![]() He also co-wrote an adventure game, The Tower of Despair, for Games Workshop. He also co-wrote three books for the Fighting Fantasy series: Talisman of Death and Sword of the Samurai, again with Mark Smith, and The Keep of the Lich Lord with Dave Morris. His contributions to the gamebook genre include four major creator-owned series: Duelmaster, Falcon, and The Way of the Tiger (all co-written with Mark Smith) and Fabled Lands (co-written with Dave Morris). The software version from Gremlin Graphics went straight to number one. One of his most successful series was The Way of the Tiger, six linked adventures about a ninja hero, written with Mark Smith. The books have been published in Japan, France, USA, Italy and Sweden, with each title selling more than 60,000 copies in the UK alone. From 1984 to 1996 he was a prolific and best-selling author, usually publishing at least two titles per year. ![]() Jamie Thomson was an assistant editor at White Dwarf magazine from 1981 to 1984 and wrote a regular column for Warlock magazine. Morris also co-authored a book on the computer gaming industry, having worked as a game designer for Eidos and Microsoft, and is a former mentor in the American Film Institute’s Digital Content Lab. ![]() In 2008 his episodic comic strip Mirabilis began weekly publication in Random House’s subscription-based magazine The DFC. Working with artist Leo Hartas, Morris founded electronic publisher Mirus Entertainment and published Mirabilis for the iPad in December 2010. His original novels include Knightmare (a historical fantasy adventure series set in the early 13th century that ties in with the television series of that name), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the contemporary horror novel Lost Souls. He has worked with many illustrators, including Russ Nicholson, Siku, Iain McCaig, Leo Hartas, and Martin McKenna. Morris has frequently collaborated with other gamebook writers, notably Jamie Thomson ( Fabled Lands and The Keep of the Lich Lord) and Oliver Johnson ( Blood Sword, Dragon Warriors and Golden Dragon). He also designed, with Oliver Johnson, the role-playing game Dragon Warriors. Beginning in July 2015, the makers of Fabled Lands launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund completion of Book Seven the Kickstarter campaign hit its base target within the first 45 minutes it was online.ĭave Morris is co-creator of the Fabled Lands series, and also wrote for the Virtual Reality, Blood Sword, and Golden Dragon series, as well as penning a Fighting Fantasy gamebook ( The Keep of the Lich Lord), and a number of TV and movie novelisations. The first two books were also printed under the name Quest in the U.S. Originally planned as a twelve-book series, only six were released between 19 before the series was cancelled. The iconic cover art was by Kevin Jenkins, with Russ Nicholson and Arun Pottier providing maps and illustrations. We press on to the forest, ignoring the usual hazards.The Fabled Lands series is the name of a series of Choose Your Own Adventure fantasy gamebooks written by established gamebook authors Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson, and published by Pan Books in the mid-1990s. That’s why you’ll never find a long face in Conflass.’ As one explains to you: ‘We tell the baronies that we pay tax to the Sokarans, and the Sokarans that we pay tax to Castle Ravayne. The burghers of the town are open and friendly. Perhaps the legend is true: ‘Each must find his own path to the light of Molhern.’Ĭonflass is a delightful town of white-fronted houses with brightly painted timber frames. Miraculously you see no living soul on your journey – even though many pilgrims must use this route. You follow the twisting dirt road that lies between the River of Souls and the Monastery of Molhern, God of Artisans and Scholars. The innkeeper asks you to pay 1 Shard for the night’s lodging, but he is a charitable man and will not insist if you are broke. If you are injured, recover 1 Stamina point. We don't have enough space, so we drop the ivory katana in favour of the tarnished sword. ![]() He leaves behind a scarab amulet and a tarnished sword (COMBAT +1), which you can add to your possessions if you like. The vampire presses his hands to his ears, and runs to and fro issuing long terrible howls before finally escaping up the chimney. ![]()
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