Comments on: Fighting Fantasy #50: Return to Firetop Mountain http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/fighting-fantasy-50-return-to-firetop-mountain/ Reviews on Gamebooks Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:50:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Angst (Tower of the Sun) http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/fighting-fantasy-50-return-to-firetop-mountain/#comment-31 Angst (Tower of the Sun) Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:53:24 +0000 http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-31 Well, it's official: Mongoose will be re-publishing Dragon Warriors and a first expansion to the system: - links below http://www.magnumopuspress.com/?p=37 and http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/publisher.php?qsPublisher=11, I really liked the system, well most of it anyway, I hope it aged well and that the revision/reprint does it justice. :) Kind regards ~Angst~ Well, it’s official: Mongoose will be re-publishing Dragon Warriors and a first expansion to the system: – links below

http://www.magnumopuspress.com/?p=37
and
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/publisher.php?qsPublisher=11,

I really liked the system, well most of it anyway, I hope it aged well and that the revision/reprint does it justice. :)

Kind regards

~Angst~

]]> By: eternalknight http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/fighting-fantasy-50-return-to-firetop-mountain/#comment-20 eternalknight Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:26:38 +0000 http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-20 EGO - Yep, the Dragon Warriors by Dave Morris. I was excited too :) EGO – Yep, the Dragon Warriors by Dave Morris. I was excited too :)

]]> By: eternalknight http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/fighting-fantasy-50-return-to-firetop-mountain/#comment-19 eternalknight Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:25:50 +0000 http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-19 Well, one that I know quite well is a trilogy of gamebooks which will be called Epic Adventure Game Books (EAGB). The first is called 'Vengeance', and you play as a ranger searching for your mentor's murderers. I playtested the book. www.greywoodpublishing.com Well, one that I know quite well is a trilogy of gamebooks which will be called Epic Adventure Game Books (EAGB). The first is called ‘Vengeance’, and you play as a ranger searching for your mentor’s murderers. I playtested the book.

http://www.greywoodpublishing.com

]]> By: EGO http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/fighting-fantasy-50-return-to-firetop-mountain/#comment-18 EGO Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:13:30 +0000 http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-18 If you think 30 death paragraphs is insane, how about book 5 in The Way of the Tiger series, Warbringer! ? That book has some 76 death paras in a total of 420. @Angst: Dragon Warriors reprinted? The Dragon Warriors by Dave Morris? Maybe there's some hope for reprints of Blood Sword too, then... and Fabled Lands is still waiting to be completed. If you think 30 death paragraphs is insane, how about book 5 in The Way of the Tiger series, Warbringer! ? That book has some 76 death paras in a total of 420.

@Angst: Dragon Warriors reprinted? The Dragon Warriors by Dave Morris? Maybe there’s some hope for reprints of Blood Sword too, then… and Fabled Lands is still waiting to be completed.

]]> By: Angst (Tower of the Sun) http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/fighting-fantasy-50-return-to-firetop-mountain/#comment-17 Angst (Tower of the Sun) Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:13:12 +0000 http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-17 >> but I am aware of a few others on the horizon that are brand new from new publishers. eternalknight, I know DRAGON WARRIORS is due for a reprint and revision (I believe Mongoose might be the publisher on that one, but not much has been said.) What other information do you have? What have you heard? Share, my good fellow, share! (Currently reading "Eye of the Dragon"...) >> Happy days ahead! Indeed. :) Did I mention the bit about sharing the low-down gossip on future GB plans? ;) Kind regards ~Angst~ >> but I am aware of a few others on the horizon that are brand new from new publishers.

eternalknight, I know DRAGON WARRIORS is due for a reprint and revision (I believe Mongoose might be the publisher on that one, but not much has been said.)
What other information do you have? What have you heard? Share, my good fellow, share!

(Currently reading “Eye of the Dragon”…)

>> Happy days ahead!
Indeed. :)

Did I mention the bit about sharing the low-down gossip on future GB plans? ;)

Kind regards

~Angst~

]]> By: eternalknight http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/fighting-fantasy-50-return-to-firetop-mountain/#comment-15 eternalknight Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:06:43 +0000 http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-15 It is funny Angst. I have always managed to keep my gamebooks, even when I had them stacked away in boxes and had 'grown out of' them. I always thought one day I would want to revisit them, and am glad to see them undergoing a renassiance of sorts. Not only are Wizard books and Mongoose republishing, but I am aware of a few others on the horizon that are brand new from new publishers. Happy days ahead! It is funny Angst. I have always managed to keep my gamebooks, even when I had them stacked away in boxes and had ‘grown out of’ them. I always thought one day I would want to revisit them, and am glad to see them undergoing a renassiance of sorts. Not only are Wizard books and Mongoose republishing, but I am aware of a few others on the horizon that are brand new from new publishers. Happy days ahead!

]]> By: eternalknight http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/fighting-fantasy-50-return-to-firetop-mountain/#comment-14 eternalknight Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:02:18 +0000 http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-14 I always re-start at the beginning whether I am reviewing or not, with a completely different character. I always re-start at the beginning whether I am reviewing or not, with a completely different character.

]]> By: Ron http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/fighting-fantasy-50-return-to-firetop-mountain/#comment-11 Ron Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:31:54 +0000 http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-11 Nice review. The difficulty sounds really ramped up for this one, but revisiting Firetop might make it worth the challenge. I'm curious, when you play through the books normally (not for a review)do you restart at the point before you died or do you restart at the beginning? Nice review. The difficulty sounds really ramped up for this one, but revisiting Firetop might make it worth the challenge. I’m curious, when you play through the books normally (not for a review)do you restart at the point before you died or do you restart at the beginning?

]]> By: Angst (Tower of the Sun) http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/fighting-fantasy-50-return-to-firetop-mountain/#comment-9 Angst (Tower of the Sun) Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:27:22 +0000 http://gamebookreview.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-9 Nice work with the reviews, Shane. Keep up the good work!! [Just as an aside, I was amused to see your name appear twice in the same day - at the Yahoo Fighting Fantasy group and at the Tower of the Sun facebook group. Call it a small world. :) ] Looking forward to future reviews. PS: Having had my entire gamebook collection thrown out when I left home (imagine my horror); I find myself re-collecting the re-issues of FF and now the Mongoose re-issues of LW. And it's obviously not just me as everyone on the FF and TotS boards seem to feel the same way. Strange that we, of a similar vintage, would all suddenly crave the nostalgia of gamebooks... Kind regards ~Angst~ Nice work with the reviews, Shane. Keep up the good work!!

[Just as an aside, I was amused to see your name appear twice in the same day - at the Yahoo Fighting Fantasy group and at the Tower of the Sun facebook group. Call it a small world. :) ]

Looking forward to future reviews.

PS: Having had my entire gamebook collection thrown out when I left home (imagine my horror); I find myself re-collecting the re-issues of FF and now the Mongoose re-issues of LW. And it’s obviously not just me as everyone on the FF and TotS boards seem to feel the same way. Strange that we, of a similar vintage, would all suddenly crave the nostalgia of gamebooks…

Kind regards

~Angst~

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