[bencollier49]

The book "Magician" by Raymond E. Feist, which this game came from, is a great read and interesting in as much as the book came after and grew out of a long-running RPG campaign, if I remember correctly.

[stevekemp]

There's a good writeup here with some more background

https://www.filfre.net/2019/10/betrayal-at-krondor/

[kemayo]

Magician was the start of a reasonably entertaining sword and sorcery series. The RPG campaign roots are really visible once you pay attention, but (as far as I can remember) in a better way than, say, Dragonlance managed.

I always enjoyed the political fantasy spin-off series Daughter of the Empire by Janny Wurts more, though. :D

[TillE]

Feist gets a lot of flak for being yet another Tolkien ripoff, but I think he's by far the best of the ripoffs. The first trilogy, anyway.

And yeah, the Empire trilogy is probably the best of his (co-)work.

[xen0]

Both Silverthorn and A Darkness at Sethanon both feature a very literal party, gathering at a very literal tavern.

[luciusdomitius]

It is a great book, somewhat better than the competition, but being aware of Feist in the age of Tolkien, GRRM and even the Harry Potter lady, simply means a lonely childhood hah.

[mabster]

There's also "Krondor, The Betrayal" where he turned the game back into a book! Unfortunately not as good as his earlier works.

[xen0]

That trilogy (Betrayal, Assassins, Tear of the Gods) is weird. 'Krondor: The Assassins' is 'readable' at least, but is also the only one not based on a game; it can be a little more focused, although it retains it's DnD campaign style story.

[2muchcoffeeman]

Yeah, the later works were very much fan service. Very easy reads if you’re on a holiday though.

[Andrew_nenakhov]

It is not from the "Magician", it is set between 4th and 5th books in the main series and later was made into a novel.

[bencollier49]

I mean to say that Magician was the book which introduced the world.

[RektBoy]

It is, would be interesting as a movie or game.

[bencollier49]

That's a good shout actually. It would make a terrific film in the right hands.

[woolly]

It's recently been re-optioned after the initial deal fell through to a company called Six Studios: https://www.tor.com/2022/02/03/riftwar-cycle-series-in-devel...