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Post by paltogue on Nov 7, 2013 9:18:21 GMT
I see from Stuart Lloyd's tweets that Beyond the Pit has been put on Kickstarter. I don't know how I feel about this - I thought it was definitely going ahead as a regular publication. Still, the goal of £3000 doesn't look unlikely, especially as the minimum pledge is £22 and they are already at £1134. It looks like they need the money to pay royalties to the original FF artists.
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Nov 8, 2013 4:26:10 GMT
I see from Stuart Lloyd's tweets that Beyond the Pit has been put on Kickstarter. I don't know how I feel about this - I thought it was definitely going ahead as a regular publication. Still, the goal of £3000 doesn't look unlikely, especially as the minimum pledge is £22 and they are already at £1134. It looks like they need the money to pay royalties to the original FF artists. Between this and Blacksand, I wonder if this will be how every future AFF publication will be funded.
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Post by paltogue on Nov 8, 2013 19:09:29 GMT
Between this and Blacksand, I wonder if this will be how every future AFF publication will be funded. Was Blacksand a Kickstarter project too? I've not purchased it yet. To be honest, Inkle and Tin Man aside, the whole of FF looks a bit shaky at the minute. And that includes the online community. There has been next to no activity on any of the forums (including this one) recently, and I'd have thought there might be some buzz about Sorcery! 2 at least. And it would be nice to see a bit more reaction to the Fantazine, which contains so much good stuff.
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Nov 8, 2013 19:25:16 GMT
Between this and Blacksand, I wonder if this will be how every future AFF publication will be funded. Was Blacksand a Kickstarter project too? I've not purchased it yet. To be honest, Inkle and Tin Man aside, the whole of FF looks a bit shaky at the minute. And that includes the online community. There has been next to no activity on any of the forums (including this one) recently, and I'd have thought there might be some buzz about Sorcery! 2 at least. And it would be nice to see a bit more reaction to the Fantazine, which contains so much good stuff. Blacksand was on indiegogo (which amounts to the same thing). Yes, FF is about the solo books and I feel the community really needs those coming out to keep things upbeat.
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Post by hynreck on Nov 8, 2013 20:37:28 GMT
Was Blacksand a Kickstarter project too? I've not purchased it yet. To be honest, Inkle and Tin Man aside, the whole of FF looks a bit shaky at the minute. And that includes the online community. There has been next to no activity on any of the forums (including this one) recently, and I'd have thought there might be some buzz about Sorcery! 2 at least. And it would be nice to see a bit more reaction to the Fantazine, which contains so much good stuff. Blacksand was on indiegogo (which amounts to the same thing). Yes, FF is about the solo books and I feel the community really needs those coming out to keep things upbeat. Yes, that's about right for the solo books. Since FF gamebooks seems to have, again, gone the way of the dodo (well, you know, there could be undead dodos), well, I'm getting my fix wherever I can find it, and right now it's coming more from Spark Furnace, and to some lesser degree, Mantikore and the occasional grab of used gamebooks. I'm still reading the Fantazine, though. Pretty good stuff, but it was a wise move to adopt a more general approach towards gamebooks.
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Klea
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Post by Klea on Nov 12, 2013 18:58:43 GMT
I got the impression that posts are still being moved and reconstructed from the old forum, and that we should wait before posting new stuff (wouldn't want to restart a conversation that basically already happened years ago).
What is Sorcery! 2?
I'm involved in NaNoWriMo this month, so haven't had a lot of time for most of my usual haunts (not that I've been here very long, but I'd like this to become one of my usual haunts).
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Nov 12, 2013 19:09:56 GMT
inkle Studios iOS app adaptation of Kharé - Cityport of Traps that was released last week.
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Klea
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Post by Klea on Nov 12, 2013 19:36:47 GMT
I take it that's something I'd need a new electronic gadget to play?
I'm currently starting a re-run through the Sorcery! series (one reason I'm avoiding parts of this forum - I don't want to see spoilers, even though I did complete all four books over 20 years ago), and doing it the old-fashioned way: Pen, dice, and graph paper.
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Nov 12, 2013 22:57:18 GMT
I got the impression that posts are still being moved and reconstructed from the old forum, and that we should wait before posting new stuff (wouldn't want to restart a conversation that basically already happened years ago).What is Sorcery! 2? I'm involved in NaNoWriMo this month, so haven't had a lot of time for most of my usual haunts (not that I've been here very long, but I'd like this to become one of my usual haunts). I can't speak for everyone else, but there isn't that much more I have to post from TUFFF apart from some more of the individual book threads. There may be a few bits and pieces, but it's worth risking overlap if it gets the forum moving. If you want to start threads you should probably go for it, and don't hesitate to add to the resurrected ones.
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Post by paltogue on Nov 14, 2013 13:38:27 GMT
I take it that's something I'd need a new electronic gadget to play? I'm currently starting a re-run through the Sorcery! series (one reason I'm avoiding parts of this forum - I don't want to see spoilers, even though I did complete all four books over 20 years ago), and doing it the old-fashioned way: Pen, dice, and graph paper. Yes, an iPod or iPad. I use an iPod Touch the screen is a little small, but good nonetheless; when they bring the games out in Android format I'll be able to play them on my wife's bigger tablet. The games are quite different to the books, especially the second one (I managed to complete the first based on what I remembered from the book, but not the second so far). Two very different experiences actually, both excellent.
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Klea
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Writing Lyssia Ulmer's marriage for Camp NaNoWriMo (based on King's Heir: Rise to the Throne)
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Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy (Sorcery!)
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Post by Klea on Nov 14, 2013 14:05:18 GMT
Well, that lets me out, then.
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Post by hynreck on Nov 14, 2013 17:07:38 GMT
Well, I've gone and pledged for Beyond the Pit. Let's see what will come out of that.
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Post by paltogue on Nov 25, 2013 10:37:24 GMT
The Beyond the Pit Kickstarter has more than reached its goal. Hurray! Looking forward to receiving my copy. This is a big thing for FF - really the first all-new major publication in years (I'm ignoring Blood of the Zombies here).
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Post by hynreck on Nov 25, 2013 13:30:18 GMT
Very good indeed.
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Post by greyarea13 on Mar 10, 2014 20:08:09 GMT
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Post by hynreck on Mar 11, 2014 12:40:55 GMT
I'm currently reading Beyond the Pit and liking it so far (50 so pages in)! Good job.
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Post by sylas on Mar 17, 2014 0:19:12 GMT
i've nearly finished re-reading Beyond the Pit and it is a blood good read. one thing i've always been curious about though. for the front cover, by the very talented Terry Oakes, what are those monsters identifiable as? i understand that many of them are represented differently to the B/W illustrations found elsewhere but this is what i can work out.
from top to bottom, going from left to right, i get:
1. Flying Fish 2. Wyvern (or Dragon?) 3. Giant Sandworm (similar to the one in TWoFM) 4. Fog Devil 5. Wolf 6. Hell Demon 7. Caarth Warrior 8. Minotaur 9. Arena Beast (or Tarator maybe?) 10. Fangtiger 11. Cockatrice (really not sure)
have i got most of those right? what does everyone else think?
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Post by DungeonDevil on Sept 14, 2015 22:11:09 GMT
Is there a TOC out there for this? Ideally I'd like a listing of the beasties and which tomes they come from.
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Post by greyarea13 on Sept 15, 2015 3:12:05 GMT
from top to bottom, going from left to right, i get: 1. Flying Fish 2. Wyvern (or Dragon?) 3. Giant Sandworm (similar to the one in TWoFM) 4. Fog Devil 5. Wolf 6. Hell Demon 7. Caarth Warrior 8. Minotaur 9. Arena Beast (or Tarator maybe?) 10. Fangtiger 11. Cockatrice (really not sure) have i got most of those right? what does everyone else think? I read somewhere (but I forget where) recently that Terry Oakes claimed he made all these monsters up, but it is curious that they resemble already-existing FF beasts. I agree with all your monster choices, except no. 9, which I think is a warped version of a Shapechanger.
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Post by greyarea13 on Sept 15, 2015 3:17:09 GMT
Is there a TOC out there for this? Ideally I'd like a listing of the beasties and which tomes they come from. There was supposed to be one included in later printings of the book, but as far as I know it hasn't happened. I've attached a copy of one here for you to check out. Beyond the Pit Monster Sources.xlsx (50.91 KB)
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Post by DungeonDevil on Sept 15, 2015 4:56:02 GMT
Is there a TOC out there for this? Ideally I'd like a listing of the beasties and which tomes they come from. There was supposed to be one included in later printings of the book, but as far as I know it hasn't happened. I've attached a copy of one here for you to check out. A thousand thanks!!
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Post by DungeonDevil on Dec 12, 2015 1:22:02 GMT
Just curious: is there such a similar list for Out of the Pit?
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Post by DungeonDevil on Mar 28, 2016 6:14:05 GMT
Just curious: is there such a similar list for Out of the Pit? *bump* I'd really like to know this, otherwise I'll have to buckle down and start making an Excel spreadsheet with the data myself. I don't want to reinvent the wheel, though.
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