House of Hell - Fighting Fantasy Steve Jackson - Has Issues

House of Hell

Fighting Fantasy Gamebook #10

Written by Steve Jackson who along with Ian Livingstone started Fighting Fantasy and Games Workshop inter alia.

Puffin Books, third cover style (Dragon Banner) printed 1987

This is an interactive game book where the reader assumes the role of a hero and must make decisions, fight monsters (using dice rolls) and puzzle their way through passages to reach the end.

House of Hell was the first FF book venturing into the horror genre. It is also not set on the fantasy world of Titan, rather is is set on present day (1984) Earth. Steve Jackson was ever tackling alternative topics to expand the boundaries of what Fighting Fantasy could cover. House of Hell also saw a shortened earlier publication in Warlock Magazine (the Fighting Fantasy Support Magazine).

The cover art is by the iconic Ian Miller with interior art by Tim Sell.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

This book has a rip across the entire rear cover, from edge and continuing across the spine, splitting at the spine and lifting a portion of the spine cover away between two points. The rip terminates at the points where it reaches the front cover. This said, only a tiny portion of the front cover art where the rip terminates appears to be missing. I have decided not to attempt a fix, leaving it to the buyer to determine if and how to address this issue.

The adventure sheet is clean. All pages present and bound. The pages are clean and show low usage. In fact if it weren't for the cover issues I would be lauding the quality of this book. Please read my quality statement again, look at the pictures and think carefully if you want this book. I cannot accept complaints or calls for a refund as the buyer has been adequatly forewarned. Caveat emptor.

Fighting Fantasy were probably the most popular gamebooks in the heyday of gamebooks era (1982 to about 1991). Quite collectible, fun to play and also useful to get children to read. Bargain start price if one compares to what other sellers are asking.