- Midnight Rogue
Infobox Fighting Fantasy book
caption=The cover of "Midnight Rogue" illustrated by John Sibbick
location=Port Blacksand, Allansia, Titan
references=400
authors=Graeme Davis
illustrator=John Sibbick
coverillustrator=John Sibbick
year=1987
number=29
ISBN=ISBN 0-14-032378-3
wcoverillustrator=N/A
wyear=N/A
wnumber=N/A
wISBN=N/A"Midnight Rogue" is a single-player roleplaying gamebook written by Graeme Davis, illustrated by John Sibbick and originally published in 1987 by Puffin Books. It forms part of Steve Jackson and
Ian Livingstone 'sFighting Fantasy series. It is the 29th in the series in the original Puffin series (ISBN 0-14-032378-3). There are currently no announced plans to republish this book as part of the modern Wizard series.tory
"Midnight Rogue" is set in Port Blacksand from "
City of Thieves ", and casts the player as a somewhat unheroic character — an apprentice thief undergoing the test for Guild membership. The task is to steal a valuable gem, the "Eye of the Basilisk", from a merchant named Brass. The adventure involves burgling a variety of locations in the city to gain clues as its whereabouts: once found, the protections put in place to guard the gem turn out to be an even greater test.Rules
The book allows the player a choice of various special skills taught by the Thieves' Guild: some of these may also be acquired later in the adventure by the collection of useful items. A further unusual mechanic is the restriction on the number of "backpack items" that can be carried, fitting in with the character of the player.
Later references
The story introduces various characters who appeared in later Fighting Fantasy books. The merchant Brass, the clairvoyant Madame Star and the Thieves' Guild leader Rannik all appear in the sample adventure from the Advanced Fighting Fantasy book "
Blacksand! ", in which a player character from "Midnight Rogue" may take part as a player character.ee also
*
Fighting Fantasy
*List of Fighting Fantasy gamebooks References
* cite web
title=Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks on gamebooks.org
url=http://www.gamebooks.org/show_series.php?id=11
* cite web
title=Midnight Rogue on gamebooks.org
url=http://www.gamebooks.org/show_item.php?id=73
* cite web
title=Midnight Rogue on the Internet Archive record of the old fightingfantasy.com site
url=http://web.archive.org/web/20051127132124/www.fightingfantasy.com/ffb29.htm
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
