tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417337570309175061.post5564577160220358116..comments2024-03-07T13:47:29.810+00:00Comments on Lloyd of Gamebooks: Orphaned sections and their usesStuart Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15100216520313336932noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417337570309175061.post-59818412235669106492022-03-20T14:50:50.617+00:002022-03-20T14:50:50.617+00:00There are also 'trap' orphaned sections, w...There are also 'trap' orphaned sections, which tell the reader off for reading parts of the book that there is no way to reach. For some wacky reason, the solo adventure in <b>Maelstrom</b> has an orphaned loop - a chain of seven paragraphs unreachable from anywhere except within the loop, describing your character endlessly walking along a circular corridor, reading signs that say things like 'Do not read paragraphs that you cannot reach' - as well as a 'you should not be reading this paragraph' paragraph that includes a warning about getting stuck in the loop.<br /><br />A few gamebooks have orphaned sections owing to some kind of editorial blunder - <b>The Citadel of Chaos</b> section 258 looks as if it should be accessible from section 3, but there's no way of getting to it. Similarly, there are no directions that lead to page 61 of the <b>Endless Quest</b> book <b>Hero of Washington Square</b>, and the two pages to which it leads cannot be reached via any other route, so I guess you could call them sub-orphans.Ed Jolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07293815550517824166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417337570309175061.post-27580063278754309902022-03-20T09:17:22.489+00:002022-03-20T09:17:22.489+00:00Great summary Stuart, thanks. Orphaned sections in...Great summary Stuart, thanks. Orphaned sections in all these forms add flavour to a gamebook and can feel like an Easter egg, like you’ve accessed something hidden, a peek behind the curtain. What about adding or subtracting x number when you read a passage, where do you see that kind of mechanic sitting in these categories? I’m thinking like in magehunter when you read something about your scalp tingling you add 10 and you go down some other narrative branch.Mitchel Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749239014364195520noreply@blogger.com