Great Fighting Fantasy book

 Sounds like the near perfect one  not super hard, but good all around  

I love the art

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HwJJ1-3msbI&pp=2AbVCtIHCQmRCgGHKiGM7w%3D%3D

And commentor UchronianKing is right on place names:

Axmoor

Duddington

Crowford

D&D inspriring Very British vibe on those names. 

Cthonic Musings’s top two p TTRPG

 

Gurps has the Novel cover feom my old 1982ish book, The Dark Border  

And his number 2 is Shadowdark and number 1 is Dragonbane. I nees to find it. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xOk2EJs3ly0&pp=2AagDw%3D%3D#bottom-sheet