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Post by Freeway Warrior on Apr 20, 2004 12:23:39 GMT
Who remembers this series? I recently obtained the set via Amazon's secondary market, and confess I was a little shocked to find that the Book 1 is impossible. I didn't remember cheating when I first played through in the 1980s, but I must have to get past the "get the wrong random number and die" mindset behind this book. Regardless of how you distribute your skill points, the law of averages dictates that you'll almost certainly come a cropper at some point due to the sheer number of random number picks involved. Even if you DO survive all this, the book tries to kill you by lopping off a shedload of ENDURANCE (or killing you outright) in tough combats and unavoidable sections, then has the cheek to kill you if your ENDURANCE is too low! Does anyone else have the same problem with these books, or am I just crap at picking random numbers? However, I have to say that I still like the FW books - they're well-written (even if the subject matter is a little dated) and I love the additional play mechanics
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Post by Relenoir on Apr 20, 2004 16:46:51 GMT
I actually just picked these up very recently on eBay and a place called abebooks.com, which by the way is a very good place to look for out-of-print LW books without getting into a bidwar on eBay. I haven't gotten to read them yet, because before I had all of them I started school again and have been using most of my spare time for RPG plot development and rebuilding the system in general, but I see by your comments that this will be a daunting task indeed! I'll let you know what happens when I get there.
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Post by Mellitus on Apr 21, 2004 14:56:56 GMT
I`m old cheater - I was always looking at random numbers table, memorizing position of nine of zero (counts as ten, don`t you know?), and sticking pencil exactly at remembered position.
Freeway Warrior was my first contact with Joe Dever. I have these book ever since. Sweet memories.
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Post by Freeway Warrior on Apr 22, 2004 9:05:35 GMT
I can't believe it! I may have notebooks full of dead Cal Phoenixes, but last night I had another crack at Highway Holocaust and one of them actually made it! Books 2 and 3 were no problem after that since being able to add skill points at the end of each book provides some SERIOUS boosts to random number picks. I even survived one potentially lethal moment when I got a 1, thanks to fortuitous skill point distribution. I called it quits before Book 4 since it was getting late, but I'll try it tomorrow.
PS - I don't use the Random Number Table. I use a D10 or a pack of playing cards with the face cards removed. I find the RNT awkward since I either end up marking my book (using the point of my writing implement) or I hit lines between numbers (using the blunt end).
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Post by Banedon on Apr 22, 2004 11:18:24 GMT
I don't use the table either. I use a ten-sided die, or if I can't find one, the random-number generator in StatsKeeper (I always play at Project Aon now). Never thought of using cards...we have a zillion decks of them lying around...
EDIT: OK, I'm dumb...I was talking about LW in this post, I actually haven't played Freeway Warrior.
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Post by Relenoir on Apr 22, 2004 13:11:06 GMT
Most of the time, I use a D10 like Joe mentioned to do in the Grand Master series. When I can't, I use my finger, but I have specific rules. Obviously, if I'm clearly on a number, or mostly on a number, it works out fine. When I'm between numbers, I just continue in the direction I was moving to the next whole number. Of course, if that still leaves me in "limbo" for a number, I just do it again.
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Post by HuntingWolf on Jun 11, 2005 15:56:27 GMT
I never had any problem with the Freeway series....
HW
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Post by kai on May 19, 2019 15:04:45 GMT
I never understood the thing with the ammunition. For example, say you have a full pouch of ammunition. Then, you kill a dude who has a gun with a certain amount of ammunition in it. Can't you keep that as well, since the bullets are in the gun, not the pouch?
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Post by WaitingOnPassword on Jun 15, 2019 13:08:27 GMT
I'm a big fan of the Freeway Warrior series. In some ways, it’s better than Lone Wolf. I think the writing is a lot stronger overall, although that is simply down to the fact that Joe had improved from having written the Lone Wolf series; you can see the quality of Lone Wolf itself improve as Joe gains more experience. Another reason that Freeway Warrior is stronger is that it’s a lot shorter, so there isn't much room for anything that isn't vital to the story, and you’re not likely to get the feeling that things are being dragged out because there isn't the time for that to happen.
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