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Post by chris777 on Sept 30, 2008 12:56:04 GMT -5
Something funny I noticed in the game instruction section of Dawn of the Dragons. Dawn of the Dragons is the 18th book in the series, and in the instructions, Joe Dever talks about using a ten sided die in place of the random number table. I think by book 18 most Lone Wolf fans would've figured that out. Ive been using a ten sided die since book 1.
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Post by Izziel Darkblade on Sept 30, 2008 13:12:35 GMT -5
I think the LW Club newsletters made the d10 suggestion way before book 18. I can be wrong thoug. ;P
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Post by Ghost Bear on Sept 30, 2008 15:27:10 GMT -5
It's very likely that most Lone Wolf players back in the day weren't RPG gamers, so would probably never have heard of a d10.
-GB
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Post by Samildanach on Oct 2, 2008 9:55:12 GMT -5
I agree with GB. Besides, even though I know what a D10 is, and have known for years, I don't own one - and I wouldn't go out of my way to buy one just for LW.
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Post by chris777 on Oct 2, 2008 14:52:58 GMT -5
Well this may be a bit crazy but I went out of my way to buy a "green" D10 to play Lone Wolf. I dont like the Random Number Table that much, you often land your pencil on the line and have to do it over, and besides, after using the random number table so many times you sort of "learn" where the numbers are so you tend to put your pencil where you can get the numbers you want. The D10 is much easier.
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Post by Ghost Bear on Oct 3, 2008 1:23:23 GMT -5
Nah, not crazy. If you're going to get yourself a die, you might as well get the right colour.
I own a d10 myself, but it's only a fairly recent purchase - I bought it for the online RPGs I started playing over at LWRPGoL.
-GB
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Post by chris777 on Oct 6, 2008 10:08:04 GMT -5
Well you will find Im even crazier when I tell you that I used a blue D10 when I played the Banedon mini adventure. And when I couldn't find my blue D10, I used a blue D12 where if I rolled an 11 or 12 I would reroll.
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Post by Al on Oct 7, 2008 6:47:33 GMT -5
It's very likely that most Lone Wolf players back in the day weren't RPG gamers, so would probably never have heard of a d10. -GB I never saw a d10 until long after I was reading LW
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Post by chris777 on Oct 14, 2008 9:56:12 GMT -5
Actually though, if a lot of people didn't know of the D10 back in the 80s when LW first came out, than perhaps Joe Dever should've mentioned the D10 in the early books.
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Post by Ghost Bear on Oct 15, 2008 2:55:32 GMT -5
Actually though, if a lot of people didn't know of the D10 back in the 80s when LW first came out, than perhaps Joe Dever should've mentioned the D10 in the early books. Seems to me that it was a concious design choice not to use any sort of dice in the Lone Wolf books. I can think of two good reasons for it. Firstly, you need nothing to play the books other than a pencil, and secondly, it distances the Lone Wolf books from Fighting Fantasy (a little bit). I'm not sure which Joe would have considered more important at the time(!) -GB
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Post by chris777 on Oct 15, 2008 14:10:15 GMT -5
Well in Fighting Fantasy you use a D6, so since you would be using a different type of die in LW, I don't see it as really being much of an issue as far as distancing LW from Fighting Fantasy. Im not saying that there shouldn't be a random number table, its just that I personally find the D10 a much better system and I am sure there are lots of people other than myself that did use the D10 in the early books.
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Post by Samildanach on Oct 22, 2008 5:25:40 GMT -5
I always preferred the RNT to dice anyway. Because gamebooks are books rather than tabletop games, I often read them on my bed, or on the sofa. An uneven surface of that nature makes for awkward die rolling.
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Post by chris777 on Oct 22, 2008 12:06:04 GMT -5
I always preferred the RNT to dice anyway. Because gamebooks are books rather than tabletop games, I often read them on my bed, or on the sofa. An uneven surface of that nature makes for awkward die rolling. Well the problem with the RNT is that after using it a few times, you tend to "learn" where the good numbers are and so you tend to move the pencil around in those spots. A D10 is more random. And besides, you don't have to turn to the back of the book each time you need to pick a random number. At least thats why I prefer the D10 over the RNT, that and also because Im a hardcore gamer and used to rolling dice.
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Wonder where that came from?
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Post by Beowuuf on Oct 27, 2008 14:07:33 GMT -5
Google's wacky ad matching!
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