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Translated Into: Auf dem blutroten Meer (German)
Die Meere des Schreckens (German)
Oltre il Mare di Sangue Oscuro (Italian)
Par-delĂ  la Mer de Sang Noir (French)
Badogor's Thoughts:

"Swashbuckling adventure on the high seas."

Very confusing missions (spots where you get your codes and places where you fulfill your quests are miles apart and hard to find) and not at all recommendable for a beginner or just someone with litte patience. But for the "professional" gamebook-player a real masterpiece.

This books represents a kind of intersection between the six books yet published and includes the Violet Ocean from east of the Innis Shoals to Starspike Isle and from the Sea of Weeds to Smogmaw (only harbour on the mainland).

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Fireguard's Thoughts:

As Badogor noted, Over the Blood-Dark Sea represents kind of the "crossroads" of the Fable Lands world because it covers the ocean that dominates the middle of the of the map. On the whole though, I didn't enjoy exploring it that much. Partially because of the intricacy of the quests specific to this region, but also because the random encounters had an overabundance of "storm" and "pirates." Yes it's out in the ocean where options are a bit more limited, and yes there were a couple memorably random encounters, but that range of repeated possibilities got monotonous after a while.

If nothing else, it was an amusing surprise (and confirmation that the protagonists of these books aren't necessarily "heroes") to see the villain of The Temple of Flame as one of the pregen characters.

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Special Thanks:Thanks to Ryan Lynch for the large-format reissue spine/title page verso images.
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Original edition


Series: Fabled Lands no. 3
Item: Over the Blood-Dark Sea
Authors: Morris, Dave
Thomson, Jamie
Illustrators: Jenkins, Kevin (cover)
Nicholson, Russ (interior)
Date: 1995
ISBN: 0330341723 / 9780330341721
Length: 718 sections

Small-format reissue edition

Series: Fabled Lands no. 3
Item: Over the Blood-Dark Sea
Authors: Morris, Dave
Thomson, Jamie
Illustrators: Jenkins, Kevin (cover)
Nicholson, Russ (interior)
Date: December 1, 2010
ISBN: 0956737226 / 9780956737229

Large-format reissue edition





Series: Fabled Lands no. 3
Item: Over the Blood-Dark Sea
Authors: Morris, Dave
Thomson, Jamie
Illustrators: Jenkins, Kevin (cover)
Nicholson, Russ (interior)
Date: 2018
ISBN: 1909905348 / 9781909905344
Length: 719 sections

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