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Post by Relenoir on Apr 15, 2004 19:11:45 GMT
Of course, I couldn't ask about the other two series without asking about this one, so...
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Post by deiseach on Apr 15, 2004 22:11:03 GMT
Loved The Captives of Kaag. Maybe I just like it when Lone Wolf goes to the Darklands?
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Post by Ofecks on Apr 16, 2004 6:57:04 GMT
Definitely Dawn of the Dragons. Too many great events (especially the passage through Armory), and that was just from the US abridged version. I can't wait to read the original.
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Post by The Tagazin Poodle on Apr 16, 2004 13:31:27 GMT
The Darke Crusade was my fav, if only because it seemed the least broken of the series (I had to make due with the abridged versions).
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Post by Relenoir on Apr 17, 2004 0:02:53 GMT
Yeah, that was my pick too. I liked the broad amount of Northern Magnamund that it encompassed. Wait until you get to read the unabridged...it's even better!
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Post by Cattfish on Apr 17, 2004 13:37:57 GMT
In book form, the highest I ever got at my used bookstore was the Captives of Kaag, but that book was very disjointed! I start by firing a crossbow and end up deep in a pit of mud with Bandeon next to me???
Anyway, since book 13 is the only one I've survived on this site so far, that gets my vote.
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Post by Relenoir on Apr 17, 2004 23:18:49 GMT
You must be in the U.S.A. like me. I had the same problem when I was younger. The U.S. versions were incomplete, and had what I called "continuity errors". On Project Aon, you will happily only find the complete versions. For more info, read the thread about "What is an unabridged version?"
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Post by Sarra on Apr 21, 2004 22:14:07 GMT
For me it was the Darke Crusade. Hands down.
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Post by Black Cat on Jun 1, 2004 14:57:53 GMT
The Darke Crusade, the first LW book that I ever read (oh, so many memories). Dawn of the Dragons is my second favorite.
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Post by Archdruid on Jun 1, 2004 19:25:14 GMT
Legacy of Vashna, but I don't remember why . . .
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Post by WaitingOnPassword on Aug 2, 2004 17:23:05 GMT
My favorite Grand Master book was Dawn Of The Dragons. I enjoyed it a great deal, for the same reasons that Fire On The Water is my favorite Kai book, in that involves a lengthy quest, with lots of travelling, and with plenty of scenes in settings that I like, such as hills, plains, and towns. I also enjoyed the scene near the end where Lone Wolf shows up in The Vault Of The Sun, much to the utter shock of one of the young Kai.
The Plague Lords Of Ruel was a good book too, and I enjoyed the concept of finding a way into Mogaruith, and the different ways you could do it. Not to mention the great amusement at picturing all those Cenar druids being drowned in acid. That said, it lacked that something that caused it to stand out, and I wasn’t keen on the early scenes. The Captive Of Kaag was a good action romp, but I found much of the middle of the book lacking, and wasn’t engaging to me. The Darke Crusade was another great book, and I thought it was on par with Dawn Of The Dragons. However, I preferred DOTD because it had more use of the settings I prefer. The Legacy Of Vashna was ok, but I just did not like how the book played out, and the use of Naar’s realm. I don’t like it there, as you’ll see later on, even if it is only briefly. The Deathlord Of Ixia was good at the start, but, once again, I really disliked the settings used from the early stages of the book, and that detracted from it for me. Wolf’s Bane and The Curse Of Naar were both strongly disliked, because I flat out do not like Naar’s realm, and, to be honest, I want to explore Magnamund, not other realms. Sure, a brief visit here and there can be tolerated, but having entire books set there is just a major turn-off.
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Post by outspaced on Aug 2, 2004 17:48:08 GMT
Personally, I consider The Curse of Naar to be an excellent Grand Master adventure. I like the fact that it isn't set on Magnamund (though it did take a little getting used to way back when in '93  ) and fills in an awful lot of information regarding the evil pantheon of Magnamund. You have no idea what's going to happen next on first reading, and you can't even go to the map for a potential peek at the adventure--absolutely everything is shrouded in mystery and secrecy.  |
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Post by Black Cat on Aug 2, 2004 18:43:31 GMT
Personally, I consider The Curse of Naar to be an excellent Grand Master adventure. [...] You have no idea what's going to happen next on first reading, and you can't even go to the map for a potential peek at the adventure--absolutely everything is shrouded in mystery and secrecy. I agree with you. The first LW book that I played was The Darke Crusade and the second was... The Curse of Naar! When I played it, I was thinking that it was going to be similar to the other book that I have read: I knew where I was by looking at the map. But in this book, everytime I was going to the next kingdom of the Realm of Darkness, I was thinking: "Where the f... am I? Did I choose the good path?" Everytime it was a kind of surprise to discover something that was completely different from our world, where there's nothing similar to the landscapes of our planet. |
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Post by BenKenobi on Aug 3, 2004 10:05:43 GMT
The Curse of Naar is genial, one of those books that realy differ from the others of Lone Wolf. It is the last Lone Wold's adventure and contains elements,cameos,enemies,... from ALL the books of the saga. It couldn't be a better idea. If you want to confront Naar, then you have to go in the earth of his kingdom ! My favourite, though, is Dawn of the Dragons because was my first book ever of Lone Wolf ( ), and i played it many times with differents difficulty levels: it is very very hard to beat if it is your first book, but it is quite simple if you've player the entire saga before ! It gives a look on great part of the Magnamund universe and many references to old books, too, and it is probably why I got the idea to buy all the other books !
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Post by Relenoir on Aug 10, 2004 16:03:55 GMT
Although I voted for DotD, I must come to the defense of tCoN and say that it is quite exciting, for the reasons previously mentioned by others, besides that it is a very exciting adventure into the unknown, with lots of tough baddies to beat down!
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) and fills in an awful lot of information regarding the evil pantheon of Magnamund. You have no idea what's going to happen next on first reading, and you can't even go to the map for a potential peek at the adventure--absolutely everything is shrouded in mystery and secrecy. 