CITADEL OF CHAOS PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Steve Jackson | 224 pages | 03 Sep 2009 | Icon Books Ltd | 9781848310766 | English | Duxford, United Kingdom Citadel of Chaos PDF Book Whilst assessing my failure, I did explore more of the book than I detailed in Part 3 and found a number of potential routes, but all led up to the encounter in the Black Tower with the Ganjees. Fighting Fantasy 1 - 10 of 64 books. God I loved these as a child. Read more about it in the blog post. I got through the combat without taking a hit though and in victory, waded through the flowing faeces. Just one of the shortest and toughest FF gamebooks Probably the highlight of the whole book is the final confrontation with Balthus Dire, which gives you a lot of options and keeps the tension high throughout. Back to the beginning of the book. Disregarding the delightfully bizarre creatures, the atmospheric drawings, and the neat idea of a vertical progression up a tower, this second entry in the Fighting Fantasy series seems bent on confounding the reader as often as the inaugural game entertained him. Choosing the right spells was part of the fun trial and error of the book. Paperback , pages. I used to love fighting fantasy books as a child, so when I visited my old childhood home and was perusing a cupboard with lots of my old things, I was very excited to find these books. It took me about seven attempts to make it all the way to the end. Want to Read saving…. His death earned me 6gp and an ornate hairbrush. What appeared to be three baby orcs sat playing on the floor of some sort of nursery, complete with unpleasant looking dolls and a three-tiered bunk bed. Wizard Shield. I remember playing them as a teen. Community Reviews. Install Steam. I staggered through the door of the citadel of chaos with 4 Stamina remaining. It's a fun dungeon crawler adventure with a magic twist, that will serve later on as a blueprint for the more ambitious Sorcery! More reviews by Enigmatic Synergy. Those keeping track will realise that this took me down to 1 Stamina. The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. Rowland reviewed The Citadel of Chaos for the June issue of White Dwarf , rating the title a 9 out of a possible Overall Reviews:. For the purpose of books like this, which are very much modeled upon the Choose Your Own Adventure style of reading, it's necessary to keep "on track," if you will. I cannot wait to read more. Assassination, sorcerer style, is the name of the game in The Citadel of Chaos! Sure, you encounter your standard goblins, leprechauns and witches as well as the slightly more rare golems and lizardmen, which are still fairly well known in the fantasy world, but you also get some often delightfully original - or at least oddball - creatures and characters. To confront Dire, the player must navigate the Citadel, avoiding monsters and collecting several artefacts that will allow passage past guardians to the villain's inner sanctum. The only possible way through here was by finding one of two special items, the ointment or an amulet. It will be written by David N. It's another fun dungeon crawler filled with somehow disjointed encounters, but with a magic twist! I gave this adventure several runs, but in the end I think frustration finally bested me it took so long to make it past those damn Gangess and then there was getting past the Hydra and then that combination lock and I just decided that my char I finally had to tap out and let Balthus Dire do his thing. Who knows what monstrous creatures lie in wait in the Citadel of Chaos? Strangled by a curtain, really? Minimum: OS: Windows 7 Processor: 1. Finally, I was forced into using a spell as I Levitated out of the trench so I could continue through the door on the opposite side of the room. His work in Warlock of Firetop Mountain included a cyclops statue with a very well rounded, and mildly disturbing, arse. Bundle info. Things took a quick turn though and soon, the fairly weak group were all dead. Review Type. We ended up trapped in a prison cell, not having the right spells with us, so we lost the game. Post to Cancel. Sure, it will take some time to figure out about the winning path, but it doesn't change the fact that the campaign is very short. This one was written by Jackson alone without co-series-creator Ian Livingstone and that may have caused the degrade in quality. These mini bosses will give you a few ways to deal with them, IE what item to use, what spell to cast, etc. Citadel of Chaos Writer Got me the first time. Steve Jackson has been pumping out these gamebooks for decades. The actual final confrontation with Balthus Dire is very well done. Off-topic Review Activity. The book feels similar to Warlock of Firetop Mountain in that most of the encounters are moving room to room. This gamebook has been converted to digital format using Tin Man Games' acclaimed Gamebook Adventures engine. YOU decide which route to take, which monsters to fight, and where to use your special knowledge of the magic arts. This defaults to your Review Score Setting. There are all kinds of creatures, from familiar types like orcs, goblins, hydras, and gargoyles, to two-headed lizardmen called Calacorms and shape-changing animals called Miks, and the dreaded Ganjees, whatever the heck they look like you meet them in a very dark room. Moving further across the courtyard, a weird thing approached me. Many of my instant deaths occurred at this point; I spent the majority of my 30 reads trying to either take an alternative route to bypass the Ganjees which, from my experience, one cannot do or to find that must-have magical item needed to advance. While one can easily cheat and perhaps make it through this area quicker and easier, I prefer to take the more methodical approach and start again, and again, and again without any cheating whatsoever--personally, I find it to be much more satisfying in the long run. Popular user-defined tags for this product:. Refresh and try again. Retrofantasy from the 80's. After gulping down my delicious I imagine soup, it was time to get me the hell out of there with some magic. If I am right, that means that lucky die rolls would be necessary for any effort to clear both rooms. Automated Adventure Sheet that keeps track of your stats, inventory and knowledge gained during your journey. Customer reviews. I guess this is where I want to rant a bit because to me it is difficult to suspend my disbelief. View 2 comments. Kill the evil sorceror who lives at the end of the dungeon. Simply put, Citadel of Chaos feels like a step forward in the right direction. These books aren't "open world," meaning you can't investigate the whole place, at least not in a single adventure. I used to love fighting fantasy books as a child, so when I visited my old childhood home and was perusing a cupboard with lots of my old things, I was very excited to find these books. Citadel of Chaos Reviews Fighting Fantasy and Sorcery! Normal sort of FF story. If I succeed, I live, and simply return to the previous section and carry on; if I fail I die as prescribed. Scholastic Standard. More filters. This process was far too often repeated. Who knows what monstrous creatures lie in wait in the Citadel of Chaos? I just want a bit of fun and, after purchasing it for my kindle, that's what a book like this provides. Mar 04, Shane Jeffery rated it it was ok. The Citadel of Chaos. They're some scary monsters, and you will have been warned about them several times - they're almost like a tollgate: you'll need the right items to go forward, else it's game over! VAT included in all prices where applicable. More reviews by Braxus. A little bit too similar to "Warlock of the Firetop Mountain", but with some exciting new rules. It is a big improvement on the anticlimactic boss battle in The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. The art is great, the writing precise and lots of twists and turns. And yet venture you must, for your mission lies at the heart of the Citadel, with the dread sorceror, Balthus Dire! Oct 12, Ryan added it Shelves: fantasy. What appeared to be three baby orcs sat playing on the floor of some sort of nursery, complete with unpleasant looking dolls and a three-tiered bunk bed. There are a few differences, mainly that you're a mage here, with access to a handful of handy spells. Classic, original artwork from Russ Nicholson, all viewable through a collectable artwork gallery. Bar his huge armour, an intimidating character he is not. Most of the spells seem to have valid uses, some more than others Creature Copy and Weakness are a godsend for low-SKILL characters and this also means that this is one of those rare books where you can get through with very poor initial stats. After gulping down my delicious I imagine soup, it was time to get me the hell out of there with some magic.