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7662 robertuk12345 Offline Send Email Jan 2, 2006
7:06 am
... For a moment there, I thought you were reviewing the 2nd book, Her Majesty's Tank Hercules! I went on to amazon to pick up a copy of the first one that you...
7663 Guillermo
gparedes76 Offline Send Email
Jan 2, 2006
4:05 pm
Puffin's "Fantasy Questbooks" line: The Path of Peril Starflight Zero Helmquest The Tasks of Tantalon Ten Doors of Doom Casket of Souls O. K., so they weren't...
7664 Simon Osborne
rentaghostus Offline Send Email
Jan 2, 2006
4:24 pm
... I've heard of all the others you mentioned, but this one is new to me. Any further information on this title, Guillermo? -- Simon Osborne...
7665 Guillermo
gparedes76 Offline Send Email
Jan 2, 2006
5:19 pm
... me. Any ... Hi Simon, It was written by Fickling and Hinton, the same two who did the first four books. I've never seen a copy, though I remember Ed ...
7666 robertuk12345 Offline Send Email Jan 2, 2006
5:40 pm
Several of these going cheap on bookfinder.com atm ... ... to...
7667 Guillermo
gparedes76 Offline Send Email
Jan 2, 2006
6:08 pm
... A correction: they only wrote the first three. Tasks of Tantalon was written by Steve Jackson, of course. Guillermo...
7668 Guillermo
gparedes76 Offline Send Email
Jan 2, 2006
6:36 pm
... He was a thief from the city of Greyguilds, wasn't he? (appeared in Talisman of Death). Guillermo...
7669 Leigh L.
dongle_bomb Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2006
2:56 pm
... Blimey, Guillermo, I've never seen you so defensive. It was just a review... Fair point on the relatively long run of the series, and all credit to it for...
7670 paltogue Offline Send Email Jan 3, 2006
8:53 pm
... First I've heard of this, and would welcome any more info on it. Where in Titan and about what? Pal....
7671 vastariner Offline Send Email Jan 3, 2006
10:39 pm
... And in a few others. Generally based in/around Orb. E.g. "Coils of Hate", IIRC, and one of the Falcon books....
7672 Ed Jolley
dr_sentence Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2006
1:27 pm
... Well, since you've raised the issue again, I'd better say something on the topic. Unlikely as it may seem, I am a Christian, and that original crack did...
7673 Guillermo
gparedes76 Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2006
6:40 pm
... No offense meant. It was just that the emphasis of your review seemed to imply that you were expecting way too much of a necessarily limited format (in...
7674 Guillermo
gparedes76 Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2006
6:47 pm
... recollection of any Titan-specific details whatsoever, I'm afraid. O. K. So apologies for misplacing the adventure. Guillermo...
7675 Paul Mason
panurge@... Send Email
Jan 5, 2006
2:18 am
Guillermo wrote on Jan 5: " --- In gamebooks@yahoogroups.com, "Leigh L." <leighlo@r...> wrote: " " > Blimey, Guillermo, I've never seen you so defensive. It...
7676 Leigh Loveday
dongle_bomb Offline Send Email
Jan 5, 2006
10:29 am
... I don't understand this whole religion thing, I really don't. Ed, mate, nobody wants you to leave, least of all me, and least of all over such a throwaway...
7677 paltogue Offline Send Email Jan 5, 2006
1:12 pm
... at ... Indeed, although I'm STILL waiting for the brontosaurus (or whatever it is) to stalk out onto the beach and start eating people dammit! Pal....
7678 dr_sentence Offline Send Email Jan 5, 2006
6:15 pm
... You could be right about the setting, though. What I meant with the 'no recollection' comment was that I couldn't provide paltogue with any information on...
7679 dr_sentence Offline Send Email Jan 5, 2006
6:31 pm
... Thanks for that. The 'minefield' aspect applies whatever side you're coming into this sort of thing from, hence my concerns. And I'm not demanding that...
7680 dr_sentence Offline Send Email Jan 5, 2006
6:48 pm
'Rescue the Princess' by Paul Turner. Published by Amazing Games in 2003. Cover design by Jackpot Design, incorporating images by Daniel Scott Gabriel Murray,...
7681 KoolTeevan@...
tejelordofth... Offline Send Email
Jan 6, 2006
2:09 pm
good review. Are their many other gamebooks that went below our radar? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
7682 Ed Jolley
dr_sentence Offline Send Email
Jan 6, 2006
3:09 pm
... It's an interesting idea, but would be tricky to do well. Most gamebooks are set in made-up worlds, the theological underpinnings of which are devised by...
7683 thehistorychronicler
thehistorych... Offline Send Email
Jan 6, 2006
5:22 pm
I agree. As a Christian myself (believe it or not, there is actually another Christian in this group) I feel that certain parts of some games are not "right."...
7684 dr_sentence Offline Send Email Jan 6, 2006
6:25 pm
... Undoubtedly. But I only know of the ones I've happened across in the corse of my browsings. Some time soon I'll have a go at 'The Cosmic Toaster' and...
7685 Guillermo
gparedes76 Offline Send Email
Jan 6, 2006
7:23 pm
... Doctor Who I (and Ian Marsh) ... reckon it does reasonably well, in the ... youthful him who watched the old ... one. And the fact that he hates ... I...
7686 Guillermo
gparedes76 Offline Send Email
Jan 6, 2006
7:30 pm
... radar? ... Not sure if this qualifies as a gamebook by the definition of this list, but it is interesting nonetheless: ...
7687 Demian Katz
demiankatz Offline Send Email
Jan 7, 2006
12:26 am
I'll put it on the to-do list... still trying to get all the non-English titles into the database for the moment! - Demian...
7688 Paul Mason
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Jan 7, 2006
11:05 am
Guillermo wrote on Jan 7: " However, unlike Dave, I do have my source material at hand and have " reread it several times as an adult with great enjoyment, so...
7689 Paul Mason
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Jan 7, 2006
11:05 am
thehistorychronicler wrote on Jan 7: " Anyhow, I don't see why religion even has to be an issue at all. Like " I said, it's your game, so play it how you want...
7690 macbeth@...
macbthpsw Offline Send Email
Jan 7, 2006
4:19 pm
... Hi group! I've got both Star Saga: One and Two, though I've never played either. Both computer games come in fairly large boxes, absolutely packed with ...
7691 gamebooks@yahoogroups... Send Email Jan 8, 2006
2:20 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the gamebooks group. File : /Arthur's Man...
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