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Post by skathros on May 3, 2006 15:39:29 GMT -5
With the renewed interest in solo adventures...namely with the reprints of the Fighting Fantasy line, might not drawing attention to the T&T solo line of game books be beneficial to the T&T line as a whole?
That's one thing that T&T has over the d20 behamoth...simplicity that lends itself to both group and solo play! Would a focus on T&T's solo capbilities be a viable endevor to draw more people to this wonderful game?
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Hogscape
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Post by Hogscape on May 3, 2006 20:55:31 GMT -5
I vote for Skathros as the new FBI Marketing Manager!
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Post by WSmith on May 4, 2006 8:51:44 GMT -5
Hold the phone! Fighting Fantasy books are getting reprinted? When did this happen?
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Post by skathros on May 4, 2006 14:25:59 GMT -5
Hold the phone! Fighting Fantasy books are getting reprinted? When did this happen?  They're from Wizard Books www.iconbooks.co.uk/wizard/wff.cfmI'm waiting for the box sets to hit canada. Interestying tid-bit i did not know: |
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Post by mahrundl on May 4, 2006 16:45:33 GMT -5
Just looking at the site, they appear to be doing a slight revision of history. Forest of Doom was number 3, but they've listed Deathtrap Dungeon as 3rd.
Interesting. I wonder if they are changing anything in them, beyond fixing typos and the like.
I didn't know about the T & T basis for the format. Nice detectoring, Skathros - have an Exalt!
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Hogscape
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Post by Hogscape on May 4, 2006 21:07:33 GMT -5
I wonder if they'll aslo reprint the very nice "Advanced Fighting Fantasy" RPG books?
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WSmith
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Post by WSmith on May 6, 2006 17:30:04 GMT -5
So the quandry I now have is would it be cheeper on shipping to order these books from across the pond, or should I wait until they arrive in Canada.
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Post by skathros on May 8, 2006 11:59:07 GMT -5
Well, d**n! That was FAST! Got my solos today. The two formats have me torn as to which i prefer. The Corgi paperpack ones are nice and compact...plus you get a breif repeat of the rules (which is nice). The larger FBI/Blade ones are nice as well and look more lie gaming products and less like books (which, also is nice). In other words, very happy with my purchase! Both FBI and Corgi have beutifule cover and interior atwork, BTW!
Anyone know when Dark Temple was released? The cover art seems a little more "modern" (for lack of a better term).
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Post by ironfang on May 9, 2006 11:50:39 GMT -5
Anyone know when Dark Temple was released? The cover art seems a little more "modern" (for lack of a better term). Check the thread on T&T Compendium for release info and etc on all-things T&T. |
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Post by order99 on May 11, 2006 20:26:16 GMT -5
Fighting Fantasy.....alive again?
YES!!!
Love the photo BTW.(drools quietly)
Once they hit the US, they are MINE! And if for some reason they don't get released here, Ebay time for sure. Thanks for they good news guys!
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Post by jasperpcasper on Aug 5, 2009 23:43:32 GMT -5
Dark Temple was released in 1991, Skathros!
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Hogscape
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Post by Hogscape on Aug 6, 2009 7:51:37 GMT -5
Jaspercasper, what can you tell me about Dark Temple... Might grab a copy of that one...
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Post by jasperpcasper on Aug 6, 2009 14:42:32 GMT -5
I can tell you that at least from my perspective, I played it for about an hour and a half (keep in mind that I was doing six other things, so that was about twenty paragraphs) and all that seemed to 'happen' was travel. I never finished, either with death or victory because (seemingly) nothing happened which would threaten my character-a dwarf. I still have my place marked, my character sheet is still stuck inside the booklet, and it wasn't a great loss at the time (I have a stable of hundreds of characters).
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Post by lionrampant on Aug 12, 2009 9:23:19 GMT -5
Dark Temple is one of my favorite solos. It does have a fair amount of travel in it, and without being able to put my finger on the exact reasons why, it has a bit of a different vibe to it than the FBI solos from the '80s. One interesting thing to note is that there is a section where it asks if you are a "priest" character, which was a class option only presented in an issue of Sorcerer's Apprentice. I always thought that was odd. Oh, it also has more sections in it than most T&T solos, though I'm not sure that actually made it longer, just less linear.
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Post by ragnorakk on Aug 12, 2009 13:00:27 GMT -5
This one stood out to me also (I no longer have a copy of it), but I thought it was a pretty
brilliant design. The travelling/passage of time system is really neat, and the writing was good.
It felt like a more 'sandbox'-ish approach, even though there were time-critical aspects to the
story.
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