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词条 ACE Gamebooks
释义

  1. Gameplay

      Combat    Attributes  

  2. Books in the series

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

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  • Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland
  • The Wicked Wizard of Oz
  • NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters!

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ACE Gamebooks is a series of gamebooks created by Jonathan Green and published by Snowbooks since 2015. The books are illustrated by Kev Crossley. A feature of the titles in the series is that they take classic works of literature and give them a dark twist, often combining steampunk elements, whilst also turning them into works of interactive fiction. Some of the titles take inspiration from more than one work of classic literature, such as NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters!, which uses elements of both J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Wendy and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World.

Gameplay

The ACE Gamebooks series are similar in terms of both gameplay and layout to Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, designed to be read by a single player.

The name for the series comes from the initial letters of the three attributes players keep track of throughout the books, Agility, Combat and Endurance. However, some books in the series introduce other attributes, such as Insanity and Logic, in Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland, and Mutiny in NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters! However, the name 'ACE' also references the fact that instead of dice, cards can be used to generate random numbers.

Another feature of the series is that in many of the books the reader can choose which character they want to play as.[1] Each player character has unique content written especially for them, which includes unlockable mini-quests in books such as The Wicked Wizard of Oz.

Combat

Combat is simulated by rolling dice or picking random playing cards from a standard deck. These randomly-generated numbers are added to the player's, or an opponent's, Combat score to produce a Combat Strength. The Combat Strengths of the player and the opponent are compared, with the higher one winning the Combat Round and deducting Endurance points from the other. Combat in the books also uses an initiative system, with whoever has the initiative gaining a Combat bonus.

Attributes

  • Agility: A measure of how athletic and agile you are.
  • Combat: A measure of how skilful you are at fighting, whether it be in hand-to-hand combat, or wielding a keen-edged blade in battle.
  • Endurance: A measure of how physically tough you are and how much strength you have left.

Books in the series

The series consists of three books so far:

  • Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland "Several years after the events of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Alice finds herself back in Wonderland and called upon to save the world of playing cards and talking animals from the increasingly deranged Queen of Hearts. But all is not as it first appears in the fluctuating dream world and soon Alice is battling to save herself from the nightmare that is rapidly overtaking the realm."
  • The Wicked Wizard of Oz "Hunted by the Wicked Witch of the West's winged monkeys and joined by her friends – the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion – Dorothy sets off for the Emerald City. Surrounded by enemies on all sides, will you uncover the secrets of The Wicked Wizard of Oz?"
  • NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters! "They said she was unsinkable, but on 15 April 1912, during her maiden voyage, the RMS Titanic sank. 1,503 people died, including passengers and crew. But 706 people survived, including a girl and her dog... After drifting for days, shipwreck survivor Wendy Darling and her dog Nana, find their lifeboat washed up on the shores of a mysterious island. It is a place lost in time, home to creatures long thought extinct, a forgotten tribe, and a boy who can never grow up. But Captain Hook and his crew have also come to Neverland, and the island itself is angry... How will you escape from Neverland?"

A copy of The Wicked Wizard of Oz is on display in the All Things Oz Museum in Chittenango, New York,[2] along with a set of bookmarks produced as rewards for backers of the Kickstarter that was run to fund production of the book.

See also

  • Fighting Fantasy
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  • Peter Pan and Wendy
  • The Lost World

References

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2. ^{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/ATO_museum/status/978360103526166528|title=All Things Oz Museum on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-04-20|language=en}}

External links

  • [https://www.facebook.com/ACEgamebooks/ ACE Gamebooks] - the official Facebook page
  • [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1412864360/neverland-here-be-monsters/ NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters! Kickstarter project page]
  • [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nightmare-Wonderland-Snowbooks-Adventure-Gamebooks/dp/190967981X/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland]
  • [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wicked-Wizard-Snowbooks-Gamebooks-Adventure/dp/1911390317/ref=la_B0034P7P60_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524222600&sr=1-9 The Wicked Wizard of Oz]
  • Jonathan Green, Author - author Jonathan Green's official website
  • Snowbooks.com - the current publisher of the range
  • [https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/jonathan-green-interview Interview with author Jonathan Green about Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland - Starburst Magazine]
  • [https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/jonathan-green-neverland-monsters Interview with author Jonathan Green about NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters! - Starburst Magazine]
  • Kev Crossley

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