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Joe Dever passed Away :(

Started by TristramEvans, November 30, 2016, 02:18:59 PM

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Didnt know that Magnamund was originally a D&D campaign from 77.

Freeway Warrior was another nice series from him and I have the Greystar mini series and two of those Combat Heroes books.

crkrueger

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It does suck, especially as he was only 60, but I guess he was ill for quite a while.

Quote from: One Horse Town;933370Huh, didn't know that! I sense a new time-waster at lunchtime...

Fuck me, this is awesome.  The problem I always had with those books was, I read too fast, just glancing at the pages with all the other mixed in options gave too much stuff away.  Set me up where every choice is isolated...THIS is why Al Gore created Teh Intarwebz!

Man, having an App framework for this would be killer.  Until then...


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Quote from: One Horse Town;933370Huh, didn't know that! I sense a new time-waster at lunchtime...

Yes.
It has been a long time coming, but I will now finally be able to play all the way through this series. I will do so in his honor.

AsenRG

OK, that was definitely a nice gesture by the late Mr. Dever!
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Joe Dever is a very big part of my childhood.
A friend of mine (Christian) introduced me to the books when I was at the age of tender age of eight or nine and I immediately got hooked. He was able to create such a immersive world with such a little amount of text. "Fire on the water water" will remain as my favorite "choose your own adventure" book. Always.