You need to read my post again - I didn't finish the gamebook. .gif) I died at a point that felt to be quite a long way in.I met the BBEG (can't remember his name!) and a load of zombies, one threw a grenade at me in the lift and I failed to escape and died. |
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Alastair 24,828 posts
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Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoAah, that's the furthest i got. I haven't found the flak jacket yet, but i am sure its the key to finishing the story. -
Alastair 24,828 posts
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Registered 20 years agoIt would seem so! .gif)
When I go through again I think I will map it.
When i played through Forest of Doom a couple of years ago I came to see that there is only one single route that allows you to complete it. If you fail, then you bascially go back to the beginning again.
Not sure if it's the case with the other FF books. I think with Warlock you couldn't fail to get through to the end as the divergent paths met back up again, it's just that you might miss some useful stuff along the way. -
Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoYeah, Deathtrap Dungeon had that also (differing paths converging). I am wondering what the next books will be though. Could use a few of these, great for lunch breaks. -
Alastair 24,828 posts
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Registered 20 years agoThe second is confirmed as House of Hell. I wasn't too keen on it the first time, but I will pick it up to try again.
Can't remember if I mentioned in here already, but Tin Man games have done a load of similar games - I bought the first one "GA1 An Assasin in Orlandes". It's pretty good. -
Alastair 24,828 posts
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Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoStarship Traveller was the first non fantasy FF book written by Steve Jackson, but i think originally it was the fifth in the series (so maybe too early if what you said is true). I will be a happy man indeed if Deathtrap Dungeon comes out, because i played that a lot back in the day.
Not sure if i want another horror FF book so soon, but will no doubt buy House of Hell anyway. -
Alastair 24,828 posts
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Registered 20 years agoFrom memory it was:
1 - Warlock
2 - Citadel of Chaos
3 - Forest of Doom
4 - Starship Traveller
5 - City of Thieves
6 - Deathtrap Dungeon
7 - Island of Lizard King
8 - Scorpion Swamp?
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Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoOh yes you're right, Starship Traveller was the fourth. Caverns of the Snow Witch was number nine. -
Alastair 24,828 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI kind of lost interest after Scorpion Swamp. Moved onto the Sorcery books and then onto D&D.
I did like Freeway Fighter though. -
Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoWell once the sorcery books came out, i was also hooked on those as well. I even bought the spell book iirc. Looking through the list, i got up to 28-30 (somewhere around there) before switching to the Lone Wolf series. -
Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoSo when is the next book up on iStore? Any news yet?
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Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoLooks like House of Hell is next, before Christmas. Here.
And the article goes on to say,
On the Fighting Fantasy front, you may have seen our follow-up gamebooks were name-dropped by Ian Livingstone in an interview with Pocket Gamer: Forest of Doom and Appointment with F.E.A.R! We’ll be developing them early next year!
So Forest of Doom will be with us next year. Apart from Forest of Doom, its a shame most of the other titles are horror based. Would love to see the fantasy books converted to this format. I had high hopes for Deathtrap Dungeon, but hey-ho.
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Alastair 24,828 posts
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Registered 20 years agoYour previous link showed Shamutanti Hills coming out on iStore. What hopes that it will come to Android too. I would *love* to see the Sorcery series on Android. -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agobad09 wrote:
Done the same!
I was always FF, never tried the others but had all FF up to a very late point and looking at the lists these days (and playing a new one) is a wonderful journey back to a childhood I'd kinda forgot. Not sure where I stopped but remember most of them except of one or two.
In good deed mode I gave them all away to someone I can't now remember at some point years ago as a teen (FOOL!). Oh well, I hope they enjoyed 'em whoever they were
Tinman keep making these things and flogging 'em for 4 quid I'll buy everyone again, hope BOTZ is doing well for them.
I help to run an indoor car boot and I eventually decided to take a lot of my old ff books down there. (FOOL!) I've kept the really early ones though (1-15 or so) and a couple of the later ones that I liked - beneath nightmare castle, trial of champions, dead of night (fking awesome) etc. But the main stuff has gone now.
I still see them at the car boot and occasionally snaffle them back, one by one.gif)
Still got botz in my work bag, and as soon as I've finished the book I'm on, I'm going for it.
Good news on house of hell too - one of my favs -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agoActually, I wouldn't mind checking out the android version of botz - would you recommend it on an htc sensation, or do you think it's too small a device? -
warlockuk 19,519 posts
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Registered 17 years agoHas someone actually made an interactive FF book on Android yet, then? I'm kinda tempted with making one myself in my downtime when I'm bored. 3D dice rolls! \o/ -
Alastair 24,828 posts
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Registered 20 years agowarlockuk wrote:
Check out Blood of the Zombies. It's a new FF book and also Android app.
Has someone actually made an interactive FF book on Android yet, then? I'm kinda tempted with making one myself in my downtime when I'm bored. 3D dice rolls! \o/ -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agoyup - it's here - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.tinmangames.ff.botz.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImF1LmNvbS50aW5tYW5nYW1lcy5mZi5ib3R6LmFuZHJvaWQiXQ.. I'm mulling over it on my sensation phone, but not sure if it's got a big enough display -
warlockuk 19,519 posts
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Registered 17 years agoInteresting. I wonder if it has a do over/undo/finger in page mode 
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Alastair 24,828 posts
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Registered 20 years agoIt does indeed. -
Alastair 24,828 posts
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Registered 20 years agoMy one criticism, if it can be called that, is that there's no map. I know the books don't have one either, but it might have been a nice touch..
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Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoAlastair wrote:
Yeah it did, but that was posted down to excitement. But the information was 2010, which I failed to notice. Also, its not on iStore and maybe never was?
Your previous link showed Shamutanti Hills coming out on iStore. What hopes that it will come to Android too. I would *love* to see the Sorcery series on Android.
I did send a message to Tin Man on their website I linked earlier, asking if they were considering bringing the Sorcery series of books to the iStore. -
Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoJust checked my e-mails and got an answer!
Hi Moot,
Thanks for contacting us! You'll be happy to know that Deathtrap Dungeon will be coming next year!
Cheers,
Neil
What a lovely B'day e-mail! \o/
Ed: No mention of the Sorcery series though.
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quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agoGood news for DD tho!, yay! -
Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoDD was my favourite FF book of them all. So yes, definitely happy it's on its way. -
Oh look. SORCERY IS DEFINITELY NEXT YEAR! W00T!!
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