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Made my way beyond the nightmare gate

May 30, 2022

I’ve not posted in the last month, but I’ve not been idle. I played through Beyond the Nightmare Gate, book three of the Grey Star series. I wanted to like this one. The idea of the Daziarn plane, featured previously in Lone Wolf 10 The Prisoners of Time, appeals to me: Even in the world […]

Survived the forbidden city of Gyanima

April 20, 2022

Last night I finished The Forbidden City, book 2 of the Grey Star series. There’s a tedious gauntlet in the middle where you’ll certainly die if you don’t have these two specific skills, but that same gauntlet also lays on the lore and atmosphere nice ‘n’ thick. And aside from that, it’s pretty decent. There […]

Grey Star the Wizard, fun times

April 11, 2022

I started playing Grey Star the Wizard, which is The World of Lone Wolf book 1. It’s a totally different story arc from the Kai, though many game mechanics are similar. And I’ve been too busy playing it and enjoying it, to post about it. 🙂 The story line is pretty novel: You’re a wizard […]

Lone Wolf 15… kind of a bore

March 8, 2022

Tonight is my third evening playing Lone Wolf 15, The Darke Crusade. Honestly, I think I’m over the whole Lone Wolf series by now. They’ve become repetitive, with the same enemies and scenarios and the same ongoing war after 24 years. The writing is lazy, with so many sections that do literally nothing at all […]

Legend of me getting my butt kicked by the legend

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, […]

Too 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 […]

Too 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 […]

Too 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 […]

Shadow 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 […]

Seas 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 […]

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Seas 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 […]

Seas 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 […]

Playtesting, 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 […]

Revisiting 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 […]

Two Months Rescuing The Captives of Kaag

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 […]

Plague 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 […]

Defeated 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 […]

Revisiting 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 […]

Is 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 […]

Eden 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. […]

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Creature 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 […]