Generation (Character starts at birth)

**Designers:** Loren K. Wiseman, Frank Chadwick, Marc W. Miller, John Astell, John Harshman

**Artists:** Steve Venters

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/secret-of-the-ancients)
- [Secret of the Ancients in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/secret-of-the-ancients)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/44437)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-11-08. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._