A Fighting Fantasy Journey
Book eight: Scorpion Swamp
The first book in the series not written by Livingston and Jackson but the other Steve Jackson. A book I found very confusing as a child. No real villain, no real plot and a confusing map that you can get lost in. 
Reading it again I find this book very interesting. Like all RPG adventures we start in the tavern. We also have to find our quest which can be one of three be it evil good or neutral. It has a lot of RPG feels and we are given a choice of gems that allows you to cast spells. 
Duncan Smith's art reminds me of work done by someone exploring the swamp for real. No mini for this one though. He loves drawing animals.
Because your mission can change on every play through it gives this book plenty of replay potential. You can also go back and forth to locations already visited which is unusual and gives it a board game feel.. 
I didn’t realise it was written by Steve Jackson but not the one who formed GW with Ian Livingstone… Is that the Steve Jackson from Steve Jackson games… or who is he? ?
Yeah it was the American Steve Jackson which always confused me