May 10, 2022
Fighting Fantasy #31, Battleblade Warrior. The only book in the series written by Marc Gascoigne, who edited the guidebooks Titan and Out Of The Pit. It’s an interesting story featuring Lizard Men besieging your home city of Vymorna, which you must rescue by retrieving a magical sword. As a campaign, it somewhat falls short, particularly in the last, dungeon-crawl section (the orc funeral is pretty funny, though).
Cover illustration by David Gallagher and map by Leo Hartas. The interior illustrations are by Alan Langford (who seems to be the go-to guy for lizards and prehistoric creatures), although this edition has them erroneously credited to Gallagher.