Ultima Underworld Clue Book: Mysteries of the Abyss

by Aaron Allston

Allston, Aaron

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Aaron Dale Allston was an American game designer and author of many science fiction books, notably Star Wars novels. His works as a game designer include game supplements for role-playing games, several of which served to establish the basis for products and subsequent development of TSR's Dungeons & Dragons game setting Mystara. His later works as a novelist include those of the X-Wing series: Wraith Squadron, Iron Fist, Solo Command, Starfighters of Adumar, and Mercy Kill. He wrote two entries in the New Jedi Order series: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream and Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand. Allston wrote three of the nine Legacy of the Force novels: Betrayal, Exile, and Fury, and three of the nine Fate of the Jedi novels: Outcast, Backlash, and Conviction.

Reviews

[Haines Eason · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can’t believe I’m the first to rate and review this masterpiece. But in all seriousness, Ultima Underworld is probably my most favorite computer-based ‘90s RPG, and this guide is more than clues and cheats. Orion’s creative team was smart to include some histories and other narrative elements—elements that actually manage to enrich the gaming experience and which will encourage players to attempt the saga a second or third time.