Mage - I've now dealt with all the issues that you raised :

Short spear - fixed.
Disappearing crew - fixed.
Baron - fixed, by stopping you going anywhere near the Baron once you have defeated him (he isn't killed).
Stamina test - left alone, it's harsh admittedly but it's not essential.
Tower access - fixed.
Serpent dagger - I can't see anything wrong here. I suspect that you tried to use it when you already had the blessing (in which case it does nothing).

Thanks once again for providing such clear bug reports.

L0new0lf
Sat Nov 14 21:15:46 2015
A Shadow In The North
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Loved it, thanks

Gavin
Fri Nov 13 09:13:02 2015
Windhammer Competition

I read and liked the Grail Quest books but the joke got tired around the fifth book, with ridiculous multi-party combat.

Robert Douglas
Thu Nov 12 04:24:41 2015
Windhammer Competition

@ Andrew,
I remember those 'Choose your own Adventure', where the reader simply made choices - no dice, no scores, no attributes. Just choices. Would those be classed as IF? I'm also wondering if anybody ever read the Grail Quest series? It was a parody of King Arthur, Merlin, and his knights, with Pip being the player's character. I bought one from a second-hand bookshop years ago. It was a well-written and very tongue-in-cheek adventure. But both FF and Lone Wolf dominated the market so Grail Quest, Way of the Tiger, etc never really got a look in.

Andrew Wright
Thu Nov 12 03:31:08 2015
Windhammer Competition

IF means Interactive Fiction, which are basically old-school style text adventures. Hence their possible aversion to rules, dice-rolling, and, gasp, random events.

Robert Douglas
Wed Nov 11 17:06:16 2015
Windhammer Competition

I've also found some Windhammer gamebook reviews on the following link:

http://international.librojuegos.org

Robert Douglas
Wed Nov 11 16:27:15 2015
Windhammer Competition

@ Phil,
Well said, Phil. Certainly, I still have points to learn concerning grammar, doubtless there will be some or many throughout all my gamebooks. Saying that, I can forgive people their grammatical mistakes a thousand times over, yet one reviewer complaining AND making the same mistake is unforgivable.
There are times when a reviewer makes a fair point. I wanted to purchase the non-fiction book 'Waterloo' from Amazon and, curious, read some of the readers' reviews. One fellow actually pointed out some discrepancies in Bernard Cornwell's historical facts, and he seemed very sure of himself. Concerned, I got in touch with Bernard via his website (yes, anybody can write in to him and he does reply!) and raised awareness of such issues in a polite and respectful manner. His website agent got in touch with me and I explained again the points raised. He replied in due course confirming certain corrections would take place in future editions. Bernard doesn't make many mistakes, but to his credit he's always admitted to and apologised for them. Not that it really matters to me, as I've always enjoyed his stories. But the 'Waterloo' book was really about historical facts which I'm sure he wanted as correct as possible.

Phil Sadler
Wed Nov 11 09:28:45 2015
Windhammer Competition

I like this bit from his review about your grammar:

"there’s missing commas"

I think he means: "There ARE missing commas."

Robert Douglas
Wed Nov 11 04:46:14 2015
Windhammer Competition

@ Tammy,
I'd forgotten about Crumbly Heads gamebook reviews. Sorry you had a somewhat rough review of 'Thiathrow'.

Robert Douglas
Wed Nov 11 04:18:02 2015
Windhammer Competition

I've absolutely no idea what 'IF' is.

Tammy
Tue Nov 10 20:29:25 2015
Windhammer Competition

Finally. Well said, Andrew.

Andrew Wright
Tue Nov 10 03:49:44 2015
Windhammer Competition

Some interesting Windhammer 2015 reviews here:

https://heterogenoustasks.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/cyoa-structures-windhammer-2015/

I feel there's a big IF infiltration this year and a lot of tedious bitching about having to read rules and roll dice. I mean, is this a gamebook competition or what? If I want to read tedious prose there's oceans of bad fan fiction out there to wallow through. (Rant over) :-)

Tammy
Mon Nov 9 23:46:48 2015
Windhammer Competition

On Crumbly Heads Games website. He's reviewing a majority of the Windhammer entries.

http://www.crumblyheadgames.co.uk/

Robert Douglas
Mon Nov 9 23:31:40 2015
General Chat

@ Tammy,
Where is this review of your gamebook?

Yaztromo
Mon Nov 9 20:48:50 2015
Tales From The Bird Islands

Welcome, Rafael!!!
Enjoy this gamebook and, if you like, you can also contribute to writing it!

Rafael
Mon Nov 9 10:24:15 2015
Tales From The Bird Islands
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Hello. my name is Rafael I am from poland I am blind. This game book is very very suuuuuuuuper! Thanks

Robert Douglas
Sun Nov 8 21:38:32 2015
Total War

Aha...sorry about that, viewers, prank callers and all that...

Tammy
Sat Nov 7 23:52:48 2015
Total War

I need an expansion pack.

Tammy
Sat Nov 7 23:20:07 2015
General Chat

Read a review on my gamebook. I think I went too heavy on the curry powder this year. It's the spouts of EVIL!

*faints after taking a bite*

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