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January 12, 2022
Well, I’ve had a few more plays of Legend of the Shadow Warriors. The book itself doesn’t seem overly difficult yet, but I’ve had just the worst luck ever and haven’t been making it very far. Skill 8 / Stamina 21 / Luck 12 Surrendered to the guards. Feigned illness to escape from jail, […]
Read moreToo late to stop the Shadow Warriors (part 3)
January 10, 2022
Part 3 of my second playthrough of Legend of the Shadow Warriors Previously, I headed east to consult a hermit who told me the backstory of the warlord and an undead army. Heading south from there, I met an invulnerable vampyr-witch with an army of pumpkin-heads, then a Frankenstein wannabe. As I march southward toward […]
Read moreToo late to stop the Shadow Warriors (part 2)
January 9, 2022
Part 2 of my second playthrough of Legend of the Shadow Warriors Previously, I escaped the city and consulted a hermit who then got eaten by the undead zombie of his son. And I’m back on the road to Karnstein. To make up some lost time, I decide to cut south through Hustings and Cumberside […]
Read moreToo late to stop the Shadow Warriors (part 1)
January 8, 2022
My second playthrough of Legend of the Shadow Warriors. Let’s see if I can do better this time. Skill 11 / Luck 8 / Stamina 19 I dig the 11 Skill, but I remember a lot of luck tests so I dunno… So, I’m sitting in the tavern one day, a retired soldier now […]
Read moreShadow Warriors? I don’t believe they exist
January 5, 2022
Well, I finished mapping out Seas of Blood and I admit, I did not enjoy it. So, on to my next adventure – Legend of the Shadow Warriors. My back story is fairly ordinary: retired soldier, sword for hire, and a village terrorized by some jerks dressed up as Shadow Warrior bogeymen. Starting stats: SK […]
Read moreSeas of Blood, more tries
December 27, 2021
Well, I’ve played a few more times and Seas of Blood is really kicking my butt. About half of the time, I’ve been killed in the second scene and I’m not sure how winnable this book really is. First play today: We headed south to Enraki and I killed the abbot of the warrior-priests. Got […]
Read moreSeas of (my own) Blood, volume 2
December 24, 2021
Today is a “twofer” post, being two very short playthroughs of Fighting Fantasy 16, Seas of Blood. Yeah, they were that short. Playthrough 1 I rolled up a skill of 7 and luck 8, so I expected that my 17 stamina isn’t going to last very long. For my first venture, I decided to […]
Read moreSeas of Blood, my own on this first try
December 13, 2021
It’s been a month and a half, between editing someone else’s book, and studying for exams, and playing Cyberpunk 2077… I just haven’t picked up a game book in two months. But it’s a quiet evening, and I’m glad to be back. Today’s book is… Seas of Blood, Fighting Fantasy number 16. I’ve never played […]
Read morePlaytesting, hard work but fun
October 27, 2021
For the last week, I’ve been play-testing and proof-reading a game book for someone in the Facebook group. It’s hard work. As with any game book, I go through every option and map out what connects to what – but this time I also need to track which pages I’ve visited, so I can find […]
Read moreRevisiting Battleblade Warrior
September 13, 2021
I’m taking a break from Lone Wolf for a bit, so I grabbed a random gamebook from my shelf… Battleblade Warrior I don’t remember this one at all, though according to my own website I played it back in 2018, and I wasn’t overly fond of it. Well, let’s try it today. The story opens […]
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September 9, 2021
It’s been 2 months since my last post. I’ve been playing Lone Wolf 14, Captives of Kaag off and on. But honestly, I’ve not been enjoying it. That’s not news, if you’ve read my previous posts. Ive not enjoyed the LW books lately. I keep griping about the game balance being absurd. The Grand Master […]
Read morePlague Lords played out
July 16, 2021
So I spent a few more hours playing Plague Lords of Ruel some more, this time mapping it out. I wish I liked it more, but I admit I’m somewhat disappointed. The maps show that there’s not a lot of ground covered. Forest or caverns, either way is about 5 encounters before you land at […]
Read moreDefeated the Plague Lords on the first try…
July 15, 2021
I’ve been out of it for a while, haven’t picked up a game book in some 6 weeks, having been occupied with other pursuits such as video games and summer outdoor stuff. I wanted my next adventure to be a good one, and it was: Lone Wolf 13, The Plague Lords of Ruel. It’s been […]
Read moreRevisiting Curse of the Assassin
May 29, 2021
I picked up Curse of the Assassin on iPad back in 2016, and I really enjoyed it. So a few years later, a few months ago, I picked it up for Windows on Steam and played it all again. I must say, it’s just as good as it was 4 years ago. It develops You […]
Read moreIs eating hobbits morally ambiguous? – Part 2
April 25, 2021
I am the mindless and hungry Creature of Havoc and yesterday was a weird day. While hunting tasty intruders to kill and eat, I came across two bottles of smoke. While I couldn’t eat then, they imbued free will and the language into me. It’s kind of a drag. I was happy just killing and […]
Read moreEden as an allegory, and hobbits are delicious – Part 1
I was half-joking in my previous post that it was my 100th playthrough of Creature of Havoc. By this point, I’ve played it over a dozen times and have mapped out what I believe to be everything up to meeting Darramous. But I’m still trying to really play through it and get that far honestly. […]
Read moreCreature of Havoc, play number 100 I think
April 23, 2021
So, I’ve been playing Creature of Havoc for a few days now. It’s been a wild ride, and I’m still not entirely sure what I think so far. The story so far, is that I’m an armored, taloned abomination. I’m a killing machine crafted by wizards and dropped into a dungeon with random movement and […]
Read moreThe Call of that hideous worm thing that snapped my mind and drove me to an asylum
March 13, 2021
All righty, my second go at Choose Cthulhu 1: The Call of Cthulhu An epigrapher told me told me that the lettering on Wilcox’s bas relief, was reminiscent of Esquimaux writing. So I impulsively jumped onto a boat to Halifax, then on to Greenland. With some sweet-talking and money, I found a guide to take […]
Read moreCall of the Giant Crab Monster
March 12, 2021
After over a year, I’m finally sitting down with my first Choose Cthulhu book: book 1, The Call of Cthulhu. My adventure was brief but terrifying. I saw a cult summon a giant tree monster, then visited a library. I was possessed with an urge to see the unexplored depths of the Pacific Ocean and […]
Read moreDestroying the Masters of Darkness
March 7, 2021
I just finished Lone Wolf 12, Masters of Darkness in two evenings, on my first playthrough. I know, I’m just as baffled as you! It was a great time. It’s an epic-grade story again, with adventure on the seas, hijacking an airbeast, walking miles and miles, and of course defeating Darklord Gnaag and saving all […]
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February 20, 2021
I just finished playing Lone Wolf 11, the Prisoners of Time. It was a fun time, but not the best of them. Good: A very other-worldly feel, meeting cat people and brain-things and Kai itself. Hiking through the Nothing under psychic attack. Derivative: We’re in the Phantom Zone, plain and simple. Not great: Long spans […]
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