Re: [Audyssey] gamebooks on ffproject
I'm one of the Johns, yes. I haven't completed Hellfire though. -- From: dark d...@xgam.org Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 18:06 To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org 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 jpcarnemo...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org 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. -- From: dark d...@xgam.org Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2015 3:09 To: Gamers@audyssey.org 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. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list
Re: [Audyssey] gamebooks on ffproject
Hi John. I actually don't think many people have sinse it's pure evil, which is a shame sinse PHil Sadler's stuff is usually pretty good. I also love the idea behind tales from the bird islands, though so far when i've tried though i finished the isle of the cyclopse portion no problems one of the jungle islands I saled too was near impossible, that's another one I need to sit down seriously with, although as we now have difficulty ratings it's possible to at least gage where most of the gamebooks fall, though thinking about it I didn't find alibor's tomb so hard myself, although it's definitely one where good starting stats help a lot. 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 jpcarnemo...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] gamebooks on ffproject I'm one of the Johns, yes. I haven't completed Hellfire though. -- From: dark d...@xgam.org Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 18:06 To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org 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 jpcarnemo...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org 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. -- From: dark d...@xgam.org Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2015 3:09 To: Gamers@audyssey.org 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
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 jpcarnemo...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org 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. -- From: dark d...@xgam.org Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2015 3:09 To: Gamers@audyssey.org 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. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All
Re: [Audyssey] gamebooks on ffproject
I agree some of those books I can't even finnish at all. At 10:06 a.m. 7/04/2015, you wrote: 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 jpcarnemo...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org 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. -- From: dark d...@xgam.org Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2015 3:09 To: Gamers@audyssey.org 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. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via
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. -- From: dark d...@xgam.org Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2015 3:09 To: Gamers@audyssey.org 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. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
