Blacksand!
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| The Advanced Fighting Fantasy System | |
|---|---|
| Outline | |
| Function: | Rule book |
| Location: | Allansia, Titan |
| Publication Details | |
| Author(s): | Marc Gascoigne & Pete Tamlyn |
| Illustrator(s): | Russ Nicholson |
| Puffin | |
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| Cover illustrator: | John Sibbick |
| First published: | December 6 1990 |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0-14-034396-2 |
| Arion Games | |
| N/A | |
- For other uses of Blacksand, see Blacksand (disambiguation)
Blacksand! is the second of the three rule books that make up the Advanced Fighting Fantasy role-playing game system. It was written by Marc Gascoigne and Pete Tamlyn, illustrated by Russ Nicholson and was originally published in 1990 (ISBN 0-14-034396-2). The system is based on Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It builds on the rules set out in the first Advanced Fighting Fantasy book, Dungeoneer. Although the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks are currently being republished by Wizard, there are currently no plans to republish any of the Advanced Fighting Fantasy books.[1]
Contents |
Creation
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BackgroundEdit
“ Dare YOU enter Blacksand?
Sprawling like the corpse of some giant creature, Port Blacksand is a festering den of pirates and brigands. Unforeseen dangers lurk around every corner and in every dark alleyway. Devious plots and crimes are hatched in every tavern. Thieves and assassins slip through the shadows. Ancient mysteries lurk in the cellars and sewers. But the infamous City of Thieves is also home to excitement and adventure beyond compare!
Now Advanced Fighting Fantasy allow YOU to enter the City of Thieves. As the game's director, you can guide your heroic friends through dozens of nerve-shattering adventures. alternatively, as a courageous Hero you can seek your fortune in the City's labyrinth of thief-infested back-streets.
Blacksand! is the second volume in the Advanced Fighting Fantasy series which started with Dungeoneer. Many new rules and adventures are included, expanding your games into the dangerous city-states of Allansia.[2]”
The book differs from the previous book, Dungeoneer, in that it jumps straight into the new rules, without an introductory adventure. As well as new rules it contains information on creating adventures based in towns and cities and provides information on designing a settlement. The book also includes a wealth of information on one of the most popular Fighting Fantasy settings, Port Blacksand. The book ends with an adventure that utilizes the new rules introduced in the book.
AdventureEdit
- Main article: A Shadow Over Blacksand
Blacksand! contains a single adventure, the plot of which follows on from the adventures in the previous Advanced Fighting Fantasy book, which is entitled A Shadow Over Blacksand. It begins with the players answering an advertisement for bodyguards to escort a merchant caravan. The caravan is run by a cowardly man named Waldo, who has entered into a deal with a man named Brass, who is based in Port Blacksand. Waldo does not wish to travel to Port Blacksand so he has arranged to meet Brass in the village of Meerham, some distance from Blacksand. However Brass is murdered, and the only person with him at the time is Waldo. This begins a short "murder mystery" style investigation by the players. It transpires Brass was murdered by a Demon, meaning that evidently he has the victim of some kind of sorcery-fueled assassination. The players travel to Blacksand after being promised they will be rewarded by Brass's estate if they catch his murderer. After an extended investigation it transpires a mysterious religious cult, the Priests of Elim, are responsible. The players must raid the temple of the cult. In the temple the players find a letter from Sargon, the dark priest from Revenge of the Sorcerer in the previous book. The adventure climaxes when a Brass Golem is activated, which the players must defeat.
RulesEdit
- Main article: Advanced Fighting Fantasy
Blacksand! introduces several new rules. It introduces new Special Skills relating to urban settings. It introduces a range of new rules for magic: spells can now be reversed, some new spells are added, a range of less-powerful spells with their own Special Skill called Minor Magic Spells are introduced as well as new rules on Priest characters, including their own range of Magic Spells. The book includes rules for variety of new actions and situations relating to urban settings, and to finish introduces new rules on Social Scale.
Covers and IllustrationsEdit
Cover
The cover of the book was designed and illustrated by John Sibbick.
| 1990 | 1993 |
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| Foil | No Foil |
| £3.991 | £X.xx |
- Price of 1st Impression
Illustrations
The interior illustrations were by Russ Nicholson.
The maps on the inside were by Steve Luxton.
Intertextual ReferencesEdit
Main CharactersEdit
LocationsEdit
EncountersEdit
Further NotesEdit
ErrorsEdit
DedicationEdit
For Jervis Johnson, one of the Good Guys
See AlsoEdit
ReviewsEdit
External LinksEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Fighting Fantasy Letters Area
- ↑ Blacksand! - Back Cover ("Foil Edition")
