Talisman of Death

Talisman of Death
Cover of the first edition
Authors Jamie Thomson
Mark Smith[1]
Illustrator Bob Harvey[1]
Cover artist Peter Andrew Jones
U.S. cover: R. Courtney[1]
Series Fighting Fantasy
  • Puffin number: 11
  • Wizard number: 24
Genre Fantasy
Published Puffin: 1985[1]
Dell/Laurel-Leaf: 1985[1]
Media type Print (Paperback)
ISBN 0-14-031859-3 (Puffin)
ISBN 1-84046-566-2 (Wizard)

Talisman of Death is a single-player role-playing gamebook written by Jamie Thomson and Mark Smith, illustrated by Bob Harvey and originally published in 1984 by Puffin Books. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2006. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It is the 11th in the series in the original Puffin series ( ISBN 0-14-031859-3) and 24th in the modern Wizard series ( ISBN 1-84046-566-2).

Story

Talisman of Death is a fantasy scenario in which the hero must destroy the Talisman of Death before the dark lord's minions can use it to unleash Death upon the world of the Orb.[1]

The player is given a mission to protect the world of Orb from the "Evil One", by protecting the Talisman of Death. Unlike most other Fighting Fantasy books, the player is presented as an ordinary person from Earth, drawn into the world of Orb by the will of the gods. In this book the player is given the task of protecting the Talisman of Death. The player must find a way of returning to their own world with the Talisman, thus depriving the god Death of the Talisman forever.

Setting

Talisman of Death is the only Fighting Fantasy gamebook set in the fantasy world of Orb, a creation of Thomson and Smith for their Way of the Tiger series of gamebooks.[1] The majority of the story is spent in the city of "Greyguilds-on-the-moor". Characters that appear in Talisman of Death, such as Tyutchev, Cassandra, and Thaum also appear in the Way of the Tiger series. Also, Bob Harvey reprises his role as the illustrator of the series.

Smith's later Virtual Reality volume The Coils of Hate featured an appearance by Tyutchev the swordsman.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 366. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  • "Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks on gamebooks.org".
  • "Talisman of Death on gamebooks.org".
  • "Talisman of Death on the Internet Archive record of the old fightingfantasy.com site". Archived from the original on November 27, 2005.

Official sites:

  • "Talisman of Death on the official Fighting Fantasy website". Archived from the original on 2007-04-11.
  • "Talisman of Death on the Wizard Books website". Archived from the original on 2006-05-09.

Magazines:

  • "Open Box". White Dwarf (66): 6–7. June 1985.
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