Friday, June 10, 2022

Lone Wolf: Flight from the Dark (My Son Plays!)

Art from the American Edition
(Found at this website. Fair use.)

Well, it took a couple of years, but my son has starting playing the Lone Wolf series of gamebooks!

He was patient at the beginning, was a little put off when his first Lone Wolf foray died after being attacked by the invading forces of the Darklords of Helgedad, but was thrilled when his second attempt (a) resulted in a character that had high Combat Skill and Endurance; (b) had a better selection of Kai Disciplines; (c) had a very successful ending and transition to the next gamebook!

He's a bit less cautious than I am when I make choices in this game, possibly due to his desire to flex his combat skills and endurance. Or perhaps because he has his own way of viewing the world and solving problems.

His mind was blown when he realized he could carry over the character sheet to the next book! Given his background in video games, he wants the equivalent of  'save points', which I told him was okay. After all, in these solo games, you're only cheating yourself if you cheat.

I am also hoping to get him interested in doing his own art of the world of Magnamund, starting first with Lone Wolf and his gear, and then maybe also the creatures and characters of the stories.



4 comments:

  1. That is very cool. My boys and I missed Lone Wolf. I have a bunch of the books. Maybe the grandchildren!

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  2. Save points? Actually, that would be a good "update" for this kind of game if they ever re-release it. It could ease the transition from video games to tabletop games (no such transition is needed for the From Software/Souls genre players - they don't know the meaning of the word "save point"). Glad your son is enjoying this.

    This is Paul, by the way; I just started looking over blog posts of mine from 12-15 years ago, and I happened upon the link to your blog.

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    1. Ah, sorry for the late response! Didn't even check until now!

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