Mini Fighting Fantasy Adventures
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Location:	Allansia, Titan
References:	190
Publication details
Author(s):	Ian Livingstone
Illustrator(s):	Duncan Smith Russ Nicholson Tim Sell
First published:	August 1984
Publication:	Warlock (Issue 2)
Previous Mini-FF:	The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
Next Mini-FF:	The House of Hell
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For other uses of Caverns of the Snow Witch, see Caverns of the Snow Witch

Caverns of the Snow Witch is a single-player role-playing mini adventure written by Ian Livingstone, and illustrated by Duncan Smith. It was published in 1984 in Warlock Issue 2 by Penguin Books. The adventure ends after the termination of the Snow Witch and the book version expands on what happens afterwards.

Contents 1 Creation 2 Background 3 How to Fight the Creatures of the Ice Caverns 3.1 Unique Rules 3.2 Equipment List[2] 4 Illustrations 5 Intertextual References 6 Main Characters 7 Locations 8 Encounters 9 Further Notes 10 See Also 11 Reviews 12 External Links 13 References

CreationEdit

This shorter version of Caverns of the Snow Witch was published in the pages of Warlock only a couple of months prior to the publication of the full length gamebook and the "Fighting Fantasy News" section of Issue 3 makes it clear the adventure was always planned as a gamebook and simply shortened and modified for use in the magazine:

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[It was] originally intended to be the next... [gamebook], but we decided to give readers a taste of what was to come by publishing [a] shortened [version] in the magazine. The full [adventure], which [is] very different from the Warlock [version] – and twice as long – [has] been completed.[1]

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BackgroundEdit

The player is hired to kill a Yeti that has been attacking merchant caravans in the Icefinger Mountains and soon becomes involved in a mission to destroy the Snow Witch.

How to Fight the Creatures of the Ice CavernsEdit

The adventure in general follows the original rules set down in The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (see Game System).

Unique RulesEdit

No potion choice is provided.

Equipment List^[2]Edit

• Sword
• Leather Armour
• Backpack
• 5 Provisions

IllustrationsEdit

The illustrations were by Duncan Smith. There were 19 full page (or equivalent) illustrations, 2 smaller illustrations and 6 minor repeated illustrations (one of which is by Russ Nicholson and taken from The Warlock of Firetop Mountain) scattered throughout the text. The paragraphs with a full page (or equivalent) illustration were: Background, 5, 18, 25, 37, 47, 56, 76, 86, 102, 107, 115, 123, 136, 146, 156, 166, 183 and 189. The title banner on page 22 was by Tim Sell

Intertextual ReferencesEdit

Main CharactersEdit

• YOU: Hero of Caverns of the Snow Witch

• Big Jim Sun
• Minstrel
• Shareella - Sorceress/The Snow Witch/Vampire

LocationsEdit

• Crystal Caves
• Icefinger Mountains

EncountersEdit

• Barbarian
• Crystal Warrior
• Dwarf
• Elf
• Frost Giant
• Goblins
• Humans - Axeman/Knight
• Ice Demon
• Mammoth
• Mountain Elf
• Neanderthal
• Ninja
• Sentinel
• Snow Wolves
• White Dragon
• Yeti
• Zombie

Further NotesEdit

• 11 instant failures, 1 victory, plus death by stamina loss or bad luck.

See AlsoEdit

• Casket of Souls
• Dicing with Dragons
• Fighting Fantasy
• Warlock

Ian Livingstone

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain Eye of the Dragon The Forest of Doom City of Thieves Deathtrap Dungeon Island of the Lizard King Caverns of the Snow Witch Caverns of the Snow Witch Freeway Fighter Temple of Terror Trial of Champions Crypt of the Sorcerer Armies of Death Return to Firetop Mountain Legend of Zagor Eye of the Dragon Blood of the Zombies

ReviewsEdit

• Per Jorner reviews Caverns of the Snow Witch (Warlock version) at the group fighting_fantasy_gamebooks

External LinksEdit

• Fighting Fantasy at Gamebooks.org
• Caverns of the Snow Witch (Warlock version) at Gamebooks.org
• Warlock at Gamebooks.org
• Warlock #2 at Gamebooks.org

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Warlock Issue 3 - p.4, "Fighting Fantasy News"
2. ↑ Warlock Issue 2 - p.23