Review of Lords of Doom by Douglas Niles My thoughts: (review based on the Spanish translation) This is the third Dragonlance gamebook in the series, covering...
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Guillermo
gparedes76
Apr 21, 2007 1:33 am
... The funny thing is, I don't think even Livingstone himself would be too worried about people finding out he actually had ghost-writers work for him. But...
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Guillermo
gparedes76
Apr 21, 2007 2:50 am
Review of Clash of the Sorcerers by Morris Simon My thoughts: this book concludes the Kingdom of Sorcery trilogy, with the player character now being a wizard...
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gamebookhunter
Apr 21, 2007 1:15 pm
... artwork ... little ... cover ... Just look at the hooves and chest of Kurakil on the Wizard cover. Then, compare them to the illustration of the demon in...
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Guillermo
gparedes76
Apr 21, 2007 2:30 pm
Review of Curse of the Werewolf by Chris Martindale My thoughts: (review based on the Spanish translation) This book is one of the high points in the series....
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paltogue
Apr 21, 2007 2:40 pm
Enjoying the reviews Guillermo. Isn't this the same storyline as the one being advertised for 'Howl of the Werewolf'? Pal. ... gamebook....
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Guillermo
gparedes76
Apr 21, 2007 3:16 pm
... Thanks, Pal. ... Indeed it seems to be. Check out this blurb from the Wikipedia: "Lupravia is a cursed land; a chill place of snow-capped mountains, ...
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gamebookhunter
Apr 21, 2007 5:17 pm
... could ... story ... The ... and ... them ... curse ... the ... choices ... feel ... to ... any ... to ... gamebook. ... Hmmm, somehow all of your reviews...
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Guillermo
gparedes76
Apr 21, 2007 6:22 pm
... That's because I'm not - nor I intend to be - a corporate geek like those who write reviews for video game magazines or sites like boardgamegeek.com, etc.,...
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neilst1972
Apr 23, 2007 4:14 pm
My best gamebook bargains were a bag of about 30-40 FF for a fiver and Lone wolf 22 for 79p....
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Simon Osborne
rentaghostus
Apr 24, 2007 3:18 pm
Hi all I've started to slowly work through PDFing the Proteus magazines. #1 is already available from my website, and #2 is 95% complete. The problem is, I'm...
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stephane Bechard
kinderstef
Apr 24, 2007 6:03 pm
i like to help, i have all the proteus magazine from n 1 to 19, but... the magazine once opened is bigger than A4 format, scanning it will be painful, it imply...
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Simon Osborne
rentaghostus
Apr 24, 2007 10:26 pm
... Well, if you scan both halves of the poster so that there is overlap between the two, which is possible on an A4 scanner, I can try to match the two parts ...
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william Hirsch
wshirsch2000
Apr 24, 2007 11:59 pm
Hello, please remove me from your mailing list. Thank you ... _________________________________________________________________ Interest Rates NEAR 39yr LOWS!...
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Simon Osborne
rentaghostus
Apr 26, 2007 1:42 pm
Hi all Of Proteus 1-15, I would really like the following posters (front: colour, 200dpi; back: greyscale, 200dpi) scanned as I am missing them: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,...
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stephane Bechard
kinderstef
Apr 26, 2007 2:30 pm
hi, so for the missing word : "their skin, withered and soft, falls about their feet as they move (...)" i will see what i can do for your scan too. ... De :...
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Simon Osborne
rentaghostus
Apr 26, 2007 4:01 pm
... Cheers, Stephane! I've fixed the text. In fact, I'm only waiting on the poster for #3 now--it was much easier to work on than I thought it would be. :-) ...
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Wayne Densley
densleyw
Apr 27, 2007 7:06 am
Hi all, Just a short note to let the group know that a new episode of the Blood and Iron fantasy adventure series is now available. Episode 14 takes the Cael...
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denshiblocks
Apr 28, 2007 6:58 am
now that CYOA is resurrecting itself as an independent publisher, i was curious if anyone has opinions about how CYOA died in the first place? too many crap...
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KoolTeevan@...
tejelordofth...
Apr 28, 2007 11:25 am
Snape. Snape killed CYOA. On paragraph 606. Serious answear: Video games, you'll notice gamebooks were at their strongest in the 80s, and as videos games rose...
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Guillermo
gparedes76
Apr 28, 2007 1:18 pm
... strongest in the 80s, and as videos games rose higher and higher, gamebooks fell. Videogames just seem "easier" and have that visual element. Bleh ... ...
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Guillermo
gparedes76
Apr 28, 2007 4:00 pm
foor = foot...
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KoolTeevan@...
tejelordofth...
Apr 29, 2007 12:19 pm
There maybe more, but for each year the videogames rose, CYOA fell, and why did Fabled Lands fail, then? It was quite different and bloody amazing. If people...
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Guillermo
gparedes76
Apr 29, 2007 2:38 pm
... My belief is that was due to progressive exhaustion of its creative formulae, and if CYOA hadn't had a strong readership it wouldn't have outlived many...
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gamebookhunter
Apr 29, 2007 5:13 pm
... And also to add to that, vedry = very...
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ldxar_nerdshack
Apr 29, 2007 6:37 pm
I haven't seen specific figures on overall gamebook sales but I'd always wondered if there actually WAS a market decline. Computer text adventures have existed...
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KoolTeevan@...
tejelordofth...
Apr 29, 2007 8:00 pm
I don't know enought o make a forumlised argument (and I was getting at fromt he nes era onwards) but (Otherwise, isn't it kind of weird that nobody came up...
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Paul Turner
tsm_australia
Apr 29, 2007 11:55 pm
Hi guys! I've been checking this site out for a while, following along with some of the discussions, and thought I'd join :) Also, (hope you don't mind a...
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Paul Turner
tsm_australia
Apr 30, 2007 2:18 am
Oh yeah, for those who browse Demian's Gamebook Web page, I just noticed there was a Paul Turner already in the author listing - who wrote a book called Rescue...
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Guillermo
gparedes76
Apr 30, 2007 3:29 am
... Printed interactive fiction existed before the invention of computer text adventures (one example is The Oulipo which involved the participation of very...
