Deep in the caverns beneath Firetop Mountain lies a powerful Warlock.
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"This book certainly has the coveted distinction of being the first one that nailed it, the one that everybody talked about, the one that really put gamebooks on the map and completely changed the landscape of fantasy books forever."
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Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone are the creators of the Fighting Fantasy series which has sold many millions of books throughout the world. They also founded the Games Workshop chain and have since risen to prominent positions in the British computer games industry, at Lionhead and Eidos respectively.
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By Sam Johnson
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed playing this gamebook that spawned the fighting fantasy phenomenon. Loved the atmosphere and the slightly quirky illustrations. The division of the dungeon into green skins/undead/maze was a good idea. Pity that the maze section was so tedious.
Throughout this book, the main problem is that its impossible to tell which way to go when it says things like do you go east or west. Go the wrong way and you'll miss out a key that is essential to complete the adventure. You not know until the end and you'll just have to find out by trial and error from repeated plays which route to take.
Overall though a fun adventure. If you have read this book then you are missing out. And if you are new to gamebooks then this is a great place to start.
Throughout this book, the main problem is that its impossible to tell which way to go when it says things like do you go east or west. Go the wrong way and you'll miss out a key that is essential to complete the adventure. You not know until the end and you'll just have to find out by trial and error from repeated plays which route to take.
Overall though a fun adventure. If you have read this book then you are missing out. And if you are new to gamebooks then this is a great place to start.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Ale
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is one of the few books in the history of literature that generated an entirely new genre (interactive novels / gamebooks): you can't miss it!
It is true that there are previous books that used similar concepts, but none of them made it as widespread and popular as this: that's why it can be said that this book generated the new genre.
The book itself is sometimes a bit naive (normal, as it's the first of a new genre...) but definitely entertaining, good re-playability and a paragon set for all future interactive novels: a door open on a new world!
This particular reprint is part of a more recent revamp / relaunch of the serie and the genre and perhaps some naivety becomes retrospectively more visible (now that there are plenty of books of this kind, that can build on the experience of the Warlock of Firetop Mountain. Nevertheless, this book is very valuable and enlightening.
Compared with Puffin original edition, this Wizard reprint is slightly bigger and with bigger fonts: I quite appreciated this change.
It is true that there are previous books that used similar concepts, but none of them made it as widespread and popular as this: that's why it can be said that this book generated the new genre.
The book itself is sometimes a bit naive (normal, as it's the first of a new genre...) but definitely entertaining, good re-playability and a paragon set for all future interactive novels: a door open on a new world!
This particular reprint is part of a more recent revamp / relaunch of the serie and the genre and perhaps some naivety becomes retrospectively more visible (now that there are plenty of books of this kind, that can build on the experience of the Warlock of Firetop Mountain. Nevertheless, this book is very valuable and enlightening.
Compared with Puffin original edition, this Wizard reprint is slightly bigger and with bigger fonts: I quite appreciated this change.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By lee
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Buying this brought back a lot of childhood memories.Just as good as before!Thought the authors were brilliant back then and still now.
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I haven't bought this particular print but still have the originals from 20-30 yrs ago! They are still great books and my son has started to play them too.... Read more
Published 18 days ago by Mr. I. F. Southern
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Thank you for asking but I bought this book plus 2 others for my grandson so cannot give you an opinion on this or any other.
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The first Fighting Fantasy gamebook is an absolute classic!
First published in 1982, THE WARLOCK OF FIRETOP MOUNTAIN started the whole gamebook craze. The first Fighting Fantasy Gamebook, it uses a simple rules system utilising three... Read more
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