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Blacksand (the titular "City of Thieves"), and find the wizard Nicodemus, who apparently knows of Bone's one weakness. What follows is a series of challenges as the player must locate certain key items, escape Port Blacksand and eventually confront Bone.
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is a fantasy adventure scenario for a single character who the village of
Silverton hires to defeat Zanbar Bone, lord of the undead; the character will need to go to Port Blacksand to get help the magician Nicodemus to succeed in saving the village.
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The player takes the role of an adventurer on a quest to find and stop the powerful Night Prince Zanbar Bone, a being whose minions are terrorizing a local town. Hired by a desperate mayor, the player must as the adventurer journey to the dangerous
258:, rating the title 8 out of a possible 10. According to Rowland, "Most encounters in the city are potentially lethal, several being no-win situations where the best outcome involves injury or loss of money."
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series. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2002.
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Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games
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Cover of the first edition, featuring art by Iain McCaig
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66:Wizard: Martin McKenna
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691:The Shamutanti Hills
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573:Sword of the Samurai
429:The Citadel of Chaos
533:The Rings of Kether
202:and illustrated by
194:is a single-player
61:Puffin: Iain McCaig
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827:Steve Jackson (UK)
709:The Crown of Kings
703:The Seven Serpents
629:Curse of the Mummy
581:Trial of Champions
565:Demons of the Deep
445:Starship Traveller
437:The Forest of Doom
271:, #61 October 1984
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167:Starship Traveller
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44:Illustrator
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871:(magazine)
847:Mark Smith
754:Dungeoneer
718:Two-player
656:Bloodbones
276:References
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