Seas of Blood
| Author | Andrew Chapman |
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| Illustrator | Bob Harvey |
| Cover artist | Rodney Matthews |
| Series | Fighting Fantasy
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| Genre | Fantasy Location: Khûl, Titan |
| ISBN | [[Special:BookSources/%7F%27%22%60UNIQ--templatestyles-00000002-QINU%60%22%27%7F%3Cdiv+class%3D%22plainlist%22%3E%3Cul%3E%3Cli%3EPuffin%3A+ISBN+0-14-031951-4%3C%2Fli%3E%3C%2Ful%3E%3C%2Fdiv%3E |
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Seas of Blood is a single-player roleplaying gamebook written by Andrew Chapman, illustrated by Bob Harvey and originally published in 1985 by Puffin Books. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It is the 16th in the series in the original Puffin series (ISBN 0-14-031951-4). There are currently no announced plans to republish this book as part of the modern Wizard Books series.
Rules
The story features an additional game mechanic: both the player's character and their ship have attributes for combat, as there is a combination of land and sea-based combat.
Story
The city of Tak, at the northern end of the Inland Sea, is the greatest den of thieves, pirates and cut-throats that the civilized world has ever seen. In this city of scum, there are two pirates infamous for their ruthless greed, their daring raids and their countless skirmishes with death. One of these villains is Abdul the Butcher. The other is YOU
Only one of you can be King of the Pirates. A wager is laid, a race is on. But which of you will win?
The player takes the role of the captain of the pirate vessel Banshee, and within a 50-day period must overcome both land and asa adversaries to reach the isale of Nippur, in possession of more gold than rival Abdul the Butcher.
Reception
The site TV Tropes stated Seaa of Blood was notable as it features a "villain protagonist".[1]
Other media
The book was loosely adapted into an Adventure Soft text adventure game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC.[2]