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Mr Creosote<p>The <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/1980s" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>1980s</span></a>, the decade of Freddie Krueger, Dreamscape... Of course, this also reflected in the <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gamebook</span></a> world: <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/PhantomsOfFear" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PhantomsOfFear</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.goodolddays.net/de/game/Phantoms-of-Fear/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodolddays.net/de/game/Phanto</span><span class="invisible">ms-of-Fear/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/FightingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FightingFantasy</span></a></p>
Mr Creosote<p>Wasn&#39;t <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/BladeRunner" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BladeRunner</span></a> amazingly cool? Wouldn&#39;t want to actually *live* in that dying world, of course, but a short virtual visit, with a guaranteed return ticket, why not? <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/StarStrider" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StarStrider</span></a> is a <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gamebook</span></a> for those who didn&#39;t care much about the existential themes, the undertones of total despair etc., but just want the &quot;cool sci-fi adventure&quot; parts of it.</p><p><a href="https://www.goodolddays.net/en/game/Star-Strider/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodolddays.net/en/game/Star-S</span><span class="invisible">trider/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/FightingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FightingFantasy</span></a></p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽<p>In more useful topics, I got my Fighting Fantasy (from Steve Jackson &amp; Ian Livingstone, UK) box set (from Steve Jackson Games, US).</p><p>It is SWEET. New covers are OK, large and not little vignettes cropped from better art. New Warlock is Martin McKenna, 2, 3, 5 are classic Ian McCaig, 4 is Ian Miller, interior's the classic art, but on good paper now so you can see it!</p><p>These'll be fun to run thru again. I have a battered old Warlock &amp; Thieves in my shelves.<br><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/fightingfantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fightingfantasy</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamebook</span></a></p>
Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen<p>An ancient evil has awakened and is threatening to doom all of Allansia in this latest Fighting Fantasy Classics addition, Crypt of the Sorcerer.</p><p><a href="https://www.wraithkal.com/fighting-fantasy-crypt-of-the-sorcerer-released/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wraithkal.com/fighting-fantasy</span><span class="invisible">-crypt-of-the-sorcerer-released/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/FightingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FightingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/indiegame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indiegame</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamebook</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Mr Creosote<p>In the old days, game designers tended to make their games *harder*. They were making the games *they* wanted to play, and after having developed something for a few months, they had become true specialists at their own games. In case of <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/IanLivingstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IanLivingstone</span></a> and his <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/FightingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FightingFantasy</span></a>, this even developed over the course of many books. It may be the reason why <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/CryptOfTheSorcerer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CryptOfTheSorcerer</span></a> is as insane as it is.</p><p><a href="https://www.goodolddays.net/en/game/Crypt-of-the-Sorcerer/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodolddays.net/en/game/Crypt-</span><span class="invisible">of-the-Sorcerer/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/Gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gamebook</span></a></p>
Mr Creosote<p>As if a Nightmare Castle weren&#39;t enough, this book is about what&#39;s *beneath*...</p><p><a href="https://www.goodolddays.net/en/game/Beneath-Nightmare-Castle/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodolddays.net/en/game/Beneat</span><span class="invisible">h-Nightmare-Castle/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/FightingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FightingFantasy</span></a><br /><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/Gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gamebook</span></a></p>
Mr Creosote<p>My return to <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/FightingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FightingFantasy</span></a> couldn&#39;t have been more pleasant. <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/CreatureOfHavoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CreatureOfHavoc</span></a> is amazing!</p><p><a href="https://www.goodolddays.net/en/game/Creature-of-Havoc/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodolddays.net/en/game/Creatu</span><span class="invisible">re-of-Havoc/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/Gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gamebook</span></a><br /><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/SteveJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SteveJackson</span></a></p>
Mr Creosote<p>The Crown vs. Dr. Watson. Wait, Watson, a murderer? Even the doctor himself admits that considering the facts, the conclusion of his guilt is inevitable.</p><p><a href="https://www.goodolddays.net/en/game/The-Crown-vs-Dr-Watson/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodolddays.net/en/game/The-Cr</span><span class="invisible">own-vs-Dr-Watson/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/Gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gamebook</span></a><br /><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/SherlockHolmesSoloMysteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SherlockHolmesSoloMysteries</span></a><br /><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/SherlockHolmes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SherlockHolmes</span></a></p>
Mr Creosote<p>Death at Appledore Towers. The murder victim was a blackmailer. Did he deserve it, as Sherlock Holmes suggests?</p><p><a href="https://www.goodolddays.net/en/game/Death-at-Appledore-Towers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodolddays.net/en/game/Death-</span><span class="invisible">at-Appledore-Towers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/Gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gamebook</span></a><br /><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/SherlockHolmesSoloMysteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SherlockHolmesSoloMysteries</span></a></p>
Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen<p>Starship Traveller braves the depths of space as the latest addition to the awesomeness of the digital gamebook library that is Fighting Fantasy Classics</p><p><a href="https://www.wraithkal.com/fighting-fantasy-classics-starship-traveller-released/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wraithkal.com/fighting-fantasy</span><span class="invisible">-classics-starship-traveller-released/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/FightingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FightingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamebook</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a></p>
Mr Creosote<p>The first <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gamebook</span></a> entry this year, but still staying in the realm of investigative work, <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/TheBlackRiverEmerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheBlackRiverEmerald</span></a> puts the popular <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/SherlockHolmes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SherlockHolmes</span></a> character on its sleeve, but then, neither he nor his usual ensemble appears much *in* the book.</p><p><a href="https://www.goodolddays.net/en/game/The-Black-River-Emerald/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodolddays.net/en/game/The-Bl</span><span class="invisible">ack-River-Emerald/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/SherlockHolmesSoloMysteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SherlockHolmesSoloMysteries</span></a></p>
William McAusland<p>Character Hand Dominance<br>Art from page XR-20<br>Because of critical strikes and called shots, a character’s good hand needs to be pre-established prior to any injury, especially the unfortunate amputation of one’s arm. Use the following table to establish the character’s dominant hand; or if the person is ambidextrousness which is common among excavators but only occurs about 1% of the time in NPCs. Androids and robots can choose to make either hand dominant, but not both unless they are specially designed to do so. </p><p>Check out the TME Expansion Rules at our homepage, link in the bio. Also see a 9 page sample pdf!<br><a href="https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">outlandarts.com/expansionrules</span><span class="invisible">.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/lefthanded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lefthanded</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/righthanded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>righthanded</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/ambidextrous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ambidextrous</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/handed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/knife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/roadwarrior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roadwarrior</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/wasteland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wasteland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/postapocalyptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postapocalyptic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/mutantepoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mutantepoch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/tme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tme</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/outlandsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outlandsystem</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/outlandarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outlandarts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/mutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mutant</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/npc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>npc</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/character" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>character</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamebook</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/indiegame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indiegame</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/indierpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indierpg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/ink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ink</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/goggles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goggles</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/gasmask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gasmask</span></a></p>
Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen<p>Gamebook fans, rejoice: Fighting Fantasy Classics has charted a course for The Port of Peril!</p><p><a href="https://www.wraithkal.com/the-port-of-peril-fighting-fantasy-classics-announced/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wraithkal.com/the-port-of-peri</span><span class="invisible">l-fighting-fantasy-classics-announced/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/FightingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FightingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FightingFantasyClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FightingFantasyClassics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamebook</span></a></p>
Mr Creosote<p><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/TrialOfChampions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrialOfChampions</span></a> - the much-awaited (?) return to Deathtrap Dungeon! It&#39;s the right book for you if you like failing. In a way, most of these books are really about failing and trying again, of course. Though this one puts this whole idea to new levels.</p><p><a href="https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1597/Trial-of-Champions.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1597</span><span class="invisible">/Trial-of-Champions.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/Gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gamebook</span></a><br /><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/FightingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FightingFantasy</span></a></p>
Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen<p>Hope you're ready to duke it out with the undead, because the Fighting Fantasy gamebook, Armies of Death, is now part of the ever-growing and amazing Fighting Fantasy Classics lineup!</p><p><a href="https://www.wraithkal.com/armies-of-death-fighting-fantasy-classics-released/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wraithkal.com/armies-of-death-</span><span class="invisible">fighting-fantasy-classics-released/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/FightingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FightingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FightingFantasyClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FightingFantasyClassics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamebook</span></a></p>
Hari<p>Want to know how I plan choose-your-own-path books? It's definitely VERY NORMAL AND ORGANISED, don't worry about the second pic.</p><p>Just did an interview for the Polish-language release of Into the Tower, you can now read in the original English here!<br><a href="https://www.hari-illustration.com/what-ive-been-reading/2024/6/25/lsmsfq611gz727b5bumn4404euctjm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hari-illustration.com/what-ive</span><span class="invisible">-been-reading/2024/6/25/lsmsfq611gz727b5bumn4404euctjm</span></a></p><p>Got to talk about my favourite fantasy books, my horrible process maps, ancient ruins, making friends with monsters - and what I'm working on next 👀 <br> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BookRelease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookRelease</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/GameBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameBook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ChooseYourOwnAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChooseYourOwnAdventure</span></a></p>
Labyrinthlurker<p>Converting my <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/soloRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soloRPG</span></a> adventures into a <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamebook</span></a>. </p><p>- If you think this could actually be cool then turn to page 102.<br>- If you think i should just see just start knitting instead. Turn to page 16.</p>
Mr Creosote<p>Spoiler: the encounter with the Bone Demon is indeed a memorable one. It is, however, the only demon in a book called <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/DemonsOfTheDeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DemonsOfTheDeep</span></a> . What a fraud! Balancing it out, there are a couple of other quite spectacular encounters with non-demonic creatures to be found. Even if not particularly consistent in its theme, individual scenes will certainly stick to my mind.</p><p><a href="https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1583/Demons-of-the-Deep.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1583</span><span class="invisible">/Demons-of-the-Deep.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/FightingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FightingFantasy</span></a><br /><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/Gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gamebook</span></a></p>
Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛<p>Totally hooked on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cryptmaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptmaster</span></a>! 😍</p><p>A great word-based dungeon crawler with illustrations and creatures that seem to come out of a gamebook. And a wicked sense of humor 😁</p><p>What else? ☕️</p><p>➡️ Demo: <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1885110/Cryptmaster/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">store.steampowered.com/app/188</span><span class="invisible">5110/Cryptmaster/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DungeonCrawler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DungeonCrawler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordGame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TypingGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TypingGame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RPG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameBook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkFantasy</span></a></p>
Mr Creosote<p><a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/RebelPlanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RebelPlanet</span></a> is #18 in the <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/FightingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FightingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://dosgame.club/tags/gamebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gamebook</span></a> line. It is a book consisting of three long episodes. The first one has you wade through seedy bars, neo-noir style. The second one puts you on a university planet reminiscient of the 1970s. The third one falls flat in comparison, it is an unimaginative wilderness adventure. I discussed the book in detail with a collaborator a few years ago: <a href="https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1348/Rebel-Planet.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1348</span><span class="invisible">/Rebel-Planet.html</span></a></p>