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Joe Dever Post-Apocalyptic 1984 ACE Gamebooks Steve Jackson 2014 California Lone Wolf Brian Williams 2022 Martin McKenna Gary Chalk Magnakai Mark Smith Old World Jonathan Green Love is Real Ian Livingstone 1987 Video Game Khul Kai Chuck Tingle Alan Langford Montana Mylène Villeneuve Tin Man Games Way of the Tiger Fighting Fantasy Magnamund 1983 Keith Martin Earth Gamebook Adventures Allansia Russ Nicholson 1991 1986 Horror Science Fiction 1988 Ninja Super Hero United States 1989 Titan 1985 Orlandes Orb Jamie ThomsonLone Wolf’s Escape From the Phantom Zone, Part 2
February 18, 2021
We continue with Lone Wolf 11, The Prisoners of Time. The first day was almost all exposition, and it boils down to these bullet points: The Lorestones are in Tolakos, a necropolis to the north. The Lorestones are also the key to the Shadow Gate back home, which is super convenient. The Shadow Gate is […]
Read moreLone Wolf’s Escape From the Phantom Zone, Part 1
February 16, 2021
I didn’t post at all about my recent playthrough of Lone Wolf 10, Dungeons of Torgar. I’ve been focusing more on the reading & playing, without the distraction of also writing about it. DoT was a quick and easy adventure, due to some good luck where I found the easiest path on my first time. […]
Read moreDestruction of the Tower
January 3, 2021
I’ve played ToD a few more times, but since it’s the same tundra and ice castle as I’ve described a few times, I didn’t bother writing it up until I got some somewhere new. So, welcome! You’ve caught me mid-way through the adventure: I have just landed on an unguarded walkway on the Tower, and […]
Read moreTower vs Glass Cannon, Part 2
January 1, 2021
We continue my glass-cannon playthrough of Tower of Destruction. Why do I call it that? Because skill 11 / stamina 16 / luck 12 baby! The 11 is nice, but 16 means that I’m at best 8 hits from death. I’m winning fights, but I’m running out of food to keep patching myself back together. […]
Read moreTower vs Glass Cannon, Part 1
December 31, 2020
Yesterday’s “skill 7” playthrough was amusing and brief. But for real this time: let’s play Tower of Destruction. This time I rolled: 7 skill / 16 stamina / 12 luck Not bad. A bit of a glass cannon, but maybe I’ll get a bit further this time. Again with the intro: fire and destruction, looting […]
Read moreSnow Worm of Devourment
December 29, 2020
Let’s play another round of Tower of Destruction! I enjoyed it on my previous run with a skill of 12, though some of the fights and skill tests in there make me wonder whether it really could be won with a lower skill. We roll the dice and… Skill 7 / Stamina 20 / Luck […]
Read moreTower of Destruction, Play 1 Part 5
December 25, 2020
Happy Christmas, solstice, Yule, and so on, all! I am celebrating with another night of Tower of Destruction. I have been going strong in my quest for revenge: exploring workshops and storehouses, freeing ghosts, and finding out that the wizard is very afraid of a sword inside the cathedral. The cathedral is locked, though, and […]
Read moreTower of Destruction, Play 1 Part 4
December 21, 2020
I’m still going strong no my quest to destroy the Tower of Destruction. I have explored the town a bit and I heard about a magic sword in the cathedral, so of course that’s my next stop. However, the door is locked and I need a crystal bird and book to open the door. So […]
Read moreTower of Destruction, Play 1 Part 3
December 17, 2020
Tonight we continue my playthrough of Tower of Destruction. Aliades the wizard was kind enough to give me healing potions and food for my journey north-east, where I intend to stop the Tower of Destruction from being completed. It’s a 40 kilometer walk across tundra, and then into the wizard’s Ice Castle… In the late […]
Read moreTower of Destruction, Play 1 Part 2
December 15, 2020
We continue my playthrough of Tower of Destruction. My stats are 12 / 23 / 11 but I’m down to 17 stamina at the moment from a few fights. I have made my way across the tundra and to the sphere. I’m not sure how to get revenge on a sphere, but I find a […]
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Kai Old World 1985 Jonathan Green Tin Man Games Way of the Tiger Montana 1984 Steve Jackson Khul Brian Williams Magnamund Russ Nicholson United States Alan Langford 2014 Gamebook Adventures Horror 1989 Mylène Villeneuve Science Fiction Super Hero Chuck Tingle Earth Fighting Fantasy California Orlandes Video Game 1986 Magnakai Gary Chalk Keith Martin 2022 Mark Smith Ninja ACE Gamebooks 1983 1987 Martin McKenna Jamie Thomson 1988 Titan Love is Real 1991 Lone Wolf Ian Livingstone Allansia Post-Apocalyptic Joe Dever OrbTower of Destruction, Play 1 Part 1
December 14, 2020
Let’s start playing Tower of Destruction. The backstory is good old revenge: on my way back from market to my home in the frozen lands to the north, my home is destroyed by a flying sphere throwing balls of fire. Damn! The destruction is nearly complete, with only a few able-bodied people to take care […]
Read moreKitchens to chasms (part 3)
December 2, 2020
Part 3 of my first playthrough of The Chasms of Malice. I’ve been injured, and killed a lot of people, and basically bumbled my way around in the dark until the magic sword told me that I am nearing the big boss fight. I am totally not ready for this, as I’ve only killed 1 […]
Read moreKitchens to chasms (part 2)
December 1, 2020
Let’s continue the lovely rags to riches certain death story that is Chasms of Malice. Mission: Kill the king’s evil brother, Orghuz, but first his 7 lieutenants. Then bring back the magic shield because the kingdom is dependent on its supply of good luck in order to cope with life. Previously, I killed the first […]
Read moreFrom the kitchens to the chasms (part 1)
November 30, 2020
Dear Fighting Fantasy, I never thought it could happen to me. I was a lackey in a kitchen, a third-assistant rabbit skinner. Then one day a wizard rushes in and grabs me by the wrist, dragging me right out the door. My boss screamed and hollered up a storm, but they threw a ouch of […]
Read moreKether is a rough place!
November 23, 2020
I tried my luck at Rings of Kether again. I kept the same crappy character with 8 Skill and 15 Stamina, because why not? This time I decided to go to the local cops, and enlist some help. The officer I met, though, was scared to talk in his own office, and had me meet […]
Read moreRevisiting the Rings of Kether
November 22, 2020
I recently saw on a Facebook group, someone playing The Rings of Kether. That reminded me, that I’ve still not completed this one! I had a lot of it mapped out, had some fun times bumbling around and getting my butt kicked, and so on, but never beat the big baddie at the end. So, […]
Read moreHighway to Hell
November 7, 2020
I just finished playing out Highway to Hell by Max Brallier. Damn, what a good book. An anti-hero. Good writing. Lots of well-done characters. Several different paths to varying degrees of victory. Good stuff.
Read moreYeah, he got us
November 5, 2020
Following up on my previous post, in our playthrough of Vault of the Vampire. Our 12/24/12 and 14 had us steamroll our way through the castle. We got Siegfried’s shield and armor, holy water and a crucifix, and a silver-tipped stake to finish the job. We killed everything in our path, until Reiner Heydrich himself. […]
Read moreMustela vampiricus
November 3, 2020
For Halloween, the family and I sat down to play Vault of the Vampire, one of my favorite of the Fighting Fantasy series. This comes also, on the same day that I heard of the unfortunate death of Martin McKenna. It’s just coincidence, but it feels like the right way to celebrate Hallow e’en. After […]
Read moreStill Dying in the Zombie Apocalypse
September 1, 2020
I’m still reading Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse by Max Brallier. This is some seriously good stuff. The writing is great, ranging from explicit gore and violence to irreverent snarkiness and mild sexual suggestion. My nameless character has survived a few times and died a lot more, in a variety of ways that I […]
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Jamie Thomson Science Fiction 1985 Russ Nicholson Super Hero Alan Langford Gary Chalk ACE Gamebooks 1986 1988 Titan California Earth Keith Martin Orlandes Old World 2014 Chuck Tingle Fighting Fantasy Kai Gamebook Adventures 1991 Montana Post-Apocalyptic Allansia Jonathan Green Video Game Khul 2022 United States Love is Real Ninja 1989 Magnakai Brian Williams Horror 1983 Ian Livingstone Martin McKenna Mark Smith 1984 Magnamund Tin Man Games Lone Wolf Mylène Villeneuve Steve Jackson Orb Joe Dever Way of the Tiger 1987Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse… Or Not
August 3, 2020
I’ve been enjoying Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse? for the last few days. It’s well written, only slightly graphic, and a lot of fun. On my second playthrough I found The End where we find out that the whole zombie uprising was caused by … ooh, sorry, no spoilers. 🙂 And it’s been so […]
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