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Post by Peter on Jun 8, 2024 6:30:26 GMT
For Q7, I did think of Space Assassin, ref 381. Although the illustration does not face the page, it is specifically referred to in ref 381. And although it looks like a diagram, it is specifically referred to as a map. "Turn to the back of the book and you will see a map of the area". And there is nothing else on the page, so it is a full-page illustration.
To me, this is a very cunning answer, and entirely within the rules. Would it have been allowed?
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 8, 2024 16:48:52 GMT
This is an idea partly inspired from the round hosted by hallucination and his limited list of eligible books:
Tribute to the Departed Edition
This round of questions will primarily focus on books that fulfils at least one of the below conditions:
1) Written by Keith Martin (Legend of Zagor is counted as one of them for this round)
2) Internal illustration by Russ Nicholson OR Martin McKenna OR Kevin Bulmer
3) Cover art by Chris Achilleos
(If there are any other contributing FF authors or artists who had departed but are not included here, this is not meant as a slight or disrespect to them, I'm simply unaware of their passing. Admittedly, I did not do extensive research on the matter, especially with regards to the artists, most of which I do not know much about.)
In this round, answers MUST be picked from the range books that fulfil one of the conditions listed above. The only exception is Question 10, where you are allowed to pick answers from outside this range, but there is a still an (optional) bonus condition attached to the departed contributors.
(There's a good chance that some of the questions below may have been done before - a couple of them felt somewhat familiar - but now with a more limited range of books to hopefully increase the challenge level.)
1. Identify a full-page internal illustration that features a single solitary female character or creature as the only visible living being in the picture.
2. Name a character whose name you need to identify and know its spelling in order to solve a puzzle in the book (it does not have to be a mandatory puzzle).
3. Name a book in which there are multiple sections where you battle the same creature with its SKILL and STAMINA clearly listed. The stats do not have to be the same, but the enemy MUST be the exact same being. Please provided at least 2 of the relevant section numbers.
4. Identify a full-page internal illustration that features a creature with ONLY one eye.
5. Name a book in which the PC gets to casts a spell. Identify the spell and relevant section number.
6. Identify a full-page internal illustration that features a character/creature wearing a cowl/hood or mask.
7. Name a book in which the PC does not start the adventure with exactly 10 meals of provisions.
8. Name a book in which there is at least 1 full-page internal illustrations that feature the exact same character(s) or creature(s) as shown on its Puffin edition cover art. There cannot be additional characters/creature on either one that is not on the other. Provide the relevant section number associated with the illustrations.
9. Identify a full-page internal illustration that features a ghoul. BONUS CONDITION: If you pick a correct and unique answer illustrated by Russ Nicholson, you get to deduct 1 point from your total score.
10. Martin Martin McKenna contributed new cover arts for a lot of the books reprinted by Wizard Books. Name one of these books which had cover art done by different artist(s) in the Puffin edition. BONUS CONDITION: You may pick books that are outside the range contributed by the above-listed departed members for this (and only this) question, but if you do pick a book within the range and score a correct unique answer, you get to deduct 1 point from your total score.
Kindly submit your answers before 15 June 2024, 6 p.m. BST, approximately 1 week from now.
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Post by Per on Jun 8, 2024 18:05:22 GMT
For Q7, I did think of Space Assassin, ref 381. Although the illustration does not face the page, it is specifically referred to in ref 381. And although it looks like a diagram, it is specifically referred to as a map. "Turn to the back of the book and you will see a map of the area". And there is nothing else on the page, so it is a full-page illustration. To me, this is a very cunning answer, and entirely within the rules. Would it have been allowed? It's about 96% likely it would not have been allowed. First, that section already has an illustration opposite, and second, I view the instruction to check the map 'n' sheet at the end of the book as something along the lines of "consult the map before making your decision" or "check your Adventure Sheet for Skill, Stamina and Luck" - it doesn't necessarily make those things illustrations for any and all paragraphs that reference them. This round of questions will primarily focus on books that fulfils at least one of the below conditions: 1) Written by Keith Martin (Legend of Zagor is counted as one of them for this round) 2) Internal illustration by Russ Nicholson OR Martin McKenna OR Kevin Bulmer 3) Cover art by Chris Achilleos I assume this is out of the selection of main line FF gamebooks, so no Goldhawk, Trolltooth Wars or Heart of Ice or anything?
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 9, 2024 1:38:16 GMT
I assume this is out of the selection of main line FF gamebooks, so no Goldhawk, Trolltooth Wars or Heart of Ice or anything? That would be correct.
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Post by hallucination on Jun 9, 2024 5:55:49 GMT
And just for clarity: there is no rule against naming the same book more than once in our set of answers? (Unlike the last few rounds)
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 9, 2024 6:15:22 GMT
And just for clarity: there is no rule against naming the same book more than once in our set of answers? (Unlike the last few rounds) Nope, none (I originally considered putting that as another overall bonus condition, but decided not to).
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Post by Per on Jun 9, 2024 11:47:34 GMT
And also is there a backup answer rule, and if so, exactly how does it function? (You mentioned in one of your other contests that you had picked the second out of a contestant's three answers for a question.)
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 10, 2024 2:39:32 GMT
And also is there a backup answer rule, and if so, exactly how does it function? (You mentioned in one of your other contests that you had picked the second out of a contestant's three answers for a question.) Not sure which case you're referring to, but thus far, "second answers" I've received have mostly been a result of me realizing that my question needed more clarification when I received the first answers and therefore allowed for a replacement. For this round, I've decided that I won't be asking for replacement answers. If players are unsure whether their answer qualify, they are free to ask for clarification before submitting answers. If they submit an answer that I feel wasn't what I was really asking for, I will just judge on a case-by-case basis whether they are acceptable. EDIT: Answers received from trialmaster, petch and evilwizard. Thank you for the submissions!
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kieran
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Post by kieran on Jun 10, 2024 15:36:59 GMT
Re Q3, would that include scenarios where there are two mutually exclusive sections where you can fight the same enemy, or is it only situations where you battle an enemy in one section, the battle gets interrupted somehow, and then you finish them off on a different section?
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 11, 2024 1:41:49 GMT
Re Q3, would that include scenarios where there are two mutually exclusive sections where you can fight the same enemy, or is it only situations where you battle an enemy in one section, the battle gets interrupted somehow, and then you finish them off on a different section? No restrictions on this, just needs to be 2 section in the same book where you are fighting the same being. Can be exclusive sections, can be interrupted combat, can be separate encounters with the same being on the same path. Answers received from Wildy. Thank you for the submission.
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 12, 2024 3:20:33 GMT
Answers received from vastariner. Thank you!
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 13, 2024 6:07:21 GMT
Answers received from Per. Thank you!
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Post by Peter on Jun 13, 2024 10:35:08 GMT
I've been inactive! Just seen this. I will try to get some answers in.
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 14, 2024 2:58:21 GMT
Answers received from kieran. Thank you!
That's 7 sets of answers received. Less than 2 days remaining!
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 15, 2024 1:37:55 GMT
Answers received from sylas. Thank you!
8 sets of answers received, less than 24 hours remain for the others to get theirs in!
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 15, 2024 11:31:37 GMT
Answers received from Peter, and Peter's wife. Thank you!
That's 10 sets, not a bad number. But will there be more? Less than 4 hours to go!
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 16, 2024 2:18:38 GMT
Final set of answers received from hallucination. Scores coming soon...
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 16, 2024 3:29:31 GMT
1. Identify a full-page internal illustration that features a single solitary female character or creature as the only visible living being in the picture.
Deathmoor section 83 (Hag) - trialmaster, kieran (2) Freeway Fighter section 34 (thug's accomplice) - Wildy, vastariner (2) Howl of the Werewol section 442 (Spider-Queen) - petch (1) Chasms of Malice section 112 (Crossbow-woman) - evilwizard (1) Masks of Mayhem section 56 (farmer's wife) - Per (1) Eye of the Dragon section 254 (witch) - sylas (1) The Citadel of Chaos section 292 (Lucretia Dire) - Peter (1) Moonrunner section 385 (Argolis) - Peter's wife (1) The Citadel of Chaos section 90 (washer woman) - hallucination (1)
Even with the limited range of books and the additional restriction of only 1 female being allowed in the picture, there's no lack of available answers for this one. There are still a couple of unlucky clashes, and quite a lot of unpicked possible answers. This was actually a relatively late addition to my question lists. With a few of the departed contributors having much fewer contributions to the series than others, I made some attempts increase the likelihood of their involvement. Kevin Bulmer's sole contribution being Freeway Fighter meant that I spend a bit of time looking through it to see if there might be a question that would bring a higher likelihood of answers being picked from there without making it too obvious (setting a question that asks for pictures of cars would certainly make it too obvious). When I noticed that there are in fact 3 pictures of individual females in the book, which is higher than average compared to most FFs, I set this question even though I can recall something similar being set the previous round.
As it turns out, answers have in fact being taken from this book. Unfortunately, the 2 players who did so went for the same one.
There are certainly plenty of available answers remaining. Even just from the books that have already been picked we still have: Serpensa (Howl of the Werewolf), Amber, Doom Dog member (Freeway Fighter), Morgana (Masks of Mayhem), Whirlwind thing (Citadel of Chaos), Professor Heldenghast (Moonrunner), old woman in Apothecary (Chasms of Malice)...
2. Name a character whose name you need to identify and know its spelling in order to solve a puzzle in the book (it does not have to be a mandatory puzzle).
Caltarelair (Island of the Undead, identify Master of Earth) - Wildy, vastariner (2) Ifor Tynin (Masks of Mayhem, identify traitor) - Per, Peter (2) Tasrin (Tower of Destruction, trigger use of fire-resistance ring) - trialmaster (1) Inglenook (Night of the Necromancer, Spook possession) - petch (1) Cohsturre (Legend of Zagor, to use Green Crystal key) - evilwizard (1) Ralsteen (Island of the Undead, gain extra gift from hermit) - kieran (1) Unthank (Night of the Necromancer, answer Death's riddle) - sylas (1) Zuqurulm (Legend of Zagor, gain healer's help) - Peter's wife (1) Shiversprite (Howl of the Werewolf, banish winter elemental) - hallucination
The "convert alphabets in a word to numbers and add them up" puzzle originated from Keith Martin's books and was most enthusiastically embraced by Jonathan Green as well, and since the latter also favoured Martin McKenna as his go-to illustrator for his works, there is once again a wide variety of answers available even with the limited book range (there's a long list of answers available just from Night of the Necromancer alone). I doubt it'll surprise anyone I picked this question precisely because it's one of Keith Martin's signature mechanisms, but I was also particularly curious to see how many players would go for answers from books that are not by Martin or Green. Once again 2 players attempted what I was looking out for, but went for the exact same one (Ifor Tynin). Admittedly, there probably aren't a lot of answers from that range. I can only recall one other personally: identifying Pengarl as the murderer in Deathmoor. Nobody went for that.
For 2 straight questions in a row, Wildy and vastariner had the exact same idea, unfortunately placing them both at the bottom of the rankings for now. Coincidence, or truly like minds? We'll find out...
Current scoreboard:
petch, evilwizard, sylas, Peter's wife, hallucination - 2 trialmaster, kieran, Per, Peter - 3 Wildy, vastariner - 4
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 16, 2024 4:36:02 GMT
3. Name a book in which there are multiple sections where you battle the same creature with its SKILL and STAMINA clearly listed. The stats do not have to be the same, but the enemy MUST be the exact same being. Please provided at least 2 of the relevant section numbers.
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (Zagor) - vastariner, Per, kieran, Peter, hallucination (5) Dead of Night (Abomination) - trialmaster (1) Magehunter (Bird of Prodigious Size) - petch (1) Master of Chaos (Naas/Dark Elf) - evilwizard (1) Curse of the Mummy (Akharis) - sylas (1) Return to Firetop Mountain (Ogre) - Peter's wife (1)
Invalid Answer: Kazanid Guard (Daggers of Darkness) - Wildy (12)
Well, Wildy and vastariner did not clash here. Unfortunately, neither did better! Our first major pile-up this round, with 5 players thinking that the first Big Boss fight of FF may be the one avoided by everyone else, no doubt through some complex reverse-reverse-reverse-reverse-to-infinity psychological reasoning.
We also have the first invalid answer for this round, as I've stated that the opponent has to be the exact same being, and the Kazanid Guard combats referenced by Wildy are almost definitely 2 different guards stationed in 2 different regions altogether. Wildy did ask me for confirmation in his submission PM, but unfortunately, he did so after I'd already stated in the thread that questions for clarifications are to be asked before the submissions, and that I would not allow for substitute answers once I judge the submitted once to be wrong.
In my previous questions, players can pick different illustrations/name from the same book without clashing with each other, but for this question, the underlined answer is to name the book, so I was looking to see if players may clash over the same book with different enemies. That did not happen here, however: the only clashes here are all over the exact same opponent as well as book.
Other possible answers off the top of my head include: Revenge of the Vampire (Reiner, Katarina and one of the witches), Moonrunner (Conrad the Maniac Guard, Obsidian Predator), The Citadel of Chaos (Balthus Dire, Black Elf, Gark), Vault of the Vampire (Minor Thassalos), Magehunter (the genie)....
4. Identify a full-page internal illustration that features a creature with ONLY one eye.
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain section 193 (Iron Cyclops) - vastariner, Peter (2) Curse of the Mummy section 372 (Cyclops) - sylas, Peter's wife (2) Moonrunner section 144 (Shocker) - trialmaster (1) Armies of Death section 252 (dwarf on the left w/ eyepatch) - petch (1) Eye of the Dragon section 126 (Cyclops) - evilwizard (1) Night of the Necromancer (Bertild) - Wildy (1) Chasms of Malice section 112 (crossbow-woman with eye-patch) - Per (1) Temple of Terror section 152 (Eye Stinger) - kieran (1) Deathmoor section 1 (random eye-patched guy in tavern) - hallucination (1)
trialmaster admitted that he went for a "safe" answer because he had doubts about whether characters with eye-patches are acceptable answers. As a matter of fact, I did intend for those to be acceptable, and as you can see several players made use of that to gain a unique answer. The clashes here don't surprise me too much, since out of the "safe" answers the Cyclops (iron or otherwise) is something that would most obviously come to mind when you look at the question, and evilwizard was the only one who managed to pick one of those without clashing with anyone.
Like Question 1, this is also one of the late additions that I chose to while looking through works of the less prominent contributors, in this case Temple of Terror (cover art by Chris Achilleos) without making it too obvious. I'm glad that for once a player picked an answer from one of the sources of my idea (Eye Stinger) without clashing with anyone. Another creature from that book that contributed to that idea is the Night Horror, which no one picked up.
vastariner continues to be the only one who has yet to land on a unique answer, while petch and evilwizard take the lead as the only ones who have yet to clash with anyone thus far.
Current scoreboard:
petch, evilwizard - 4 sylas, Peter's wife, trialmaster - 5 hallucination - 8 kieran, Per - 9 Peter - 10 vastariner - 11 Wildy - 17
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Post by Wildy on Jun 16, 2024 9:34:54 GMT
Well, Wildy and vastariner did not clash here. Unfortunately, neither did better! Our first major pile-up this round, with 5 players thinking that the first Big Boss fight of FF may be the one avoided by everyone else, no doubt through some complex reverse-reverse-reverse-reverse-to-infinity psychological reasoning. We also have the first invalid answer for this round, as I've stated that the opponent has to be the exact same being, and the Kazanid Guard combats referenced by Wildy are almost definitely 2 different guards stationed in 2 different regions altogether. Wildy did ask me for confirmation in his submission PM, but unfortunately, he did so after I'd already stated in the thread that questions for clarifications are to be asked before the submissions, and that I would not allow for substitute answers once I judge the submitted once to be wrong. This was a tough question, I have the books but not yet read it so I was just flipping through the pages looking for same named people and hoping to get lucky! Only one I had read was Warlock, could have added myself to the pile up. Can’t wait to see the rest of the results! Damn this story with multiple guards!
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Post by Peter on Jun 16, 2024 10:28:33 GMT
I'm going to challenge some of these answers.
The washer-woman in The Citadel of Chaos is not a living creature. If you cast ESP, you find that "she is not alive, as she seems, but has been dead for many years" (ref 329). And the picture of the Spider Queen in Howl of the Werewolf contains several spiders (other living beings).
People who wear an eye-patch cannot be definitively identified as having only one eye. But more than that, the crossbow-woman in Chasms of Malice has her "good" eye pierced by your cat's sharp claw (ref 11). By clarifying which eye is targeted, the book confirms that she has more than one eye. And in Night of the Necromancer, Bertild is described as having "one good eye" (ref 51). Again, the differentiating adjective confirms that she has another eye.
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sylas
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"Don't just adventure for treasure; treasure the adventure!"
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Post by sylas on Jun 16, 2024 11:59:22 GMT
Q4. I avoided all answers where a character had an eyepatch (my original answer was Captain Shagrot) because I thought it was too contentious. Eyepatch normally means losing sight in one eye rather than losing the eye altogether.
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Post by Per on Jun 16, 2024 13:32:12 GMT
Funnily enough I'd have taken the Iron Cyclops if I'd been sure it would be counted as a creature (which it may or may not be at the time the picture is taken) and/or that likenesses would be allowed anyway, but it never occurred to me that one-eyed people might not count. I even briefly considered Masks 85 where a ghost appears to have lost the use of an eye while alive.
Maybe I don't know what I'm looking at, but I can't see spiders in Howl 442.
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 16, 2024 14:41:07 GMT
Well, Wildy and vastariner did not clash here. Unfortunately, neither did better! Our first major pile-up this round, with 5 players thinking that the first Big Boss fight of FF may be the one avoided by everyone else, no doubt through some complex reverse-reverse-reverse-reverse-to-infinity psychological reasoning. We also have the first invalid answer for this round, as I've stated that the opponent has to be the exact same being, and the Kazanid Guard combats referenced by Wildy are almost definitely 2 different guards stationed in 2 different regions altogether. Wildy did ask me for confirmation in his submission PM, but unfortunately, he did so after I'd already stated in the thread that questions for clarifications are to be asked before the submissions, and that I would not allow for substitute answers once I judge the submitted once to be wrong. This was a tough question, I have the books but not yet read it so I was just flipping through the pages looking for same named people and hoping to get lucky! Only one I had read was Warlock, could have added myself to the pile up. Can’t wait to see the rest of the results! Damn this story with multiple guards! If you were just flipping through pages looking for similar combats, I think you'd have had much better chances picking an actual named character rather than a generic profession. Choosing a "guard" is about as risky as choosing generic Orcs and Goblins and hoping they're the same one.
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 16, 2024 15:00:44 GMT
I'm going to challenge some of these answers.
The washer-woman in The Citadel of Chaos is not a living creature. If you cast ESP, you find that "she is not alive, as she seems, but has been dead for many years" (ref 329). And the picture of the Spider Queen in Howl of the Werewolf contains several spiders (other living beings).
People who wear an eye-patch cannot be definitively identified as having only one eye. But more than that, the crossbow-woman in Chasms of Malice has her "good" eye pierced by your cat's sharp claw (ref 11). By clarifying which eye is targeted, the book confirms that she has more than one eye. And in Night of the Necromancer, Bertild is described as having "one good eye" (ref 51). Again, the differentiating adjective confirms that she has another eye.
I'm retaining my original judgement regarding the question of creatures with one eye. It's hard to draw a clear line between having one eye and having one working eye, and it's pretty common to see partially-blind characters (with eye-patch) in books being described as "one-eyed" in the text without them having been born looking like a cyclops. I'm looking at the Spider-Queen's illustration, and I'm not seeing the other spiders you're mentioning. With regards to the washer woman, you are right, I did neglect that. Frankly, currently I actually don't recall why I included the caveat "living" in my question to begin with, but include it I did, and this answer does violate it, so I'm afraid I would have to penalize hallucination's answer for this question as well... Updated scoreboard:
petch, evilwizard - 4 sylas, Peter's wife, trialmaster - 5 kieran, Per - 9 Peter - 10 vastariner - 11 Wildy - 17 hallucination - 19
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Post by Per on Jun 16, 2024 15:27:03 GMT
The # of players penalty is so brutal, it might as well be an outright disqualification. I don't suppose I can interest more people in the penalty system I used in the last contest? It's not my invention, but from the "original" rare entries ruleset which probably goes back to Usenet in the nineties.
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 16, 2024 16:21:39 GMT
5. Name a book in which the PC gets to cast a spell. Identify the spell and relevant section number.
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (Di Maggio's Dragonfire counter) - Per, kieran, Peter, hallucination (4) Tower of Destruction (taught by Lefarel) - trialmaster (1) Eye of the Dragon (Hole in the Wall spell) - petch (1) Vault of the Vampire (Amber's ring) - evilwizard (1) Tempe of Terror (starting ability) - Wildy (1) Stealer of Souls (learned from Alsander) - vastariner (1) Chasms of Malice (Spell of Life) - sylas (1) Howl of the Werewolf (Transfiguration Spell from crone's cook book) - Peter's wife (1)
Once again, the only pile-up comes from the very first book, over the exact same spell (well, the only one available there). Despite a fairly wide range of spells in several books, amazingly there were no clashes of any books named with different spells.
vastariner finally finds a unique answer of his own, and moves up the rankings. Besides that the ranking order remains mostly unchanged here.
The Citadel of Chaos, despite (or perhaps due to) being one of the few books where you start with spells was avoided by everyone through what was probably another series of reverses in psychology.
6. Identify a full-page internal illustration that features a character/creature wearing a cowl/hood or mask.
Armies of Death section 52 (Cowled vagabond in The Black Dragon tavern) - trialmaster Night Dragon section 347 (grey-robed assassin) - petch Vault of the Vampire section 148 (Valderesse the forest ranger) - evilwizard Eye of the Dragon section 8 (leading Niblick) - Wildy Tower of Destruction section 171 (Nightgaunts) - vastariner Chasms of Malice section 182 (Khuddam Barkek) - Per Chasms of Malice section 294 (old Gaddon) - kieran Temple of Terror section 206 (torturer) - sylas The Warlock of Firetop Mountain section 84 (grey-bearded old man) - Peter Night of the Necromancer section 250 (Death Acolyte) - Peter's wife Magehunter section 53 (Skulkers) - hallucination
Probably the easiest question of this round, perhaps easier than even I intended. Everyone got a unique answer, no changes in the rankings.
Updated scoreboard:
petch, evilwizard - 6 sylas, Peter's wife, trialmaster - 7 vastariner - 13 kieran, Per - 14 Peter - 15 Wildy - 19 hallucination - 24
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 16, 2024 16:28:24 GMT
The # of players penalty is so brutal, it might as well be an outright disqualification. I don't suppose I can interest more people in the penalty system I used in the last contest? It's not my invention, but from the "original" rare entries ruleset which probably goes back to Usenet in the nineties. I might attempt to recalculate the points for those who got wrong answers afterwards to see the difference if I have the time. For now, I think I'm taking long enough to calculate and re-check them using the simpler addition as it is, so I'd prefer to get updates posted first. In any case, the alternative system may lift the players from the bottom of the ranking, but still unlikely to win them the whole game.
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Post by Per on Jun 16, 2024 16:30:19 GMT
I absolutely thought Warlock 84 would be disallowed in Q6 for being just a coif. I was much more confident, yet not 100%, that the dwarves in 227 would count.
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Post by Gabe Fandango on Jun 17, 2024 3:13:25 GMT
7. Name a book in which the PC does not start the adventure with exactly 10 meals of provisions.
Chasms of Malice (start with 5 meals) - Wildy, Per (2) Magehunter (start with 5 meals) - petch, kieran (2) Legend of the Shadow Warriors (no starting Provisions) - sylas, Peter's wife (2) The Citadel of Chaos (no Provisions) - Peter, hallucination (2)
Dead of Night (start with 5 meals) - trialmaster (1) Island of the Undead (start with 12 meals) - evilwizard (1) Freeway Fighter (no Provisions) - vastariner (1)
First round where majority of the players clashed with other players. evilwizard is now the only who has scored a unique answer for every question, taking the lead, although there are at least 4 other players close behind him in points.
Quite a few unpicked potential answers left too, so it's mostly bad luck that several players picked the same answers that one other player thought of: Space Assassin, Armies of Death, Return to Firetop Mountain, Revenge of the Vampire, Curse of the Mummy, Night of the Necromancer.
8. Name a book in which there is at least 1 full-page internal illustrations that feature the exact same character(s) or creature(s) as shown on its Puffin edition cover art. There cannot be additional characters/creature on either one that is not on the other. Provide the relevant section number associated with the illustrations.
Night Dragon (just the Night Dragon itself) - trailmaster, petch, Per, Peter (4) Vault of the Vampire (the Count and Nastasia) - evilwizard, vastariner, hallucination (3) Master of Chaos (Zoalinth) - kieran (1) Curse of the Mummy (Akharis) - Peter's wife (1)
Invalid Answers: Revenge of the Vampire - Wildy (skeletons in alcoves not featured in internal illustrations) (12) Stealer of Souls - sylas (skeletal being behind Mordraneth and large rat in the foreground not featured in internal illustrations) (12)
This is the no doubt the most difficult one, mostly due to the additional rule that forbids the presence of additional creatures on either illustration. I actually only realized how tough it's going to be while I was going through the question list one last time before posting. I decided to go ahead with posting the question anyway as I though having at least one question with a highly limited range of answers will spice things up and it'd be interesting to see how much of a gamechanger it becomes.
I realize that arguments can be made for both cases of the answers I disqualified, especially in sylas' case. It's arguable that because the other featured beings besides Mordraneth are in fact illusions, they should not be considered real creatures, and the skeletons behind Reiner Heydrich can possibly be just inanimate remains of carcasses and those are usually are not counted as creatures either. I'm more confident about the latter, since the skeletons in alcove are featured in an encounter in the book as animated creatures, and are highly likely to be the ones referenced the on the cover. In the case of Stealer of Souls, while I have some uncertainty regarding whether illusions that are substantial enough to be fought should count as creatures, it's also not completely certain whether the featured skeletal being on the cover is in fact the illusory one in the book.
Peter's wife joins evilwizard at the top of the rankings after being one of the only 2 people to score a unique answer to this question.
Updated scoreboard:
evilwizard, Peter's wife - 10 petch, trialmaster - 12 kieran, vastariner - 17 Per - 20 Peter, sylas - 21 hallucination - 29 Wildy - 32
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