Lone Wolf Game Books and a bit of Fighting Fantasy - Two Shelves of Gaming episode 19

Greetings podgoers! I made a point today of setting some time aside to try and gather my scattered thoughts into a coherent podcast about what I've been up to regards gaming. Thus I attached a Rode Wireless mic to my collar and went for a stroll about town during a gap in the day's busy schedule to muse about being re-united with an old friend.  Namely the excellent Lone Wolf Game books written by Joe Dever and illustrated by Gary Chalk. While I did own these books back in the day I'm ashamed to say I found the combat system beyond my then poor ability in math (minus numbers! what are they?) As such I gave up on them while at the same time lamenting the fact I was missing out on such a brilliant looking book. Then some time in the mid-90s I threw out all my games books in one fell swoop - something I lament to this day. Yet, all was not lost. After various things happening with the Lone Wolf world in recent years, the game books are now being re-released with their original interior art thanks to the sterling work of those fine people at Mangamund.com allowing a whole new generation of gamers, plus some of the old timers, to don their green cloak, hone their Kai skills and fight off the forces of darkness. A fine testament to the work of Dever who is sadly no longer with us. Also discussed in this episode is the latest Fighting Fantasy book, the name of which I got wrong - it's Shadow of the Giants (duh) Plus as ever there are some links for those who wish to take a closer look or generally peruse some of the things I ramble on about. Enjoy and thanks for listening. https://www.magnamund.com/ https://www.crnaluknja.si/