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Titan (Fighting Fantasy Book)
''Titan: The Fighting Fantasy World'' is a book in the ''Fighting Fantasy'' series of children's role-playing gamebooks, first published by Puffin Books in 1986. Although credited to Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, it was actually written by Marc Gascoigne (credited as editor), although mostly based on locations, characters and events already described in other books in the series (including Jackson's and Livingstone's). It is written in the manner of an encyclopedia about the fantasy world of Titan, in which the majority of ''Fighting Fantasy'' gamebooks are set. Summary The book was first published in size 21 by 30 centimetres, with colour illustrations inside the covers. A smaller edition (with more pages) was published in 1989 without the colour illustrations. There was a new edition as an e-book by Arion Games in 2011. The cover was by Chris Achilleos, and is still available to buy as a poster. The black-and-white internal illustrations and maps are by John Blanche (who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamebook
A gamebook is a work of printed fiction that allows the reader to participate in the story by making choices. The narrative branches along various paths, typically through the use of numbered paragraphs or pages. Each narrative typically does not follow paragraphs in a linear or ordered fashion. Gamebooks are sometimes called choose your own adventure books or CYOA after the influential ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' series originally published by US company Bantam Books. Gamebooks influenced hypertext fiction. Production of new gamebooks in the West decreased dramatically during the 1990s as choice-based stories have moved away from print-based media, although the format may be experiencing a resurgence on mobile and ebook platforms. Such digital gamebooks are considered interactive fiction or visual novels. Description Gamebooks range widely in terms of the complexity of the ''game'' aspect. At one end are the branching-plot novels, which require the reader to make choices but a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deathtrap Dungeon
''Deathtrap Dungeon'' is a single-player Gamebook#Adventures, adventure gamebook written by Ian Livingstone, and illustrated by Iain McCaig. Originally published by Puffin Books in 1984, the title is the sixth gamebook in the ''Fighting Fantasy'' series. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2002. Story ''Deathtrap Dungeon'' is a fantasy adventure taking place in a hazardous labyrinth in the city of Fang. The player takes the role of an adventurer who decides to enter Baron Sukumvit's "Trial of Champions" and brave "Deathtrap Dungeon". Competing against five other adventurers, the player must defeat monsters, navigate the maze of dungeons and collect certain gems, which are the key to escaping and winning the Trial. Rules Sequels The title was followed by two sequels, ''Trial of Champions'' (21st title, 1986), and ''Armies of Death'' (36th title, 1988). Reception Marcus Rowland (author), Marcus L. Rowland reviewed ''Deathtrap Dungeon'' for the May 1984 issue of ''White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Games Workshop
Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are ''Warhammer (game), Warhammer'' and ''Warhammer 40,000''. Founded in 1975 by John Peake (game designer), John Peake, Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson (UK), Steve Jackson, Games Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games including backgammon, mancala, nine men's morris and Go (board game), Go. It later became an importer of the U.S. role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and then a publisher of wargames and role-playing games in its own right, expanding from a bedroom mail-order company in the process. It expanded into Europe, the US, Canada, and Australia in the early 1990s. All UK-based operations were relocated to the current headquarters in Lenton, Nottingham in 1997. It started promoting games associated with The Lord of the Rings (film series), ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy in 2001. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Davis (game Designer)
Graeme Davis is a game designer, writer, and editor in the tabletop role-playing game industry. Biography Davis started playing ''Dungeons & Dragons'' in the mid-1970s, shortly after it was first imported into the United Kingdom. After leaving school, he worked in the banking industry before studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree in archaeology at the University of Durham in 1979. He graduated in 1982. That year, Davis wrote his first paid article about ''Dungeons & Dragons'' for Games Workshop's ''White Dwarf'' magazine. Other opportunities followed with ''White Dwarf'' and TSR, Inc.'s '' Imagine''. Davis was one of the original designers of ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay''. Games Workshop developed ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' into its new subsidiary Flame Publications in 1989, where Davis remained on staff. Davis wrote the ''Fighting Fantasy'' Gamebook, '' Midnight Rogue'', in 1987. Davis published his first novel, '' Blood and Honor'', book four in the Eberron The War-Torn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Dwarf (magazine)
''White Dwarf'' is a magazine published by British games manufacturer Games Workshop, which has long served as a promotions and advertising platform for Games Workshop and Citadel Miniatures products. During the first ten years of its publication, it covered a wide variety of fantasy and science-fiction role-playing games (RPGs) and board games, particularly the role-playing games ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (''AD&D''), '' Call of Cthulhu'', ''RuneQuest'' and '' Traveller''. These games were all published by other games companies and distributed in the United Kingdom by Games Workshop stores. The magazine underwent a major change in style and content in the late 1980s. It is now dedicated exclusively to the miniature wargames produced by Games Workshop. History 1970s Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone initially produced a newsletter called '' Owl and Weasel'', which ran for twenty-five issues from February 1975 before it evolved into ''White Dwarf''. Originally sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creature Of Havoc
''Creature of Havoc'' is a single-player roleplaying gamebook written by British game designer Steve Jackson (not to be confused with the US game designer of the same name), illustrated by Alan Langford and originally published in 1986 by Puffin Books. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2002. It forms part of Jackson and Ian Livingstone's fictional ''Fighting Fantasy'' series, and is the last ''Fighting Fantasy'' gamebook written by Jackson. It is the 24th in the series in the original Puffin series () and 4th in the modern Wizard series (). Gameplay There are two small additions to the rules given the story circumstances: damage to the creature (the player) is reduced by 1 STAMINA point due to its tough hide, while rolling a double on the dice when determining the player's attack strength will instantly kill an enemy. The player begins the adventure as the "creature of havoc" of the title, an unidentified, violent beast with no concept of who or where they are. Becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Of Terror
''Temple of Terror'' is a single-player role-playing game-book written by Ian Livingstone, illustrated by Bill Houston and originally published in 1985 by Puffin Books. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2004. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's ''Fighting Fantasy ''Fighting Fantasy'' is a series of single-player role-playing gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. The first volume in the series was published in paperback by Puffin in 1982. The series distinguished itself by mixing Choo ...'' series. It is the fourteenth in the series in the original Puffin series () and 19th in the modern Wizard series (). Rules As with titles such as '' House of Hell'' and '' Appointment with F.E.A.R.'', ''Temple of Terror'' utilizes an additional game mechanic: five letters have been scattered throughout the story, and if the player finds all five letters they spell the word ''DEATH'' and the player instantly dies, ending the game. Story ''Tem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forest Of Doom
''The Forest of Doom'' is a single-player adventure gamebook written by Ian Livingstone, and illustrated by Malcolm Barter. Originally published by Puffin Books in 1983, the title is the third gamebook in the ''Fighting Fantasy'' series, and the first of several to feature the character Yaztromo. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2002. The gamebook was also adapted into a video game. Rules Plot ''The Forest of Doom'' is a fantasy adventure scenario in which the hero character travels through a hazardous forest in search of the missing pieces of a magic warhammer needed to assist the dwarves in their war against the trolls. Reception Marcus L. Rowland reviewed ''The Forest of Doom'' for the June 1983 issue of ''White Dwarf'', rating the title a 10 out of a possible 10. Rowland suggested that only " ally stupid players" would try to loot the home of the mage, because they "will not like the consequences", and noted the lethality of the forest area with "some encounters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Citadel Of Chaos
''The Citadel of Chaos'' is a single-player adventure gamebook written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by Russ Nicholson. Originally published by Puffin Books in 1983, the title is the second gamebook in the ''Fighting Fantasy'' series. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2002. The gamebook was also adapted into a video game. Rules Story ''The Citadel of Chaos'' is a fantasy scenario in which the player takes the role of an adventurer magician hero who must navigate the hazardous castle of the evil wizard Balthus Dire. To confront Dire, the player must avoid monsters and collect several artefacts that will allow passage past guardians to the villain's inner sanctum. Reception Marcus L. Rowland reviewed ''The Citadel of Chaos'' for the June 1983 issue of ''White Dwarf'', rating the title a 9 out of a possible 10. Rowland called ''The Citadel of Chaos'' "an exciting adventure", and noted that the book's introduction of magic as an extra characteristic "adds a new ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain
''The Warlock of Firetop Mountain'' is a single-player adventure gamebook written by Steve Jackson (UK game designer), Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, and illustrated by Russ Nicholson. Originally published by Puffin Books in 1982, the title is the first gamebook in the ''Fighting Fantasy'' series. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2002, and Scholastic Books in 2017. As well as launching the ''Fighting Fantasy'' series, the gamebook inspired two direct sequels and five novels, and has been adapted into a board game, an audio drama and a video game. Publication history In 1980, Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone attended a Games Day, and after meeting with a Penguin editor, Philippa Dickinson, decided to create a series of single-player gamebooks. Their first submission, ''The Magic Quest'', was a short adventure intended to demonstrate the style of game. ''The Magic Quest'' was eventually accepted by Penguin Books, although the authors devoted a further six months t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warlock (magazine)
''Warlock'' was a British magazine published by Penguin Books and game manufacturer Games Workshop between 1984 and 1986. The primary focus of the magazine was fantasy, with emphasis on the ''Fighting Fantasy'' adventure gamebook series. Publication history The magazine was established by ''Fighting Fantasy'' creators Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, running for 13 issues from 1984 until December 1986. Jackson and Livingstone were the editors until issue 10 and then editors-in-chief, with Marc Gascoigne Marc Gascoigne is a British author and editor. He is the editor, author or co-author of more than fifty books and gaming related titles, including '' Fighting Fantasy'' books, ''Shadowrun'' novels and adventures, '' Earthdawn'' novels and advent ... as editor. The desk editor for the first five issues was Philippa Dickinson. ''Warlock'' was published in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. A Japanese edition of the magazine was expanded to a general RPG publicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feudal Japan
The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new inventions were introduced from Asia. During this period, the first known written reference to Japan was recorded in the Chinese '' Book of Han'' in the first century AD. Around the 3rd century BC, the Yayoi people from the continent immigrated to the Japanese archipelago and introduced iron technology and agricultural civilization. Because they had an agricultural civilization, the population of the Yayoi began to grow rapidly and ultimately overwhelmed the Jōmon people, natives of the Japanese archipelago who were hunter-gatherers. Between the fourth and ninth centuries, Japan's many kingdoms and tribes gradually came to be unified under a centralized government, nominally controlled by the Emperor of Japan. The imperial dynast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
