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Post by hynreck on Nov 21, 2017 17:50:56 GMT
Just to tell you all that well-known gamebook author Jonathan Green has a new Kickstarter going on:
The project is slightly struggling at the moment, failing to garner awareness, so if you like all-things gamebooky, and like what Mr. Green has produced before, go ahead and encourage him with this, I doubt you will regret it. He's always reliable, hard-working, and very imaginative.
So go ahead and at the very least, pay his page a visit and read about the proposal, why not? And have fun.
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Post by offm on Nov 22, 2017 18:01:38 GMT
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Post by hynreck on Nov 22, 2017 19:36:08 GMT
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing!
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Post by hynreck on Nov 30, 2017 13:49:53 GMT
Funded, as you can see above. And still a little bit of time to make it even better!
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Post by zxcvbn on Nov 24, 2019 15:19:24 GMT
just got this. which is the best hero to play if I have not tried the ACE gamebooks before?
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Post by Jon Green on Sept 19, 2020 21:25:23 GMT
Funded, as you can see above. And still a little bit of time to make it even better! Think you know Peter Pan? Think again! #FlashSale for #InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay, NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters! Pirates vs dinosaurs vs the end of the world... #acegamebook #PETERPAN #neverland #gamebooks
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jul 3, 2021 2:36:32 GMT
Discuss the third book in the range here.
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Post by stevendoig on Mar 27, 2023 18:05:53 GMT
Thought I may as well resume my 'six shotties' playthroughs of these books. 1st shot - Wendy (picked beast and plant lore skills) I wished away the sea monster, wrote some crabs out of the story, found a cutlass and then tried to run from a velociraptor because he looked scary. He ate me.
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Post by stevendoig on Mar 27, 2023 20:07:47 GMT
2nd shot - Wendy again Went inland this time and that was the right thing to do. Made friends with Peter pan and tiger lily and went on a quest for a stone. I ended up finding two but that didn't seem to matter. After a strange Diversion with some Morlocks, a volcano and captain hook I made it through to the end.!! Like the last two books, it is very well written and well (if sparsely) illustrated, but unfortunately it's just not really interesting me at all!! However, I still have 4 shotties left, so I will play as Peter Pan tommorow night and see how different it is.
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Post by stevendoig on Mar 28, 2023 18:05:44 GMT
3rd shot. Peter pan
Obviously it starts off differently, but very soon becomes closely tied to Wendy's story (which was a bit boring)
I went for a different stone this time and met a giant gorilla (which was nice)
My endurance got hammered throughout, but I had plenty of opportunities to restore it.
Poor tiger lily presumably dies in this playthrough (same as with Wendy's) - but she's getting her turn next!
Mr Green was perhaps too generous with letting me have Ten uses of my Flight skill as I used it a lot and it was never to my disadvantage.
Anyway, I won again!!!
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Post by stevendoig on Mar 28, 2023 18:53:50 GMT
4th shot - tiger lily
Ok, started off differently enough at some ruins, but soon converged with the usual stuff. After going after one 9f the stones I then realised that tiger lily (probably) didnt die during my last playthroughs.
However she did this time as me and her steed, Fang, fell into some lava....
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Post by stevendoig on Mar 28, 2023 20:03:39 GMT
5th shot - tiger lily again.
Not much variation, though I knew the herioglyphic skill would be handy so I chose that one.
Found an error where I was supposed to be aware of a pirate attack, but I wasn't there at the time!
Said my goodbyes to Pan and Wendy and had a very nice wee ending.
Success again!
Last shottie with captain hook tommorow!
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Post by stevendoig on Mar 29, 2023 7:36:37 GMT
Final shottie - Captain Hook.
NOW this playthrough was much better. It was interesting seeing the story from the bad guys side
However, I tried to be as good as the book would let me and successfully maintained a low mutiny score.
I won't give too much away, but I was actually VERY surprised by what happened towards the end of the playthrough and was very satisfied by the ending.
Yes, I won again...
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Post by stevendoig on Mar 29, 2023 7:41:14 GMT
Quick conclusion. I suppose you truly have to be a big fan of Peter pan to get the most out of this book. The beginning and end of each characters playthroughs are obviously different but the rest is extremely linear. The art is good - though the picture depicting the Hook/Pan fight isn't! An OK read, but I think I've seen everything
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Post by CharlesX on May 27, 2024 15:02:00 GMT
Been playing as Captain Hook, this is a fun book.
Did notice a couple of errors on my Kindle App: Reference 72 the option to use Beast Lore, the number link doesn't work (if you click on the link, it takes you to the next reference 73, rather than the given reference 145, the former references events very much elsewhere in the book) Reference 195 the Hook symbol means you are supposed to add 20 to the reference if you are playing as Captain Hook, if you click on the link it takes you +10 instead to reference 205 which references others parts of the book
Thought this was among Jon Green's better books, the difficulty level seemed about right and it was thrilling without being dark or excessive.
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