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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jun 18, 2013 21:34:54 GMT
Hi all, work on issue #12 is proceeding apace. Not all of the content is nailed down as yet. What we do have locked in so far are: - Robin Waterfield interview
- Starhunt: Void Slavers mini-FF adventure
- The Geography of Kharé article
- Fighting Dantasy column
- Chronicle of Heroes column
Since there seems to be so many new gamebooks out there we are on the look out for people to help review them alongside myself and Stuart for The Arcane Archive section of the magazine.
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Aug 4, 2013 9:44:18 GMT
Cover now posted to the blog!
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 1, 2013 0:20:40 GMT
First sneak peek now up on the blog. One Q&A with Robin Waterfield...
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 3, 2013 2:05:13 GMT
Another sneak peek is now up, this time with Nathan Penlington about his interactive show "Choose Your Own Documentary".
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Klea
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Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy (Sorcery!)
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Post by Klea on Oct 6, 2013 9:19:11 GMT
Do you have a guesstimate as to when the issue will be ready? I'm particularly interested in the Khare article (never could pin down just where the heck that marketplace was, as it seemed to be in about 6 places at once).
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 6, 2013 9:22:30 GMT
Do you have a guesstimate as to when the issue will be ready? I'm particularly interested in the Khare article (never could pin down just where the heck that marketplace was, as it seemed to be in about 6 places at once). This week for definite (i.e.. on or before Friday).
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Klea
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Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy (Sorcery!)
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Post by Klea on Oct 6, 2013 9:33:36 GMT
Perfect, thanks!
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Post by paltogue on Oct 6, 2013 14:03:21 GMT
Do you have a guesstimate as to when the issue will be ready? I'm particularly interested in the Khare article (never could pin down just where the heck that marketplace was, as it seemed to be in about 6 places at once). You mean the one beside the Gambling Halls of Vlada? It is one of the trickier aspects of the book to map, but as you'll see in my article, it can be resolved without too much forcing of the map.
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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)
Posts: 57
Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy (Sorcery!)
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Post by Klea on Oct 6, 2013 19:41:09 GMT
Is there more than one marketplace? I haven't played that gamebook in a really long time, but I seem to recall that every time I was sent (or offered the choice of going) to the marketplace, it was always the same reference number.
The reason I'm so interested at this particular time (I'm always interested in Khare, since that was my favorite of the Sorcery! books) is that I've been booting around the notion of writing up my foray through the entire Quest for this year's NaNoWriMo next month. I've been looking for information on Khare, and would appreciate if anyone knows of any other articles that may exist...?
So this will come at the perfect time, as I need a way to be sure my character doesn't get hopelessly lost. I always make my own maps when I play a gamebook, but this one was frustrating!
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 8, 2013 23:54:07 GMT
Issue #12 is now available online to download from the website!
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Klea
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Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy (Sorcery!)
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Post by Klea on Oct 9, 2013 1:41:11 GMT
That's great, but it won't let me download it.
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 9, 2013 2:07:37 GMT
That's great, but it won't let me download it. Try emptying the cache on your browser to see if that fixes the problem.
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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 Oct 9, 2013 2:28:04 GMT
Okay, I did that, and I still can't. It doesn't appear in my list of downloads, and if I click on the icon to download (as in save), nothing happens. There should be a message popping up asking if I want to open it or save, and this isn't happening. Also, I was wondering if the "Fighting Fantazine" part of the title is supposed to be partially cut off on the bottom half?
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 9, 2013 2:50:22 GMT
Okay, I did that, and I still can't. It doesn't appear in my list of downloads, and if I click on the icon to download (as in save), nothing happens. There should be a message popping up asking if I want to open it or save, and this isn't happening. Also, I was wondering if the "Fighting Fantazine" part of the title is supposed to be partially cut off on the bottom half? There has to be something wrong at your end, as I've just tried opening the file on the website which works fine for me. The picture you've put up does suggest an error on your end, as if your browser is trying to display the file prematurely. The file is 46.52MB in size.
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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)
Posts: 57
Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy (Sorcery!)
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Post by Klea on Oct 9, 2013 3:08:39 GMT
In the meantime, I've managed to download and save two other similar kinds of files, and everything works normally.
Okay, just tried it again, and I couldn't see anything - just a blank grey page. And just before I was about to submit this post, my Adobe reader suddenly decided to pop up and work properly like it should have over an hour ago.
This is weird. Within the last 15 minutes I was able to download the rules to a Star Trek RPG I'm thinking of joining, but FF12 took over an hour...?
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 9, 2013 3:24:20 GMT
In the meantime, I've managed to download and save two other similar kinds of files, and everything works normally. Okay, just tried it again, and I couldn't see anything - just a blank grey page. And just before I was about to submit this post, my Adobe reader suddenly decided to pop up and work properly like it should have over an hour ago. This is weird. Within the last 15 minutes I was able to download the rules to a Star Trek RPG I'm thinking of joining, but FF12 took over an hour...? I'm in the process of re-uploading the file. Are you saying you have a copy now? The length of time may be an issue on our end, not having tons of bandwidth to play with?
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Klea
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Post by Klea on Oct 9, 2013 3:41:04 GMT
I just tried again to see what would happen, and nothing does. It's just blank grey. There's a message at the top saying it might not be displaying properly and there's an option to open with a different viewer. I tried that, to see what would happen, and nothing did.
Then Firefox crashed (could be for any reason; it's usually a problem with my modem, or the fact that I've got way more tabs and windows open than I should). Now I see the front cover with the same problems as in the screenshot I posted.
So... yes, I do have a copy. But at this point I have no idea how I got it.
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Post by paltogue on Oct 9, 2013 7:03:43 GMT
I just tried again to see what would happen, and nothing does. It's just blank grey. There's a message at the top saying it might not be displaying properly and there's an option to open with a different viewer. I tried that, to see what would happen, and nothing did. Then Firefox crashed (could be for any reason; it's usually a problem with my modem, or the fact that I've got way more tabs and windows open than I should). Now I see the front cover with the same problems as in the screenshot I posted. So... yes, I do have a copy. But at this point I have no idea how I got it. Downloaded fine for me this morning, took about 4 minutes. Just about to sit and have a read over my breakfast! Thanks and well done once again Alex.
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Post by Hullalla on Oct 9, 2013 23:19:54 GMT
No problem with downloading for me, both at home and at work.
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Post by pelham123 on Oct 10, 2013 15:01:53 GMT
Just wanted to comment on Warren McGuirre's excellent article on the geography of Kharé, a subject that's driven me close to madness over the years! Based on Warren's map, I've pinpointed where I feel is the only logical location for the Wayfarer's Rest, taking into account the illustrations in the original Sorcery series and that amazing painting (my all time favourite!) by John Blanche. This would mean that there are a bunch of smaller bridges spanning the Southern channel of the Jabaji from the South shore, to the island and that when leaving the inn, the player crosses back over one of these in order to make for the Harbour Bridge. Well, it makes sense to me anyway. I have attempted to map the city on many occasions over the years, never having gotten very far, I would love to see a final definitive map for Kharé, it's my favourite location from the Old World, I might even give it another go.
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Post by paltogue on Oct 10, 2013 15:50:37 GMT
Interesting idea! I'm not sure it works for me though - the island looks a bit too un-city-centre-ish to me, whereas Blanche's picture looks like its right in the heart of everything. And there aren't any bridges shown on the south fork of the river, which is clearly illustrated in the book. Personally, I think it's somewhere on the south bank of the Jabaji, a short way to the east of the Harbour Bridge, and that the bridge in the illustration is a smaller one over a canal or small river flowing into the Jabaji from the south. I suspect Blanche probably meant it to actually be the Harbour Bridge mind you, but it just doesn't fit size or function wise, and there are those other interesting but rather obscure details I mention in the article (the ?barge, the larger ?bridge) which might be in need of explanation.
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Post by paltogue on Oct 10, 2013 15:56:57 GMT
I would love to see a final definitive map for Kharé, it's my favourite location from the Old World, I might even give it another go. It'll be interesting to see what the Inkle map of Kharé will be like too.
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Post by kieran on Oct 10, 2013 19:44:40 GMT
I really liked the interview with Robin Waterfield. Good to get an answer to the Eric Rune Axe question (even if it's not the one I wanted!) and interesting to hear that he wrote Deathmoor to try to bring the series back to basics. Sounds like he was a tough judge when it came to unsolicited gamebook submissions though!
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 23, 2013 8:35:26 GMT
Don't forget to vote in the survey!
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