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Star Strider

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Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks
Outline
Location: Earth
References: 400
Publication Details
Author(s): Luke Sharp
Illustrator(s): Gary Mayes
Puffin
Cover illustrator: Alan Craddock
First published: May 28 1987
Number 27
ISBN: ISBN 0-14-032265-5
Previous Book: Crypt of the Sorcerer
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Star Strider is a single-player role-playing gamebook written by Luke Sharp, illustrated by Gary Mayes and originally published in 1987 by Puffin Books. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It is the 27th in the series in the original Puffin series (ISBN 0-14-032265-5). There are currently no announced plans to republish this book as part of the modern Wizard series.

Contents

[edit] Creation

[edit] The Mission/Likely Enemies

“ Cunning opponents and deadly Androids await you - as an intergalactic bounty hunter!

The unscrupulous Gromulans, who have long been based on the obscure planet Earth, have kidnapped the Galactic President. YOU are the top Rogue Tracer of that sector of the galaxy. You have forty-eight hours before the top-secret contents of the President's mind will have been extracted by Gromulan brainscan. Can you overcome your lethal opponents, find the President and rescue him in time?

Part story, part game, this is a book in which YOU become the hero! Two dice, a pencil and an eraser are all you need. YOU decide which routes to take, which dangers to risk and which foes to fight.[1] 		”

Unlike most Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, Star Strider takes place in a science fiction setting. Starting from an Earth shuttle station, the player's mission is to rescue President Xerin of Galaxy One Federation from the clutches of the Gromulans - hyper-intelligent humanoids of unknown origin.

[edit] Weapons/Abilities/Combat/Feats and Tasks

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

[edit] Unique Rules

  • fear makes a return appearance as a stat (again a 1d6 plus 6). This time it works like Testing Your Luck except that the fear score does not change for the duration of the adventure.
  • For the first time since Seas of Blood, the player has a measure of time to work against. This time it is simply labelled time and the player begins with 48 units which deplete as the game progresses.
  • Throughout the adventure the player faces physical tasks or special encounters. With the physical tasks this is usually determined by a 1d6 plus the player's stamina score. An example of a special encounter:
(201) has a game played against Grom where the player's stamina score becomes their cunning and the encounter follows normal combat rules. The loser is the one whose cunning drops to 0.

[edit] Equipment List

[edit] Cover and Illustrations

Covers

The original cover of the book was designed and illustrated by Alan Craddock.

Star Strider through the years
1987 1989 1990 1993
Dragon Format Dragon No No. No. Spine Only No Bronze-Foil
£1.951 £? £? £?
  1. Price of 1st~2nd Impressions

Illustrations

The interior illustrations were by Gary Mayes. There were 31 full page illustrations and 5 minor repeated illustrations scattered throughout the text. The paragraphs with a full page illustration were: 1, 10, 20, 34, 45, 54, 61, 72, 83, 98, 108, 120, 130, 142, 157, 167, 180, 197, 208, 235, 249, 263, 278, 290, 302, 317, 327, 342, 357, 370 and 385.

[edit] Intertextual References

[edit] Other Media

[edit] Main Characters

YOU: Hero of Star Strider

[edit] Locations

[edit] Encounters

[edit] Further Notes

  • Unusually, the "Background" to the story, here simply called "The Mission", comes before the instructions on how to play the gamebook, a reversal on the usual order.
  • The names of the listed Houlgans (a play on the word Hooligans) are based on English and European Football teams such as L'pool (Liverpool F.C.) and G'ners (Arsenal F.C.).

[edit] Errors

[edit] Dedication

To Isabelle
and the Felines from Wistas 4

[edit] See Also

[edit] Reviews

[edit] External Links

[edit] References

  1. ↑ Star Strider - Back Cover ("Golden Dragon" Edition)
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