Joe Dever
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 7:09 pm
Don't know if any of you were fans of the Lone Wolf game books in your youth, but author Joe Dever has died at the age of sixty:
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/1 ... ever_dies/
I remember the Lone Wolf books as credible alternatives to Fighting Fantasy for the neophyte gamer stuck on their own with no group to play with. I always preferred their combat system which gave you a chance even against really hard enemies. Contrast with FF where a warrior with 7 skill up against a Pit Fiend might just as well pack up and go home.
Looks to have been doing Lone Wolf stuff right up to his death, and seems to have had a pretty good career in an industry that's more than a little precarious at times.
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/1 ... ever_dies/
I remember the Lone Wolf books as credible alternatives to Fighting Fantasy for the neophyte gamer stuck on their own with no group to play with. I always preferred their combat system which gave you a chance even against really hard enemies. Contrast with FF where a warrior with 7 skill up against a Pit Fiend might just as well pack up and go home.
Looks to have been doing Lone Wolf stuff right up to his death, and seems to have had a pretty good career in an industry that's more than a little precarious at times.