Caverns of the Snow Witch (mini-ff)

Mini Fighting Fantasy Adventures
Outline
Location:	Allansia, Titan
References:	190
Publication details
Author(s):	Ian Livingstone

Illustrator(s):	Duncan Smith Russ Nicholson Tim Sell

First published:	August 1984
Publication:	Warlock (Issue 2)
Previous Mini-FF:	The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
Next Mini-FF:	The House of Hell
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For other uses of Caverns of the Snow Witch, see Caverns of the Snow Witch

Caverns of the Snow Witch is a single-player role-playing mini adventure written by Ian Livingstone, and illustrated by Duncan Smith. It was published in 1984 in Warlock Issue 2 by Penguin Books. The adventure ends after the termination of the Snow Witch and the book version expands on what happens afterwards.

Creation[]

This shorter version of Caverns of the Snow Witch was published in the pages of Warlock only a couple of months prior to the publication of the full length gamebook and the "Fighting Fantasy News" section of Issue 3 makes it clear the adventure was always planned as a gamebook and simply shortened and modified for use in the magazine:

“ [It was] originally intended to be the next... [gamebook], but we decided to give readers a taste of what was to come by publishing [a] shortened [version] in the magazine. The full [adventure], which [is] very different from the Warlock [version] – and twice as long – [has] been completed.^[1] ”

Background[]

The player is hired to kill a Yeti that has been attacking merchant caravans in the Icefinger Mountains and soon becomes involved in a mission to destroy the Snow Witch.

How to Fight the Creatures of the Ice Caverns[]

The adventure in general follows the original rules set down in The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (see Game System).

Unique Rules[]

No potion choice is provided.

Equipment List^[2][]

Sword
Leather Armour
Backpack
5 Provisions

Illustrations[]

The illustrations were by Duncan Smith. There were 19 full page (or equivalent) illustrations, 2 smaller illustrations and 6 minor repeated illustrations (one of which is by Russ Nicholson and taken from The Warlock of Firetop Mountain) scattered throughout the text. The paragraphs with a full page (or equivalent) illustration were: Background, 5, 18, 25, 37, 47, 56, 76, 86, 102, 107, 115, 123, 136, 146, 156, 166, 183 and 189. The title banner on page 22 was by Tim Sell