Funny I should check out the forum again and see you are all talking about the cost of out of print books. I've just been sorting out my old author copies and...
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Per Jorner
pel@...
Apr 3, 2005 6:08 pm
... And it happened after the Great Collapse that people looked at each other in the streets and said, "Now what shall we use for currency?" And they replied...
... Heh..."if you want to represent the Conservative Party, roll 6d6 to find your Initial Electoral Score. If you want to represent the Labour Party, roll...
Some visitor to my site sent me this email: "Hello, I've been looking online and in several used book stores for the answer to one question... In the Riddling...
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Paul Mason
panurge@...
Apr 4, 2005 1:30 am
... I don't recall putting in a riddle which had 'wedding ring' specifically as the solution. There was a riddle with the answer 'a ring' and the answer was a...
Well, there we have it from the horse's mouth. Many thanks on the person's behalf for your input. Guess he'll have to rewrite the best man's speech though... ...
... One of Dappa's clues for players poor at solving riddles was more wedding-related. Something to do with being very small but able to bind two people...
... not be recruited for MI5 until 2 years at Cambridge, rather than being a riot bystander...but at the time bold, given the IRA campaigns that were still...
... The exact wording was: "It's only a little thing, but it can bind two people together." Don't really think it's that suitable for a best man speech though....
I thought that the real life series of gamebooks were superbly written and felt very non-linear. I especially remember the "Fear Factor" - because it was the...
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Paul Mason
panurge@...
Apr 4, 2005 11:15 pm
... I'd forgotten about that Dappa reference. As you say, too prosaic for a best man speech, unless it's deliberately being used as innuendo regarding the...
You guys RULE! Yes I am the "best" man. OK I admit that neither riddle on it's own works but a combination may be suitable...dunno yet... But regardless...
... one ... Turntopage2000, I think I love you. Can I have your babies! Fear Factor was met with mixed reactions as it was the only non-historical Real Life...
... truth, ... little ... of ... I'll ask the wife (lol) I'm sure she'd agree! ... It was a fantastic series so credit where it's due. What I liked is the...
Hello everyone! I'm sort of the new guy here, names Chazor. I love gamebooks, and hope one day to make one of my own. Any advice on how to do it would be...
... Hi, Try downloading the Advelh program from the Files section. It makes writing gamebooks a lot easier....
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pericles23@...
Apr 5, 2005 11:47 pm
On the Fabled Lands board, there's been some chatter about the series being published, in it's entirety (including books 7-12) in 2008, due to an announcement...
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pericles23@...
Apr 5, 2005 11:50 pm
Here is the link to one of the books http://www.macmillan.co.nz/getbook/0330345311/showbook Gaetano ...
... I wait, fearful of your rejection! ... The only problem with R&M was the illos, not my favourite ones. ... will ... Gamebooks are commercially viable, its...
Hi Rob and everyone else, As they say on Bob and Brian in the morning - First time caller [poster], long time listener [lurker], love the topic, thanks for...
As promised, I'm tipping everyone off that the books are up there now. I've put them up for 7 day in case people don't see this message until the weekend or...
Wow, another Milwaukee gamebooks fan... guess you're one of the reasons I have such a hard time finding gamebooks at the Half Price Books stores. :) ... ...
I've just bought this book today and, to be honest, I'm not very impressed. Anyone else think it's just a pointless rehash of Deathtrap Dungeon, Warlock Of...
... Deathtrap ... I sincerely hope not after waiting yonks for a new book. Still waiting for my copy to arrive so I can't yet comment. Hmmm, be very...
It's standard FF fare: you're an adventurer, there's a treasure and you've decided to go and find it. Ho-hum. The whole idea has been done before, and much...
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Rob Mammone
linrob@...
Apr 9, 2005 8:00 pm
Revenge of the Vampire http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5184142437&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT [Non-text portions of this message have...
As more of a lurker than a poster I thought I would step out of the shadows (or crawl from under the bed) and ask who's writing what at the moment? What...
