I was so excited to read a new Phil Sadler’s book. Death trap and House of Pain were excellent in my opinion.

This is the only one of his books I won’t be finishing. There are some good ideas: the Talisman of Death and the encrypted message is one for example and I appreciate the effort to make battles more interesting although the FF battle system would require a complete rewrite in my opinion.

I thought the constant teleportation created a disjointed result. It felt more like an exploration of various horror classics than a unified, coherent story to me. It’s really too bad.

I also thought some of the fears were unfair. Without getting into spoilers, you would sometimes be confronted with a fear impossible to see coming. Some of the temptations were also very arbitrary and unpredictable, making my experience more frustrating.

On the other hand, it’s well written. My only gripe is the constant *blink* thing which I was already exposed to in House of Pain. It’s used so often I got tired of it but this might be because I saw it many times in House of Hell.

Also, I was disappointed with the amount of choices. There are many places to visit but each place offer very few choices (sometimes only one). I felt more like I was constantly teleported from place to place than choosing my own adventure.

It’s too bad as this is clearly a labor of love by the author.

Zizka
Thu Nov 18 11:31:53 2021
News

It would nice to have somewhere to write reviews of the various downloads available.

Gavin
Fri Nov 19 04:27:04 2021
General Chat

my jobby has been on here since 2003 (eternal thanks and giri to Andy) though it was about ten years later I discovered this commenting facility. as for meeting might be easier to pick a time (a Tuesday or Thursday evening perhaps) then a location.

Olive
Fri Nov 19 12:27:33 2021
The Diamond Key
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

very nice

veneta
Fri Nov 19 12:29:05 2021
The Diamond Key
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

the story was nice and interesting

Benoît Smith
Sat Nov 20 13:38:03 2021
A Saint Beckons

Hi Robert,

I am pleased to inform you that my translation of A Saint Beckons has been selected to run a nonprofit French IF contest called "Yaztromo Prize".

However, the selection of a translated IF is valid only if the original author - in my case, you - approves it.

Please let me know if you agree to a translation of your gamebook running such a contest.

Regards,

Benoît

Robert Douglas
Sat Nov 20 14:26:33 2021
A Saint Beckons

Hi Benoit,
Thanks for letting me know. Very interesting about the Yaztromo Prize - if you wish to enter a French translation of A Saint Beckons into the competition, that's fine. All I ask is that my name as the original author is kept on the title page. Let me know how it goes!
Regards,
Robert Douglas.

Benoît Smith
Mon Nov 22 20:24:40 2021
A Saint Beckons

Hi Robert,

The translation can be read here: http://litteraction.fr/livre-jeu/l-appel-de-la-sainte (click on the PDF link).

As you can read, your name is written in bigger characters than my Lone Wolf-inspired pen name :)

Regards,

Benoît

Robert Douglas
Tue Nov 23 12:40:03 2021
A Saint Beckons

Hi Benoit,
Great, thanks, and hope things go okay :)
Regards,
Robert Douglas.

bcyy
Fri Nov 26 16:05:41 2021
General Chat

Sorry, I usually work on weekdays, and will consequently not be much fun on those evenings...

How about weekends?

Stuart Lloyd
Mon Dec 6 20:46:49 2021
Lindenbaum Competition

Submissions are now open for the 2021/2022 Lindenbaum Prize for short gamebook fiction. The prize is for a gamebook that is 100 sections or less and 25000 words or less.

Full rules are here: http://www.lloydofgamebooks.com/p/the-lindenbaum-prize-for-short-gamebook.html

Entries are to be sent here: lindenbaumprize@gmail.com

Good luck!

Gavin
Tue Dec 14 15:51:19 2021
General Chat

Who's to say with Omicron now

bcyy
Thu Dec 16 12:15:33 2021
General Chat

*sigh*
We'll get it right one of these days...

SCC
Fri Dec 17 11:32:18 2021
Lindenbaum Competition

I actually agree with Ulysses regarding a panel deciding the winner, as this makes the competition somewhat fairer.

I submitted Golem's Gauntlet in a year with 22 entries, and as it was placed on the bottom of the reading list (just how it happened - no one's fault) most people never read it at the time.

If people make the effort, I think all entries should be read and judged on their respective merits equally.

Stuart Lloyd
Fri Dec 17 22:51:50 2021
Lindenbaum Competition

I remember that. Didn't Wayne cycle the entries around so they had a different order each day?
I'm not sure who could be on the panel who would give it the time.

Stuart Lloyd
Sat Dec 18 18:33:03 2021
Lindenbaum Competition

@SCC
Do you think cycling the entries works?

Tsubasa
Sun Dec 19 15:37:26 2021
A Princess Of Zamarra
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

My luck ended too fast lol

MPerera
Sat Dec 25 03:58:23 2021
General Chat

Re : Gamebook Solutions, I've written out detailed solutions for Hellfire, Riders of the Storm, Trial of Allibor's Tomb, Outsider, Shrine of the Salamander, Rise of the Night Creatures, House of Horror, and some others. I just didn't post any of those online because I didn't know if the creators of those gamebooks would be okay with it.

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