I have to say I love the premise of this one, it's really creative the world it builds and the atmosphere created is great but what's the deal with the ending? You do everything right then when you get into the tank you just click test this and test that and die! I've gotten to the tank with maximum stamina without losing a single man and I just keep dying and I have absolutely no control over it! I don't know what the Endurance gunners skill is, I don't know how many hits the Endurance can take and no decision or action I take influences the end.

That (major) gripe aside it's really interesting to have men as well as skill and stamina and this is a very well though out and executed RPG.

Duncan D
Wed Oct 23 00:23:19 2019
Nye's Song

I have to say I love the premise and atmosphere of this story. One of its great strengths is its original storyline and I particularly like having a platoon of men (I had no problem figuring out the numbers of men) under my command, although it means a perfectionist like me has to run through the whole story repeatedly so I didn't lose a single man. Having said that I think Robster and bluejuice195 have some fair points in that it was thoroughly enjoyable until you get to the bit where you just click test skill for some gunners (although you don't know their skill) and then test skill for some Kali spectre's (although you don't know how many hits the Endurance can take) until you die and while Mowen's comments are helpful in completing the adventure they make no sense at the time you come to that portion of the gamebook.

That annoyance aside I hugely enjoyed this adventure and hope to see more of the same again, ideally involving Captan Nye and his crew.

kaven
Thu Oct 24 14:05:03 2019
Beggars Of Blacksand
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

cool

Robert Douglas
Sat Nov 9 02:33:26 2019
Reading Club

My ninth read for this year is something different to the genres I normally read: the only horror titles I'm familiar with are by James Herbert. However, although this short novel was by far more disturbing in comparison to Herbert's style, it had a high entertainment value and kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. The Wisconsin town of Safe Haven is off the beaten track, nestled around a lake and surrounded by a dark, immense forest. But the tranquillity of this quiet, close community is soon shattered when a helicopter crashes on the outskirts. And then a brutal, murderous onslaught begins, gradually depopulating the town in sickening ways that defy the imagination. Who are these deadly hostiles? Why have they chosen peaceful Safe Haven to practise terrible atrocities? And what is their objective? As the story progresses, the reader is steadily drawn into a world of conspiracy and unbridled ambition. Only a handful of redoubtable townsfolk endeavour to survive against the odds - even perhaps learn the answer to their one desperate question: 'Why is this happening to us?' A potent mix of fear and defiance drives them along a nightmarish path of pain and sheer terror to the ultimate truth.... Jack Kilborn (he has also written many titles under his real name J A Konrath) has written an excellent horror conspiracy story with true shock value that, for days after, will haunt a reader's mind!

Robert Douglas
Sat Nov 9 02:35:27 2019
Reading Club

I've had these books since the early 90's, it's far easier to recommend them as an epic boxset - and yes, from May to mid-September of this year, I've finally got round to completing all five titles: 'Pawn of Prophecy', 'Queen of Sorcery', 'Magician's Gambit', 'Castle of Wizardry', and 'Enchanter's Endgame'. As one of many fantasy worlds inspired by Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, The Belgariad by David Eddings is a quest to fulfil an ancient prophecy in restoring order to a world blighted by the evil god Torak. After sleeping for thousands of years after his famous defeat at Vo Mimbre, he is soon to awake and lead the Angarak hordes against the Alorns who are loyal to the Rivan King, guardian of the powerful Orb. Beginning with Pawn of Prophecy, farm lad Garion is soon caught up in events beyond his reckoning.... But then he isn't alone: the sorcery of wise Old Wolf, trusted Aunt Pol a woman of fearsome stature, the great fearless warrior Barak, the confident Silk who is a man of many talents, Mandorallen the gallant knight of Mimbrates, Hettar the horse-kin and deadly swordsman, and even spoilt Ce'Nedra has hidden strengths and qualities of her own - all prove most worthy companions to protect and train him on the long, dangerous journey ahead. This is a breath-taking adventure of epic proportions, excellently written with wonderful characters of true depth, an easy, enjoyable dialogue with some room for humour. Although there are other books on my shelf listed for future reading, I'm hoping one day to get my teeth into The Mallorean, a series that follows on from the Belgariad and thus continue the adventures of Garion and his friends. I can't wait - and they'll likely be a future recommendation for the Reading Club!

yaztromo
Wed Nov 13 13:15:17 2019
Bodies In The Docks

On the map from 1919, I can't find any place that would really fit the following description:

You walk down the cobbled street, noting the fearful glances you seem to be receiving from the locals. Yet no one approaches you, and you are left to your own devices. After a few hundred yards, the street turns sharply right, and you are walking against the seawall. To your left beyond the seawall, the high tide laps against the beach, the only sound you can hear. Portsmouth, once a thriving resort, is now a deserted ghost town.

Further along the promenade, a pier stretches out to sea, though as you draw nearer, you see that it is roped off, abandoned and derelict: another testimony to the decay of this once great city.

It is another half a mile until the promenade becomes rougher, and the guesthouses are replaced by large, grey buildings, warehouses. Soon you come to the docks, though there are few ships here today. Out to sea, you think you spot a trawler making its way out from the harbour. At the end of a rough wooden jetty you spot a number of fishermen loading a small boat, evidently ready for an excursion upon the majestic sea. Aside from this, there is no movement, no sound in this abandoned and derelict part of town.

Yaztromo
Sun Nov 17 11:15:43 2019
A Day In The Life
Star - optimum ending reached

Golden ending achieved!
I played this game while listening A day in the Life! EXACTLY at the same time, so I had to hasten quite a bit as well...

mcg
Wed Nov 20 20:31:59 2019
Bodies In The Docks
Star - optimum ending reached

Oops, most interesting fist part, bit of an abrupt ending.

mcg
Wed Nov 20 20:39:59 2019
New Day Rising

Short, fun, quite different though, compared to the "prequel", which i played awhile ago. Yet I would love to play the next chapter (will it happen?).

mcg
Wed Nov 20 20:43:38 2019
Golem Gauntlet

Charming little adventure. It wasn't that hard.

mcg
Wed Nov 20 20:48:55 2019
New Day Rising

"Will it happen" on this site, I meant.

mcg
Wed Nov 20 21:01:35 2019
Waiting For The Light

Don't know what to think 'bout that one... Sort of a psychological/stubbornness game/test?

Gavin
Thu Nov 21 04:07:55 2019
New Day Rising

Mission 2 is available here in text form if that's what you mean.

mcg
Thu Nov 21 15:54:45 2019
New Day Rising

Thanks! Downloaded it already.

Gavin
Fri Nov 22 07:17:41 2019
New Day Rising

Thanks I've had no feedback at all on that

Steve
Sun Nov 24 17:50:00 2019
Nye's Song
Star - optimum ending reached

I had to cheat a bit to save the Endurance but it was a fun playing and had a unique atmosphere to the storyline. Thanks for the module.

Steve
Sun Nov 24 18:00:50 2019
Nye's Song
Star - optimum ending reached

Ah tricky :) I made it this time without cheating (but I did read a spoiler!)

ffproject
Sat Nov 30 09:14:18 2019
A Saint Beckons

A Saint Beckons

You half-collapse against an elm tree. The arrow head is still lodged deep in your thigh, throbs like the devil. Gritting your teeth, you stagger onwards through the dusky gloom, panting with tremendous effort. You lean against the bough of a sturdy oak, as if hoping to absorb its strength. Finally, too exhausted to go on, you give in to thoughts of a peaceful eternal sleep, away from this cold, brutal, hopeless world of woes...

Robert Douglas' historical gamebook is ready to play.

Robert Douglas
Sun Dec 1 01:34:17 2019
A Saint Beckons
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Damn, despite my knowing the true path - killed by my own gamebook!

Thanks for posting 'A Saint Beckons' on the website :)

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