Join me as I try my first playthrough of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Adventure Gamebook No. 16, Shadow Over Nordmaar. This is a Dragonlance Adventure written by Dezra Despain in the style of a ‘Chose your own adventure’, story with AD&D game mechanics added. There are 26 possible endings with two different stories!
Discussion
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode, today I am running through my second playthrough of Shadow Over Nordmaar, the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebook written by Dezra Despain and released in April 1988! It is Linaras, Darkember the 14th and my name is Adam.
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Discussion
- 18 gamebooks published from 1985 to 1988
- 4 of which are set in Dragonlance
- Prisoners of Pax Tharkas
- The Soulforge
- Lords of Doom
- Shadow Over Nordmaar
- initially titled Super Endless Quest Adventure Gamebook
- On the third book the series’ title changed to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Super Endless Quest Adventure Gamebook
- became Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebook from the fourth book onwards
Outro
And that’s it for this episode of Gaming Dragonlance, Shadow Over Nordmaar! What did you think of the gamebook? Have ever been a fan of the ‘Chose Your Own Adventure’ style novellas, and do you have a favorite? Lastly, what do you think about the AD&D mechanics used in the gamebook? Feel free to email me at dlsaga@pm.me or leave a comment below.
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This channel is all about celebrating the wonderful world of the Dragonlance Saga, and I hope you will join me in the celebration. Thank you for watching, this has been Adam with DragonLance Saga and until next time Slàinte mhath (slan-ge-var).
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