Here are the two Doctor Who gamebooks I was thinking of... http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Who_and_the_Rebel's_Gamble http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Who_and_the_Vortex_Crystal
Both tied into the FASA Doctor Who roleplaying game. Shag On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > I have never read any of the Doctor Who CYOA books, though I have heard > that some of them can get quite linear -- to the point of telling you "No, > this is the wrong choice, go back and pick the other one!" > > In this context, "gamebook" means a slightly more advanced version of a > CYOA book; you have a character with stats, and you roll dice or use charts > to make checks and have combat. Think of them as a single player RPG. You > still have to make choices and move from paragraph to paragraph, but at > points there will be a dice check to see if you pass or fail a certain > action. The classic RPG Tunnels and Trolls had a lot of these solo > adventures, as the system was designed for solo, group, or play-by-mail. > > The Fantasy Fight site I linked to has HTMLized versions of classic FF > gamebooks. These were quite popular in the UK, though I do not think they > made much headway here in the states. gamebooks.org also has a fairly > comprehensive listing. > > One of the TSR gamebooks I have is a sci-fi one -- a "1 on 1" two player > gamebook set entitled Battle For The Ancient Robot! Essentially each > player plays their own gamebook, and then you can interact with each other > depending on where you are. Pretty interesting! Also well designed for > play by (e)mail. > > On Friday, August 30, 2013 5:41:26 PM UTC-5, Shag wrote: >> >> I loved CYOA-type books growing up. I'm not a fan of fantasy, so I >> gravitated towards the CYOA-type of books that focused on sci-fi or modern >> day. I've even got a few Doctor Who CYOA-type books that were done in >> conjunction with an old roleplaying system. >> >> In regards to gamebooks... do you mean novels or RPG sourcebooks? I >> remember reading a Torg novel (based upon the RPG) that was pretty good >> (shout-out to DUG!). For RPG sourcebooks, I've been re-reading some old DC >> Heroes RPG books. So good! >> >> Shag >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I found this in a box of books from my brother & I's childhood a while >>> back: >>> >>> >>> http://www.gamebooks.org/show_**item.php?id=137<http://www.gamebooks.org/show_item.php?id=137> >>> Never played this one; it must have been my brother's. Anyway, I was a >>> big fan of Choose Your Own Adventure (plus Twist-a-plot, Find Your Fate, >>> etc.), and these sort of solo gamebooks were very appealing to me as a >>> young man who didn't know any other pencil and paper gamers. I also had >>> three of the TSR 1 On 1 dual gamebook sets. >>> >>> While noodling about yesterday I also came across this site, with >>> HTMLized versions of the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks: >>> http://www.ffproject.com >>> >>> Anyone else out there have fond memories of CYOA or gamebook fans out >>> there? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to theuniquegee...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/theuniquegeek<http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
