I'm one of the Johns, yes. I haven't completed Hellfire though.
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From: "dark" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 18:06
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] gamebooks on ffproject
Hi John.
Are you the "john" on the ffproject guestbook?
If you've finished some of those I'm impressed as there are some real
toughies, especially the shear evilness of hellfire.
I actually haven't played any of the wwgb series because I've not managed
to
finish the first one despite a hole bunch of tries, it's a shame I did
like
the writing and some of the later ones look great from their intros, the
first book is just brick, oh, and yes I do have bits of the solution it's
just putting all the steps together.
My only issue generally with the ffproject is that some of the books like
tomb of the ancients are a little short in their descriptive writing, but
obviously that isn't down to the site owner so much as who writes the
books
and the quality of writing of most of them is awsome.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is
vast
and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars than even
the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.
----- Original Message -----
From: "john" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] gamebooks on ffproject
I've finished almost all of them (though the wwgb series wasn't exactly
played in what I'd term a "fair" manner). That really is an awesome site,
and some of the stories are quite well done.
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From: "dark" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2015 3:09
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [Audyssey] gamebooks on ffproject
With all the talk about the choiceofgames, I thought it might be fun to
have
a discussion about the gamebooks over on www.ffproject.com. The site now
tracks endings, an will tell you when you reach the optimal one, so how
many have people done?
Over the years I have finishe Trial of Alabar's tomb, Rebels of the dark
chasms, Bad moon rising, Impudent peasant, The Black lobster, The cold
heart
of Chaos, Isle of the cyclopse, Hunger of the wolf, Guarden of bones,
Tomb
of the ancients, A strange week for king Melchian the dispicable, Nye's
song, Escape newberg keep, and just the other day sharkbate's revenge.
I've also nearly finished (as in got to the very end but failed), soul
tracker, the ravages of fate and in the footsteps of a hero, but I need
to
complete those properly. Liekwise, I keep trying with wrong way go back
because I want to try the rest of the series, but end up in severe
trouble
each time, which is why I haven't played other books.
There are of course lots more I've had a go at and done less well, such
as
diamond key and a shadow in the north, not to mention the nastiness of
hellfire, but I don't think that is too bad going.
So how have other people done?
Btw if people don't know ffproject, it is a site who have a very good
selection of gamebooks by various ameter authors often using some varient
of
the fighting fantasy rules. The site will handle all the dice and stats
for
you, you just need to choose links. It's been going for at least 10 years
and new books get added frequently. Of course they range in length and
quality, and in genre from modern day horror to fantasy and both serious
and
commic sf, but they are generally very good fun, and several are
exceptional
in quality, I'd definitely recommend them, indeed I once did a podcast
review of Impudent peasant from the ffproject site which you can find on
https://www.sendspace.com/pro/6gsse9
So what books have people completed?
Beware the grue!
Dark.
There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is
vast
and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars than
even
the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.
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