Gamebook Trivia Part II

[Zipp]

The current question is:

Non-Lone Wolf: Name a gamebook which checks whether the player character is a carp. (asked by Doomy)

The LW question needs to go to either Peregrine or Tagazin Poodle. I would post a tie breaker, but I'm heading home for the weekend and probably won't check internet until I get back (unreliable dial up at home). Maybe hold a combat for the title, using Joe's rules.

So have a nice weekend everyone!

~Referee Zipp

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I'm guessing it's a Brennan book then? I'm really clutching at straws here. A carp?

[Doomy]

Yup. A carp. Fishy fishy.

Hint: The book in question is in fact a single-player spinoff from a tabletop RPG (unrelated to D&D) which allows you to use your existing player character.

It is rather obscure, so I'll post the answer tomorrow if no-one can get it. I admit it's a truly sadistic question, but it was so weird I couldn't resist.

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Hmm . . . when you put it that way, sounds a bit like Tunnels and Trolls. Any warmer?

[Doomy]

Slightly warmer, but not quite right. Probably time for another hint...

Another book in the same series had a duck on the cover. A duck with a sword.


I am not on drugs.

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Doomy said:

I am not on drugs.

And I put it to this court that you are!

[Doomy]

Right, I am obviously in danger of killing this thread off, so here's the answer:

www.gamebooks.org/show_item.php?id=2149

The scenario is thus:
You are in a trapped room which suddenly fills with water.
The section describes how there is a small pipe which only a carp could escape from, and then comes up with a special death only applicable to carp characters.

And Outspaced, I reiterate: I am NOT on drugs. But then I didn't write the book...

Bonus - here's the sword-wielding duck:
www.gamebooks.org/gallery/rq-sq1.jpg

RuneQuest featured full rules for playing as an anthropomorphic duck and that book contains a scenario wherein you battle two of them.

As for the next question, I'm going to make this a free-for-all. The first person to post a non-Lone Wolf related gamebook trivia question here is welcome to do so.

[Relenoir]

Well, that was interesting. I never played Rune Quest, but had some friends who did and they always liked it. Since nobody else has posted, I guess I'll ask the next non-Lone Wolf question. Here goes. . .
In what gamebook (title and series) can you meet a necromancer named Tavashtri?
~Relenoir, who hopes this question will take longer to answer than his last one. . .

[Zipp]

I'm fairly certain this comes from Fighting Fantasy, though I do not know the actual gamebook.

~Zipp, just in from Portland

[Peregrine]

Well, you all saw what happened last time I was expected to post a question (in my defence, I do believe it was right before I was away from all net access for five days). So perhaps you shouldn't wait on me? ;D

I will try and think of something...

[North Star]

Well, for what it's worth, Tvashtri is the Vedic god of artifice. Somehow the name rings a bell when not connected with matters Divine, but I'm really haven't a clue otherwise.
Oh and Relenoir, that's just your bad luck that I'd been looking through my Cretan Chronicles again just days before you posted!

NS.

[Zipp]

Well, i'm gonna post another logic puzzle of my own devising. This one is called "The Mad Tea Party." The first one to answer correctly takes the LW question.

Myself, the Hatter, the Hare, the Rabbit, the Mouse, and Alice met for a Tea Party. The table had two sides, with three chairs on each side, numbered like so:

Side A: 1 2 3
Side B: 6 5 4

Chair one was across from chair 6, chair 2 across from chair 5, etc. We would sit down one at a time, in any chair we choose. The first guest to sit down was called the first guest. After the second guest sat down, however, everyone who was seated moved to the next highest chair. This behavior was continued two more times, after the fourth and sixth guest sat down.

1) The first person to sit down sat in chair 1
2) The mouse sat down last
3) After the first time everyone moved, no one had been on side B yet
4) The Hatter and Alice choose the same starting chair
5) When I was in chair 1, the Rabbit was in chair 6
6) I started on side B, but didn't end there
7) The hare moved all three times
8) Alice ended up between the mouse and the hare
9) I sat down after the rabbit but before the hatter
10) The mouse sat down in an odd numbered chair.

My question is, after everyone had been seated, where was I seated?

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Relenoir said:

In what gamebook (title and series) can you meet a necromancer named Tavashtri?

I remember meeting a sorceress called Vashti in a FF book, but this name seems unfamiliar . . .

[Relenoir]

outspaced said:

I remember meeting a sorceress called Vashti in a FF book, but this name seems unfamiliar . . .

Wow, I can't believe I have everybody stumped so far. Should I give another clue?

My question is, after everyone had been seated, where was I seated?

I think I've got it Zipp: *Spoiler*The Hare sat down first in chair 1, then Alice in chair 2. They then moved, so Alice was in 3 and the Hare in 2. Rabbit sat in chair 4, then you sat in chair 5. Everybody moved again, leaving 1 & 2 open while you were in 6, the Rabbit in 5, Alice in 4, and Hare in 3. Finally, the Hatter sat in 2 where Alice began, and the Mouse in 1. Everybody moved over, leaving you in chair 1, Mouse in 2, Hatter in 3, Hare in 4, Alice in 5, and Rabbit in 6. Did I get it?
~Relenoir, who should be working on his tax forms. . .

[Zipp]

You were on the right track, but you messed up somewhere in the middle. Some of the chairs are indeed correct, but not all of them. And not mine.

HINT

If you need help solving, I suggest creating a matrix. The matrixes should have the rows named after the guests, and the columns labeled 1-6. In one matrix, this 1-6 represents chair numbers. In the other, it represents the order in which each guest sat down.

You can then use the clues to cross out boxes in your matrix. With some good thinking, you will be left with the answer.