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- Thu May 02, 2024 4:51 pm
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 71 – Shadow of the Giants
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[Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 71 – Shadow of the Giants
Cover https://i.imgur.com/LYO9g6s.jpeg Howdy, everyone. With this FF Let’s Play, we will now have a thread for each of the 71 Fighting Fantasy books that have been published as of today. This is truly a landmark accomplishment for any forum to have, and I hope that it will distinguish this website o...
- Thu May 02, 2024 3:02 am
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Appreciate the thanks. Getting beeswax required purchasing it for 1 Gold Piece at the Bazaar, which could be reached by directly taking the Pest Control quest or the Collect Cauldronweed quest.
- Wed May 01, 2024 4:33 am
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Votes registered; stepping out on to the bridge with the intention of approaching the shivering man. 112 You are about to step on to the bridge when you see the flickering torchlight glint from the blade of a knife in the man’s hand. ‘Stay away!’ he shouts as he takes the knife to one of the ropes h...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:46 pm
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Votes recognized; setting off after the Jib-Jib. 261 You soon lose sight of the running Jib-Jib, and it has stopped howling, so you have no idea where it has gone. Turn to 85. 85 Eventually the tunnel curves around and joins up with another – probably the one from the other branch you didn’t take. T...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:05 am
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Votes acknowledged; following the leftist way once again. 241 As you hurry along the tunnel, you do not hear the footsteps again ahead of you, but as you enter a rough-hewn, circular chamber, your torch illuminates something sitting on the ground. It looks like a ball of messy white fur, no bigger t...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:44 pm
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Votes registered; following the passageway to see where it leads. 182 You follow the sound of footsteps along the tunnel but without managing to catch with whoever is making them. And then the tunnel branches once more, but now you cannot hear any footsteps at all. Will you: [spacer]Take the left-ha...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:10 am
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Entering the right hand tunnel has at least 3 existing votes, so Lee Miles will do this. 394 https://i.imgur.com/UpLB02g.png The polished shell of a huge, grub-like head As you proceed further along the tunnel, and head deeper underground, you notice that the walls appear less chiselled and more … c...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:47 am
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Votes registered; turning to socialism over Nazism. 395 You descend still further, as the tunnel corkscrews down through solid rock, until you finally arrive at a rough-hewn circular chamber. Leading off from it are two tunnels, but you notice that some strange markings have been chiselled into the ...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:18 pm
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Votes tallied; going the communist way won over taking the fascist way by a 2.5-1 vote. 109 As you proceed along the left-hand branch, it begins to slope downwards. Water drips from the ceiling to pool on the uneven rock floor of the tunnel. Rather than being lit by regularly spaced lanterns, burnin...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:02 am
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Votes registered; entering the mine. 441 The main tunnel into the silver mine is broad and tall and shored up with solid supports. It is very well made, and you feel safe as you head underground. You do not need a source of illumination either, since flickering lanterns are positioned at regular int...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 5:29 pm
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Thank you for voting. I will break the 2-2 tie by having Lee Miles answer ‘Yes’. 313 ‘That’s a relief,’ the Half-Ogre replies. ‘They’ve shut down production in the western galleries and none of the miners want to work those sections while they’re still down there.’ You ask the Half-Ogre foreman what...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:17 am
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Votes acknowledged; setting off south towards the silver mines. 273 The mines do not lie too far from Salamonis, in the hills that form the southern border of Trolltooth Pass. All approaches to the area are patrolled by the Salamonis soldiery and your journey passes without incident. Some time later...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 4:53 pm
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Votes recognized; inspecting the scene of the attack. 236 Tanner Hyde and two other villagers accompany you to the place at the western end of Trolltooth Pass. The ground is a dark rusty red where the blood of the Shriekers’ victims has soaked into the ground, and you can see the impression of the f...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:06 am
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Votes acknowledged; questioning the sole survivor of the attack. 220 The girl, whose name is Eadel Sommer, can’t be more than fifteen years of age. You find her at home, being looked after by her mother. Unfortunately, her father, two older brothers and an uncle were all killed during the attack. ‘T...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:18 pm
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Votes registered; examining the dead Shrieker. 259 You find the hideous specimen pinned out on a board inside Jaimes’s work shop. It is truly horrible to behold. It has the body and mouth of a vicious, predatory fish, but with ragged, almost bat-like wings. A single, blind white eye stares from one ...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:11 am
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Thanks for voting. I will break the 1-1 tie by having Lee Miles attempt to solve the mystery of the Screaming Sky. 203 ‘It’s a mystery sure enough,’ says the Guildmaster. ‘Vicious attacks on livestock, people going missing, and then there’s the screaming that seems to come from the sky, which herald...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:18 pm
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Okay, so it looks like Lee Miles will have his current and Initial Skill increased to 8, and pay the Royal Tax Collector 2 Gold Pieces. 308 You hand over the money and Pinchpenny accepts it without a word of thanks before wandering off to bother someone else. Turn to 369. 369 You are met at the door...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:01 am
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Votes registered; turning to section 206 and providing ‘FIRE’ as the answer. 206 Your fingers move over the grid, spelling out the word ‘FIRE.’ As soon as the spell is complete, your open your eyes to see a small fire burning in the grate beside your booth. ‘Congratulations!’ Ruznik exclaims. ‘It wo...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Votes acknowledged; having Ruznik teach Spelling for 4 Gold Pieces. 357 You meet Ruznik Ullsen again at the Boondocks and from there – as soon as you have paid him his fee of 4 Gold Pieces, of course (deduct the money from the Gold box on your Adventure Sheet ) – he leads you to a smoky tavern calle...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:26 am
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Vote recognized; providing ‘Atlan, the Messenger of the Gods, and Sindla, Goddess of Luck and Fate’ as the answer. 451 ‘Sindla is Hamaskis’s aunt,’ the scholar laughs in derision, ‘while Atlan is his nephew! I hardly think you are potential scholar material, do you? However, Hamaskis thanks you for ...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:36 pm
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Vote registered; paying the 4 Gold Pieces to be admitted to the Halls of Learning as a novice scholar. 286 You hand over the money. (Deduct 4 Gold Pieces.) ‘And now to prove your worth as a scholar,’ declaims the Clerk of Hamaskis. What’s this? You thought you would have to prove yourself through yo...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:01 am
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Visiting the Halls of Learning won over having Ruznik teach Spelling for 4 Gold Pieces by a 2-1 vote, so Lee Miles will do this. 15 The Halls of Learning are made of several impressive and ornate edifices, which look as much like a palace as the royal seat of King Salamon himself. You approach the g...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:27 pm
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Alright then; let's see if anyone who Lee Miles has met can help train him. 110 What have you learned since arriving in Salamonis? Do any of the following mean anything to you? [spacer]The Forest of Spiders? [spacer] Turn to 202 [spacer]Benboy? [spacer] Turn to 222 [spacer]The Half-Darned Sock? [spa...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:10 am
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
- Replies: 108
- Views: 1495
Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Asking the Guildmaster for his advice regarding where to train already received 3 votes, so I will have Lee Miles do this. 127 ‘What do you suggest?’ you ask. ‘Well, Salamonis’s Palace of Learning houses King Salamon’s famous library. As well as containing books on myths, legends and monsters, there...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:03 pm
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
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- Views: 1495
Re: [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 70 – Secrets of Salamonis
Votes acknowledged; leaving Rodriguez to work his con tricks alone. 226 The sun is setting. A room at a cheap local hostelry will cost 1 Gold Piece, or 10 Salacoins, for one night. If you have enough money to pay for a room and want to spend it in this way, turn to 436 . If not, you have no choice b...