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This is a lot of fun. I bought The Castle of Blackwood Moors but haven't played it yet.

Lone Wolf was my favorite gamebook back in the day (and still is!) and I agree 100% with your assessment of why I like to go back to them! You've got a new sub, too!

thank you SO VERY MUCH for covering gamebooks! not enough channels cover the genre! love this video!

Please show the edge like you did with the fabled lands book to see which book number. I like to see the binding to get an idea how thick it is.

I found the setting interesting even though I'm not a steampunk guy in any way shape or form. They have made it interesting.

Yes Fabled Lands sounds great. If you find a way to simplify the overall play and not get overwhelmed, I would enjoy the attempt.

I too was taken by the streampunk setting of this game so purchased it. I've tried to play it twice but can't seem to make much progress, I never seen to have the right codeword or object to allow me to make many choices. I just end up going backwards and forwards along the roads in ever diminishing choices. I hope you have a better gaming experience with this game than I have. At the moment I have no inclination to try it again, perhaps you can inspire me to do so? Such a pity, the setting promised so much.

I would LOVE to see more game books covered - it allows me to learn about and get and more game books for myself. So please, please, please cover more game books so I can expand my horizons

My first book was "Crystal of Storms". Got hooked on gamebooks/cyoa/fighting fantasy. Cant read any "normal" books anymore ^^

Steam Highwayman is an awesome series. Martin did a great job with it.

My god Fabled Lands sounds amazing! I look forward to you playing that on your channel one day

Adore gamebooks. Have you seen "Expeditionary company " books? You need the 3 of them to play the game. Quite unique and interesting. Would love to see you play this one.

Reminds me of the "Choose Your Adventure" books. I can only imagine how much work goes into planning these out. Since some of the earlier options were section 800+, one might need some kind of a graph-tree to make sure it's all lining up. Pretty interesting game and I certainly wouldn't mind seeing more.

Ordered! And yes, you have rekindled the childhood desire to write one of these books!

I love adventure gamebooks! Thank you for covering this fascinating gamebook. You've piqued my interest in this book, and I am going to get a copy. Thank you!

I am so HAPPY I have something to new to binge!!! You're voice centers and calms me. Thank you for your dedication!

What are your favourite gamebooks? Do you prefer them to be kept traditional or do you prefer more modern options that push the boundaries of what can be achieved in the format?

"corny gron" means "black rocky river bank / black mountain" and it's "c" is pronouced more like first "c" in cycling

It would be awesome to see you playthrough this game more maybe with some of the expansions.

"Am I going to remember that? I don't think so." Sounds like me! Thanks for posting this series. It was a lot of fun.

Near the end, I'm yelling at the screen (and a year into the past): "Don't sell the relic! You need it for secrecy!"

You have sold me on Miru, I'll get that and its sequel.

I know it's way too late for the raffle, and I have Realm Fables, anyway, but I figured I'd take the opportunity to talk about my favorite fantasy world anyway. It's The Atlantean World originally by Bard Games. The reason I love it so much is that it's broad - including well over a hundred countries covering the entire planet - but not deep - most countries are only covered in a few paragraphs, and even the more extensively covered ones don't include a lot of history or NPCs or the like. This gives me a varied world with a lot of different societies and cultures, but lets me fill in the details myself when they become important instead of locking me in to a lot of deep lore that just gets overwhelming. This makes it great for solo play...

You sound a lot like the English actor Donald pleasance

Do these games have a digital version where you can increase the text size?

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I just found your channel. You find a lot of great solo games to play.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but i thought that the crit WOULD make an additive roll for that die. For example, a Weapon Master with D6+D4 would roll and count each die separately. But if the WM crits its roll 2D6+2D4. The rules say to double them and shows it formates like this if i recall correctly. The 2D6 would be totaled together, then the 2D4 would be totaled together (but apart from the 2D6). A “1D6+1D6” crit format doesn’t make sense, because the floor is still zero damage, and the peak is still two per die. But a “2D6 combined” format raises the floor to one damage and the peak is now the top of the damage chart you pretty much never use otherwise.

Hopefully you see this, not sure how to resolve this. I started my first game and in my first room I got frightened by a Giant Spider, giving me -20 to all rolls. My resolve & dodge is 20 so I can't try flee or resist the fear effect, but also can't attack as I can't approach the spider...

For anyone interested, I took the map tiles and put into mini-sleeves and cut off the top of the sleeve. Just wanted to see if I could protect the tiles a bit better. I don't think I'll try this with the smaller pieces or the monster/pc tiles, but I think it will work well for the map tiles.

Grotten, the Dark Souls of 1-bit dungeons! Where a rat and ruin your day, lol.

Lovely little game.

I backed this on kickstarter cuz I loved the whole vibe. Not had a chance to play it yet, so it was good to watch you give it a go 😊

Reminds me of a print and play called Pocket Cthulu. Great little gem that sadly got left behind and wasn't picked up as much. Came out bout the same time as deep space d6 and maquis. Fun little game.

Hey, Sunzenaut here :) Glad that you liked my game! Just a quick note: You can't encounter a Boss in Corridors, only in Rooms. So your first and only Luck point was wasted avoiding that first boss encounter ;) And of course you met Nightmare when you wanted to show a boss fight. As you say, that one is completely insane, kind of a joker boss :D Regarding the DR, I definatly intended to write "equal to or above 12" like in Dark Fort, not "exceed 12". Also, the "minimum of 1 damage regardless of armor" is supposed to count for both PCs and enemies :)

Enjoyed the playthrough! At 33:45 you rolled a boss monster in a corridor. It looks like you could have saved your Luck point. The rule for corridors given above the Encounter Categories says to "reroll if encountering a Boss."

It might be a good idea to make all dice rolls with "advantage" when playing this game. This adjustment allows you to roll two dice instead of one, and then use the best result.

I just received my copy yesterday - I'm a bit nervous to cut the tiles out, but I'm excited to play it.

Bravo !! 👍

Nice! Didn't expect any coverage on this. I kickstarted it and have it now but have not had a chance to play yet. Back to watching your playthrough!

My only complain with those kind of games is that any card that is smaller than half a poker card, I find a bit uncomfortable to handle. Of course you can always print it again to scale and it does affects portability a little bit but nonetheless I wishe it was bigger

Cool little game! I like that it's MB compatible. Got mine set up on the table now.

Looks like a nice little game, and those small square dungeon tiles are brilliant! Thanks for the playthrough!

Fun in a simple, unassuming package with an admirably small footprint. Thanks for your review!

I need to quit my job to play more games... I also need the job to pay for the games I want to play...

Hi buddy, can you recommended any software or printing service for cards. I have the physical copys of the Lair expansion along with its digital counterpart, and the digital copy of the haunted house expansion. Im trying to find away to get the additional monster cards printed to add to my deck but I cant work out how to order the pages so they print with the back and front images correctly...... Any advice would be massively appreciated. Also, do you have plans to play 2D6 Realm when it comes out? Ive backed it on Kickstarted after this video got me onto 2D6 dungeon ( you have a lot to answer for :D )