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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jun 18, 2013 21:27:49 GMT
Post here to discuss the first book in Joe Dever's famous gamebook series.
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torallion
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Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy
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Post by torallion on Oct 3, 2013 10:17:49 GMT
From someone who has played the series all the way through but only the original version - is the Mongoose version of this book worth picking up? What about the others they've published?
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Post by a moderator on Oct 3, 2013 15:33:27 GMT
I'm not a fan of the Mongoose Flight from the Dark. In fact, of the Mongoose reissues I've read to date (books 1-5), The Caverns of Kalte was the only one I didn't consider worse than the original. Lots of edits just state the obvious, and there's one in The Chasm of Doom that attempts to fix an error from the original, but actually just changes it into a different mistake. As for the mini-adventures in books 2 and beyond, the only one I've enjoyed is Vonotar's Web, from Kalte. A couple of the others have a decent premise, but the execution is sufficiently flawed to spoil my enjoyment. I go into more detail on my blog, comparing the different versions of the main adventures as I go through them. The relevant posts are: Mongoose Flight from the DarkFire on the Water (plus replay and mini) The Caverns of Kalte (plus replay and mini) The Chasm of Doom (plus replay and mini) Shadow on the Sand (plus two-part replay and mini)
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 3, 2013 18:45:59 GMT
We've got Simon writing a mini "Lone Wolf" adventure for issue #14...
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kieran
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Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy
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Post by kieran on Oct 8, 2013 23:32:07 GMT
I wasn't a fan of the Mongoose version. I preferred Lone Wolf surviving by sheer damn luck rather than him wading through hordes of Giaks.
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Post by belatedgamer on Oct 9, 2013 2:39:30 GMT
Agreed. Not that the Mongoose version is bad, mind you, but maybe they'd be more enjoyable if you don't have nostalgic feelings for the original.
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