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"Livingstone has constructed a wonderful labyrinth of fiendish tricks and traps that is likely to ensnare even the most experienced adventurer, and will take a great deal of dedicated effort from the reader if they ever want to reach the ultimate goal." --sci-fi-online.com
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"Bound to appeal to fans of the fantasy worlds of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings."
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Deathtrap Dungeon, written in 1984 by Ian Livingstone, was the sixth edition to the growing Fighting Fantasy series. This adventure is set, like most of the earlier FF books, in the medieval fantasy land of Allansia. There is a successful town in north Allansia called Fang. It's ruler, a certain Baron Sukumvit, decided to make Fang the centre of a great contest, to be held once each year, called the Trail of Champions.
Now, this Trail of Champions involved the Baron tunneling a deadly labyrinth into the hills behind the town. The labyrinth, named Deathtrap Dungeon (if you didn't already know), was then riddled with fiendish traps and vicious monsters to trick and test any contestants trying their luck. Just before the grand opening, Sukumvit selected ten of his finest troops to enter the dungeon, as a test of it's lethality. Much to the Baron's delight; none of the troops were ever seen again! The call then went out to adventurers all over Allansia.
Many adventurers were eager to test their skills in Deathtrap Dungeon, for the honour of being the first to survive the labyrinth and collect their own weight in gold as a reward. As yet, none have survived to claim the prize...Until now, that is!!
You start as an adventurer, signed up for the Trail of Champions, the eve before the contest starts. The next day, you line up outside Deathtrap Dungeon, ready to start your adventure. Five other contestants enter the dungeon with you. These are: an armoured Knight, a robed Ninja, a female Elf Warrior and two 'Arnold Schwarzenegger look-a-like' Barbarians.
So, the race is on! To succeed in your goal you have to beat the other contestants (by fair or foul means), avoid becoming a victim of the many cunningly lethal traps, find and collect various items, vital if you are to escape alive, find your way through quite a complex maze and hack-'n'-slash your way through loads of Deathtrap Dungeon's inhuman inhabitants (this is my favourite part!!)
For 'true' diehard FF fans; this book is a real roller-coaster ride. The book is original, well written, engaging and (fairly) complex. The book has some nice parts to it: Stumbling onto the remains of past contestants, impaled on spikes, ending up as stew for the Boodbeast, meeting the 'Trial Masters', Poison Ivy and those playful Trogoldytes (no, I won't tell you! You'll have to find out about them for yourself!!) There are some really nice 'adult' traps and ways to die as well; the 'Vice' trap and drinking the acid, which burns a hole in your stomach, are real corkers.
As for bad parts......Well, I couldn't really think of any. This book is a very good edition to the FF series. Not being linear (like a lot of later books) the dungeon can be explored many times differently. The ending is especially challenging and exciting.
Iain McCaig's illustrations are of the usual excellent quality; they really bring Deathtrap Dungeon alive, adding immeasurably to the atmosphere of the book. In fact, without his contribution, the book probably wouldn't of been so well received
So, in my ending summary of number six; Deathtrap Dungeon. I would say that it is an absolute classic; this book is about as good as FF gets!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I have read all the FF books having owned 1 to 59 and stupidly selling them all many years ago. These were pretty much the only books I read as a kid, I loved em and this is one of the top ones. Personally I preferred the more darker and harder books which were mostly from Steve Jackson. If you haven't read any then the best ones to get in my opinion are Deathrap Dungeon (hard), City of Thiefs, Creature of Havok (incredibly hard), Return to Firetop Mountain, Legend of Zagor, Seas of Blood, Talisman of Death, Vault of the Vampire... House of Hell is very good as well I love the setting, concept and the atmosphere but it is very frustrating unfortunately. Creature of Havok on the other hand I couldn't even complete by cheating but it is still brilliant. But there are loads of other great ones as well like Freeway Fighter and Appointment with FEAR and more I don't recall. There are some terrible ones (mostly the sci fi ones) but most are excellent.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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A epic classic, I remember playing/reading these books back in the day, wonderful story and you never know what's round the corner, my heart is racing every time I turn the page probally one of the best in the series and well worth your money!
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If you have not yet brought a Fighting Fantasy book, do! My book fell apart (oh well) when I was reading it but was not the end of the world! But is quite interesting!
Published 5 months ago by Helen Hiscock
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Exactly as expected, memories from childhood! Great book and haven't put it down very often. Would definitely recommend to others.
Published 5 months ago by Kim
One of the greatest dungeon crawls in any gamebook.
One of the best books in the whole Fighting Fantasy series, DEATHTRAP DUNGEON is a first class dungeon crawl. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Caramon
fantastic
great read for kids who dont like to. a game book just sit down with a pencil and dice for hours of fun
Published 17 months ago by W. Davis
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I can remember, at the age of about 10, first picking up this book and thinking how different it looked from any I'd seen. An adventure where I got to choose the ending? Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2002 by "crispy11"
Another great book from the FF genre...
I've been into the Fighting Fantasy books for ages...well when I say into them that is to say I would have loved to get hold of them but they've been impossible to find. Read more
Published on 1 July 2002 by "bludangell"
excellent, with one exception
The Strategy guide offers everything it promises and more, with one exception. This is the strategy guide for the playstation version, NOT the PC. Read more
Published on 23 Aug 1999
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