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Some great playthroughs here and look at that Ian McCaig art! The art in this book is just incredible and so evocative. That Serpent Queen picture is just mental and so full of energy with her striking out of the drapes and cushions. Also, as someone who has been bitten by snakes a lot, that's basically what you see except with less faux-sexy eyelashes.
The Lizardine and the two trolls are two images from this one I especially remember too.

I haven't really had time to play Starship Traveller, and I know I hate it, so I think I'll skip to City of Thieves too as I know it's a bona fide classic and I'm really excited to give it a play.

Wow then mine is 10 years this year. I rejoined when Day of Choas just started. But congrats

Coincidence? I think not.

Happy Prog-iversary guys!

[Strange and Darke]

Going for Strange and Darke too. There's an awful lot to like in that strip, and whilst there's been some stellar work from Simon Fraser on Hershey there's too much to dislike about the story itself.

Nice. I did like that new story, but this is a really skinny book. Will mull it over though, because I would like a copy. (I wish they'd do more. Black Beth could nicely fill the Sláine gap.)

Excellently put: I really enjoyed BB, and I'd love to get this book, but there's not a lot in it. I do hope we get some more Beth from this creative team.

[Rose O'Rion]

I wouldn't often say this about a Thrill, but Finn is just complete rubbish. Rose O'Rion

[Kingmaker]

Kingmaker for me too.

[Zenith]

I also think Zenith is Morrison and Yeowell's greatest work, although the last book is the weakest imo.
No contest.

Having refreshed my memory, I can see that. Nice one.
I'm backing this, anyway!

I sharpened all of the kitchen knives this morning.

And I'm chopping the onions and tomatoes for a chana massala...
Can you guess where this is going?

How many fingers did you lose?

I'm back in today and the place is a seething cauldron of discontent. There's been a serious miscalculation here from management about how this has gone down and it's definitely going to lose us staff we don't want to lose.
Management aren't in themselves, of course....

[Slaine]

Got to be Slaine
Although most of it is a real trudge, a lot of Bix is also rubbish. One of those stories I always thought I'd like to see reprinted until I re-read it. It's often quite casually nasty, and whilst some it is funny, the idea is a bit overcooked.

Which page did you get Colin?

Also, are there any fan blogs / sites, YouTube channels, FaceBook groups or Reddit communities dedicated to series' such as Fighting Fantasy, Lone Wolf, CYOA, etc or just game-books in general...?

I've recently discovered Malthus Dire's Fighting Fantasy Page which is excellent:
http://ffreviewermalthusd.blogspot.com/

Some great ones on your favourite list and interesting you've mentioned Starship Traveller and Rings of Kether which I don't remember fondly and I think the former generally gets bad press. We're doing Starship Traveller next, why not join us and do a playthrough? My life has gone a bit weird lately but I'm hoping to have a go this week.
I'll check out those Lone Wolf reissues shortly...

I'm one of those people who would 100% NOT have bought a standalone Hawk the Slayer comic. And, despite Ennis and Flint's best effrots, I can confidently say that I still have little to no interest in watching the movie, and although I will happily read the free comic, I'm not piqued enough to become a Hawk fan.

Boooo!

What can I say, I'm a Krull man.

Yaaaay!

[Anderson]

Another one for Anderson