[projectaon] Re: Question about the Beaver releases.
- From: Scott Ferguson <karota1334@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 20:26:21 -0500
Sorry to be two months late on this, but I have somewhere a two-player gamebook
set that takes place in the Marvel Comics universe, namely Fantastic 4 vs.
Doctor Doom...maybe that was part of the DuelMaster series you mention? It was
quite cool, but I couldn't ever find anyone to sit down and play it with me,
pointing up the reason I got so into gamebooks in the first place :)
> From: freds_cats@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [projectaon] Re: Question about the Beaver releases.
> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 09:03:10 +0100
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> Andrew
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> The Jackson/Livingstone is Clash of the Princes.
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> There was also the DuelMaster series (only 4 in the series that I am aware
> of) by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson who were also responsible for the Way of
> the Tiger series.
>
> Fred
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> Cc: O'Toole, Laurence (2000)
> Subject: [projectaon] Re: Question about the Beaver releases.
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> Thanks for that. The 2 player option for a gamebook is a rare game system.
> The only other instance that comes to mind is that I think that
> Jackson/Livingstone may have tried it in a one-off book but the title is
> just a vague book cover somewhere in the 1980's.
>
> I spent the 1980's reading just about every gamebook on the planet. I
> borrowed from libraries so I don't have many copies. I didn't read that many
> Lone Wolf books because by chance it was the last series that I found before
> I became too busy with study [Macbeth etc all of the dreadful stuff that you
> are forced to study in high school etc..ugh] . I liked Lone Wolf. I did.
>
> Some verdicts I say this having read A LOT of gamebooks in the 1980's.
> You would shudder if you knew how many hours I spent.
>
> Best gamebook: Warlock of Firetop Mountain [Jackson/Livingstone] .
> Meeting "Wifey" in the canal should be an essential part of every gamer's
> experience :)
>
> Most original Game system: Legends of Skyfall series. Coin tossing and you
> can solve each book without a single fight if you use
> imagination/intelligence. Honourable mentions go to the Falcon Series with
> its hero points, and that series of Starlight adventures that involved what
> star sign someone was. Lone Wolf also gets a mention - a random number table
> is pretty good.
>
> Best gamebook monster: Ganjees from Citadel of Chaos. Those critters...:)
>
> Best ending: Creature of Havoc.
>
> Most disappointing series: Brennan's Firewolf advanced gamebooks. Tacky
> combat system. Boring plots. Honourable[?] mention goes to the Kirillian
> series that was stupid.
>
> Most educational series: that Greek historical series whose name I have
> forgotten where you chose a Greek deity patron.
>
> Andrew
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> Andrew
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> On 15/09/2013 1:03 AM, O'Toole, Laurence (2000) wrote:
> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> > Thank you for your reply.
> >
> > [Combat Heroes]
> >> There were 4?
> > Yes, although it might help to think of them as two pairs, rather than
> four separate books. If you have your book (Scarlet Sorcerer) and Emerald
> Enchanter, then you can play a 2-player game with a friend. Ditto Black
> Baron and White Warlord. But each book also has a self-contained solo
> adventure.
> >
> >> So Joe gave you the rights to cover some things like that outside of
> >> Lone Wolf?
> > Yes. Aside from the above, the licence also explicitly covers a few
> > other things like the Grey Star adventures (under the title 'World of
> > Lone Wolf') and the Freeway Warrior series (although only the first of
> > these has been released so far.)
> >
> > I *think* everything is listed on the 'Books' page:
> > http://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Books
> >
> > Cerulean
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