Maybe I have downloaded the wrong thing... I think what I have is just the game book maker....
-----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 1:18 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] New gamebook, The horrible dungeons of dreadful doom! Hi Dareen. Unzip the file, and then just open the index.html file in whatever brouser and go on from there. I thought I wrote as much in the readme actually. Beware the grue! Dark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Duff" <duff...@gmail.com> To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] New gamebook, The horrible dungeons of dreadful doom! > Hey. I downloaded the zip file but where's the game book? > > -----Original Message----- > From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] > On Behalf Of dark > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 12:36 PM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] New gamebook, The horrible dungeons of > dreadful doom! > > Hi Tom. > > well actually the calculation isn't too bad, just basic addition and > subtraction usually, and you can save yourself a lot of trouble by > just writing stuff down. > > For instance, my character in mutants has an inteligence of 18 which > gives him a pluss four to add to anything using inteligence, he's > rpetty inteligent. > > His investigate skill has 8 points in it, which means when I decide to > try rolling investigate (something that happens a lot for a super hero > team), I add 12 onto my roll. > > therefore on my character sheet I've written > > Investigate, 8 (pluss 12). > > The first number is the number of points I have in the skill, the > second is the actual number I add when i roll my D20. Thus the game > progresses quite quickly as I don't have to constantly recalculate > everything, and sinse my character for some things actually has two > sets of stats sinse he gets his super hero powers from a sute of > powered armour (which has huuuuge amounts of weapons and other > tricks), writing everything down before the game helps a great deal, > sinse the gm will just say "roll such and such" and I can just roll my > D20, add the right number and continue. > > I do the same with gamebook stats as well, calculating any numbers I > need to roll and then writing them down at the start. > > Also, As in sryth, I keep a note of my combat value and hp at the top > of the page, so that I can alter it as it changes through the course > of the story. > > Certainly, stat tracking does help I'll agree, but I don't think it's > completely necessary, and I must confess I get a litle irritated with > people who reffuse to do it at all and therefore miss out on a lot of > really good gamebooks. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the > list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > _____________ NOD32 EMON 6382 (20110816) information _____________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system http://www.eset.com > > > > > _____________ NOD32 EMON 6382 (20110816) information _____________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system http://www.eset.com > > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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