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Post-Apocalyptic United States Steve Jackson Magnamund Allansia Russ Nicholson 1987 Gary Chalk Lone Wolf Jamie Thomson Joe Dever Way of the Tiger ACE Gamebooks Ian Livingstone Horror Titan Earth 1984 Jonathan Green 1985 Science Fiction Video Game Gamebook Adventures Brian Williams 1986 Orb Tin Man Games Khul Fighting Fantasy Mark SmithRobot Commando – onward to not-quite-victory!
May 18, 2023
We continue playing Robot Commando! The story so far: – I’m in flying a stolen Go-Bot that can transform between robot and airplane. – I have a miracle drug that can save all of Thalos if I figure out how to distribute it. – I’m on my third robot, having had phenomenally good luck so […]
Read moreRobot Commando – Roll out!
May 17, 2023
We continue playing Robot Commando where so many fanboy dreams are brought together. In the previous part, two major plot points: – I created a potion that can cure the sleeping sickness, if I can find a way to distribute it. – I stole a Veritech VF-1 mech that can transform into an airplane! So […]
Read moreRobot Commando, let’s rock!
May 16, 2023
I’m so excited! It’s time to play Robot Commando. First off, some fortunate rolls! Skill = 10 Stamina = 23 Luck = 10 Suddenly the whole nation has fallen asleep, and I imagine that radio chatter like from the beginning of The Omega Man. People collapsing all over the country, at their homes, at their […]
Read moreRobots and dinosaurs! It’s Robot Commando!
May 15, 2023
Fangs of Fury was quite something, and after working that books for literally weeks I took a brief break and played some video games instead. I went to my shelf and closed my eyes, and my next book is… Robot Commando! I’ve been excited about this one for some time, but I’ve been savoring the […]
Read moreNine maps and still counting
April 4, 2023
My goodness, Fangs of Fury is quite an adventure. I have finally probed and played out everything up until the Choose Your Level judgment on page 39, and it came up to nine pages of maps. Most FFs or other game books are 3-4 pages, some as many as 5. But this is just wild […]
Read moreA new look for the website
April 1, 2023
I gave the FFF website a facelift yesterday, with a new WP theme. I had been running the old one since 2014 on a stock theme I found, and while it worked it wasn’t great. At one point they updated the theme and made the heading and banner a full laptop-sized screen by itself. The […]
Read moreStill chewing away at Fangs of Fury
March 15, 2023
I’ve been working on Fangs of Fury as time allows, an hour here and there. I am impressed by how much is in this book, and by the complexity of the layout. My mapping is up to 11 pages so far, and I don’t think I’m even close to having found everything. If you the […]
Read moreChewed up by the Fangs of Fury (Part 2)
March 7, 2023
Continuing yesterday’s thrilling cliff hanger in… Fangs of Fury! My skills are: Skill 7 / Stamina 17 / Luck 7 which should make this a pretty short adventure. And it was. I was immediately captured by the enemy, thrown into jail, then accidentally conscripted into their army. But I blew my cover when I attacked […]
Read moreChewed up by the Fangs of Fury (Part 1)
March 6, 2023
I haven’t posted in some six weeks, and for the most part I’ve been distracted by a vacation trip and by playing the Mass Effect trilogy again. But, I have also stayed on topic here playing Fangs of Fury. So here comes my second attempt. The back story: Our city is under siege by Bad […]
Read moreAn Archaeology Adventure in Montana
January 27, 2023
I finished playing and mapping Expedition to the Frozen Lake, another Select Your Own Timeline adventure by Chuck Tingle. We had played this one several times previously as a fun read-aloud, and we thought we had seen everything. Turns out, the folks I was letting make the choices kept choosing the same thing because it […]
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Post-Apocalyptic Way of the Tiger 1987 Brian Williams Joe Dever Tin Man Games Gary Chalk Video Game Fighting Fantasy Mark Smith United States Lone Wolf Khul ACE Gamebooks 1985 Jamie Thomson Gamebook Adventures Earth 1984 Allansia Titan Orb Russ Nicholson Horror Magnamund Jonathan Green Ian Livingstone 1986 Science Fiction Steve JacksonStealer of Souls vanquished
January 22, 2023
Finally, on what felt like my 50th try, I have defeated Modraneth, the Stealer of Souls. I won through fair and square with a Skill of 10 and a Luck of 10, demonstrating that this one really did take a) a little luck not to get killed right on page 1, and b) mapping and […]
Read moreStealer of Souls, screw this I’m cheating (part 3)
January 8, 2023
Welp, that power-run ended and Mordraneth, the Stealer of Souls, has claimed another soul to madness and terror. I wandered halls for some time, trying doors at random and steam-rolling over some orcs and goblins and a wizard at some point. Eventually I caught news of a captured wizard being tortured for information, which sounds […]
Read moreStealer of Souls, screw this I’m cheating (part 2)
December 29, 2022
Continuing Stealer of Souls from yesterday, this time with 12/24/12 because I rolled 7s and 8s five times in a row, and am killed by that damn bird every time. Having finally survived as far as the beach, I hiked for two days and I am at a crossroads. I leave the path, and start […]
Read moreStealer of Souls, screw this I’m cheating (part 1)
December 28, 2022
Since my last post, I have played Stealer of Souls two more times but rolled shitty stats: 8 / 14 / 11 and 8 / 18 / 8 Both times, that damn bird on page 1 killed me. Clearly something’s wrong with my dice that they can’t roll higher than a 2 if it’s for […]
Read moreStealer of Souls, attempt 3
December 25, 2022
Okay, deep breath. Roll the dice and let’s play Stealer of Souls again. And… For goodness’ sake. Skill 8 / Stamina 20 / Luck 8 The page 1 bird knocks me down to 10 stamina out of my initial 20. Brutal. Fortunately the ship’s galley then heals me back up, so I can finally start […]
Read moreStealer of Souls, attempt 2
Okay, so after that extremely brief failure, let’s try again with… Stealer of Souls! Roll up a brand new character: Skill 7 / Stamina 19 / Luck 7 Ah hell. Why did Vanestin hire me? Why did I take the job? Backstory. Boat. Bird attack… …and dead. I hit it a few times, but […]
Read moreStealer of Souls – shortest playthrough ever
December 16, 2022
Well this is almost certainly the shortest playthrough of Stealer of Souls ever. There are four pages of backstory: “we’re hiring you because a wizard took my colleague, because we were plotting to kill the wizard. Go find my colleague, who isn’t in the same place the wizard is do don’t worry about it. It’s […]
Read moreChristmas time! ‘Twas the night before… (Part 2)
December 14, 2022
We’re playing ‘Twas, a Krampus Night Before Christmas as we do every winter solstice. When we left Debbie in yesterday’s post, she had wandered into someone’s gingerbread home in the wilderness, dressed in pajamas and holding an axe. Nothing weird here! The homeowner wasn’t there, so she helped herself to some mulled wine and reading […]
Read moreChristmas time! ‘Twas the night before… (Part 1)
December 13, 2022
‘Tis the season to play ‘Twas, the Jonathan Green ACE gamebook. Every Christmas since I picked it up in 2019 (so, three solstice/Christmas seasons) I love to make some cocoa and play it with a friend where one of us reads, the other plays. And here, children, is tonight’s story… Once upon a time… Debbie […]
Read moreI’m definitely not Deadpool
December 9, 2022
It’s taken most of two months off and on, but I’ve finally finished You Are Not Deadpool. What a fun time! As a game book it’s okay. The mechanics are a bit iffy, and it’s difficult to lose enough fights to die. More often than I like, both of the choices go to the same […]
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Magnamund Gamebook Adventures Allansia Jonathan Green Fighting Fantasy Orb Tin Man Games 1986 United States Earth 1985 Lone Wolf Video Game Post-Apocalyptic Jamie Thomson Steve Jackson Joe Dever Way of the Tiger ACE Gamebooks Titan 1984 1987 Science Fiction Gary Chalk Horror Khul Mark Smith Ian Livingstone Russ Nicholson Brian WilliamsWeeeeeeee’re off the stop the wizard!
December 5, 2022
Last night, a friend and I played The Wicked Wizard of Oz by the illustrious Jonathan Green. One of us read while the other chose, so it was a fun interactive time with the two of us. She picked the not-at-all-cowardly Lion, who is celebrating one year since he became the king of the forest. […]
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