Lloyd of Gamebooks

“The Fighting Fantasy series popularised the use of a dice mechanic in gamebooks, a random element which contributed hugely to the suspense ...

Hi all! Just a quick post to give the percentage probabilities of winning, drawing or losing an attack round depending on the difference b...

I would just like to point out a couple of blogs I enjoy reading. One is by Dave Morris, who has written the Heroquest gamebooks, the Fabled...

Ok, this will be the last time I'll be down on the dice. They do have their good points too. This post links in with part 1 about how ...

I was going to say something positive about random elements in gamebooks, but I think I'll do all the negatives first. Dice usually ha...

Are gamebooks better for having random elements? Here's the first part of this discussion. Everyone knows about the Death Star. An inv...

I was thinking about the last post. Gamebooks need bad choices but a choice that is always bad becomes a dead choice. The bad choice needs t...