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#21
General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2024
Last post by Funt Solo - Today at 02:21:08 PMYes, this inventiveness and creativity has filled me with ennui, also. Bring back Brigand Doom, I say!
#22
Announcements / Re: Fiends of the Eastern Fron...
Last post by Max Headroom - Today at 01:33:16 PMThis volume will feature the following stories:
Fiends of the Western Front
Constanta
1963
Silent Knight
I have already pre-ordered my Webshop exclusive hardcover.
Fiends of the Western Front
Constanta
1963
Silent Knight
I have already pre-ordered my Webshop exclusive hardcover.
#23
News / Re: Watch out for stolen Ian G...
Last post by karlos - Today at 01:32:26 PMHoly shit, that is appalling.
#24
Other Reviews / Re: Trigan Empire Volume 5 ( H...
Last post by 73north - Today at 01:11:23 PMI have added up the pages still to be printed ( till April 1982 )
its actually 424 pages - my mistake ( its not 340 pages !!
)
All the series including
The Abdication ( Oliver Frey ) 19th March to 7th May 1977
was printed in Volume 5
Volume 5 was 248 pages - so 2 Volumes to come to complete
( Vol 6 to Vol 7 )
QUOTE
MORE...
its actually 424 pages - my mistake ( its not 340 pages !!
)All the series including
The Abdication ( Oliver Frey ) 19th March to 7th May 1977
was printed in Volume 5
Volume 5 was 248 pages - so 2 Volumes to come to complete
( Vol 6 to Vol 7 )
QUOTE
MORE...
#25
Other Reviews / Re: Trigan Empire Volume 6 ( H...
Last post by 73north - Today at 01:07:54 PMI have added up the pages still to be printed ( till April 1982 )
its actually 424 pages - All the series inclusing
The Abdication ( Oliver Frey ) 19th March to 7th May 1977
was printed in Volume 5
Volume 5 was 248 pages - so 2 Volumes to come to complete
( Vol 6 to Vol 7 )
its actually 424 pages - All the series inclusing
The Abdication ( Oliver Frey ) 19th March to 7th May 1977
was printed in Volume 5
Volume 5 was 248 pages - so 2 Volumes to come to complete
( Vol 6 to Vol 7 )
#26
News / Re: Watch out for stolen Ian G...
Last post by Vector14 - Today at 12:41:59 PMTerrible that Ian's family have to go through that at such a difficult time.
#27
News / Re: Watch out for stolen Ian G...
Last post by Fortnight - Today at 12:29:57 PMQuote from: Funt Solo on Today at 12:11:37 AM"Top c*ntributer"?Yeah. There are two sides to every story, as we all know, but that's not helping sway anyone to his side.
#28
Prog / Re: Prog 2379 - Humanity on th...
Last post by Barrington Boots - Today at 12:06:41 PMThat last page of Vex is a bit of a shocker!
Disappointly no bear this week in Dredd although bear-threat remains high. In all seriousness though, we still don't know what the story is here so little to be invested in this week beyond some great looking panels.
Really enjoyed Aquila this week - looks like we're accelerating hugely towards a climax. Everything about the art this week for me: the images of the damned rising up on pages 1 and two are fantastic and then that double page spread with the armies and generals mirroring each other absolutely rocks. Amazing stuff.
Brink is very Brinky - that's a good thing.
Indigo Prime feels a bit more straightforward this week whilst remaining absolutely bonkers. Horrible puppets! The only issue I have with this current run is that its style of semi-obfuscation means I read it in an air of mild befuddlement I occasionally forget who people are and I therefore need to remind myself who Trixie was. It's unique and I am digging it.
And then Vex is very brutal and very excellent.
Disappointly no bear this week in Dredd although bear-threat remains high. In all seriousness though, we still don't know what the story is here so little to be invested in this week beyond some great looking panels.
Really enjoyed Aquila this week - looks like we're accelerating hugely towards a climax. Everything about the art this week for me: the images of the damned rising up on pages 1 and two are fantastic and then that double page spread with the armies and generals mirroring each other absolutely rocks. Amazing stuff.
Brink is very Brinky - that's a good thing.
Indigo Prime feels a bit more straightforward this week whilst remaining absolutely bonkers. Horrible puppets! The only issue I have with this current run is that its style of semi-obfuscation means I read it in an air of mild befuddlement I occasionally forget who people are and I therefore need to remind myself who Trixie was. It's unique and I am digging it.
And then Vex is very brutal and very excellent.
#29
Games / Re: Gamebooks
Last post by Barrington Boots - Today at 11:25:26 AMFinally I head into the final location, a dark and ominous corridor that seems to shift and twist as I move down it... the very stuff of chaos! Guarding the passage is the crocodile monster from the cover, but when I flash my amulet at it (that I had off the manticore) it recognises me as a servant of Shanzikuul and lets me pass into a large chamber lit by torches and filled with strange, discordant music. In this room sists Shanzikuul himself, enjoying a big banquet and being waited on by cat girls (Shanzikuul must be an anime guy). He greets me warmly and said he knew of my coming, offers me food and healing if I will listen to his offer, which is of course to become his right hand man and help take over the world. I'm not getting this deep into the book and falling for that, Shanzikuul!
Whilst he's doing his monologue I'm able to clock not only the staff but also some big magic ring he's wearing. I can launch my attack at either him or one of these items: I know the staff's power is uniting monsters, so I go for the ring and smash it off his hand and jam it onto my own which gives me a huge skill boost!
Taking the time to do this allows Shanzikuul to kick off with his magic, battering me before we cross blades in a battle for the future of reality. He has a ridiculous skill of 13, but my nicking the ring has reduced this by two and increased mine by the same amount - factor in my magic sword, and I have the advantage. This fight is a bit like the one at the end of Vault of the Vampire: he has insane stats, but I've reduced them, and then halfway through he teleports away giving me time to take a few actions. I grab the staff, which is my job but doesn't help at all: with my remaining time I use the Moon Sword healing power to top myself up before the wizard reappears, healed up, and battle resumes. I cut him down and when I do a fiend appears to consume his soul, leading to a horrible end for the master of chaos.
But what's this? The book prompts me to take a couple of actions before something happens. Desperately I scoff down some food and then out of nowhere leaps the dark elf with blade in hand. He attacks viciously but with all my skill buffs I cut him down too.
With both enemies dead the minions of chaos begin fighting each other... and with a load of them bearing down on me, I call on the powers of good and get teleported back to the wizard council! Hurray! Its party time! THE END!
Great book. I appreciated the open ended exporation - especially in Ashkyros (the Kabesh part felt a lot more truncated) and the storytelling, arabic setting and sensible decision making. Having two hubs did make the book feel reasonably easy (despite my multiple deaths) as it meant there was little to no chance of missing a vital object. I feel like I explored almost the whole of the book here: it is possible, I think, to reach Rahashta via boat instead of camel and I don't know that goes but the amulet I took off the manticore in the desert seemed important. I obviously missed the encounter with the Necromancer which my well have played in my favour, and I suspect an encounter in Ashkyros with the Dark Elf... Jesper is a good companion, useful and chatty.
The skills, whilst a nice touch, weren't equal in usefulness: I used tracking twice, but animal friendship tons of times to very good effect. I was constantly prompted as to if I had acute hearing, and never asked if I had stealth.
You can tell the book is by the same author as VotV as it's similar in structure and has the same good writing. Art by Dave Gallagher, has a nice old school FF / GW feel to it (slightly derpy monsters, but full of atmosphere)
Full marks from me!
Whilst he's doing his monologue I'm able to clock not only the staff but also some big magic ring he's wearing. I can launch my attack at either him or one of these items: I know the staff's power is uniting monsters, so I go for the ring and smash it off his hand and jam it onto my own which gives me a huge skill boost!
Taking the time to do this allows Shanzikuul to kick off with his magic, battering me before we cross blades in a battle for the future of reality. He has a ridiculous skill of 13, but my nicking the ring has reduced this by two and increased mine by the same amount - factor in my magic sword, and I have the advantage. This fight is a bit like the one at the end of Vault of the Vampire: he has insane stats, but I've reduced them, and then halfway through he teleports away giving me time to take a few actions. I grab the staff, which is my job but doesn't help at all: with my remaining time I use the Moon Sword healing power to top myself up before the wizard reappears, healed up, and battle resumes. I cut him down and when I do a fiend appears to consume his soul, leading to a horrible end for the master of chaos.
But what's this? The book prompts me to take a couple of actions before something happens. Desperately I scoff down some food and then out of nowhere leaps the dark elf with blade in hand. He attacks viciously but with all my skill buffs I cut him down too.
With both enemies dead the minions of chaos begin fighting each other... and with a load of them bearing down on me, I call on the powers of good and get teleported back to the wizard council! Hurray! Its party time! THE END!
Great book. I appreciated the open ended exporation - especially in Ashkyros (the Kabesh part felt a lot more truncated) and the storytelling, arabic setting and sensible decision making. Having two hubs did make the book feel reasonably easy (despite my multiple deaths) as it meant there was little to no chance of missing a vital object. I feel like I explored almost the whole of the book here: it is possible, I think, to reach Rahashta via boat instead of camel and I don't know that goes but the amulet I took off the manticore in the desert seemed important. I obviously missed the encounter with the Necromancer which my well have played in my favour, and I suspect an encounter in Ashkyros with the Dark Elf... Jesper is a good companion, useful and chatty.
The skills, whilst a nice touch, weren't equal in usefulness: I used tracking twice, but animal friendship tons of times to very good effect. I was constantly prompted as to if I had acute hearing, and never asked if I had stealth.
You can tell the book is by the same author as VotV as it's similar in structure and has the same good writing. Art by Dave Gallagher, has a nice old school FF / GW feel to it (slightly derpy monsters, but full of atmosphere)
Full marks from me!
#30
News / Re: Watch out for stolen Ian G...
Last post by judgeurko - Today at 11:17:29 AMOMG what a horrible person.