Thantsants
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So how many of you Oldhammerers out there are or have also been erstwhile adventurers in the land of Allansia?
As I mentioned on my blog these gamebooks were probably my first taste of fantasy and gaming so I was most excited that Ian Livingstone had written a new adventure to celebrate Fighting Fantasy's 30th anniversary. I'm in the process of writing up a post on my thoughts on the changes made in Blood of the Zombies but thought I'd get a little discussion going on here.
Basically the main change is the combat system. Instead of rolling up stats for Skill, Stamina and Luck you only roll up a beefed up Stamina score. Combat is no longer done by adding 2D6 roll to your skill score and comparing it with your enemy's. Most of the opponents (zombies in one form or another) that you meet in BOTZ have only 1 stamina point each. As they are slow you always get to strike first and depending on what weapon you are using take out a certain number of zombies - a baseball bat causes something like D6-1 damage while a grenade causes 2D6+1 damage - you lose a stamina point for each zombie left standing after your initial attack. I think this chimes in rather well with the idea that the odd random zombie isn't much of a threat but a shuffling horde of 23 zombies is going to hurt!
Think I got fairly far on my first attempt and have since read that, now the first print run has sold out, Mr Livingstone has decreed that it was a little difficult and that the next print run will have the initial stamina score upped from 2D6+12 to 2D6+20, and that you can exceed that initial score by using medikits. Time for another bash methinks
There is another twist in the tale in that you have to kill every single zombie in the castle - I gather there are various endings for if you do or don't, all of which are by no means happy...
So any of you read it yet or planning on giving it a go. Would you download the app for your mobile phone (smells a bit like heresy to to me!)? What do you make of the changes?
As I mentioned on my blog these gamebooks were probably my first taste of fantasy and gaming so I was most excited that Ian Livingstone had written a new adventure to celebrate Fighting Fantasy's 30th anniversary. I'm in the process of writing up a post on my thoughts on the changes made in Blood of the Zombies but thought I'd get a little discussion going on here.
Basically the main change is the combat system. Instead of rolling up stats for Skill, Stamina and Luck you only roll up a beefed up Stamina score. Combat is no longer done by adding 2D6 roll to your skill score and comparing it with your enemy's. Most of the opponents (zombies in one form or another) that you meet in BOTZ have only 1 stamina point each. As they are slow you always get to strike first and depending on what weapon you are using take out a certain number of zombies - a baseball bat causes something like D6-1 damage while a grenade causes 2D6+1 damage - you lose a stamina point for each zombie left standing after your initial attack. I think this chimes in rather well with the idea that the odd random zombie isn't much of a threat but a shuffling horde of 23 zombies is going to hurt!
Think I got fairly far on my first attempt and have since read that, now the first print run has sold out, Mr Livingstone has decreed that it was a little difficult and that the next print run will have the initial stamina score upped from 2D6+12 to 2D6+20, and that you can exceed that initial score by using medikits. Time for another bash methinks
There is another twist in the tale in that you have to kill every single zombie in the castle - I gather there are various endings for if you do or don't, all of which are by no means happy...
So any of you read it yet or planning on giving it a go. Would you download the app for your mobile phone (smells a bit like heresy to to me!)? What do you make of the changes?