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Ben

#TotAN — Tales of the Arabian Nights

About 14 hours left on the campaign!

Going Solo. With all of the gamebooks like Fighting Fantasy in the 80s it’s not surprising that the original game had a solo mode. To win you had to reach your Story and Destiny goals, become Fabulously wealthy, and complete 2 quests before the event deck ran out.

Did you know there were plans to produce a computer game version in the 90s? New solo tales were written by the talented Jennell Jaquays and Kevin Maroney. These recently came to light, and they’re now the basis of the new solo mode for this edition. (I’m going to try to find out more about this computer game)

In the 40th Anniversary Edition you’ll start with a Solo Quest card that will start you on your journey. The story unfolds over a series of milestones across the map that relate to the new paragraphs in a dedicated book. I’m really looking forward to giving these a good play through when I’ve got a chance. Trying to typeset and avoid spoilers might be a bit hard. *squints*

gamefound.com/projects/play-to

^ link has a Fediverse-only refcode (I'm trying to get 'em on here!)

The Solo Book of Tales at the top left. Sitting on that is one of the solo quest starter cards–Banker's Need. Next to that is a deck of cards. The background is a watercolour painted tessellated yellow pattern. [not final art]
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Ben

:boost_ok: I love a good amount of narrativium in my games. An avid reader of the Fighting Fantasy books, I discovered Tales of the Arabian Nights well after it was out of print. Then Z-Man produced a third edition of the game in 2009 and I pounced on it. So much fun. You can imagine how much my eyes lit up when Zev emailed me a few months back asking if I wanted to work on a 40th Anniversary Edition! Happy to have been working on graphic design and art for it.

The crowdfund campaign launched a few hours ago, funding in just over an hour. I don’t get any extra financial gain out of posting about this—I’m just excited to see it in print again.

I might blather on about this a bit, showing sneaky details that aren’t posted elsewhere or talking about graphic design and art. Mute or follow #TotAN to taste.

gamefound.com/projects/play-to

^ I made a refcode just for the fediverse. Help me get them on here!

A 3D render of Tales of the Arabian Nights 40th Anniversary Edition on the table. Acrylic minis of the player pieces are in a line on a brightly coloured map board. In the background is the box.
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Adam Onza

One of my weird obsessions, err "hobbies" is mapping out #gamebooks EG #CYOA books. This weekend, I did CYOA21, and found an error! a 41 year old error! On the cover, it says there are 15 endings, but there are actually 16!!!! (Not counting the several false endings that say "the end", & wrap up the story, but continue on. So yeah! I have my own definition of fun. xD

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Andrew Plotkin

Notes on _Pick Your Own Path on The Oregon Trail_ (2020), a gamebook I picked up at Powell’s. Credited (on the publisher page) to Jesse Wiley.

Why is this interesting? Because it’s not the usual “turn to page 34” style of CYOA book. It’s a pipe-and-tab layout like _Meanwhile_! I’ve never seen one of these other than _Meanwhile_ itself.

blog.zarfhome.com/2024/08/tabb

Zarf UpdatesTabbed out on the Oregon TrailPowell's is rightly famed as a destination for book lovers, and I finally made my pilgrimage last weekend. The perils of air travel limited the inevitable splurge -- I had to fit my haul into a single backpack -- but I wound up with some nifty ...
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Jon Hancock

Fabled Lands: "A world where you can make a difference"

fabledlands.blogspot.com/2024/

Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson's Vulcanverse solo adventure series is almost complete and it's *huge*. I can certainly see why the final volume has taken a year and a half to write. Solo gamebooks lost most of their market to computer games, but when they're done well they still offer something unique. Are any new, younger players discovering them, though?

fabledlands.blogspot.comA world where you can make a differenceThe Vulcanverse gamebooks don't get nearly enough reviews. I would say that, wouldn't I? But Jamie and I genuinely feel they're some of our ...
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ConCentric Games

Introduction post:

ConCentric Games is a weekend of tabletop gaming in a social, family-friendly environment. First run in 2012, it's held once a year in #Adelaide, South #Australia.

If you’ve been to other tabletop conventions around Australia, it’s similar to Border Con in Albury and Meeple Con in Melbourne.

Around 2014 it gelatinous-cubed Conformat and instantly gained a wonderful RPG audience. There’s also miniatures, #gameDesign, #gamebooks, vendors… and more!

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