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Narnia Solo Games #2
The Sorceress and the Book of Spells
The reader must foil the Sorceress of the Sea's dreadful plot to kill King Peter, Queen Susan, King Edmund, and Queen Lucy and seize the throne to save the realm of Narnia, under the guidance of Aslan, Son of the Emperor-Beyond-the-Sea
1 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1988
About the author
Anne E. Schraff
297 books415 followersAnne Elaine Schraff grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from California State University at Northridge and taught high school for ten years.
Anne paid her way through college by writing short stories for magazines. Since college she has written hundreds of stories and over eighty books including historical fiction, biographies, science books, and her favorite, fictional books for young people. She is published as both Anne Schraff and Anne E. Schraff.
Her background, which she describes as "multicultural, lower middle-class neighborhood, including African Americans, Mexican Americans, Arab Americans, and Filipino Americans," is her greatest inspiration when writing.
Anne paid her way through college by writing short stories for magazines. Since college she has written hundreds of stories and over eighty books including historical fiction, biographies, science books, and her favorite, fictional books for young people. She is published as both Anne Schraff and Anne E. Schraff.
Her background, which she describes as "multicultural, lower middle-class neighborhood, including African Americans, Mexican Americans, Arab Americans, and Filipino Americans," is her greatest inspiration when writing.
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August 15, 2017
Some friends gave a bag of books to my daughter, and this RPG self-player was knocking around the bottom of the bag. I can't resist these kinds of books, particularly the Lone Wolf series (now available for free online via the excellent Project Aon website).
The Narnia properties were licensed through the Episcopal Church (maybe something to do with how the Lewis estate wanted the properties to be managed) and it shows. Watch out for foul language such as "bother" and "rotten." No combat to speak of, and virtuousness is generally rewarded. I played through the whole game without having to cheat around a bad die roll or unexpected death. But I would expect awful, wicked children to swiftly die in this game. (Oh and when anyone asks you to hide under the trap door, *never* hide under the trap door.)
Otherwise this was a diverting bit of choosable-path adventuration. The mechanics allow you to wander freely, and there is enough color and richness to the narrative to make the game engaging. But there's no strategy here, other than to be good, and the die rolling is pretty much unnecessary. Recommended only for abject nerds who have a weakness for self-play RPG books.
The Narnia properties were licensed through the Episcopal Church (maybe something to do with how the Lewis estate wanted the properties to be managed) and it shows. Watch out for foul language such as "bother" and "rotten." No combat to speak of, and virtuousness is generally rewarded. I played through the whole game without having to cheat around a bad die roll or unexpected death. But I would expect awful, wicked children to swiftly die in this game. (Oh and when anyone asks you to hide under the trap door, *never* hide under the trap door.)
Otherwise this was a diverting bit of choosable-path adventuration. The mechanics allow you to wander freely, and there is enough color and richness to the narrative to make the game engaging. But there's no strategy here, other than to be good, and the die rolling is pretty much unnecessary. Recommended only for abject nerds who have a weakness for self-play RPG books.
October 1, 2011
I like these kinds of books sometimes. Choose your own adventure I think they used to be called. This one is interesting because it has a map and you can jump around explring at your own pace. However each number only has a short paragraph so it's difficult to really get into the story. The emphasis is too much on the choices.
February 18, 2012
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The twists and turns were excellent and the structure of the story was spot on :)
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