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The Tasks of Tantalon: A PuzzleQuest Book Hardcover – June 25, 1987

by Steve Jackson (Author)

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Tantalon, wizard of the court, devises an ingenious adventure quest to seek out the cleverest minds in the land of Gallantaria and the reader becomes a competitor in the ancient sorcerer's puzzle quest.

Print length

32 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Oxford University Press
Publication date

June 25, 1987
Grade level

4 - 6
Dimensions

8.63 x 0.38 x 11.31 inches
ISBN-10

0192797921
ISBN-13

978-0192797926
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Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; First Editiion edition (June 25, 1987)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0192797921
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0192797926
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 4 - 6
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.63 x 0.38 x 11.31 inches

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Legofisherman

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2018

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fun to find a book my family had when I was a child. very challenging.

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Joseph S. Dale

A Ten-Year Search!!

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2015

Oh man; where do I start?! This was the book which started me on my trip around puzzle books. I was delighted with the illustrations by Peter Lavis which almost made you live the story as you worked through the puzzles. OK, some of the puzzles were a bit frustrating, but certainly worth it, and I felt I was certainly getting somewhere.
But then came the tail. And I looked at that enigmatic parchment more times than I cared to think. The clue lay in the line 'Search your rune with open eyes and open mind if you be wise!'
D'you know, it took me almost ten years (yes, that's right, no misprint, ten years!) to solve it. It was frustrating to the extreme. I tried counting words, counting pictures, I even tried counting backwards! Still nothing! However nine-years-and-seven-months later, a little birdy told me to take a long look at the runes...and then...well, you're going to have to figure it out for yourself! Ha; you didn't think I was going to give it away now, did you????? Fully recommended for all the family. And possibly the youngest member will be the one to solve it! Good luck!!

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Aerick

This Book Rocks!

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2004

My family spent hours and hours on this book and never could figure it out (kind of frustrating, but fun nonetheless). Years later I discovered it's solution on the internet and it added a whole new level of fun!

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Lark

This is a sort of activity book, I think for younger readers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2020

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This is a sort of activity book, it reminded me of the "hidden items" browser games and mobile phone apps.

I gave it two stars and thought about giving it three as it is nicely illustrated. It is a larger hard cover book with a dust jacket, with the answers included at the end of the book to the questions/searches featured throughout.

However, it is not much like the Fighting Fantasy genre of books that I associated it with. Primarily for completists or collectors. For that audience I would recommend this, for others I would recommend the FF books or their imitators in the gamebook market.

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Utterly impossible but still fun

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 12, 2019

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Spent many hours as a child not understanding this book and v much enjoyed revisiting it with the help of an internet solution.

I can’t think of another book like this - v impressive. Though utterly impossible

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ron atkinson

tasks of tantalon

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 2, 2013

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well pleased with the book, just as i was when it was first published,still cant complete it but lots of fun trying

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dfrechette

Very interesting!

Reviewed in Canada on November 8, 2019

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Read it when I was a teenager and it paved the way for my craving for puzzles.

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