Posts belonging to Category 'gamebook'

February 7, 2009 | Posted by Mark
I did about 30 rough html docs and may do some more today while watching the rugby – which should be a walkover for England, but you never know, could be embarrassing! Getting the first version of the outline done for the Agincourt gamebook was quite exhausting, and I have been yearning to get back [...]
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February 4, 2009 | Posted by Mark
I have now completed the initial plan for the Agincourt gamebook. I decided to keep things simple by only doing the writing for the initial historical deployment and actions of Henry V’s army – so they will start with the same formation and advance towards the French. I have started planning out alternatives to these [...]
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February 3, 2009 | Posted by Mark
I’ve decided that I really need to grind out the content for the Agincourt gamebook as swiftly as possible to keep up the momentum – more sweat and less prevarication and distraction from things like blogging is required!! I found when I put together www.marklord.info over the weekend, that I was able to get this [...]
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January 29, 2009 | Posted by Mark
I have been thinking again about some what ifs for the Agincourt gamebook. For example What If the English men-at-arms had not repulsed the French attack. Would Henry have ordered the English archers to join the melee? Would he have had a reserve of some sort that he could deploy? It seems unlikely, because of [...]
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