Any disputes between these magi are often settled during the tournament held in the battlepits of Krarth.
#Fabled lands publishing series
The first in the series starts you in the land of Krarth, where magi rule their own territories as they please. Till today, it is still fun to just pick up any of the books and "cheat" by just browsing around. In summary, the first book in a stunning overall achievement.īlood Sword is a series which has captivated me for a very long time. The one down-side of multi-character play is the inevitable boredom for one or more players if their characters 'bite it.' Completing the adventure with less characters than you started makes the future books particularly difficult. The difficulty level is high, with a number of hard-to-avoid dice rolls and battles. You have to initially find a patron among various rascally mages, and then wander through a deadly assortment of monsters and traps in order to get a fabulous prize. Combat is wargamed out with diagrams and positions, resulting in ongoing consultation and thought.Īlthough there is an impressive level of 'world-building' in this book, the story is comparatively simple, being of the familiar Deathtrap Dungeon trope. Four people can co-operate, controlling one character each. So one solo player can control one 'high-ranking' character or four different characters. Essentially, anywhere between 1-4 players can control a total of 1-4 characters of the 4 character classes (fighter, mage, rogue and 'cleric'). The game-playing system has a simple but fascinating innovation: the idea of multi-character play. It presents what, in many ways, is a self-contained adventure, while (although you don't know it at the time) presenting one or more characters who will feature prominently in future adventures. This first book is really only an introduction to the main story-line. I still consider this series to be the most well-crafted 'single-story' gamebook series I have ever played (and there are a LOT of contenders, and yes I AM including Lone Wolf). Thank you to Nicholas Chin for the cover scans. Thanks to the Museum of Computer Adventure Game History for the original non-stickered back cover image. Thanks to Ryan Lynch for the images of the stickered version of the original edition. Megara Entertainment Collector's Edition: (Megara Entertainment Collector's Edition) (Megara Entertainment Collector's Edition - map)Ģ015 (Megara Entertainment Collector's Edition) (Megara Entertainment Collector's Edition - interior) (Original edition - interior Fabled Lands Publishing reissue - interior) (Fabled Lands Publishing reissue - cover Megara Entertainment Collector's Edition - cover and interior) Combined By Edition Combined Summary Series:īoynite rovove na Krart (Bulgarian)
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