Hey. I have been thinking about writing a gamebook myself. I already have the main lines and the twists in mind. It'd be of course one set in the continent of Allansia, on an isolated overhanging recess in the Lion Heights, far enough from Kharnek to not have experienced destruction like it. It enjoys a temperate micro climate.

Synopsis: "You are a human deserter from an armed confederation of hamlets of the plains of Bronze. Tired of being a puppet to the political machinations of the kinglets, you took advantage of an important courrier mission to make your escape. Your concern to shake off the squadron of your pursuer, the persistent and highly capable seneschal Harsenf, lead you towards an isolated town located in the Lion Heights. Unbeknowst to you, you have become a pawn in the intrigues of an order of warring Maenads. Their prosperous but unstable society revolves around keeping Bakrys drunk, the high-ranked demon who conquered their land long ago. Your timing is most unfortunate because it is the night of Shekka's Moon...
Can you find any trustworthy ally among the Maenads? Will you be able to finally get rid of Harsenf? But most importantly, can you survive a land tainted by the powerful spirit of Bakrys?"

Gavin
Sat Feb 15 07:18:29 2025
General Chat

I'm not explaining 17 times better it's too morbid. Bob is what they call him in the biopic film Whole Wide World, along with Wake in Fright these are the only two genuinely frightening films I've ever seen. Like (apparently) Jerry Cantrell with Rooster they came too close.

Gaetano
Thu Feb 13 18:52:47 2025
General Chat

@ Gavin

You're referring to THE Robert E. Howard, the creator of the original Conan? If so, I can only hope your comment was tongue-in-cheek. (And did he ever go by "Bob"? That's rather familiar for a writer who died nearly a century ago).

Stuart Lloyd
Sun Feb 2 08:24:57 2025
Lindenbaum Competition

Entries are now being accepted for the 2024/2025 Lindenbaum competition. The deadline is 25th February 2025, 5pm GMT.

Anonymous
Sat Feb 1 07:55:58 2025
Below Zero Point

Good level of difficulty and interesting story. Recommend for other readers

Gavin
Sat Feb 1 00:02:10 2025
General Chat

Hah I'm only familiar with Bob Howard's Conan though I'm aware there's a manga one.

The comment about being 17 times better of a writer than Bob is too morbid to explain here. Day in the Life is the closest I'll ever come to writing about it.

bcyy
Fri Jan 31 13:58:37 2025
General Chat

Again, just stating a fact - I don't mean to compare you to them or anything.

Which Conan? The Barbarian, or Case Closed? Howard or Aoyama?

Gavin
Thu Jan 30 17:02:01 2025
General Chat

Nice to know I'm better than the creators of apparently the worst Star Wars media ever. I like to tell myself that I'm 17 times better of an author than the guy who invented Conan.

bcyy
Wed Jan 29 14:32:36 2025
General Chat

Oh no you don't!
You don't subvert the original trilogy, the original trilogy retroactively subverts YOU!

XD

Seriously though, you write much better than the script writers of The Acolyte. Not sure if that counts as a compliment, just stating a fact.

Gavin
Thu Jan 23 16:48:40 2025
General Chat

That's it, I hope I subverted it

bcyy
Thu Jan 23 14:24:56 2025
General Chat

Which one?

SPOILER

END SPOILER

I'm afraid I've watched so much Return of the Jedi that it doesn't register that much...

Gavin
Tue Jan 21 14:59:37 2025
General Chat

Thank you that was my intention :)

Surprised you didn't comment on the plot twist, which is familiar to many people from a particular franchise but more relevant to the purpose here it was used in a book called Scaramouche. Though it was probably used by cavr people in between fighting cannibal tribes and beasts and going on quests for fire and that.

bcyy
Tue Jan 21 13:22:23 2025
General Chat

Ah, DND. In that case, you captured the vibe really well!

Gavin
Mon Jan 20 04:41:44 2025
General Chat

Thanks for reading and commenting :)

Historically aediles and vigiles were indeed separate, but this is obviously an alternate history.

I don't know what a video game intermission transcript is, I was thinking of dnd.

When I saw posters for Shardlake up around the place I regretted giving that character the name of Cromwell, though to add insult to injury Shardlake has now been cancelled, and I can always say he's the Cromwell from Wolf Hall, or the Cromwell from Albert Pyun's The Sword and the Sorcerer.

Yaztromo
Sun Jan 19 19:09:10 2025
Tales From The Bird Islands

Nicolas HOAREAU, have fun! :)

Thomas
Sat Jan 18 14:16:47 2025
Tales From The Bird Islands
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

This was great but it seems I must have gotten myself into a situation where I could not win as even defeating the temple guardian I died from a curse

bcyy
Thu Jan 16 14:24:37 2025
General Chat

OK, finished Potter's Field. I never knew that Aediles operated police forces!

TBH, it reads more like a video game intermission transcript than a standalone novel...

Is Cromwell the same as the one who led a revolution in our universe? :-)

JonoH
Tue Jan 14 10:37:29 2025
A Flame In The North

A wonderful adventure! That titanic battle at the end was heartstopping. I am now well and truely cliffhung. When's the third installment coming out?
Thanks for a fantastic time.

Babap
Thu Jan 2 17:14:39 2025
Riders Of The Storm
Star - optimum ending reached

At long last, happy ending.

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