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Post by tyrion on Dec 12, 2020 20:04:27 GMT
I've recently been really enjoying the gothic horror ff books (Martin's vampire books, Stephen Hand's books) and was wondering if there are any other gamebooks out now in a similar vein? Apparently Jonathan Green has got a Dracula book out next year, but are there any available now?
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kieran
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Post by kieran on Dec 12, 2020 22:21:24 GMT
Dave Morris' Crypt of the Vampire? JH Brennan did a couple of horror themed books too.
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Post by vastariner on Dec 13, 2020 0:09:44 GMT
There are the Cthulhu CYOA-style gamebooks that have just come out. There were also a couple of Cthulhuesque books in the mid-1980s under the Forbidden Gateway banner.
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Post by Pete Byrdie on Dec 13, 2020 21:03:13 GMT
If something a bit more naughty is your thing, I recently read on kindle a bit of interactive 'erotica' that has a pretty dark flavour. No stats or dice rolling. And I don't know to what extent this is a family forum so I won't name it, but you can message me.
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Post by offm on Dec 15, 2020 16:31:53 GMT
You can always take a go at Mark Lain's amateur adventure Legacy of the Vampire here: linkit's adventure number 6. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Dec 16, 2020 0:54:15 GMT
I have no series additional suggestions. Hynreck (what's happened to him? he's been silent for a year) wrote some pretty substantial reviews of the JH Brennan Horror Classics books in the Other Minor Gamebook Series section if of interest.
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Post by offm on Dec 16, 2020 10:51:04 GMT
Print from reading mode on a smartphone, using mint browser of the start of legacy of the vampire. Sent from my Neffos C9s using proboards Attachments:
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Post by tyrion on Dec 16, 2020 20:16:59 GMT
I'll give those a try (except maybe the naughty ones). Thanks for your help.
I remember reading JH Brennans Dracula and Frankenstein when I was a mere lad, but they seem to go for a fair bit on eBay.
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Post by nathanh on Dec 17, 2020 22:12:33 GMT
I haven't read it, but I remembered seeing a gamebook that might fit the requirements so I had a search for it. It's called Nightshift by Victoria Hancox. It seems to have very good reviews on Amazon. Has anyone played this?
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Post by The Count on Dec 18, 2020 2:55:09 GMT
If something a bit more naughty is your thing, I recently read on kindle a bit of interactive 'erotica' that has a pretty dark flavour. No stats or dice rolling. And I don't know to what extent this is a family forum so I won't name it, but you can message me. Anyone intrigued by these and thinking of googling them - DON'T as you get some pretty disturbing results... |
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Post by The Count on Dec 18, 2020 3:06:52 GMT
I haven't read it, but I remembered seeing a gamebook that might fit the requirements so I had a search for it. It's called Nightshift by Victoria Hancox. It seems to have very good reviews on Amazon. Has anyone played this? If thats one of the "nicer" efforts I found on my google search, it seems to be a CYOA about being a prostitute - so some very unsavoury content is probable. I didn't want to look into it any further, especially as it was #26 out of #30 on one list and after checking for info about the first few, I didn't want to look into any more, so could be wrong. |
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Post by kieran on Dec 18, 2020 10:10:07 GMT
I haven't read it, but I remembered seeing a gamebook that might fit the requirements so I had a search for it. It's called Nightshift by Victoria Hancox. It seems to have very good reviews on Amazon. Has anyone played this? I've given it a pretty brief go - and yes, it's very creepy! |
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Post by kieran on Dec 18, 2020 10:12:46 GMT
I haven't read it, but I remembered seeing a gamebook that might fit the requirements so I had a search for it. It's called Nightshift by Victoria Hancox. It seems to have very good reviews on Amazon. Has anyone played this? If thats one of the "nicer" efforts I found on my google search, it seems to be a CYOA about being a prostitute - so some very unsavoury content is probable. I didn't want to look into it any further, especially as it was #26 out of #30 on one list and after checking for info about the first few, I didn't want to look into any more, so could be wrong. Think you have the wrong book! In Nightshift, you play a nurse trapped in a hospital that is infested with demons. |
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Post by vagsancho on Dec 18, 2020 19:54:54 GMT
[/a] Hynreck (what's happened to him? he's been silent for a year) [/div][/quote] I do not know if it is accurate but I have heard somewhere that he is studying now to become a priest. I hope that is right. We need a lot of those in this moment in this world. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Dec 19, 2020 9:21:34 GMT
Hynreck (what's happened to him? he's been silent for a year) I do not know if it is accurate but I have heard somewhere that he is studying now to become a priest. I hope that is right. We need a lot of those in this moment in this world. Well that seems unlikely, but as it's coming from you I won't question it for a second. Don't you think that (on your view) his lack of philosophy in favour of science is a problem for the career in the priesthood though?
Hynreck? Ow i know him a little bit... A mathemathic.. A logic man... A great man of sciences.. No philosophy though. |
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Post by Pete Byrdie on Dec 21, 2020 16:23:16 GMT
If something a bit more naughty is your thing, I recently read on kindle a bit of interactive 'erotica' that has a pretty dark flavour. No stats or dice rolling. And I don't know to what extent this is a family forum so I won't name it, but you can message me. Anyone intrigued by these and thinking of googling them - DON'T as you get some pretty disturbing results... Yeah, be careful! There are many CYOA type things for kindle that, as far as I'm concerned, contravene Amazon's own rules. I'd never suggest any of those, but I recently finished one mostly set in an old house with a supernatural menace which I found interesting and thought would have been more fun as a straight CYOA or gamebook (depending on how you define those things). But, I'm a folklore nerd, and there were several references to folklore that I enjoyed. Also, it made me laugh in places. |
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Feb 4, 2021 22:21:22 GMT
There's Dane Barrett's The Mystery of Dracula. You seen that? Very puzzle orientated though, rather than focussed on role-playing or branching paths.
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Post by tyrion on Feb 26, 2021 19:42:39 GMT
I think I'll get that mystery of Dracula next.
I've just got the demon sorcerer by D L Lewis. The premise is similar to dead of night, you are a demon hunter and can choose from a list of special skills. The mission is to destroy a demon and there is a map to follow. The atmosphere is very similar to dead of night, and I would actually say the illustrations are better. There is even a horde of demons attack at an inn.
The end game is better developed, i.e. the demons lair has more to explore. probably need to map it out, I've not completed it yet, but it looks good so far.
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