Starship Traveller braves the depths of space as the latest addition to the awesomeness of the digital gamebook library that is Fighting Fantasy Classics

https://www.wraithkal.com/fighting-fantasy-classics-starship-traveller-released/

The first #gamebook entry this year, but still staying in the realm of investigative work, #TheBlackRiverEmerald puts the popular #SherlockHolmes character on its sleeve, but then, neither he nor his usual ensemble appears much *in* the book.

https://www.goodolddays.net/en/game/The-Black-River-Emerald/

Character Hand Dominance
Art from page XR-20
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.

Check out the TME Expansion Rules at our homepage, link in the bio. Also see a 9 page sample pdf!
https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm

Gamebook fans, rejoice: Fighting Fantasy Classics has charted a course for The Port of Peril!

https://www.wraithkal.com/the-port-of-peril-fighting-fantasy-classics-announced/

#TrialOfChampions - the much-awaited (?) return to Deathtrap Dungeon! It'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.

https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1597/Trial-of-Champions.html

#Gamebook
#FightingFantasy

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!

https://www.wraithkal.com/armies-of-death-fighting-fantasy-classics-released/

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.

Just did an interview for the Polish-language release of Into the Tower, you can now read in the original English here!
https://www.hari-illustration.com/what-ive-been-reading/2024/6/25/lsmsfq611gz727b5bumn4404euctjm

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
#Bookstodon #BookRelease #Fantasy #GameBook #ChooseYourOwnAdventure

Converting my #soloRPG adventures into a #gamebook.

- If you think this could actually be cool then turn to page 102.
- If you think i should just see just start knitting instead. Turn to page 16.

Spoiler: the encounter with the Bone Demon is indeed a memorable one. It is, however, the only demon in a book called #DemonsOfTheDeep . 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.

https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1583/Demons-of-the-Deep.html

#FightingFantasy
#Gamebook

Totally hooked on #Cryptmaster!

A great word-based dungeon crawler with illustrations and creatures that seem to come out of a gamebook. And a wicked sense of humor

What else? ️

Demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1885110/Cryptmaster/

#RebelPlanet is #18 in the #FightingFantasy #gamebook 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: https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1348/Rebel-Planet.html

This week we’re reading "Mountain Survival" during #StorytimeWithSteve, book #28 in the original #ChooseYourOwnAdventure series. Bonus is that I’m reading it from a special library edition, which makes it a hardcover! You just know the story is better because the cover won’t bend!

#AppointmentWithFEAR took me a longer time than usual. With more sections than your normal #gamebook and no less than four mutually exclusive paths inside, plus a mechanic which makes parts of the solution impossible to brute-force, it is no wonder in retrospect. The surprising thing about it: I felt entertained the whole time!

https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1576/Appointment-with-FEAR.html

Belated #RIP to Irish #gamebook writer #JHBrennan. I loved his #Grailquest series of comic #Arthurian gamebooks. Here’s a nice tribute to him. https://cwickham.blogspot.com/2024/02/rip-jh.html #Ireland #InteractiveFiction #CYOA

It's #FightingFantasy time again! Well, Sci-Fi-Fantasy. #TheRingsOfKether are not magic artefacts to battle an evil sorcerer, but rather drug trafficking "rings". And that creature on the cover is a woman, by the way. She, at least, is defying all stereotypes. Bravo!

https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1568/The-Rings-of-Kether.html

Public service announcement for those who follow me for #gamebook contents (haha, as if): I did #TempleOfTerror a couple of years ago with a friend. Reminder for those who care: it is "the one with the messenger of death". Coverage is here:

https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1355/Temple-of-Terror.html

I'm going to skip it this time around and move to the subsequent one.

We seem to be in a bit of a quality slump in the #FightingFantasy line. Though it is not (just) the fault of the new writers. #FreewayFighter comes from series founder Ian Livingstone. His take on #MadMax has, unfortunately, not turned out as well as we could have hoped for.

https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1564/Freeway-Fighter.html

explainer I made for my new choose-your-own-path book while I was extremely tired

A masquerade ball fantasy heist where I'm your DM - good gift for nerds, no experience required, and yes you can kiss a monster.

More info at https://www.hari-illustration.com/into-the-tower
#ChooseYourOwnAdventure #ttrpg #soloRPG #gamebook #FantasyBooks #Bookstodon #QueerBooks

Because the last #gamebook I did was... really bad, I wanted to reconfirm the final sentence I planned to publish: "Andrew Chapman became responsible for some quite decent books further down the road". So I picked #SeasOfBlood from the shelf. My daughter wanted to participate. A lot of fun! We made it to the end without dying (barely), but had stolen way too little gold to win. It's well written and well designed.

Older discussion:
https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1351/Seas-of-Blood.html

It had to happen. Desperate for more material, Puffin Books started accepting outside book submissions into the #FightingFantasy #gamebook line, and here is their first definite misstep. #SpaceAssassin used the very first book as a blueprint, not accounting for any developments since then. Worse, it is not even remotely a good imitation of the original. Don't worry, Andrew Chapman's books improved a lot later on.

https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1560/Space-Assassin.html