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it was 'if a bishop you would be, take his steps for passage free' i think... (oh i am so sad for knowing that off the top of my head).
i cheated blatantly at those books. and i ate them.
kinda wish i hadn't now.
if anyone likes those choose your own path books, i was speaking to a company at gencon who are re-releasing a set. i can probably get more information on the names and stuff as frank got one of the books. not knightmare related but meh.
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I'm not quite sure what your last question refers to. If you haven't already seen it, there's some information about them here:
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Good condition second hand Knightmare books still seem to be widely available on sites such as www.ebay.co.uk or www.amazon.co.uk.
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I've got a Knightmare book somewhere, can't find it though.
From what I remember, I think half or it's a story, then the other half is a quest. You get choices and then go to differet pages depending on what choice you made.
Eg:
On the table you find Gold, a Potion and a Glove. If you take:
Gold & Potion - Turn to page 37
Potion & Glove - Turn to page 65
Glove & Gold - Turn to page 24
And it goes on until you either win, or die
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The first four all starred Treguard in the story part, and as far as I know the last three had children as the main characters, with Treguard being more of a guest star.
A wonderful morning to everybody!
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oh Game books, i always thought they were storys or something.
I used to love them game books used to collect the ones by Joe someone.. lol intresting stuff.
Ah yes Joe dever and his "Lone Wolf" collection how i loved those books. he's still writing the new order series i think.
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I was really happy to find that I've still got all my old KM novels . It's interesting to see how the first four are actually quite teen-adult orientated - what with all the snatches of gritty mediaeval history mixed in with some of the darker aspects of the Arthurian legends. Treguard's boyhood tragedy is actually quite like the story of Hereward the Wake; a Saxon lord whose family was killed and lands confiscated by the Normans. Of course, the later KM books are a lot more child-focused and the adventures seem a lot easier.
What do people think of the novels in general and what are your favourites? I know one or two people who've said they actually got quite interested in history by reading the early ones. I just wish there were more of them!
Something like this might have been talked about before, but this gives the knewbies a chance to talk about it.
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I tended to give the gamebook sections far more attention than the novels. The one novel section that I like to reread is the riddle contest between Treguard and Arawn in the second book.
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Oh, I still have all mine too, which is a miracle after all these years. i used to love the books, especially the first 4, and the stories were excellent. The first 2 were combined favourites, I loved the Gruagatch or whatever he was called in the first one, a really great evil baddie. I always liked to imagine Treguard off having all those adventures, I have to say. Though the last books were a little too childish for me, the stories were still quite good, I liked the spookiness of the Road to Babylon or whatever it was in Book 5, the name of which now escapes me. The last book, Lord Fear's Domain, was nowhere near as good though. I prefered the gamebook and novel combo, this was more like a (bad) Usbourne Puzzle Adventure...
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Funnily enough I found my old books the other month and went through 'em. I never touched the stories when I first got them, too long and too small letters for my munchkin mind! Now I sailed through 'em in about two days
Fortress Of Assassins definately my favourite. Is it just me or is the role-playing bit of Labyrinths Of Fear insanely hard?
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I'd agree with that. It's engrossing, with lots of different options; but there are very few avenues that allow you to get all the way to the end. It seems to depend on choosing the right objects at the beginning.
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Sadly, the only novel I own is that hidden path one. I found it in a charity shop. Although the story is a little dull for me, and the quest section is annoyingly out of character. I really can't imagine Sly Hands engaging in fisticuffs with anyone.
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If anyone's interested, I still have two spare copies each of Can You Beat The Challenge, Labyrinths of Fear, and Fortress of Assassins respectively.
Ignore the prices on the K:R site, I'll sell them for £1 each (inc. p&p). Let me know in you're interested in buying one of them.
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