Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jun 18, 2013 21:14:10 GMT
This section (and some others) have Posting Guidelines pinned at the top. Sections that have such guidelines are subject to special rules or specific focuses, and posters should familiarize themselves with the guidelines to help keep the forum tidy.
The "Roll 1d6 - Help for New Fans of Gamebooks" section is very special. The guidelines are as follows:
When you're new to something as huge as gamebooks, you're bound to have a lot of questions. But a big forum like this can be intimidating, too, and maybe you're not too keen on asking a question you know is "such a newbie question" for fear of receiving nothing but a bunch of snarky and dismissive answers.
This is your section!
Here, friendly fans will help familiarize you new fans with the foundations of gamebook history and/or mechanics.
Feel free to ask the most basic of questions, such as...
For the seasoned veteran fans, this is the place to help out the new fans - please, PLEASE, no teasing of any kind; what we want are straightforward, friendly, helpful, and detailed (where possible) answers. This is NOT the place for cheeky or sarcastic comedy or misleading answers. If that's your style, please stay out of this section.
Also, although links are not unhelpful, we would prefer you actually give answers in the thread - remember, detailed (where possible) - instead of just throwing up a link to a Wiki article. Posts that contain nothing but a link may be deleted.
Additionally: please try to restrict yourself to answering all questions with factual information only, not with speculation or theories.
Thanks, and new fans - welcome to the universe of gamebooks!
The "Roll 1d6 - Help for New Fans of Gamebooks" section is very special. The guidelines are as follows:
When you're new to something as huge as gamebooks, you're bound to have a lot of questions. But a big forum like this can be intimidating, too, and maybe you're not too keen on asking a question you know is "such a newbie question" for fear of receiving nothing but a bunch of snarky and dismissive answers.
This is your section!
Here, friendly fans will help familiarize you new fans with the foundations of gamebook history and/or mechanics.
Feel free to ask the most basic of questions, such as...
- What was the first gamebook?
- Which came first, Fighting Fantasy or Lone Wolf?
- Where can I buy gamebooks from?
- It says Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone on the cover, but who really wrote Masks of Mayhem?
For the seasoned veteran fans, this is the place to help out the new fans - please, PLEASE, no teasing of any kind; what we want are straightforward, friendly, helpful, and detailed (where possible) answers. This is NOT the place for cheeky or sarcastic comedy or misleading answers. If that's your style, please stay out of this section.
Also, although links are not unhelpful, we would prefer you actually give answers in the thread - remember, detailed (where possible) - instead of just throwing up a link to a Wiki article. Posts that contain nothing but a link may be deleted.
Additionally: please try to restrict yourself to answering all questions with factual information only, not with speculation or theories.
Thanks, and new fans - welcome to the universe of gamebooks!