Short answers, pulled from the story.
Ian Livingstone co-authored the book Dicing with Dragons which was published by Puffin Books. The text describes how he and Steve Jackson created the work to explore role-playing games for young readers.
Routledge & Kegan Paul published Dicing with Dragons in the United Kingdom during 1982. An Italian translation titled Giocare a dadi col drago appeared later that year or shortly after in Milanese publishing houses by Longanesi.
Eye of the Dragon serves as a practical solo adventure example within the book Dicing with Dragons written by Ian Livingstone. This section demonstrates exactly how role-playing games function without a group using step-by-step instructions based on die rolls.
Russ Nicholson stood before his drawing board in the early 1980s preparing illustrations for the project Dicing with Dragons. He created almost all of the images in that specific shape to match the aesthetic of the Fighting Fantasy series perfectly.
M L Rowland wrote about the book Dicing with Dragons in the February 1983 edition of White Dwarf Issue thirty-eight. He called it probably the most complete summary of the role-playing hobby available at the time and gave the book an excellent rating of nine out of ten points.