Gamebook Review of Barbarian Prince by Arnold Hendrick
“Evil events have overtaken the Northlands. You — Cal Arath, Barbarian Prince — are in hiding and the usurper who killed your father, the Old King, now sits on his throne. Now you must flee south and raise enough gold by adventuring to equip an army with which to regain your rightful heritage. The way will not be easy, for the men of the south are strange, and some are schooled in the black mysteries. The passes are guarded by monsters, it is said, and in the ruined cities lurk foul things never born of this earth. But you have your stubborn Northland will and your great sword — and woe to anyone or anything which stands between you and your quest…” (Source: Dwarfstar Games Barbarian Prince website)
What is Barbarian Prince?
Barbarian Prince is a solitaire game of heroic adventure in a forgotten age of barbarism and sorcery. No opponent is necessary as the Event Booklet takes players through a pre-programmed sequence of encounters which is different each time they play the game. For each event, the player, as the Barbarian Prince Cal Arath, must make the decisions which will make the quest successful — or may cost them their life.
Barbarian Prince was a new concept in Adventure Gaming at the time it was released. No rules reading was required; the programmed event sequence let players…
