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Illustrator
  
Declan Considine

Originally published
  
1985

Preceded by
  
Seas of Blood

Genre
  
Fantasy



Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

Author
  
Steve Jackson

Followed by
  
Rebel Planet

Cover artist
  
Brian Bolland

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Series
  
Fighting Fantasy Puffin number: 17 Wizard number: 18

Publication date
  
Puffin: 1985 Wizard: 2004

ISBN
  
0-14-031922-0 (Puffin) ISBN 1-84046-527-1 (Wizard)

Similar
  
Steve Jackson books, Fighting Fantasy books, Game books

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Appointment with F.E.A.R. is a single-player roleplaying gamebook written by Steve Jackson, illustrated by Declan Considine and originally published in 1985 by Puffin Books. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2004. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It is the 17th in the series in the original Puffin series (ISBN 0-14-031922-0) and 18th in the modern Wizard series (ISBN 1-84046-527-1). A digital version developed by Tin Man Games is available for Android and iOS.

Contents

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Rules

As with titles such as House of Hell and Sword of the Samurai, Appointment with F.E.A.R. utilizes an additional game mechanic - in this instance "Hero Points", which are awarded to the player for every villain captured and disaster averted. Gameplay includes two other features: the player may choose which super-powers they wish to utilize (which in turn affects the outcome); and the player must also collect clues which will allow the hero to catch criminals and ultimately learn the location of a meeting of evil masterminds. Unlike other titles, the story features 440 references as opposed to the typical 400.

Story

The reader assumes the role of Jean Lafayette, secretly the Silver Crusader, a superhero who protects the fictional Titan City. The reader chooses from four super-powers (strength and flight, gadgets, psychic powers or energy blasts) and battles criminals such as the Scarlet Prankster, Dr. Macabre, the Serpent and the Alchemists. In addition to catching criminals, the reader's ultimate goal is to determine the time and place of the imminent meeting between the leaders of evil organization F.E.A.R. (the Federation of Euro-American Rebels) and capture their leader Vladimir Utoshiki, the "Titanium Cyborg".

Reception

Fantasy Book Review stated "In a change from the traditional sword and sorcery based FF books, this sci-fi romp has dispensed with Gold Pieces, Potions and Items and replaced them with Hero Points and Clues...While this is not the best FF book that Steve Jackson ever wrote it is an excellent gamebook..."

In other media

  • A digital version developed by Tin Man Games is available for Android and iOS.
  • References

    Appointment with F.E.A.R. Wikipedia