Lone Wolf
In unpacking only some of my multitude of boxes recently, I unearthed many of my old books, maybe a couple hundred fantasy novels running the spectrum—from virtual unknowns like Ogre Castle to more respectable ones like Barbara Hambly's Dragonsbane. I must have had about 80% of all Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance books they put out, as well as a few Greyhawk. I won't even count Ravenloft novels, since I collected those later and don't consider those as retro.
Among the dusty hordes I came across the old Lone Wolf series—a more sophisticated choose-your-own-adventure type of book—that I must have picked up around the age of 13 or so. Books like these were very influential on me. I recall trying to design my own worlds at the time based on the same methodology, not to mention a legion of bad drawings.
As I leaf through them now, I am hit with many vivid, happy memories. And I think there's now some d20 gaming material that came into being in recent days. Good for them!
My respects to the Kai Lords of Magnumund...I hope you have found vengeance against those damnable Darklords.
Among the dusty hordes I came across the old Lone Wolf series—a more sophisticated choose-your-own-adventure type of book—that I must have picked up around the age of 13 or so. Books like these were very influential on me. I recall trying to design my own worlds at the time based on the same methodology, not to mention a legion of bad drawings.
As I leaf through them now, I am hit with many vivid, happy memories. And I think there's now some d20 gaming material that came into being in recent days. Good for them!
My respects to the Kai Lords of Magnumund...I hope you have found vengeance against those damnable Darklords.
posted by Jeff LaSala at 7:05 AM
1 Comments:
*laugh* At first I thought you had written "Kai Lords of Management."
Saurus and I only had the first Lone Wolf book (Easley cover?) but I remember enjoying their sophistication. It's cool that Mongoose is working with the material --- it was a rich world.
In Wyoming, I recently went through the same exercise, and ended up re-reading the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander.
The guy is just _good_; "children literature," and yet he makes most modern fantasy fiction look like crayon scribblings. There is a lot to be learned from his work.
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