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Post by andyc on Jan 2, 2021 0:33:56 GMT
Yes definitely, I would love to read those BAs. The Slavers of Xanar looked great from the couple of pictures that have been released. I always wanted to find out how Warlord Zegron was beaten after Jungle of Horrors. What with the last two Collector's Editions to go as well, there is certainly plenty of material that can be released in the gap before Light of the Kai drops. Actually, the German LW CEs have the same BAs as the English versions. They are however lucky to have the CEs of all Grey Star books, including thus the Bonus adventures not released yet in English. The BA of GS3 ("The Chains of Ghol-Tabras") that I cowrote with Alexander Kühnert, features some characters of LW31 in their youth, notably...
Only the Swedish have different LW BAs, but from Book 8 only (LW2-7 have the same as Mongoose CE versions): Slavers of Xanar (book 8, by myself, you play Vagel during the War vs Zegron; that one may also contain information related to the last books...), The Lost and the Damned (book 9, by my friends Gavyn Duthie and Andreas Andreou, you play a Crocaryx shaman centuries before the coming of Lone Wolf and explore the Underworld around Zaaryx - some ties between that one and LW31!) and The Partisan (book 10, to be released; written by the Swedish LW expert Erik Zetterberg; you play Sebb Jarel and gives hard time to the Drakkarim) for the moment. Moreover, the Swedish were gifted by August Hahn with several Noodnic short adventures which are really exciting.
Now, we (Ben and I) are aware we have to help you to wait patiently for LW32, and so we want to release a lot of supplementary material while we're writing the latter. BAs compilations are considered among many other things (already in prep), and I couldn't agree more that amon them, the Dire series must be published first, in a single book, as it is the fans' great favourite (mine too) !! That's great news, thanks for the update Vincent. Very exciting to hopefully see these additional stories which feed into the conclusion. They will be day one purchases for me like with many other LW fans. I had planned to save the other two paths of Book #31 for future playthroughs of the whole series, but given your hints I don't think I can wait that long. Looks like a couple of mini-playthroughs are coming up!
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Post by Black Cat on Jan 2, 2021 15:43:35 GMT
Actually, the German LW CEs have the same BAs as the English versions. They are however lucky to have the CEs of all Grey Star books, including thus the Bonus adventures not released yet in English. I do hope that Holmgard Press release the CE version of the GS series someday with these BA. I would be buying it for sure. After the fiasco with Megara (now Brocéliante), I think only Holmgard Press can deliver these books to the hungry readers. Only the Swedish have different LW BAs, but from Book 8 only (LW2-7 have the same as Mongoose CE versions): Slavers of Xanar (book 8, by myself, you play Vagel during the War vs Zegron; that one may also contain information related to the last books...), The Lost and the Damned (book 9, by my friends Gavyn Duthie and Andreas Andreou, you play a Crocaryx shaman centuries before the coming of Lone Wolf and explore the Underworld around Zaaryx - some ties between that one and LW31!) and The Partisan (book 10, to be released; written by the Swedish LW expert Erik Zetterberg; you play Sebb Jarel and gives hard time to the Drakkarim) for the moment. Moreover, the Swedish were gifted by August Hahn with several Noodnic short adventures which are really exciting. If you have all the information regarding these BA, may I suggest that you update this wiki page? I think it is important that readers have a definitive list of all the work published about Magnamund: linkNow, we (Ben and I) are aware we have to help you to wait patiently for LW32, and so we want to release a lot of supplementary material while we're writing the latter. BAs compilations are considered among many other things (already in prep), and I couldn't agree more that amon them, the Dire series must be published first, in a single book, as it is the fans' great favourite (mine too) !! I'll take a guess that the Dire (and his new legion of undead warriors) might be featured in the last book?
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Post by zorkraan on Jan 3, 2021 16:33:23 GMT
I do hope that Holmgard Press release the CE version of the GS series someday with these BA. I would be buying it for sure. After the fiasco with Megara (now Brocéliante), I think only Holmgard Press can deliver these books to the hungry readers. Thanks for the support. It's one of the many projects in our sight, Holmard has to find the best schedule to release them (as we have all the manuscripts, BAs in English included). If you have all the information regarding these BA, may I suggest that you update this wiki page? I think it is important that readers have a definitive list of all the work published about Magnamund: linkThank you for the link, I'm not very familiar with wiki policies, but as a concerned author myself am I authorized to update this specific page ? Actually there is a lot to add. If possible, will do when I'll find time. I'll take a guess that the Dire (and his new legion of undead warriors) might be featured in the last book? Ha, ha, we'll see. All I can say is that August Hahn's work is heavily taken into account ^^.
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andyc
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Post by andyc on Jan 3, 2021 16:42:36 GMT
OK, I have read through (rather than played) the other two pathways and they are also very good. The route involving Shasarak's history had a couple of nice puzzles and certainly delivered on that villain's history. I felt it was likely the hardest to ultimately succeed due to the lower probability of picking up a certain item that comes in essential later, compared to the equivalent items on the other two paths. Having said that, the item in question has some very interesting ramifications that might come to Light (of Kai, ho ho). Finally Scaler's Rest path had interested me the least as I felt I had already been to the Kelderwastes in #23 and especially its BA, however it turned out to be possibly the most informative route regarding the events that transpire in the next arc of the book. It also leaves that scenario open, so we may see more of this path's villain later on.
So which one should you take on your first playthrough of the book? Arguably Scaler's Rest has the most relevant lore to Dusk's events, so I would recommend this one first. Shasarak's Secret Lair comes a close second because of spoiler reasons. The Golden Pagoda has the least pressing relevance to the immediate story, but does help flesh out a certain villain of the New Order books and perhaps gives the best 'feel' for the threat and history of the secret order you are working against. So they are all relevant. As are all the books from 1 to 30, and Grey Star books, and most of the BAs it seems. Just read 'em all (or as much as you can) as they all fit together very nicely.
My Final Score for Dusk: 5/5 (That doesn't mean its perfect, but for me, it comes pretty close)
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Post by Black Cat on Jan 3, 2021 16:46:06 GMT
Thank you for the link, I'm not very familiar with wiki policies, but as a concerned author myself am I authorized to update this specific page ? Actually there is a lot to add. If possible, will do when I'll find time. Joe revealed the title of Dead in the Deep by editing his own wiki page, so I don't think it is a problem. However, that was just a small modification: if you are about to publish a lot of information that have not been made public in some way (like in a book, an interview, on a website), then you will have problem to justify why you are changing big chunks of information on a wiki page without the "proof" of what you are saying. Might you now consider publishing an updated version of the Magnamund Companion?
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andyc
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Post by andyc on Jan 3, 2021 16:59:14 GMT
Thank you for the link, I'm not very familiar with wiki policies, but as a concerned author myself am I authorized to update this specific page ? Actually there is a lot to add. If possible, will do when I'll find time. Joe revealed the title of Dead in the Deep by editing his own wiki page, so I don't think it is a problem. However, that was just a small modification: if you are about to publish a lot of information that have not been made public in some way (like in a book, an interview, on a website), then you will have problem to justify why you are changing big chunks of information on a wiki page without the "proof" of what you are saying. Might you now consider publishing an updated version of the Magnamund Companion? Perhaps if an article was published on Magnamund.com, then that would become the quoted source for the wiki? I suspect that someone in the Wolf Pack would be able to update the wiki themselves/ourselves once the information is available on the website, it would probably be easier for Vincent and Co that way? But I wouldn't say no to a new Magnamund Companion, ha ha.
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Post by zorkraan on Jan 3, 2021 22:52:27 GMT
Haha, have you read "The Realm of Sommerlund" guys? It's pretty like a new MC in our view - but only containing Sommlending lore... There are also the 2 tomes of the bestiary, "Magnamund Menagerie" & "Bestiary of the Beyond". A new Magnamund Companion would be... titanic, with many tomes. But who knows ? Thanks for the advices, we're going to publish an exhaustive list of all the canon medias on the Magnamund site, including gamebooks, spinoffs, BAs, graphic novels, novels, videogames, rpg campaigns. Actually I've already showed that list on Facebook, but it's true it should be housed by Magnamund.com.
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Post by kolinovic on Mar 27, 2021 21:08:57 GMT
I've been struck by another thought in relation to the epilogue of this book. We know that there's the prophecy which could relate to Vonotar actually playing a role in the final good vs evil debate. But what if that could be Jhudyth either? It seems like both of them had a sense that you need to look at the more holistic picture, but she may have gotten it right while he got it wrong. There could be either some kind of confrontation between them, or a choice to be made by LW or NOGM of which of them has that right? Would fit in with where the Brotherhood has been going too...
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Post by drunkenwolf on May 2, 2021 1:12:11 GMT
Just ordered this one, and the Mongoose "Flight from the Dark" (again, years later)! My emphasis lately has been on collecting the Adventure Game, but thought it fitting to have the beginning and end of the hardcover reprints!
For Sommerlund and the Kai!
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Post by Black Cat on May 2, 2021 17:17:20 GMT
Just ordered this one, and the Mongoose "Flight from the Dark" (again, years later)! I don't know how much you've paid for the Mongoose version of book 1, but I think you should had waited for the Holmgard version that is supposed to come out in the next few months. The physical quality of the first few Mongoose books is not that good (a lot of people complained about how the pages were falling apart, and the spine is square, not round like the ones following book 3). The Holmgard version will be of better quality for a much reasonable price.
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Post by lorddarkstorm on May 2, 2021 18:49:06 GMT
Yup. I have so many copies of the early mongoose books. They kept sending me new ones because of silly mistakes they made.
I wonder if Mongoose ever made any money of Lone Wolf with the insane amount of free books they probably had to send out.
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Post by drunkenwolf on May 2, 2021 19:58:07 GMT
Yup. I have so many copies of the early mongoose books. They kept sending me new ones because of silly mistakes they made. I wonder if Mongoose ever made any money of Lone Wolf with the insane amount of free books they probably had to send out. Well [nuts], there's my luck in a nutshell lol.
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Post by Black Cat on May 2, 2021 22:32:39 GMT
Yup. I have so many copies of the early mongoose books. They kept sending me new ones because of silly mistakes they made. I wonder if Mongoose ever made any money of Lone Wolf with the insane amount of free books they probably had to send out. I'm lucky that I only needed a new copy of book 8 (after they sent me a version missing the last 2 sections of the bonus adventure). I don't know if my first three books (with the square, ugly spines) will last long but so far, they are still holding (although I don't read them very often). I think I'm one of the lucky few that got a version of book 3 without the missing section the first time around!
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Post by lorddarkstorm on May 2, 2021 23:08:26 GMT
The missing section was so bad, it was at that point I realised they really had no decent proofreading process.
I still remember, a couple of years after what I considered their worst error (the book 12 spine), I contacted Joe who was selling signed books on ebay. I'd bought a few from him before, but I saw him advertising Masters of Darkness, and he noted that it was a revised edition. So I messaged him asking what it said on the spine in the hopes it had been fixed, and I got a rather terse one word reply "Maters". I imagine he was already not best pleased with them at that point lol
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