The Shamutanti Hills (Fighting Fantasy: Sorcery!, #1)

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Far away in the land of Kakhabad, chaos is brewing The evil Archimage has stolen the precious Crown of Kings, intending to use its power to further his tyrannous ends In this first book of Steve Jackson s Sorcery series, you embark on a quest in the turmoil of Kakhabad, progressing through four books in order to achieve your ultimate goal the Crown of Kings Your first task is to traverse the dangerous Shamutanti Hills Unique in the Fighting Fantasy series, the Sorcery books allow you to choose your role will you be warrior or sorcerer Can you master the demands of the sorcerer s craft, casting spells with the Sorcery spell book and using all your wits to overcome the enemy Be careful, for nothing in Kahkabad is quite as it seems New Download The Shamutanti Hills (Fighting Fantasy: Sorcery!, #1) author Steve Jackson For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Man these books were popular when I was a youngster If you like a book role playing game where you are a wizard I recommend these books Before Harry Potter but equally as good.There was an old man in a treeWhose plight was distressing to see For the Elvins who stowedHim up over the roadCouldn t find their remarkable key.If the Minimite friends you, beware He won t go, you ll be filled with despair.Maybe helping the SvinnsCould relieve you of him...I remember finding this first volume of the fopur part Sorcery series on the shelf of a small local bookshopthan two decades ago It was in a cardboard slipcase together with the Sorcery Spell Book This was the big twist, this gamebook series allowed the reader to play as a sorcerer The snag was that the spells had to be memorised from the book, and each had a cost to cast It added a whole new dimension.Wizardry wasn t the only innovation with this series Penned by Steve Jackson, I remember finding this first volume of the fopur part Sorcery series on the shelf of a small local bookshopthan two decades ago It was in a cardboard slipcase together with the Sorcery Spell Book This was the big twist, this gamebook series allowed the reader to play as a sorcerer The snag was that the spells had to be memorised from the book, and each had a cost to cast It added a whole new dimension.Wizardry wasn t the only innovation with this series Penned by Steve Jackson, one of the co creators of the Fighting Fantasy series, it was intended to be read by older readers The four books in the series were larger than the other gamebooks of the time and grew positively huge by volume 4 and they were all li...I remember thinking these books were just so darn cool when I was growing up I had purchased the second and third off the shelf on a whim from a used bookstore I sold them and regretted the decision almost instantly, so I was excited to be able to request the first book in the series through our library s new Outerlibrary Loan service.I played a full game through and remembered why I liked the booksas a concept than in practice I m terrib...The first of a series of 4 gamebooks called Sorcery , and by far the best in the genre Great magic system with 48 different spells at your disposal Great plot and subplots, good writing, pretty hard to finish but that s also part of the fun OLIVIER DELAYEAuthor of the SEBASTEN OF ATLANTIS seriesThis was an innovative combo of choose your own adventure and RPGs in a cohesive fantasy series Really loved it as a kid, to the point of contorting my body to roll dice on the floor of the plane in economy on my my way to Wisconsin for Christmas one year Good funRound up all minimites and ship them to camps, it s the only way Avoid Jan and the game becomes much easier.I also thought very unamusing Mr Jackson s fondness for fake magic codes only one letter off from the real configurations I did not submit to the rules in these cases You can t make me attempt to memorize 20 spells and then pretend it s fair to place as a choice YAB instead of YOB Memorization is fine as a game element, but the challenge should be in remembering what each spell does, Round up all minimites and ship them to camps, it s the only way Avoid Jan and the game becomes much easier.I also thought very unamusing Mr Jackson s fondness for fake magic codes only one letter off from the real configurations I did not submit to the rules in these cases You can t make me attempt to memorize 20 spells and...This is a nice diversion from the standard Fighting Fantasy scheme, in which the player has to memorise three letter codes for magic spells and is then asked which of them he knows but there are nonsense codes mixed in that lead to certain doom For instance Will you cast a spell SUS, HUF, DIP, FOF, SUD where DIP and SUD don t exist, and HUF cannot be cast in the present s...Capitolo introduttivo breve e piuttosto semplice Raro riscontrare particolari problemi, ad eccezione del segmento con i cacciatori di teste e dell impennata di difficolt finale dovuta alla manticora con annesso piccolo labirinto perfetto esempio dei rigidi vincoli jacksoniani Ambientazione nella media, arricchita dalla presenza di diversi villaggi ben caratterizzati Bestiario sottotono Gameplay ottimo, a patto di affrontare l avventura nei panni del mago Ho giocato con le seguenti stats Capitolo introduttivo breve e piuttosto semplice Raro riscontrare particolari problemi, ad eccezione del segmento con i cacciatori di teste e dell impennata di difficolt finale dovuta alla manticora con annesso piccolo labirinto perfetto esempio dei r...Un petit coup de nostalgie avec la lecture de ce premier tome de la s rie Sorcellerie J ai jou le jeu de la m morisation des sorts, et m en suis pas trop mal sorti J ai bien s r trich sur les combats aux d s, et je ne me suis rat qu une seule fois satan champ d...

The Shamutanti Hills (Fighting Fantasy: Sorcery!, #1)
  • English
  • 07 June 2017
  • Paperback
  • 0140318070
  • Steve Jackson
  • The Shamutanti Hills (Fighting Fantasy: Sorcery!, #1)