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Escape The Asylum
Gem Runner
A Princess Of Zamarra
A Saint Beckons
A Day In The Life
Rise Of The Night Creatures
New Day Rising
Bloodsworth Bayou
Golem Gauntlet
Shrine Of The Salamander
A Flame In The North
A Shadow In The North
Escape Neuburg Keep
Any Port In A Storm
Below Zero Point
Tales From The Bird Islands
The Ravages Of Fate
Nye's Song
A Knight's Trial
Return To G15-275
Devil's Flight
Above The Waves
The Curse Of Drumer
The Word Fell Silent
A Strange Week For King Melchion The Despicable
Sharkbait's Revenge
Tomb Of The Ancients
A Midwinter Carol
The Dead World
Waiting For The Light
Contractual Obligation
Garden Of Bones
The Hypertrout
The Golden Crate
In The Footsteps Of A Hero
Soul Tracker
Planet Of The Spiders
Beggars Of Blacksand
The Diamond Key
Wrong Way Go Back
Hunger Of The Wolf
Isle Of The Cyclops
The Cold Heart Of Chaos
The Black Lobster
Impudent Peasant!
Curse Of The Yeti
Bad Moon Rising
Riders Of The Storm
Bodies In The Docks
House Of Horror
Rebels Of The Dark Chasms
Midnight Deep
Lair Of The Troglodytes
Outsider!
The Trial Of Allibor's Tomb
Hellfire

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Mage
Mon Oct 18 01:26:47 2021
Waiting For The Light
Star - optimum ending reached
I still wish there's some kind of in-depth psychological analysis for this on the paths you choose. Interesting content, but it's hard to feel good about "winning" when one doesn't really understand why or how.

Mage
Mon Oct 18 02:27:09 2021
The Trial Of Allibor's Tomb
Star - optimum ending reached
Wow, this one took me several tries, even though I still had quite a bit of memory about the "true path". Starting with the Potion of Fortune is always a big bonus for this one.

Mage
Mon Oct 18 02:48:35 2021
A Strange Week For King Melchion The Despicable
Star - optimum ending reached
Always an entertaining read, no matter which of the many paths I take! :D

Mage
Mon Oct 18 04:22:38 2021
Sharkbait's Revenge
Comet - all challenges completed
Not bad, but a couple more LUCK bonuses to be gained would have been nice....

Mage
Mon Oct 18 05:44:23 2021
Rebels Of The Dark Chasms
Star - optimum ending reached
Am I right that 1 of the 2 paths in the very first section already leads to a delayed failure? Kind of a waste to devote so many sections to what looks like a doomed adventure. Also, the companions feature is interesting, but also a waste because the optimal/true path doesn't actually make use of them....

Mage
Mon Oct 18 05:52:36 2021
The Black Lobster
Star - optimum ending reached
This one wasn't hard to win, but I thought I'd try for the harder troll-slayer path....just barely made it! :D

Mage
Mon Oct 18 06:07:31 2021
Bad Moon Rising
Star - optimum ending reached
Easy....

Mage
Mon Oct 18 06:58:36 2021
Beggars Of Blacksand
Star - optimum ending reached
Very fun, but feels kind of underdeveloped. Or maybe there's just a bit too many red herrings that look interesting but don't really have any significance on the gameplay for plot. Still great fun.

Mage
Mon Oct 18 07:35:50 2021
Hellfire
Star - optimum ending reached
Woohoo! Completed once of the most difficult ones on the first day of my nostalgia trip. It can only get better, right...

Mage
Mon Oct 18 08:13:48 2021
House Of Horror
Star - optimum ending reached
Great prequel.

Mage
Mon Oct 18 09:21:50 2021
Isle Of The Cyclops
Comet - all challenges completed
Tales of Bird Island can't be completed, so I guess I'd have to make do with this one.

And after spending the last game trying to complete the Rich Challenge, I hereby nickname my hero the Island Hyena Hunter.

Mage
Mon Oct 18 09:56:08 2021
The Cold Heart Of Chaos
Star - optimum ending reached
And a short one to round out Day 1 of my nostalgia run here...

Although I think this one is more difficult than the "easy" rating that was assigned to it.

Ulysses
Mon Oct 18 11:33:14 2021
Lindenbaum Competition
Hi Stuart.

Good on you for resurrecting a gamebook writing competition - it's a really good way of encouraging this specised form of writing.

I just read the discussion above about feedback and voting during the Windhammer competition, and agree that having encoyraging and useful feedback is important.

I note that the rules for this year are set, but I'll add a couple of suggestions for the future:

1. Rather than just a voting system, a panel of experts (anyone who has actually written a gamebook) who provide feedback, with the voting used as a 'people's choice' award for the best entrant.
2. The Expert Panel can additionally choose winners for categories like: 'Most Adventuresome', 'Funniest', 'Best Under 30 Chapters', etc. Whatever you think is best to encourage.

Mage
Tue Oct 19 01:58:33 2021
Bodies In The Docks
Star - optimum ending reached
Finally! Took me way too many tries and I needed max values for most of my stats to barely scrape out a win! The lack of healing/restoration (even Doctors have a very tight limit on his First Aid skill) and the fact that most opponents have highly-inflated STAMINA compared to the average gamebook, AND the fact that you always encounter enemies in pairs, really ramps up the difficulty level. Even with Max SKILL and combat bonuses from Knife usage, there's way too many opportunities for opponents to get lucky on the dice and whittle down your STAMINA in a single battle (and leaving you weak to later fights without the chance to heal up).

Mage
Tue Oct 19 02:08:22 2021
Hunger Of The Wolf
Star - optimum ending reached
Nice prequel for Scorpion Swamp.

Mage
Tue Oct 19 02:13:25 2021
Impudent Peasant!
Star - optimum ending reached
Short and sweet.

Mage
Tue Oct 19 02:46:29 2021
Midnight Deep
Star - optimum ending reached
Enjoyed this, but still wish this could have had 3 different successful endings in accordance with the 3 alignment paths that you can choose in the beginning.

Mage
Tue Oct 19 03:01:16 2021
Curse Of The Yeti
Star - optimum ending reached
Refreshing not having to deal with being screwed by the dice.

Mage
Tue Oct 19 03:23:17 2021
Riders Of The Storm
Star - optimum ending reached
And done with the sequel!

Mage
Tue Oct 19 03:40:43 2021
Shrine Of The Salamander
Star - optimum ending reached
Ah, this is one I can always get back to. Once you find out which are the most useful spells, the win-rate is close to 100%, even with minimal stats.

And it's the last of the books that I'm fairly familiar with. The rest of my nostalgia playthroughs will likely take much longer...