{{short description|Book by Steve Jackson}} {{distinguish|House From Hell|Hell house}} {{Infobox book | name = House of Hell | image = File:House of Hell book cover.jpg | caption = Cover of the first edition | author = Steve Jackson<ref name="HW"/> | illustrator = Tim Sell | cover_artist = {{unbulleted list | {{nowrap|Puffin: Ian Miller}} | {{nowrap|Wizard: Nicholas Halliday}} }} | genre = Fantasy<br />Location: Earth | series = Fighting Fantasy<br />{{unbulleted list | Puffin number: 10 | Wizard number: 7 }} | pub_date = {{unbulleted list | Puffin: 1984<ref name="HW"/> | Dell/Laurel-Leaf: 1985<ref name="HW"/> | Wizard: 2002 }} | media_type = Print (Paperback) | isbn = 0-14031-831-3 | isbn_note= (Puffin)<br>{{ISBN|1-84046-417-8}} (Wizard) }} '''''House of Hell''''' ('''''House of Hades''''' in the United States<ref name="HW"/>) is a single-player adventure gamebook{{Broken anchor|date=2024-07-28|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Gamebook#Adventure gamebooks|reason= The anchor (Adventure gamebooks) has been deleted.}} written by Steve Jackson, illustrated by Tim Sell and originally published in 1984 by Puffin Books. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2002. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's ''Fighting Fantasy'' series. It is the 10th in the series in the original Puffin series ({{ISBN|0-14-031831-3}}) and 7th in the modern Wizard series ({{ISBN|1-84046-417-8}}). A digital version was developed by Tin Man Games for Microsoft Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS.
== Creation == A short version of the adventure was first published in ''Warlock: The Fighting Fantasy Magazine''. Originally 185 references,<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Hell |url=https://www.fightingfantasy.com/house-of-hell}}</ref> the adventure was modified and expanded to 400 references for the final title.
==Rules== {{main article|Fighting Fantasy#Overview}}
As with titles such as ''Appointment with F.E.A.R.'' and ''Sword of the Samurai'', ''House of Hell'' utilizes an additional game mechanic; in this instance, "Fear Points", which the player will occasionally accrue. If too many Fear Points are accumulated the story ends, as the character is literally scared to death.
==Story== ''House of Hell'' is a horror story in which the protagonist must escape a haunted house, and survive against monsters such as skeletons, zombies, ghosts, and vampires.<ref name="HW">{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|authorlink=Lawrence Schick|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5|page=366}}</ref>
At first a guest, the player discovers the house is home to Satan-worshippers and various monsters. Gameplay is initially devoted to finding a means of escape, although after finding a series of clues, the player must first defeat the evil presiding over the house.
==In other media== * A digital version developed by Tin Man Games is available for Android and iOS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fightingfantasyapps.com/books/house-of-hell/|title=Tin Man Games – House of Hell|access-date=9 February 2013|archive-date=31 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131014858/http://fightingfantasyapps.com/books/house-of-hell/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * In 2010, Super Team Film Prods secured the rights to ''House of Hell'', with the intention to make a motion picture based on the title.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2010/biz/news/super-team-buys-house-of-hell-rights-1118018386/ | title=Super Team buys 'House of Hell' rights | publisher=Variety | date=27 April 2010 | access-date=19 September 2014 | author=Lodderhose, Riana}}</ref>
==Reception== In the June 1985 edition of ''White Dwarf'' (Issue #66), Chris Mitchell thought the artwork was "of very good quality", the price was reasonable, and the book was a worthy addition to the ''Fighting Fantasy'' collection.<ref name="wd66">{{cite journal|last=Mitchell|first=Chris |date=June 1985 |title=Open Box|journal=White Dwarf|publisher=Games Workshop|issue=66|pages=7}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{cite web | title=Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks on gamebooks.org | url=http://www.gamebooks.org/show_series.php?id=11 | access-date=2007-05-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204225457/http://www.gamebooks.org/show_series.php?id=11 | archive-date=2016-12-04 | url-status=dead }} * {{cite web | title=House of Hell on fightingfantasy.com | url=http://www.fightingfantasy.com/ffb10.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050907052035/http://www.fightingfantasy.com/ffb10.htm | archive-date=September 7, 2005}} * [http://www.fightingfantasygamebooks.com/ff7.htm House of Hell] on the official Fighting Fantasy website * [http://www.iconbooks.co.uk/wizard/wbook.cfm?isbn=1-84046-417-8 House of Hell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416111934/http://www.iconbooks.co.uk/wizard/wbook.cfm?isbn=1-84046-417-8 |date=2007-04-16 }} on the Wizard Books website
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