Assassin in Orlandes is the first of Tin Man Games's Gamebook Adventure series and what a strong start it is. A CYOA book, with dice throwing and "if you wish to turn left, turn to page 15" blah blah style adventuring. It is a lost art, partly because many of those old Fighting Fantasy books were more or less lifeless, dripping in theme but completely lacking in storytelling skill. This story is quite a fun ride though. You start out alone in a bar, your girlfriend has left you, and before long you are swept up in a maelstrom of kidnapping, blackmail, and even assassination! (Wait... "An Assassin in Orlandes!" I just noticed that! They must have planned that ALL ALONG! Brilliant!) Along the way, you'll travel through tombs, graveyards, castles, battle robbers, monsters, thugs, and even an assassin or two. The story is not long to finish, though you will want to go back and enjoy some of the branching paths, but even if you don't, the story does a wonderful job of telling a rip-roaring ...

What is An Assassin in Orlandes? An Assassin in Orlandes is a gamebook in video game form. If you know the Fighting Fantasy books by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone (not to be confused with Ian Livingstone, the Illuminati card game designer!) you will know how it plays. If not, here is a small summary. You are presented with a lot of text that describes your situation, then you choose your next action from a set of several possibilities. Often, you are constricted by having or having not a certain item, or you must fight or check your fitness. At first you roll fitness and vitality. Fitness is determined at the beginning of your game. I recommend to keep on restarting (more on this in a bit) until you roll at least a 4, preferrably a 6. I got very lucky, having rolled 6 for fitness and a high vitality. Vitality is rolled with 4 dice, fitness with 1 die, and a set number is added to each roll's total (I think 26 for vitality and 6 for fitness). Vitality can be restored in some ways...

If you remeber Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone or even just read the Pick-a-Paths as a kid , they have fianlly digitally released the books . Simple , fun and always a classic .

Not the greatest entry in the long-running CYOA series but an entertaining one at least. If you're the kind of person who likes to roleplay as a thief, or assassin, or generally as a rogue then you'll want to look into buying this one as its focus is on the underworld and the gritty nature of medieval. Whilst this book isn't as punishing as others, like the Forest of Doom and Deathtrap Dungeon, there is a moment where you can instant die if you happen to make a single wrong choice. Though what I love about An Assassin in Orlandes is that it's stylised to my personal interests in what I seek out of a CYOA book. The choices, the setting, the items you'll find and characters you'll meet add up to create its own world fit for your imagination as that burglar, or thief, or assassin you tend to be. There's little sorcery in this, which might disappoint high fantasy lovers, but given the style this is it is forgivable. Most importantly, I found the storyline to be linear compared to other C...

Taking from such books as Fighting Fantasy, the book follows the old style gamebooks from the 80s well written and good story should draw anyone willing to read. Good background music, and artwork, and ajustable fonts and extras. The rules are fair and the options off choices on the page is actually better then Fighting fantasy giving you more logical responses then the standard go left and right. Fighting is fluid, my main complaint is that hardcore rules only allow 3 bookmarks which isn't a problem if you plan to play the whole game in one go, there is a casual mode and you don't really have to cheat if you don't want to but still, would liked to have had a hardcore option with unlimited bookmarks. It doesn't really stop you from playing the game hardcore, I think it just prevents you from going back over and over. All and all its a good read and you should get the game if you don't mind reading and remembering how to use your mind to picture events, its a interactive novel, that pl...

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An enjoyable first entry in the Gamebook Adventure series. You are pursuing an assassin through the world of Orlandes to try and uncover a wider plot and also save your beloved Kari. The story is interesting and the world of Orlandes makes a great setting. The dice roll system used in combat can seem a bit harsh at times, but overall the game is really well designed and nicely set-out on the screen. The game has three difficulty settings and it is long enough and challenging enough to provide a good amount of replay value. There are some excellent b&w artworks to collect, as well as a set of ten achievements to complete. Steam trading cards are also available from this game, if you like that sort of thing. Overall, the game is good vfm. [SPOILER] PS: the game has a great sting in the tail. [/SPOILER]

Got to the boss castle, died of the plauge. Would play again. In fact, played multiple times.

[h2]An Assassin in Orlandes[/h2] Has a total of [b]6[/b] trading cards.

[h1]Gameplay: 4/10[/h1] [h1]Graphics & Sound: 4/10[/h1] [h1]Narration: 5/10[/h1] ✔️ Interesting intrigue ✔️ User friendly features - the possibility to "cheat" makes the game far more enjoyable by my standards 💭 Very old-fashionned in all its aspects ❌ The writing isn't awful, but it does tend to be a bit awkward sometimes ❌ The few game mechanics aren't explicit and must be tried out once before you can actually understand how they work ❌ Unsightly visual assets ❌ Boring and repetitive music Overall a rather mediocre experience, but the game comes at less than 3€ on sale, so it could be said it's worth its price. An okay-ish old-school narrative parenthesis between two better games, but far from being a really fulfilling experience.