Merry Christmas everyone! Just replayed "A Midwinter's Carol" I would definitely recommend the fun little story, especially for how appropriate its is at this time of the year.

Robert Douglas
Sun Dec 25 17:53:13 2016
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I thought 'Locking' is one of the 'months' mentioned in Titan - although I probably got it wrong knowing me! Sorry I didn't have the book to hand at the time.

crab
Sun Dec 25 23:01:10 2016
Isle Of The Cyclops
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

choose a low luck character & die as crabby food???

Gavin
Mon Dec 26 15:14:21 2016
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It sounds familiar now you mention it

Tammy
Mon Dec 26 22:31:14 2016
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Sorry these holidays for me are crap.

Not sure if we are in Locking or Freeze. Maybe neither.

Robert Douglas
Tue Dec 27 13:05:50 2016
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Sorry you're having a bad holiday Tammy. I'm not a Christian but I used to enjoy all the folklore such as Santa and Jack Frost. And I love the Xmas carols and Xmas pop songs. And the meal. I think the ideal of Xmas spirit and cheer is a bloody good one to adopt, yet it's something that should be exemplified all year round, not just a mere couple of weeks. Also, I get a bit annoyed when people go Xmas shopping and, sadly, for them it becomes an expensive chore to humour the children. Then their irk starts to affect others around them. To be honest, being in the grip of a nasty cold for five long weeks, my 2016 Xmas hasn't been the best. Nevertheless, I endeavoured to enjoy the dinner, fruit, and sweets :) ! Not really a big TV fan nowadays, different story back in my younger days. Now where's the port...?

Tammy
Wed Dec 28 02:23:18 2016
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I'll have a glass of port with you. I need it.

Paul Mc
Wed Dec 28 08:42:14 2016
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With all the celebrities dying in 2016, it has given me an interesting idea (albeit a grotesque and possibly offensive one).
A little game of guess the celebrity by describing their death in gamebook theme.

So here's an example...

233
You stand on your balcony but the wet floor is very slippy... test your luck. If you are lucky (Turn to 77), If you are unlucky (Turn to 113)
113
You slip on the balcony and crack your head on the floor, your injuries and age make it impossible to move, the head injury and cold kills you in a few hours...
Your adventure ends here.

The correct answer for this one is Cilla Black... but I'm sure there are many different ones you can do.

Gavin
Wed Dec 28 09:52:21 2016
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Someone should do a gamebook about awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Robert Douglas
Thu Dec 29 15:14:46 2016
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Yes Tammy, that would be great. And I believe there's some left.
I think you've got that the wrong way round, Gavin. Someone should be awarded the Nobel Lit Prize for writing a worthy gamebook. Which author would be your choice? Gamebooks have, in their way, improved the lives of many youngsters. So many to choose from....
Quite a macabre quiz game, Paul, but I could offer one from further back in history:
"And so your glorious path has ultimately brought you to one of defeat and stagnation. Born a Corsican, yet you overcame stacked odds both personal and on the battlefield, leading the armies of your adoptive country to forge a mighty empire. Your final gamble for supremacy was marred by ill-luck and ill health, combined with the tenacity of the Seventh Coalition forces under the reputed Duke of Wellington and stalwart Marshal Blucher. Now, lying upon your bed, in a humble house on this lonely island of St Helena, your brilliant mastermind is haunted by what if, and what could have been, as the cancerous ulcer completes its terrible, painful course."
Correct answer is: Napoleon Bonaparte.

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