The Gaming Den

I would like to check out the face. Guess I'll give it a full vote to avoid a tie.

33 The boy leads you off through some winding streets and up a steep flight of steps. You are just about to ask the boy whether he is sure where he is going when two black-robed figures wearing dark hoods leap out of a doorway and rush down the steps towards you. They whirl double-handed scimitars ...

Choosing not to go with him now and trying to go to the child. 10 The tribesman slopes off sulkily and you see him muttering in an angry fashion to some ruffians by the bar. They glare over in your direction, and you feel that it might be advisable to leave the inn as soon as possible. You step back...

Leaving to find the pyramid means not trying to find Gabbad, a dealer in antiquities, from whom the tablet you have was obtained. This was mentioned in the Background and your pretext for talking to the children. I'm not saying that matters but with the serial nature of the story it can be easy to l...

I will roll to break the tie. We rolled a 6 so we will go with the second option. Based on the changed votes, we're still going with the second option. I've read Orientalism and the perceived differences in culture tend to reflect our own cultural outlook, potentially exaggerating negative traits w...

210 You walk up to the huddle of country folk dressed in ragged nomadic cloaks who are watching the act in slack-jawed amazement. You stand amongst them and watch as the fire-eater touches a lighted brand to his lips and blow out a six foot gout of flame. Suddenly you feel a slight tug at the leath...

To break the tie I rolled a 2, meaning Yami Yugi, our dark game character possibly possessed by the spirit of another pharaoh speaks with the children first. 190 You approach the children, who stop running around as you draw near. They stare at you silently when you ask them if they know where the h...

48 You leave the room, cat calls and shrieks of mocking laughter following you. You emerge back into the bazaar. Do you want to go and talk to the children who are still playing in the corner of the square (turn to 190), go and join the crowd looking at the fire-eater (turn to 210), or go to the in...

Since we have a tie, we will go with the first name offered for our first character and use the second name for our second character should it come to that. Yami Yugi will buy everything that received a vote, leaving her with 10 Gold Pieces before gambling. 218 The men lounging by the door of the ga...

I like climbing into the face (continuing to thrust ourselves into dark orifices).

I'm disappointed as well. I'm guessing that they weren't as keen on our physics and we could have explored the Gojira without being crushed. Still, I think that the arsenal might have been a better choice - since we couldn't seem to go there after exploring the sunken ship. I think we should use hal...

Shove ourselves into all of the dark orifices, yes.

I don't think being stupod is part of bushido. Sneak.

Swimming looka bad. Stepping to the other side seems alright. Half vote for that

Left bank pool first, I think.

We have a torch - there must be a reason. Let's go in.

Life or death, victory or defeat - the choice is yours! Curse of the Pharoah by Oliver Johnson https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOWJPFXfoEC0AZ2yS79_581hvdJmfQaXZ7g31AF8DlgZo63j0GDNbh3JKjbU0HL2ydBZ9m-XvoYuLQUghusIeuQSm4OUsow8GHXdeY5UDTc7VNO_0hPemTwwgSFMyJcPZ9khNhlJ2rLGicanqyF183Njg=w438-h72...

Note for self - books that have been suggested: 1986 Super Endless Quest 6: Master of Ravenloft 2014 Fabled Lands Quest: Keep of the Lich Lord 2021 ACE Gamebooks 6 Dracula - Curse of the Vampire (note: high chance that JourneymanN00b will run this at some point) 1984 Golden Dragon 1 Crypt of the Vam...

I'm willing to walk up the stream bed. Surely we won't drown if it only appears inches deep. Probably leeches will get us.

There may be things to find here, but I don't feel comfortable leaving our mech at this depth. Under the circumstances I prefer to leave and hopefully try the arsenal.

Crawl.

Make it a full vote for the door.

Let's go in. I'm a little worried about us shifting the weight and falling down the precipice causing us to implode as the depth increases, but I think we would be careful of that possibility so surely it won't be an auto-death.

Is leaving the complex supposed to be following the zombie? I admit that I'm a little curious, but I don't really want to leave. Half vote for checking out the door.

That's sucky. If it's defeated, we should be able to dump the pieces in the room and lock it up. Figuring if we hack it again we get hte same option - and eventually we might get in trouble. Half vote for checking if that's true.