The Shamutanti Hills
by Steve Jackson
Steve Jackson's Sorcery! (1), Fighting Fantasy (Steve Jackson's Sorcery! — Sorcery! 01)
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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 show more 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... show lessTags
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A difficult gamebook. This time round I tried to take different paths to the ones I knew and was surprised to find that I learned an easier path with better outcomes for Khare. It is a good gamebook though, very atmospheric, with the difficulty level set just right. There are lots of interesting situations, a few stupid ones, one slightly racist one, and some fantastic JB art.
Complete nostalgia trip.
An increadable series: Most fantasy gamebooks like this don't quite reach this level. I wouldn't give most of the Fighting Fantasy series any more than four stars, to tell you the truth. Not because they're poorly written, far from it, but just because they're nowhere near as involving as the other gamebooks. The Lone Wolf series springs to mind.
But still, this series blows the rest right out of the water. Unlike Lone Wolf, and rather more like the Grecian Chronicles, this has a single continual storyline that forms the overall point of the series.
It's very well written. There's an increadable amount of depth to just about everything, you get to find out more about all the characters, locations, and so on. If you like interactive show more fantasy, give this a shot or you'll be missing out. show less
But still, this series blows the rest right out of the water. Unlike Lone Wolf, and rather more like the Grecian Chronicles, this has a single continual storyline that forms the overall point of the series.
It's very well written. There's an increadable amount of depth to just about everything, you get to find out more about all the characters, locations, and so on. If you like interactive show more fantasy, give this a shot or you'll be missing out. show less
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Ce premier épisode de Sorcellerie! est assez facile, et constitue un bon livre pour un enfant qui découvre les livres dont vous êtes le héros - ce qui fut mon cas, et une mise en jambe en prévision des difficultés des volumes suivants. Néanmoins, "Les Collines Maléfiques" me paraissent aujourd'hui moins attrayantes : on peut regretter que le Marmouscule n'ait pas été mieux traité (pour un personnage qui est présent dans beaucoup de paragraphes, il a un rôle très réduit, avec peu de répliques), qu'un joueur qui joue en tant que guerrier doive avoir une bonne Habileté initiale et faire la razzia sur les objets à bonus pour espérer l'emporter contre la Manticore (alors que le sorcier a pour seul souci d'économiser assez show more d'énergie pour lancer sa combinaison de formules)...
Bref, sans être franchement mauvais, cet épisode souffre cependant de la comparaison avec les suivants. Il lui manque un petit plus. show less
Bref, sans être franchement mauvais, cet épisode souffre cependant de la comparaison avec les suivants. Il lui manque un petit plus. show less
Mar 16, 2010 (Edited)French
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- Canonical title
- The Shamutanti Hills
- Original title
- The Shamutanti hills
- Original publication date
- 1983
- People/Characters
- YOU!; Flanker the Assassin; Gaza Moon; Glandragor; Jann the Minimite
- Important places
- Titan; Kakhabad; Shamutanti Hills
- Dedication
- To Ian Livingstone
- First words
- (Introduction) You are about to embark on an epic adventure--a quest for the Crown of Kings. Your journey will take your from Analand, your home, across the unruly territories of Kakhabad to the Mampang Fortress wherein lies ... (show all)the treasured crown.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Soon the path is leading you on from the Shamutanti Hills down across rice fields towards a great walled city - the Cityport of Khare - and on to the next stage of your quest...
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- English
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