The Crown of Kings (book)
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| Sorcery! Gamebook | |
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| Outline | |
| Location | Kakhabad, Old World, Titan |
| References | 800 |
| Publication details | |
| Author(s) | Steve Jackson |
| Illustrator | John Blanche |
| Puffin | |
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| Cover illustrator | John Blanche |
| First published | 1985 |
| Number | 4 (in Sorcery! series) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-14-007209-8 |
| Previous Book | The Seven Serpents |
| Next Book | Last in series |
| Wizard | |
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| Cover illustrator | Mel Grant |
| First published | 2003 |
| Number | 15 (in main series) |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-84-046438-0 |
| Previous Book | Armies of Death |
| Next Book | Return to Firetop Mountain |
- For other uses of The Crown of Kings, see The Crown of Kings (disambiguation)
The Crown of Kings is a single-player role-playing gamebook written by Steve Jackson, illustrated by John Blanche, originally published in 1985 by Puffin Books, and is the fourth and final book in the Sorcery! epic. It chronicles the player's passage through Mampang Fortress and final confrontation with the Archmage. The Crown of Kings most closely adheres to the traditional Fighting Fantasy formula established by early books like The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, though it is longer and more difficult than any previously published gamebook in the series. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It was unnumbered in the original Puffin series (ISBN 0-14-007209-8), but is 15th in the modern Wizard "Series 1" (ISBN 1-84-046438-0).
Contents |
[edit] Creation
[edit] Background
[edit] Rules
[edit] Unique Rules
[edit] Equipment List
[edit] Covers and Illustrations
Covers
The original cover of the book was designed and illustrated by John Blanche.
When the book was republished by Wizard a new cover was designed and illustrated by Mel Grant.
| 1985 | 1987 | 1993 | 2003 | 2003 |
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| Zig-Zag Banner | Dragon | No Bronze-Foil | Wizard "Special Limited Edition" | Wizard |
| £2.501 | £4.992 | £? | £5.99 | £5.99 |
- Price of 1st Impression (Puffin printing and incorporating The Sorcery Spell Book); £2.95 for 4th Impression
- Price of 10th Impression
Illustrations
The interior illustrations were by John Blanche.
[edit] Intertextual References
[edit] Other Media
[edit] Main Characters
- Archmage of Mampang
- Black Elf leader
- Blindi - Black Elf
- Cannu - Black Elf
- Cartoum - Captain of the Guards
- Colletus - Holy man
- Farren Whyde
- Genie
- Hashi - Jaguar
- Jann - Minimite
- Javinne - beggar woman
- Nylock - Merchant
- Naggamanteh - Ogre torturer
- Peewit Croo - Birdman (Samaritan)
- Pillory prisoner
- Ridd - Gnome
- Samaritans of Schinn - Birdmen
- Sh'haarzha - She-Satyr
- Sh'himbli - She-Satyr (deceased)
- Sh'houri - She-Satyr Queen
- Sh'howna - She-Satyr elder
- Throg - Hobgoblin cook
- Valignya - "First Assistant to the Lord Treasurer of Mampang"
[edit] Locations
[edit] Encounters
- Birdmen
- Black Elves
- Captain of the Guards
- Goblin Mutant
- Guards
- God-Headed Hydra
- Hobgoblin cook
- Jaguar
- Mucalytics
- Netherworld Demon
- Ogre
- Red-Eyes
- Sightmasters
- Skunkbear
- Wolf
[edit] Further Notes
- This book was the longest of all the gamebooks with 800 references.
[edit] Errors
- (152) gives you an option to use a Yellowfruit skin against the Sleepless Ram, but no such object can be acquired at any point in the Sorcery! series.
- (455) lists some of the reptiles that you will be phobic to, but "giant frogs" are included - these are in fact amphibians!
- (545) When arriving at the She-Satyr village, two She-Satyrs (sentries) step forwards and your escort waves "her" away. Two sentences later, we are told "the guard lets you pass". So it would seem that "two She Satyrs" in the earlier sentence is an error.
[edit] Dedication
For Avis, Celeste, Pere and Xavier
[edit] See Also
[edit] Reviews
[edit] External Links
[edit] References
