Thank you that was my intention :)

Surprised you didn't comment on the plot twist, which is familiar to many people from a particular franchise but more relevant to the purpose here it was used in a book called Scaramouche. Though it was probably used by cavr people in between fighting cannibal tribes and beasts and going on quests for fire and that.

bcyy
Thu Jan 23 14:24:56 2025
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Which one?

SPOILER

END SPOILER

I'm afraid I've watched so much Return of the Jedi that it doesn't register that much...

Gavin
Thu Jan 23 16:48:40 2025
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That's it, I hope I subverted it

bcyy
Wed Jan 29 14:32:36 2025
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Oh no you don't!
You don't subvert the original trilogy, the original trilogy retroactively subverts YOU!

XD

Seriously though, you write much better than the script writers of The Acolyte. Not sure if that counts as a compliment, just stating a fact.

Gavin
Thu Jan 30 17:02:01 2025
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Nice to know I'm better than the creators of apparently the worst Star Wars media ever. I like to tell myself that I'm 17 times better of an author than the guy who invented Conan.

bcyy
Fri Jan 31 13:58:37 2025
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Again, just stating a fact - I don't mean to compare you to them or anything.

Which Conan? The Barbarian, or Case Closed? Howard or Aoyama?

Gavin
Sat Feb 1 00:02:10 2025
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Hah I'm only familiar with Bob Howard's Conan though I'm aware there's a manga one.

The comment about being 17 times better of a writer than Bob is too morbid to explain here. Day in the Life is the closest I'll ever come to writing about it.

Anonymous
Sat Feb 1 07:55:58 2025
Below Zero Point

Good level of difficulty and interesting story. Recommend for other readers

Stuart Lloyd
Sun Feb 2 08:24:57 2025
Lindenbaum Competition

Entries are now being accepted for the 2024/2025 Lindenbaum competition. The deadline is 25th February 2025, 5pm GMT.

Gaetano
Thu Feb 13 18:52:47 2025
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@ Gavin

You're referring to THE Robert E. Howard, the creator of the original Conan? If so, I can only hope your comment was tongue-in-cheek. (And did he ever go by "Bob"? That's rather familiar for a writer who died nearly a century ago).

Gavin
Sat Feb 15 07:18:29 2025
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I'm not explaining 17 times better it's too morbid. Bob is what they call him in the biopic film Whole Wide World, along with Wake in Fright these are the only two genuinely frightening films I've ever seen. Like (apparently) Jerry Cantrell with Rooster they came too close.

Durbidalla
Wed Feb 19 11:30:14 2025
Gamebooks

Hey. I have been thinking about writing a gamebook myself. I already have the main lines and the twists in mind. It'd be of course one set in the continent of Allansia, on an isolated overhanging recess in the Lion Heights, far enough from Kharnek to not have experienced destruction like it. It enjoys a temperate micro climate.

Synopsis: "You are a human deserter from an armed confederation of hamlets of the plains of Bronze. Tired of being a puppet to the political machinations of the kinglets, you took advantage of an important courrier mission to make your escape. Your concern to shake off the squadron of your pursuer, the persistent and highly capable seneschal Harsenf, lead you towards an isolated town located in the Lion Heights. Unbeknowst to you, you have become a pawn in the intrigues of an order of warring Maenads. Their prosperous but unstable society revolves around keeping Bakrys drunk, the high-ranked demon who conquered their land long ago. Your timing is most unfortunate because it is the night of Shekka's Moon...
Can you find any trustworthy ally among the Maenads? Will you be able to finally get rid of Harsenf? But most importantly, can you survive a land tainted by the powerful spirit of Bakrys?"

Ulysses
Sun Feb 23 09:52:00 2025
Gamebooks

@Durbidalla

Sounds interesting. Looking forward to seeing more.

ffproject
Sun Feb 23 14:45:47 2025
News

I've had another play with AI art, this time using ImageFX. There are now illustrations for Impudent Peasant!, Wrong Way Go Back, Garden Of Bones and Bloodsworth Bayou. The technology has moved on since I last tried this, and these are pretty good.

A.E.Johnston
Thu Feb 27 06:01:53 2025
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Just managed to submit my gamebook for the 2025 Lindenbaum Competition for 2025- It is "Scopes" and quite a difference from the last gamebook I submitted.

I cannot recommend GBAT Gamebook Authoring Tool enough! Is a super useful tool!

bcyy
Fri Feb 28 15:58:11 2025
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Come on, Gavin! Give us a clue!
Does it have anything to do with his death?

Stuart Lloyd
Fri Feb 28 16:35:29 2025
Lindenbaum Competition

Entries to the 2024/2025 Lindenbaum competition are closed.
We have had 16 entries this year!
The entries will be available on the 10th March.

Durbidalla
Sun Mar 2 17:56:40 2025
Gamebooks

I have thought of another adventure, but I will have to choose one of them to focus one.

Title: The Azurean Horde
Synopsis: Unexplainable events of great magnitude are happening in Northern Allansia. The storm God Suhk is furious, unleash terrible thunderstorms, wrecking havoc upon crops and causing scarcity of food. Besides, the blue dragons, ordinarily confined to the skies, are pushed away from their habitual habitat. The clergy of Salamonis have noticed a worrisome detail, as their contacts with the mountainous temple of Totenchak have abruptly ceased. Nearby it, the fearsome Popess of the Sky Demons was sealed in eternal glaciers, during the war of the wizards. The sages of Salamonis fear that order of the Azurean Horde, an once disbanded secret society at her service, is near to resurrect her. Not only would Allansia experience a general rarefaction of oxygen, but the legions of the Popess, exiled in the highest sky spheres, would claim the land as their own. Only you, a powerful warring exorcist, can set off to Totenchak and avert another critical threat to the world...

Which adventure would you prefer? I have a preference for this one, personally. I have already in mind the two correct paths and the wild goose path leading to a game over.

Durbidalla
Sun Mar 2 19:44:20 2025
Gamebooks

For this one, I thought of a Faith system. Since you are an exorcist fighting a demonic faction nestled in the depths of the Totenchak temple, faith is a factor as important as the blessed artifacts you use or magic. It is different of luck, which will be tested only as you face perils not related to encounters. You throw two dice. Only once per request. If they both have a score superior to 3, you have enough faith to overwhelm an enemy trying to unleash a curse, charm you or thwart your attempt at exorcism. Thanks to this, you sometimes defeat a foe without having to draw your sword. Failure in Faith test can result in stamina loss, or against the main antagonists high-priestess Fehedra and Mebari, the Duke of the Lower Celestial Sphere, death.

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