''Temple of Terror'' is a single-player role-playing game-book written by

Ian Livingstone Sir Ian Livingstone (born 29 December 1949) is an English fantasy author and entrepreneur. Along with Steve Jackson, he is the co-founder of a series of role-playing gamebooks, ''Fighting Fantasy'', and the author of many books within that se ...

, illustrated by Bill Houston and originally published in 1985 by

Puffin Books Puffin Books is a longstanding children's imprint of the British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s, it has been among the largest publishers of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world. The imprint now belongs t ...

. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2004. It forms part of Steve Jackson and

's ''

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'' series. It is the fourteenth in the series in the original Puffin series () and 19th in the modern Wizard series ().

Rules

As with titles such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', ''Temple of Terror'' utilizes an additional game mechanic: five letters have been scattered throughout the story, and if the player finds all five letters they spell the word ''DEATH'' and the player instantly dies, ending the game.

Story

''Temple of Terror'' is a fantasy scenario. The reader plays as a wandering adventurer who is recruited by the good wizard Yaztromo (who previously appeared in '' The Forest of Doom'') and tasked with locating the five dragon artefacts (bone, crystal, ebony, gold and silver) which are hidden in the lost city of Vatos. Gameplay takes the form of a campaign: the player must determine a means of traveling through the Desert of Skulls, find and scour Vatos for the amulets whilst overcoming various traps and monsters and finally defeat Malbordus. Successful completion of the quest requires the player from the first paragraphs to acquire items that will assist in future situations.

Other media

The book was adapted into the video game '' Temple of Terror''.

References

External links

* * * * {{Fighting Fantasy 1985 fiction books Fighting Fantasy gamebooks Books by Ian Livingstone Puffin Books books