Well that escalated quickly!
In fact it took little over 3 hours of me bumping the topic over at Board Game Geek to get a definitive answer. Which is awesome news! Better yet there was an on-line campaign a few years past now to pull these books out of obscurity so it would seem (I however missed it).
But after all this, what book was it!?
The book in question has been successfully identified by Tom Scutt as Mini Adventure Comics #1: The Dungeons of Doom: The Master's First Challenge (quite a title given that the whole book was only A6 in size!).
Unfortunately however of all the books recovered by the campaign, this was not one of them. In fact outside of it's entry over at Demian's Gamebook Web Page it doesn't appear to have left a digital fingerprint.. Which is very odd as even typing in terms like Amish Robot will return Google searches.
So now I embark upon a new quest. Can I find an image of the book? Can I stretch the achievements of the previous project and pull this fine series of which I have many fond memories even further out of obscurity?.. Can I even find a copy! I sure hope so.
Showing posts with label Personal Quest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Personal Quest. Show all posts
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Check Quest: Progress 0%
Following up on my own personal quest and, the posts that I have dotted around the net concerning it, consider this a *BUMP*.
Don't suppose anyone passing through has anything to add? I'd really love to find out what on earth the name of this book was.
Sunday, 21 April 2013
An Amazing Response
Only three days in and my own personal quest has sent the hit count for this blog skyward and, evoked an amazing response, attracting well over a hundred hits a day all by itself!
Unfortunately though the book still remains a mystery. So I'm stepping the campaign up a notch, inspired by the actions of a friend.
He asked me if I'd like him to post up a request and a link on a gaming forum he's a member of but that I'm not and, I jumped at the chance. The forum itself was for miniature gaming but given the potential cross-overs it seemed viable that someone might know something.
The more people I ask, the more likely I am to get my answer I figure, so I also posted the quest up at Board Game Geek and, RPG Geek, spreading my net even wider.. Could you help though?
Are you a member of a gaming forum that might be able to help? Do you have a blog and could spare a few column inches? If so, could you post up a link to the original post there and a link to your post there, here as a comment? A bit of an ask I know but it would REALLY help spread the word.
As you can tell, I'm REALLY REALLY determined to find this book again.
Unfortunately though the book still remains a mystery. So I'm stepping the campaign up a notch, inspired by the actions of a friend.
He asked me if I'd like him to post up a request and a link on a gaming forum he's a member of but that I'm not and, I jumped at the chance. The forum itself was for miniature gaming but given the potential cross-overs it seemed viable that someone might know something.
The more people I ask, the more likely I am to get my answer I figure, so I also posted the quest up at Board Game Geek and, RPG Geek, spreading my net even wider.. Could you help though?
Are you a member of a gaming forum that might be able to help? Do you have a blog and could spare a few column inches? If so, could you post up a link to the original post there and a link to your post there, here as a comment? A bit of an ask I know but it would REALLY help spread the word.
As you can tell, I'm REALLY REALLY determined to find this book again.
Thursday, 18 April 2013
My Own Personal Quest: The Unknown Tome
The year was 1995 (I think) and a trade in the playground led me to the first gamebook I would call my own.. But for the life of me I can't remember what it was called.
It's odd because I can remember so much about the time at hand, even details of the book in question, but for the life of me, I can't recall it's name. Which is a bit of a problem.. Because I want to find it once more.
Which is where I am hoping you guys can come in. Can you help me name that book?
From what I remember, the year was 1995 (so I have a rough time-frame for
it's publication) and, the book itself was about A6 in size, quite thin (only about 30-40 small paragraphs with a smattering of pictures) and, paperback (center-stapled). I also remember that the chatter on the playground at the time was that it had come out of a lucky bag.
Inside the book, I remember one key entry where you find a wooden table with a scroll, a bag of coins and, a key (I believe), and the scroll warned you to take only either the key or the coins. If you took both I think you fell in a river or something in the next entry and it was game over. I also vaguely recall the cover reminding me of the entry to Shadowgate castle. Well, retrospectively, as I hadn't played Shadowgate at the time. It was also certainly more cartoony in its style than Shadowgate.
I also VERY vaguely recall this book being numbered 1, so there where potentially a few in the series.. Maybe. That's a sketchy recall at best though.
As you can imagine, I am quite nostalgic about this one, so if you know anything, ANYTHING, I would love to hear from you.
It's odd because I can remember so much about the time at hand, even details of the book in question, but for the life of me, I can't recall it's name. Which is a bit of a problem.. Because I want to find it once more.
Which is where I am hoping you guys can come in. Can you help me name that book?
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| The door on the cover looked something like this, but ajar, as I recall. |
it's publication) and, the book itself was about A6 in size, quite thin (only about 30-40 small paragraphs with a smattering of pictures) and, paperback (center-stapled). I also remember that the chatter on the playground at the time was that it had come out of a lucky bag.
Inside the book, I remember one key entry where you find a wooden table with a scroll, a bag of coins and, a key (I believe), and the scroll warned you to take only either the key or the coins. If you took both I think you fell in a river or something in the next entry and it was game over. I also vaguely recall the cover reminding me of the entry to Shadowgate castle. Well, retrospectively, as I hadn't played Shadowgate at the time. It was also certainly more cartoony in its style than Shadowgate.
I also VERY vaguely recall this book being numbered 1, so there where potentially a few in the series.. Maybe. That's a sketchy recall at best though.
As you can imagine, I am quite nostalgic about this one, so if you know anything, ANYTHING, I would love to hear from you.
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