A Strange Game

The author Paul Mason (not that one) authored five entries in the Fighting Fantasy series between 1988 and 1995, three of which were co-written with Steve Williams (not that one) -- four conventional gamebooks, plus The Riddling Reaver, a module for the Advanced Fighting Fantasy tabletop gaming system.Mason's work, both solo and with Williams, is some of the most 'adult' writing for the range -- and quite possibly the entire genre of interactive fiction; Mason sought to avoid 'traditional' European fantasy cues, and his FF books take their inspiration from Arabian and Chinese legends. One curious recurring motif in his books, though, is an option to not go on the adventure at all.

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