Apr 12, 2014 - This Pin was discovered by Eugene Taurua. I remember starting it in McDonalds, with my mum and nan (it may have been the time when my nan burnt the roof of her mouth off with molten hot apple - Iâm not sure), after buying it in WH Smith with my saved-up pocket money. It's our favorite topic, of course. Discover (and save!) Posted on August 26, 2012 by ffblog. Now convinced that my inept beardless dwarf also has narcolepsy, I’m ready to pack up and continue on the journey when I am attacked by the strange mutated man-creature whose leaf-shelter I’ve slept in for the night. As I’m sure everyone out there is quite aware, the UK is slap-bang in the middle of a heatwave at the moment, so I’m going to head off and try to dunk my head into a bucket of ice for a while. This book is quite unlike Spectral Stalkers though, in that your playable character is an elf. Phantoms of Fear Fighting Fantasy #28 Steve Jackson Ian Livingstone No no. From the dream, I have learned that the evil death-god has made a giant pit of nastiness in the middle of the forest, which presumably means we’re going to have to find a dungeon and get some dungeon-crawling on. From the result of the poll in my last thread, Robin Waterfield and Paul Mason won with 2-2 tie. Written by Rob Waterfield, Artwork by Ian Miller. My new theory is that the character is simply a very tall dwarf without a beard. Phantoms of Fear is the t28 th entry in the Fighting Fantasy series of gamebooks, written by Robin Waterfield.. You are a Wood Elf from Affen Forest, but no ordinary elf: your father was a great warrior, your mother a powerful shaman, and as their son, you are a gifted warrior capable of wielding magic and the power of entering the Dream World, typical of shamans. Tag: Khul. Yes, really. Robin Anthony Herschel Waterfield was born in 1952 and studied Classics at the University of Manchester, specializing in ancient Greek Philosophy. Phantoms of Fear by Steve Jackson - Penguin Books Ltd - ISBN 10 0140324119 - ISBN 13 0140324119 - Preparing Phantoms of Fear by Steve⦠Category Archives: 28 â Phantoms of Fear. I choose the cave which is littered with half-gnawed bones, because that seems the safest option. The only ones that could really be said to qualify as Horror as opposed to Fantasy (or Sci-Fi, of course) are #10 House Of Hell, #38 Vault Of The Vampire (and its bug-riddled sequel #58 Revenge Of The Vampire), and this book, number 40 in ⦠Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Take them with you next time!! The player is an Elven prince who must journey alone through Affen Forest and defeat the As an elf, you have a Power stat, which you can use to cast a few spells. by Puffin. The Lands Beyond are a strange jumble of fantasy tropes and math puns, as captured in Author: Charlotte Ahlin. Phantoms of Fear, #28 and written by Robin Waterfield, tries to be psychological and literary and largely fails. I loved these books as a kid. It’ll be a surprise! Because I’m not quite a total idiot, I avoid the trap, but I’m gradually losing faith in the character’s preternatural woodland survival skills. The pixies ask if I want to stay with them, and I have to roll a dice in order to possess the slightest scrap of common sense. You’re informed that, as a wood elf, you are confident that you don’t need to take any food with you on your journey, and toddle off into the forest with only a pointed stick for safety. With a better cover and some mechanical tweaks on power and magic, it would be an FF classic. It is here that you will find blank adventure sheets that you can download and use to play your favourite Fighting Fantasy adventures, rather than damage your pristine copies of the gamebooks themselves. The cover of this book is certainly noteworthy, because it shows a very vivid picture of my ex. The whole next day’s journey is uneventful, it seems. A phantom ⦠Thereâs a lot of laborious description but you donât actually do much in this book, something thatâs plain to see if you draw a map. In the process of which, he is attacked by a bear. Some distance along the pathway, I’m given a few chances to roll a test of luck, or the option to turn back. I also have signed books for sale. Neither the story nor the writing are good enough, the entries are too long and the pacing is slow. MALthus Dire's Fighting Fantasy Page Wednesday, 30 January 2013 #28: Phantoms Of Fear ... if ever there were a candidate for using the re-releases to tweak an old book, it would be Phantoms of Fear. I remember starting it in McDonalds, with my mum and nan (it may have been the time when my nan burnt the roof of her mouth off with molten hot apple - Iâm not sure), after buying it in WH Smith with my saved-up pocket money. Discover (and save!) When I move the boulder to one side, the skeleton springs to life and starts trying to kill me with its magic ring. There are about 60 books in all and I first remember reading/playing them in my childhood. Choice of Games, eBook & PDF, Fantasy, Fighting Fantasy, News, Romance, Sci-Fi, Superhuman. Slept in, I’ll remind you, because my character couldn’t climb a tree without falling out of it. The exact same ad also appeared in Doctor Who Magazine#92 (September, 1984). Description. Doing Phantoms of Fear now, with my 7-year-old, itâs clearly inferior to the earlier numbers in the series, written by Fighting Fantasy creators Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone (weâve recently finished #1 and #2, both superb). Having killed the giant hawk, the character decides to actually do something sensible and go gather enough food to continue his journey. One day Milo finds an enormous and mysterious package in his room. Fresh summer berries. File Name â File Size â Date â ; Parent directory/--FF01 The Warlock of Firetop Mountain.pdf: 30.2 MiB: 2020-Oct-14 01:32: FF01 Warlock of Firetop Mountain.pdf Here at Goodreads, the editorial team can't escape books... How can YOU, humble Wood Elf, over-come the Demon Prince Ishtra? Gather 'round because we're going to talk books. My lack of faith is immediately confirmed when the character, a wood elf, falls out of a tree. A humble Wood Elf you may be, yet itâs YOU the Gods have chosen to take on Ishtra and his gathering army of evil, chaotic creatures. I can’t really dislike this book, despite the main character’s utter ineptitude. Go and stop the evil death-god. Jump to page: It also introduces some new elements, like being able to flip between the real world and the dream world, and some complicated fighting rules. Post by SGamerz » Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:39 am. Death holds no grip on the Green Lantern, yo. Condition is "Good". I suspect that this is going to end up like one of those episodes of Star Trek, the kind in which the crew need to save themselves from their own stupidity. I think I was attracted mainly by the lush green cover image (the artwork was a big part of the appeal of these books). Thanks to Ryan Lynch for sharing the image. But the book does give me a luck point simply for making it this far. Without any real indication of where to go, I stumble cluelessly around the forest for a while, until I find a pathway leading to the west. The artwork is extremely good, bringing the imagery of the story to haunting life. To see what your friends thought of this book. Phantoms of Fear. Welcome back. Start by marking âPhantoms of Fear (Fighting Fantasy #28)â as Want to Read: Error rating book. Welcome to the FF Resources area. In this one, I’m given a luck point simply for not tripping over my own shoelaces and hitting my head on a rock while moving from point A to point B. It’s getting late at that point, so we decide to risk setting up camp in a cave on one of the nearby hills. Time to go back to the earlier entries. You dream of your home forest being twisted and destroyed, and a statue of an old powerful and possibly goddess-type thing beckons you on, offering you puppies and swords. Good condition with a clean adventure sheet. Phantoms of Fear GOLD FOIL UNNUMBERED! I hide under some leaves and have a dream about being beaten up by an ice monster. He has a dream of little forest pixies, who he dances with and talks to plants with and assorted other nonsense. Despite getting closer to the heart of darkness itself, our illustrious hero decides that now would be a good time to fall asleep by a lake. Weâd love your help. Be the first to ask a question about Phantoms of Fear. Being the 30th Anniversary, 2012 was as busy as I have known it for Fighting Fantasy. Fighting Fantasy: Feel the Force! 1987 The ending is not so nicely done though. Again, this serves to slow down the pace. Not a bad game book but certainly not a great one. FIGHTING FANTASY RESOURCES. The Fighting Fantasy fansite in which YOU become the hero! Good thing to do while there’s an evil death-god planning to destroy the world, right? Words are failing me at this point. It is also the 30th Anniversary of Fighting Fantasy and Ian Livingstone will be releasing a new gamebook, Blood of the Zombies. I manage to direct him into a small bush, where he gathers some berries, eats them, and promptly falls asleep.
