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nraptor's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
arthurbdd's review against another edition
2.0
Fails to capture the atmosphere of the boardgame. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2019/01/08/dungeon-crawls-in-space-are-more-fun-to-play-than-read/
trackofwords's review against another edition
4.0
Released at the same time as the game of the same name, this isn't so much a novelisation of the game but a standalone tale simply featuring the same setting and characters. As befits a Warhammer Quest game this is a warped, 40k-style dungeon-crawler adventure centred on Janus Draik, the disgraced scion of a noble Terran house. Determined to honour his family name, Draik gathers a motley selection of companions and ventures deep into the Blackstone, but rather than seeking out riches he plans to take control of the Fortress in the Imperium’s name.
On the surface there’s a fairly straightforward plot, as Draik gathers his team and sets off to find a particular location within the Fortress, but there’s more to it than that. After a bleak opening set elsewhere, we see the various characters – not just the protagonists – gradually tied together in unexpected ways, challenged by the mysteries of the Fortress and faced with difficulties both tangible and otherwise. If the pace maybe slows down a little during the slog through the Fortress, for the most part the story rattles along nicely, whether exploring Precipice of the Blackstone itself. Overall there’s an intriguingly different tone to your usual battlefield 40k stories, and if you enjoy a good dungeon crawl then you’re in for an atmospheric, characterful and genuinely fun story.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2018/12/17/blackstone-fortress-darius-hinks/
On the surface there’s a fairly straightforward plot, as Draik gathers his team and sets off to find a particular location within the Fortress, but there’s more to it than that. After a bleak opening set elsewhere, we see the various characters – not just the protagonists – gradually tied together in unexpected ways, challenged by the mysteries of the Fortress and faced with difficulties both tangible and otherwise. If the pace maybe slows down a little during the slog through the Fortress, for the most part the story rattles along nicely, whether exploring Precipice of the Blackstone itself. Overall there’s an intriguingly different tone to your usual battlefield 40k stories, and if you enjoy a good dungeon crawl then you’re in for an atmospheric, characterful and genuinely fun story.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2018/12/17/blackstone-fortress-darius-hinks/
echotechne's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
phantomofthebookshop's review against another edition
2.0
It's not an easy task, writing good game fiction - and evidently, that goes double for something like Warhammer Quest. Hinks's prose is perfectly fine (if not quite to my liking), but this is very much a story of dungeon delving and plucky adventure, and it fell flat for me. That said, if you dig that kind of thing, you'll probably dig it!
mike_no1's review against another edition
4.0
I rely liked this. Combines the colorful Star Wars cantina scenes with the gritty Grimdark feeling of the Warhammer 40k universe to make an exciting story.
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