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September 1, 2018
We continue The Chasm of Doom, in which I’m looking for the bandits who stole a royal shipment of gold. I had 50 rangers at my command yesterday, but 40 are walking home, 2 are dead, and 8 turned tail and fled when we were attacked by a legion of unusually well-armed and well-trained bandits. […]
Read moreJourney of the Kai Marathon, Day Ten
August 31, 2018
My power-playthrough continues, as I do the first five Lone Wolf books in one sitting (well, a few evenings). It’s… The Journey of the Kai Marathon. Today we open The Chasm of Doom, book 4. The story arc of the previous war against Helgedad has petered out, and now I’m being sent to investigate a […]
Read moreJourney of the Kai Marathon, Day Nine
August 29, 2018
When we last saw Lone Wolf, he was dead in the Caverns of Kalte. He took 1 point of damage from a kalkoth, and its venom is Your Adventure Ends Here material. So, I reloaded from a save and played through the book again. Fast forward: Off course, over land, a baknar and some Eskimo, […]
Read moreJourney of the Kai Marathon, Day Eight
August 28, 2018
In our last episode, our brave hero Lone Wolf, bravely watched his party of three redshirts wiped out by Eskimo with arrows, then heroically took a child hostage at knifepoint. He then expertly fell down a crevasse and found himself in the Caverns of Kalte. Good job, Lone Wolf. You’re a credit to the Kai […]
Read moreJourney of the Kai Marathon, Day Seven
August 27, 2018
In preparation for playing Lone Wolf Book 6, the Kingdoms of Terror, I’m playing through books 1 through 5 again in a couple of power sessions. Last session, I finished book 2, in which the invading army was destroyed by an energy blast from the Sommerswerd. As a result, the war is basically over… … […]
Read moreJourney of the Kai Marathon, Day Six
August 26, 2018
Journey of the Kai: a power session to play through the first five Lone Wolf books. Edit: Due to database failure, a month of content is gone including days 1 through 5. We’re in Fire On The Water, and it’s been a long and hard journey so far. Lone Wolf and Rhygar (a warrior, and […]
Read moreCaptain Comet awaaaaaay!
June 26, 2018
We’re continuing my adventure in Infinite Universe, a sci-fi adventure by Tin Man Games and Gamebook Adventures. In our previous episode, I trusted some dude who erased my memory, got gunned down, and found out that it was a sim, and that I’m in the year 3021. My boss then bored me for 20 pages […]
Read moreThere are infinite universes… and Joanne dies in most of them
June 24, 2018
Today I fire up Infinite Universe, by Tin Man Games who makes Gamebook Adventures. I have played their first 12 adventures set in the swords-and-sorcery world of Orlandes, and despite gripes about the combat system have found them a lot of fun. Infinite Universe, though, is a sci-fi adventure. So let’s check it out… I’ll […]
Read moreDamn the Serpent, Full Steam Ahead!
June 17, 2018
Following up on Caverns of the Snow Witch, in which I have long since lost my patience with a Test Your Luck on every page, as well as the tedious and overly-lengthy walk home. In our last episode, I cheated to have a 12/24/12 character, who was whittled down 1 TYL at a time and […]
Read moreYou spell that kind of luck B-A-D
June 16, 2018
Caverns of the Snow Witch is starting to get old. I’ve already taken a few breaks on to other books, hoping that a second wind would give some insight. So far, it’s only confirmed that there are a minimum of 7 Test Your Luck rolls, with the best path. This means that a initial Luck […]
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June 12, 2018
Spectral Stalkers… still In my last update, I had found my way to the Ziggurat World and watched a silica serpent eat somebody alive, and befriended some sea creatures who think I can save their queen. I have climbed the cliff to the second level of this world. I see some towers in the distance […]
Read moreElf Sacrifices, Sea Monsters, and Glass Castles
June 11, 2018
Is this my fifth day of Spectral Stalkers? My sixth? I was excited to see Peter Darvill-Evans’ name on this, but the clip-show channel-flipping thing is really becoming tedious. So when the Aleph offered me the opportunity to just hurry up and move on with the quest, I took it. This is likely a mistake, […]
Read moreDrow and Davros
June 10, 2018
We continue being Spectrally Stalked as we travel the cosmos in a series of vignettes, courtesy of the Aleph. I have so far seen a giant library outside of the universe, a crappy version of my home world where I was almost robbed, a chess game in which I was a pawn, a clay golem, […]
Read moreA Deadly Game and Pottery Gone Awry
June 8, 2018
We are still playing Spectral Stalkers, in which I was given the entire universe inside a sphere, by Lucifer. Long story, don’t ask. By looking into it, I was transported randomly and now find myself standing on a chessboard… a living pawn! The description here is quite vivid: the other pawns are either worn out […]
Read moreStalked by Spectres
June 5, 2018
I am taking a brief break from the Caverns of the Snow Witch, because frankly it’s ticking me off. I grab a book at random off the shelf, and… Spectral Stalkers I have played this one before, and already have it on the website. It’s written by Peter Darvill-Evans, and illustrated by Tony Hough – […]
Read moreIt’s a Long Way to Stonebridge
May 31, 2018
In our last adventure, The Snow Witch went down without a fight, and I killed some critter guarding her loot, and the locals engaged in some lovely interpretive dance to express their joy of being freed from the witch. But now we need to keep moving forward, to find our way out of the Caverns […]
Read moreEscape and Death in a Far Away Land
December 29, 2017
Shadow in the Sand was so much fun, and I saw so little of the book last time, that we should do it again. This time I have 14 combat, and am loaded out as a tank: mindblast and healing, sword skill and a shield. Rawr! We arrive in Barrakeesh to find the king dead, […]
Read moreFinding the Tomb of the Zakhan
December 22, 2017
In our last segment, Lone Wolf was in Vassagonia trying to find the Tomb of the Zakhan, in which the fabled Book of the Magnakai is said to lie. The Darklord Haakon is also looking for it, so as to destroy it and prevent other people from becoming Lone Wolf. After a really surprisingly fortunate […]
Read moreTreachery in the Desert
December 20, 2017
We’re still continuing through Shadow On The Sand, book 5. Lone Wolf traveled to the land of Vassagonia, only to find that there was no peace treaty at all but a new king making a deal with a Darklord. The Darklord wants Lone Wolf dead of course, but also knows the whereabouts of the fabled […]
Read moreArrested in Vassagonia!
December 19, 2017
In my last posting, Lone Wolf had arrived as a peace envoy to sign a treaty. As we arrived in Vassagonia, we learn that the Zakhan (king) has died and that the new one is not at all well liked. He’s off my Christmas list on page 1, when he has me arrested. I don’t […]
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December 16, 2017
After a hiatus for other studies and duties, I don my green cloak and re-enter the world of Magnamund. In our last Lone Wolf adventure, The Chasm of Doom, an army from Vassagonia was in Sommerlund fighting for Lord Vashna. The Zakhan (king) of Vassagonia was horrified to discover that a rogue warlord had done […]
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