Sorcery! by Steve Jackson (adventure gamebook) now on mobile devices!

[Gustaran]

My update:

The name of these books are awesome. Here's the list, let's see if we played all them between us. I'll start, striked ones I already played (a lot of these weren't released in portuguese):

01. The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
02. The Citadel of Chaos
03. The Forest of Doom
04. Starship Traveller
05. City of Thieves
06. Deathtrap Dungeon
07. Island of the Lizard King
08. Scorpion Swamp
09. Caverns of the Snow Witch
10. House of Hell
11. Talisman of Death
12. Space Assassin
13. Freeway Fighter
14. Temple of Terror
15. The Rings of Kether
16. Seas of Blood
17. Appointment with F.E.A.R.
18. Rebel Planet
19. Demons of the Deep
20. Sword of the Samurai
21. Trial of Champions
22. Robot Commando
23. Masks of Mayhem
24. Creature of Havoc
25. Beneath Nightmare Castle
26. Crypt of the Sorcerer
27. Star Strider
28. Phantoms of Fear
29. Midnight Rogue
30. Chasms of Malice
31. Battleblade Warrior
32. Slaves of the Abyss
33. Sky Lord
34. Stealer of Souls
35. Daggers of Darkness
36. Armies of Death
37. Portal of Evil
38. Vault of the Vampire
39. Fangs of Fury
40. Dead of Night
41. Master of Chaos
42. Black Vein Prophecy
43. The Keep of the Lich-Lord
44. Legend of the Shadow Warriors
45. Spectral Stalkers
46. Tower of Destruction
47. The Crimson Tide
48. Moonrunner
49. Siege of Sardath
50. Return to Firetop Mountain
51. Island of the Undead
52. Night Dragon
53. Spellbreaker
54. Legend of Zagor
55. Deathmoor
56. Knights of Doom
57. Magehunter
58. Revenge of the Vampire
59. Curse of the Mummy
60. Bloodbones

It seems only the early ones were available in German. Also comparing some of the English and German titles is not trivial. I wonder who translated "Seas of Blood" with "Duel of Pirates".

[Selrahc]

The name of these books are awesome. Here's the list, let's see if we played all them between us. I'll start, striked ones I already played (a lot of these weren't released in portuguese):

01. The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
02. The Citadel of Chaos
03. The Forest of Doom
04. Starship Traveller
05. City of Thieves
06. Deathtrap Dungeon
07. Island of the Lizard King
08. Scorpion Swamp
09. Caverns of the Snow Witch
10. House of Hell
11. Talisman of Death
12. Space Assassin
13. Freeway Fighter
14. Temple of Terror
15. The Rings of Kether
16. Seas of Blood
17. Appointment with F.E.A.R.
18. Rebel Planet
19. Demons of the Deep
20. Sword of the Samurai
21. Trial of Champions
22. Robot Commando
23. Masks of Mayhem
24. Creature of Havoc
25. Beneath Nightmare Castle
26. Crypt of the Sorcerer
27. Star Strider
28. Phantoms of Fear
29. Midnight Rogue
30. Chasms of Malice
31. Battleblade Warrior
32. Slaves of the Abyss
33. Sky Lord
34. Stealer of Souls
35. Daggers of Darkness
36. Armies of Death
37. Portal of Evil
38. Vault of the Vampire
39. Fangs of Fury
40. Dead of Night
41. Master of Chaos
42. Black Vein Prophecy
43. The Keep of the Lich-Lord
44. Legend of the Shadow Warriors
45. Spectral Stalkers
46. Tower of Destruction
47. The Crimson Tide
48. Moonrunner
49. Siege of Sardath
50. Return to Firetop Mountain
51. Island of the Undead
52. Night Dragon
53. Spellbreaker
54. Legend of Zagor
55. Deathmoor
56. Knights of Doom
57. Magehunter
58. Revenge of the Vampire
59. Curse of the Mummy
60. Bloodbones

There were about a dozen of these, mostly early ones, in my local library. Then I grabbed a half dozen more at some charity shops and car boot sales. I think I've probably played some I haven't crossed out, but I can't remember the names and they're all much of muchness, thematically.

[Gazglum]

[quote='Ichabod' pid='371608' dateline='1368713269']


The name of these books are awesome. Here's the list, let's see if we played all them between us. I'll start, striked ones I already played (a lot of these weren't released in portuguese):

01. The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
02. The Citadel of Chaos
03. The Forest of Doom
04. Starship Traveller
05. City of Thieves
06. Deathtrap Dungeon
07. Island of the Lizard King
08. Scorpion Swamp
09. Caverns of the Snow Witch
10. House of Hell
11. Talisman of Death
12. Space Assassin
13. Freeway Fighter
14. Temple of Terror
15. The Rings of Kether
16. Seas of Blood
17. Appointment with F.E.A.R.
18. Rebel Planet
19. Demons of the Deep
20. Sword of the Samurai
21. Trial of Champions
22. Robot Commando
23. Masks of Mayhem
24. Creature of Havoc
25. Beneath Nightmare Castle
26. Crypt of the Sorcerer
27. Star Strider
28. Phantoms of Fear
29. Midnight Rogue
30. Chasms of Malice
31. Battleblade Warrior
32. Slaves of the Abyss
33. Sky Lord
34. Stealer of Souls
35. Daggers of Darkness
36. Armies of Death
37. Portal of Evil
38. Vault of the Vampire
39. Fangs of Fury
40. Dead of Night
41. Master of Chaos
42. Black Vein Prophecy
43. The Keep of the Lich-Lord
44. Legend of the Shadow Warriors
45. Spectral Stalkers
46. Tower of Destruction
47. The Crimson Tide
48. Moonrunner
49. Siege of Sardath
50. Return to Firetop Mountain
51. Island of the Undead
52. Night Dragon
53. Spellbreaker
54. Legend of Zagor
55. Deathmoor
56. Knights of Doom
57. Magehunter
58. Revenge of the Vampire
59. Curse of the Mummy
60. Bloodbones

Aww, you guys have already taken most of mine. I can add Creature of Havoc, which was terrific, and Daggers of Darkness. Plus the Sorcery series, and I also got this cute kiddified set under the Fighting Fantasy brand in the early 90s called The Adventures of Goldhawk.

Getting on a plane tonight, hoping that me and my girlfriend can finish The Crown of Kings on the way. People sitting near us shall think us very odd.

[Ichabod]

Getting on a plane tonight, hoping that me and my girlfriend can finish The Crown of Kings on the way. People sitting near us shall think us very odd.

For not using the iOS version, obviously. Because who doesn't like a good Adventure Gamebook, right?

[Gustaran]

For not using the iOS version, obviously. Because who doesn't like a good Adventure Gamebook, right?

I have finished the iOS version of the "Shamutanti Hills" and I am quite impressed. Some changes between the book and the app:

1) Probably in an effort to reach the average iOS gamer, there are basically continues now. First of all, you can repeat any fight , regardless if you win or lose, until you reach the desired result. If you die through a bad choice, you can also go back to the "paragraph" where you made the choice. Obviously, use of this would be an insult to the battle-hardened fighting fantasy veteran, but since it is completely optional I don't mind it.

2) The fighting system is different. You have a certain number of attack power available and can decide how much you want to invest each round. Investing 0 results in defending which will cut your stamina loss to 1. Not invested attack power carries over to the next round. So basically it's a bit like rock, paper, scissors with the difference that the battle description actually matters now, because if you read "The manticore is getting ready to charge you" he is probably not going for a block.

3) The luck stat has been removed.

4) The story has been expanded in some parts. One example I noticed was at the end of the book you simply walk out of the cave with the girl, while in the app you have the villagers pull you out and can decide if you want to let the girl go first or go first yourself.

5) The map is beautiful. I absolutely enjoy being able to see the route I am taking instead of just reading "go left, then left, then right".

6) There are atmospherical sound background parts which add to the atmosphere, i.e. when you enter a cave you hear waterdrops sounds like in a dripstone cave.

7) If you finish the game your save is stored in the cloud and you get a code which resembles that savegame should you want to use that it to continue in book 2 at a later point in time. That way you can start over many times yet still kepp access to all your different characters.

So all in all at least to me it's well worth the money and a must buy for everyone who liked the books. The average iOS gamer who doesn't care about the original gamebooks and is used to 99 cent apps will probabyl think this is overpriced, but frankly I don't care about those people.

I personally am looking forward to the release of book 2 "Kharé: Cityport of Traps".

[Jkaen]

Just a comment on this, I completed this twice now and got very different end gear equipment, yet got the same code for both endings, so you may only have the 1 ending you can carry on, however if you replay you get the OPTION of overwriting this it seems

[Gustaran]

Just a comment on this, I completed this twice now and got very different end gear equipment, yet got the same code for both endings, so you may only have the 1 ending you can carry on, however if you replay you get the OPTION of overwriting this it seems

That's strange, the description in the Appstore says:

"Kharé: Cityport of Traps", is coming soon to the App Store! (Part 2 will load all of your completed Part 1 games to continue your adventure.)

Maybe after entering the code you can pick which character you want to use ? We'll probably only know for sure once part 2 is released.

[Gustaran]

Here is a very interesting blog post by the developers concerning savegames and some challenges:

http://www.inklestudios.com/archives/2221

[Jkaen]

Challenges I am up for. My bests:

Max gold = 40
Max magic items = 4 types
Max weapons = 2
Without fighting the Manticore = No
Saved the Plague Village? = No
Found the jewel-studded collar = No
Borrinskin boots = Yes
Made it through the Black Lotus? = No
Heard of Vik? = Don't think so

[Brian Shanahan]

There are quite a few of Joe Deaver's Lone Wolf series available as PDF's for free (legally) from Project Aon.

My brother bought a few of his adventure books when I was 10 (he was 8), mainly in his Freeway Warrior series, which both of us played significantly. We also bought a few adventure books based around the Irish mythological cycles, unfortuntately I don't remember the titles of those books.