Hi everyone.

As you may have noticed, I haven't written any gamebooks for a while. This is because I've become a little bored with it the last couple of years and have been working on a novel instead. I am currently taking a break from that while the first part is being reviewed, so I am thinking of continuing one of the partial gamebooks I have written.
I have several titles on which I have done substantial work on, and all of them would require no small amount of effort to complete. At this stage I can probably bring one to completion, and so I thought I would let any of you who are interested have input into the decision.
Please have a look at the works in progress below and let me know which one you would like to see sooner rather than later:

1. WWGB Episode 8, the penultimate episode. I have written a third of this one, quite literally. It takes the three possible endings from Episode 7 and continues them as alternate realities that ultimately return to a single reality just in time for the final episode of the series.

2. The Wages of Sin. The sequel to The Ravages of Fate. This is another fight-a-big-monster story. Like the original, the combat is fought through choices of tactic and tests of your varying resources.

3. The Band of the Swift Hand. This was an interesting one based on the premise that you play the adventure as the leader of a mercenary band, and if your character dies, a new leader is chosen. So you as the player would go through the adventure and depending on the skills and abilities of the character you have at the time, your experiences and possible choices are very different.

4. The Throne of Blood. This is set in the same world as The Diamond Key, meaning it is another 1000 reference adventure, and was meant as my version of Deathtrap Dungeon, except your character makes his way through a number of interconnected arenas rather than a bunch of dungeons where no one is entertained by your demise.

5. The Mountain of the Dragon. Remember that bit in The Diamond Key where you found a mountain full of orcs digging out a dragon? Well, this is the story about that. It's a massive adventure for which I already wrote about 800 references and it's probably only half finished. Of all the titles, this would be the hardest to complete. It is pretty awesome though.

These are in order from 1. easiest for me to complete to 5. most difficult.
Happy voting.

It would be very sad if the WWGB story was never finished, so I'd definitely go for 1. After that, my preferences in order would be 5, 2, 3, and then 4.

Andrew
Mon Sep 5 18:37:16 2016
Windhammer Competition

Anyone entering Windhammer 2016? I'm trying rapidly to beat the clock and put the finishing touches on my latest gamebook entrant.

Robert Douglas
Mon Sep 5 23:31:07 2016
Windhammer Competition

Hi Andrew,
Good luck in Windhammer 2016. In answer to your question: no. Perhaps in the future I'll enter the tourney field again.

Wolf
Tue Sep 6 20:14:48 2016
Hunger Of The Wolf
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Great game

Gaetano
Wed Sep 7 00:12:11 2016
Gamebooks

I agree about WWGB, but I also would love to see 4 and 5.

Robert Douglas
Wed Sep 7 18:04:11 2016
Gamebooks

@Uylsses,
I quite like the sound of No. 3 - but would the first foray affect the second, etc? What differences would one leader make to a scenario for his/her successor to discover? Scorpion Swamp did have a '...if you've been here before...' factor, but often such places were barren, deserted, boring.

Changing tack: I've finally done it. I've made a personal achievement. Fans from South Africa and New Zealand would probably wonder what all the fuss is about, yet at the same time they'll be more understanding than the people in my own country who sadly are driven to ridicule a thousand and one things when really they should just accept and move on. But I'm not going to tell you: can you guess what it is? The clue is in the countries I mentioned. I'll give the answer on Sunday night, 11pm (GMT). No prize, just fun!

A.E. Johnston
Wed Sep 7 20:16:14 2016
Windhammer Competition

Hi Andrew, no unfortunately not this year. I had an entry for 2015, and I have a great story I'm working on, but I need more time to work on it and have other obligations at the moment. I would like to enter it next year though.

On a side note, good to see you Robert, haven't been on in a while and always nice to see someone familiar and friendly.

Robert Douglas
Thu Sep 8 00:30:24 2016
Windhammer Competition

Hi A.E.Johnston,
Good to see you too! I've been around for about a couple of weeks after a lengthy period of inactivity (FF Project-wise). Like you said: obligations. If things go okay for me, I won't be around for a couple of months as I've applied for a new job and I'll be concentrating on my reading. I do have a short adventure in the works but it's intended for something other than Windhammer. If it's not accepted then I can always have it posted on FF Project. Apart from that, Sean Calibre Book 2 is also a work in progress.

Ulysses
Thu Sep 8 01:47:38 2016
Gamebooks

@Robert

Within the story there are what amounts to a number of quests that the mercenary band must complete. If your character dies, the quest is failed and the band retreats to regroup and elect a new leader.
Upon subsequent attempts there are permanent changes depending on the nature of the quest. Others are reset completely. For some the leader's body (and all those lovely items) is lost, for others the body can be found and the items retrieved.

I originally conceived this as a series with three adventures. I even finished the first adventure. But it needs a lot of adjustment to the mechanics of it, and I would also want to turn it into a single adventure rather than a part 1.

But so far it looks like I need to continue WWGB Episode 8.

Matt
Thu Sep 8 06:41:02 2016
Golem Gauntlet
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Not really sure what happened here... interesting story but short lived. It rained, i lost an arm and then proceeded to lose my first ever fight? Not really sure how this is possible.

Robert Douglas
Thu Sep 8 10:51:26 2016
Gamebooks

@ Ulysses,
Thanks for reply, hope you do okay with WWGB Episode 8. The gameplay mechanic you described would take some careful planning, I'd wager.

Haoie
Fri Sep 9 10:05:27 2016
Gamebooks

Another vote for Wrong Way!

Andrew Wright
Fri Sep 9 11:29:58 2016
Windhammer Competition

Unfortunately it got cancelled this year. Not enough entrants. :-(

Robert Douglas
Fri Sep 9 17:15:06 2016
Windhammer Competition

It's a shame that Windhammer got cancelled. How many entrants put their names down?

xman
Fri Sep 9 19:38:46 2016
Tomb Of The Ancients
Star - optimum ending reached

This was fun, though it was short. overall it was well done

Yaztromo
Fri Sep 9 21:21:24 2016
Windhammer Competition

I can't believe it!!!

Yaztromo
Fri Sep 9 22:57:22 2016
General Chat

Ulysses, time is ripe for you to go for the low-hanging fruit next! After that you can take your time and regroup knowing that you definitely ticked a box and put a project behind your shoulders.

Yaztromo
Fri Sep 9 22:59:09 2016
Tomb Of The Ancients

I'm glad you liked it and looking forward for the results!

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