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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 […]
Read moreGlass, Shadows, and Pulp
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 – […]
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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 […]
Read moreFar Away to Vassagonia
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 […]
Read moreStill Mapping the Chasm of Doom
October 22, 2017
After nearly a month, I picked up the book to get back to mapping the rest of it. This is four times in a row, out of four books, that I’ve been surprised and impressed with the amount of detail and the complexity of pathways which Joe managed to cram into each of these books. […]
Read moreRescued From The Chasm of Doom
September 28, 2017
In last night’s episode, our party was overwhelmed by a small army of bandits and driven into a mine. My companions were wiped out by some vicious attack cats, and I eventually found my way out of the mine and to the surface. The city of Ruanon is destroyed. Some soldiers are defending the last […]
Read moreAmbushes and Mines
September 27, 2017
Another run through Chasm Of Doom. I reused my character from previously: 17 combat, 24 endurance, the usual ranger skills, short sword and mind blast. Again, the strange man with the poem, but this time we decide to skip out on the performers and just stay on mission. Same for the tavern that gets rated […]
Read moreChasm of Doom, searching for the search party
September 26, 2017
Tonight I start The Chasm Of Doom, the fourth of the Lone Wolf series. I’ll be using the character which survived the Caverns of Kalte. I have a full backpack of food left from my journey to Kalte, 17 combat, and 20 for endurance. This character is your classic ranger: sixth sense and tracking, camouflage, […]
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September 22, 2017
I have played through this one many more times over the last few days, in the process of mapping it all out for the website. As with the first two, Joe and Gary managed to put a lot of complexity into this book. There are four distinct entrances to the Cavern. The glacier path really […]
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