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May 19, 2019
Sorcery, book 4 – the final stage, the infiltration of Mampang Fortress to take back the Crown of Kings from the Archmage. My journey through the Baklands leaves me in an interesting predicament: Skill 10, +1 sword, +2 armband of swordmastery = 14. Nice. Luck 14. No joke; a natural 12 then books 1 and […]
Read morePlains, Forest, Lake, Victory! Day Three
May 8, 2019
The riveting account of day three, of my triumphant journey through the Baklands. I woke up on the edge of Lake Ilklala, with three dead Serpents behind me and one trapped in an orb by another sorceror. It’s a good day. A quick inventory showed that I was out of food, which isn’t great. I […]
Read morePlains, Forest, Lake, Victory! Day Two
May 7, 2019
The riveting account of day two, of my triumphant journey through the Baklands. The second day is mostly uneventful until afternoon, as a storm kicked up. But I notice, that the storm isn’t a regular one; it was focused on me! I holed up in a cave for a while, but it was no good. […]
Read morePlains, Forest, Lake, Victory! Day One
May 6, 2019
It was a grueling struggle, but I have crossed the Baklands, leaving behind six serpents dead and one imprisoned. Here is my story. I walked out of the north gate of Khare with 14 stamina and 4 food. My skill of 9, a +1 sword, and a +2 armband of swordmanship = 12 effective combat […]
Read moreStranded by the Lake… Forever
April 30, 2019
Unbelievable. The Seven Serpents, book 3 of the Sorcery! epic, is just merciless. I made it all the way to the Lake Ilklala… without meeting a single serpent. I know that’s not good, that I should have run into at least 2 of them during Act 1. Then the book let me jerk around for […]
Read moreDeath by Deathwraith: A Short Tale of the Baklands
April 29, 2019
The Seven Serpents is just ripping me up! Tonight was my third attempt, and it was more brief than the previous ones. Our doughty adventurer starts off in the usual fashion, bored and slightly sunburnt and attacked by giant birds on page 1. So, it’s basically hiking as usual here on Earth. I fight them […]
Read moreDeath by Earth Serpent, a brief tale of crossing the Baklands
April 22, 2019
Okay, my second try on Sorcery! book three, in which we have left Khare and are trekking the desolate Baklands. Again we open with fighting some birds, and some exposition that seven serpent-gods are racing ahead of me to inform the Archmage that I’m coming, so he can set a trap. Again, on the next […]
Read moreThe Curse of Yig, A Tragic Death in the Baklands
April 20, 2019
The Sorcery! four-book epic continues. I escaped from Khare a few hours ago, and the last few hours have been walking across the barren, nigh-featureless plains of the Baklands. Finally here on page 1, the monotony is broken when I am attacked by giant birds, and am saved by a giant golden eagle which also […]
Read moreScum and Villainy, Harpies and Gods
April 14, 2019
I take a breather in the cemetery, outside the crypt. The wraith inside was what I had hoped: a spirit of one of the town elders, who gave me the third line of the four-line poem I need to leave town. But the fight with the wraith knocked me down to 6 stamina, through a […]
Read moreWretched Hive… Continued
April 12, 2019
I just parted company with Lortag the Elder, keeper of the first line of the poem I need to get out of Khare, the famous Cityport of Traps. I move on through the streets, wondering where I can get a break on the other three lines of the poem… when I’m suddenly grabbed and dragged […]
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April 11, 2019
Since my victory (with skill 5!) in The Shamutanti Hills, I’ve been keeping busy. For a start, there’s no way I was going to play the whole four-book arc with a skill of 5. So I rolled up a new one: Skill 9, Stamina 18, Luck 12. Nice and mediocre, except for that lovely luck. […]
Read moreShamutanti Hills… Again. Day 6 and Victory
March 8, 2019
I remain baffled as to how my character is surviving. My starting rolls were abysmal: skill 5, and my luck of 8 and stamina of 17 won’t really make up the difference. I’ve been expecting to just drop dead at any moment, but random chance seems to be on my side, as I am slowly […]
Read moreShamutanti Hills… Again, Day 3 and 4 and 5
Yesterday my unskilled and unlucky hero, made it as far as Dhumpus. The villagers are creeped out by my sword, so I gave them a cold shoulder and instead picked up some food. This cost 6 of the 7 gold I have left, so now I can’t afford the inn. That’s fine, I can sleep […]
Read moreShamutanti Hills… Again, Day 1 and 2
Before I logged these last two plays, I had played several times. I’ve gotten to the manticore boss fight, starved to death, and been eaten by a werewolf. But this time, I feel lucky! Wizard. Skill 5. Stamina 17. Luck 8. … Sigh. Clearly I was chosen not as the hero we need, but as […]
Read moreInto the Shamutanti Hills – Day 3
February 26, 2019
Yesterday we started The Shamutanti Hills, the first of a four-book saga. My hero is a wizard of apparently little skill and poor health, but great luck. On my first night outside, I was attacked by a werewolf and knocked down pretty badly, then further weakened by hunger because there wasn’t a chance to stop […]
Read moreInto the Shamutanti Hills – Day 1 and 2
February 25, 2019
The Sorcery! storyline sounds exciting: four books covering the four geographic areas we will be crossing, to recover a stolen crown that grants leadership and prosperity. I’ve had these books for about two years and for the last few weeks, I have finally been playing them. The sad reality so far has been quite less […]
Read moreRestored and Moving Forward
February 23, 2019
February 2019 — I’ve decided to change hosting, so I no longer need to limit my database usage, meaning I no longer need to limit my word count. I’ve reinstated the playthrough blogs section, which I rather enjoyed as reminder of where I have been. Most of that blog-style content was lost because I simply […]
Read moreJourney of the Kai Marathon, Day Fifteen
September 5, 2018
We continue with Lone Wolf 5 – Shadow On The Sand. Our peace envoy has gone sour. I made a rather savage jailbreak, leaving a trail of dead bodies behind me, and come across the king selling me to a Darklord. The Darklord aims to put an end to the Kai menace (hey, that’s me!) […]
Read moreJourney of the Kai Marathon, Day Fourteen
September 4, 2018
The power playthrough of the first 5 Lone Wolf books continues. Lone Wolf has become so overpowered that Chasm of Doom was a cake walk, with only minimal combat and never dropping below 20 endurance points. And now, time for Shadow On The Sand. Lone Wolf has a base CS of 17. Add the Sommerswerd […]
Read moreJourney of the Kai Marathon, Day Thirteen
September 3, 2018
Lone Wolf, The Chasm of Doom — Finale The trip from Ruanon to Maaken was easy, just a couple of page-turns and one band of bandits who didn’t see me. Now that I’m at the Maakengorge, I have to find the temple and stop Baraka from a human sacrifice. I see a guarded door, and […]
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Post-Apocalyptic Khul United States Brian Williams Martin McKenna Jamie Thomson Video Game Magnakai Science Fiction Alan Langford Titan 1989 Horror 1987 Jonathan Green Magnamund California Mylène Villeneuve Ian Livingstone 1985 1988 Chuck Tingle 2022 Gamebook Adventures Ninja Mark Smith 2014 1984 Super Hero Way of the Tiger Allansia ACE Gamebooks Orb Keith Martin Gary Chalk 1983 Earth Joe Dever Kai Orlandes Love is Real Lone Wolf Montana Steve Jackson 1986 Old World Tin Man Games Russ Nicholson 1991 Fighting FantasyJourney of the Kai Marathon, Day Twelve
September 2, 2018
We’re continuing Lone Wolf, book 4 – The Chasm of Doom. I was sent in search of a missing platoon of soldiers and a missing wagon full of gold. I found the city of Ruanon in ruins, under siege by a warlord who intends to make a human sacrifice to raise an army of undead […]
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