Warlock of Firetop Mountain

Try and imagine life without computer adventure games or interactive movies and you’ll understand why Warlock of Firetop Mountain by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone became a massive seller in 1982 though it started conception back in 1980.

For the first time a book became interactive. You were the main character, and you chose the outcome your own destiny.

This single-player roleplaying gamebook, must of been heavily influenced by role playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons as it had many similarities. With the aid of just dice, a pencil and some pages that a pencil could never write on properly, you too could dodge Orcs, Dragons and The Maze Of Zagor in the hope of discovering the Wizard and his multi-lock secured treasure chest.

Other Fighting Fantasy books soon followed including The Forest of Doom and Citadel of Chaos. Today it seems slightly insignifcant and i notice that there are shelves of these types of books for teenagers today. But being the first of its kind, it still has a lot of special fond memories for many school children