[projectaon] Re: Question about the Beaver releases.
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- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 09:03:10 +0100
Andrew
The Jackson/Livingstone is Clash of the Princes.
There was also the DuelMaster series (only 4 in the series that I am aware
of) by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson who were also responsible for the Way of
the Tiger series.
Fred
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Subject: [projectaon] Re: Question about the Beaver releases.
Thanks for that. The 2 player option for a gamebook is a rare game system.
The only other instance that comes to mind is that I think that
Jackson/Livingstone may have tried it in a one-off book but the title is
just a vague book cover somewhere in the 1980's.
I spent the 1980's reading just about every gamebook on the planet. I
borrowed from libraries so I don't have many copies. I didn't read that many
Lone Wolf books because by chance it was the last series that I found before
I became too busy with study [Macbeth etc all of the dreadful stuff that you
are forced to study in high school etc..ugh] . I liked Lone Wolf. I did.
Some verdicts I say this having read A LOT of gamebooks in the 1980's.
You would shudder if you knew how many hours I spent.
Best gamebook: Warlock of Firetop Mountain [Jackson/Livingstone] .
Meeting "Wifey" in the canal should be an essential part of every gamer's
experience :)
Most original Game system: Legends of Skyfall series. Coin tossing and you
can solve each book without a single fight if you use
imagination/intelligence. Honourable mentions go to the Falcon Series with
its hero points, and that series of Starlight adventures that involved what
star sign someone was. Lone Wolf also gets a mention - a random number table
is pretty good.
Best gamebook monster: Ganjees from Citadel of Chaos. Those critters...:)
Best ending: Creature of Havoc.
Most disappointing series: Brennan's Firewolf advanced gamebooks. Tacky
combat system. Boring plots. Honourable[?] mention goes to the Kirillian
series that was stupid.
Most educational series: that Greek historical series whose name I have
forgotten where you chose a Greek deity patron.
Andrew
Andrew
On 15/09/2013 1:03 AM, O'Toole, Laurence (2000) wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> [Combat Heroes]
>> There were 4?
> Yes, although it might help to think of them as two pairs, rather than
four separate books. If you have your book (Scarlet Sorcerer) and Emerald
Enchanter, then you can play a 2-player game with a friend. Ditto Black
Baron and White Warlord. But each book also has a self-contained solo
adventure.
>
>> So Joe gave you the rights to cover some things like that outside of
>> Lone Wolf?
> Yes. Aside from the above, the licence also explicitly covers a few
> other things like the Grey Star adventures (under the title 'World of
> Lone Wolf') and the Freeway Warrior series (although only the first of
> these has been released so far.)
>
> I *think* everything is listed on the 'Books' page:
> http://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Books
>
> Cerulean
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