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Robin of Sherwood #Gamebook 1
Robin of Sherwood Game Books: The King's Demon
RoS role playing adventure. A French nobleman and sorceror, Sir Jean de Melusine, tries to summon the evil Black Ram of Poitou during the Ram Day in the village of Haxhey and Robin must try to stop him.
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First published May 28, 1987
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April 28, 2024
To this day, when I think of Robin Hood, I still think of beautiful Michael Praed, from the 1980s TV series, Robin of Sherwood. I used to find the shamanic Herne figure, with its stag’s head, genuinely mysterious and sinister.
There were some spinoff gamebooks, by Puffin, from 1987. I never knew about them at the time, when, as a big Fighting Fantasy fan, I probably would have been very interested.
This is the first gamebook, featuring Sean Connery’s son, Jason, on the cover (he took over from Praed as Robin in the third and final series).
The writing, by Graham Staplehurst, is often self-consciously poetic. I liked a lot of the set pieces, like the frenetic Hood Race and the creepy ceremonial hilltop bonfire.
However, the fundamentals of the story weren’t ever clear to me. What actually is your objective, as Robin; and what is the objective of your ‘antagonist’, Sir Jean de Melusine? The narrative seems muddled, with continuity and chronology errors between sections repeatedly breaking the book’s spell, unfortunately.
Nevertheless, I liked it. And the artwork is by FF luminary Russ Nicholson, which is a big draw. I had a few goes and didn’t win.
Did anyone else in the group ever do these books? What did you think?
There were some spinoff gamebooks, by Puffin, from 1987. I never knew about them at the time, when, as a big Fighting Fantasy fan, I probably would have been very interested.
This is the first gamebook, featuring Sean Connery’s son, Jason, on the cover (he took over from Praed as Robin in the third and final series).
The writing, by Graham Staplehurst, is often self-consciously poetic. I liked a lot of the set pieces, like the frenetic Hood Race and the creepy ceremonial hilltop bonfire.
However, the fundamentals of the story weren’t ever clear to me. What actually is your objective, as Robin; and what is the objective of your ‘antagonist’, Sir Jean de Melusine? The narrative seems muddled, with continuity and chronology errors between sections repeatedly breaking the book’s spell, unfortunately.
Nevertheless, I liked it. And the artwork is by FF luminary Russ Nicholson, which is a big draw. I had a few goes and didn’t win.
Did anyone else in the group ever do these books? What did you think?
Displaying 1 of 1 review