Relatively short, yet highly enjoyable! Interesting to see the juxtaposition of modern day with Fighting Fantasy stats and combat. I enjoyed the references. :)

Robert Douglas
Fri Jul 19 11:22:01 2019
General Chat

If true, that's a shame about Stephen Hand - he did some great adventures. Legend of the Shadow Warriors was one of my favourite FF titles. I was at Sixth Form college when it was released, bought it from a local bookshop during a free period. Distant memories, better days. 'Blood of the Mandrakes' would have evoked such fond memories.

Stuart Lloyd
Fri Jul 19 05:10:20 2019
General Chat

I heard that Stephen Hand wants nothing more to do with Fighting Fantasy. What would be cool is if some of the books here got the print treatment. However I'm sceptical as they seem to be aiming their books at a childrens' market now.

Robert Douglas
Thu Jul 18 01:41:32 2019
General Chat

I've spotted on Amazon 'Assassins of Allansia' by Ian Livingstone. It will be released in September of this year. I'm wondering if Charlie Higson and Jonathan Green might be doing any more FF? Since they've clearly dropped the 'Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone presents...' from the cover of Scholastics titles (but not the FF logo), would it be possible for commissioned authors from the original Puffin series to return with ideas they didn't have a chance to have published during the mid-90's FF crash? I read on Titannica that Stephen Hand was at that time planning a third gamebook titled 'Blood of the Mandrakes'; wouldn't it be great if we had another 'Bloodbones' moment (or even several previously cancelled gamebooks) beginning to appear under Scholastic label! However, in the world of publishing, I'm not sure how realistic that would be. If asked, would the commissioned authors return to FF? Or are they to busy with other projects nowadays?

Phil Sadler
Wed Jul 17 14:00:27 2019
Deathtrap

Thanks for a very nice review! It's things like this that make it all seem worth while :-)

And, yes, the book is certainly not easy in the slightest, but it is a 'fair' difficulty and not an 'unfair' one like certain FF authors ;-)

Albertt
Wed Jul 17 05:33:47 2019
Deathtrap

Just wanted to say thank you to the author for the immense effort that must have gone into putting this together. Anyone who enjoys ff will surely enjoy this one.

Specifically, the book is incredibly atmospheric. This is probably the books biggest strength. Every room is fascinating, even the ones your character does nothing in. And almost all of them are creepy. The sense of lurking dread is really, really well done.

My only criticisms are that the books is a little overstuffed with things to keep track of (take COPIOUS notes), and that the book is incredibly, incredibly difficult. I’ve read through it several times and still have no idea what the “best” way to get through is.

But really, really: If you enjoy ff gamebooks you will love this book! Super-compelling!

Zorg
Mon Jul 15 10:33:43 2019
Hunger Of The Wolf
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Didn't really know what I was doing, but it appears I got somewhere, I guess. Good game tho

Drugar Oakenhammer
Thu Jul 11 21:41:16 2019
Escape Neuburg Keep

Passed it on my first try, with 1 stamina left!
Brutal as hell, but well-written.
Ending was a bit abrupt though.

Jest
Wed Jul 10 08:02:53 2019
Lair Of The Troglodytes
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Was fun and different. :-)

Jest
Tue Jul 9 22:09:25 2019
Lair Of The Troglodytes
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Really enjoyed this. Fun. Is there a follow up?

bill
Fri Jul 5 16:12:58 2019
Beggars Of Blacksand
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

HOORAY

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bill
Fri Jul 5 15:58:57 2019
Beggars Of Blacksand
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Really good!

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bluejuice915
Mon Jul 1 20:11:24 2019
Planet Of The Spiders
Star - optimum ending reached

That took far longer than I was expecting. Took a while to get the right ending because I kept finding things that worked but were ultimately wrong. Namely

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and

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. Overall though a very good challenge, though certainly not one I could beat without the help of previous comments. I liked this.

Grade: 96

Snori
Thu Jun 27 21:10:26 2019
The Cold Heart Of Chaos
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Hm. First attempt and sudden death... Lets give the story second chance...

Hubertus Bigend
Mon Jun 24 11:01:50 2019
Outsider!
Star - optimum ending reached

Great adventure! Took me a while to get the best ending. Really enjoyed the musical & pop-culture references too. Time to go listen to some Manowar!

Rick
Thu Jun 20 14:22:54 2019
Hunger Of The Wolf
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Is there no way to escape becoming a wolf?

TSD
Thu Jun 20 10:52:41 2019
House Of Horror
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Nice work!

Andrew Wright
Thu Jun 20 01:05:01 2019
General Chat

Hey Fighting Fantasy fans! You can get a PDF copy of the third sequel to Out of the Pit, entitled Return to the Pit, at Bundle of Holding, where it is on sale with a bunch of Advanced Fighting Fantasy second edition PDFs:

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/MoreAFF

Ross H
Sat Jun 15 13:38:41 2019
The Cold Heart Of Chaos
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

This seems very hard

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