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David McK (3773 KP) rated Lord of the Silver Bow (Troy #1) in Books

Nov 13, 2022

Lord of the Silver Bow (Troy #1)

David Gemmell | 2006 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.0

(2 Ratings)

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<2022 update>

Still as good as ever. I've yet to find someone to match Gemmell for this style of work.

<<2011 review>>

While perhaps more famous for his Drenai series of books (that began with 'Legend'), throughout his life David Gemmell wrote many other books as well.

At the time of his death in 2006, he was working on a novel called "Fall of Kings": the final part of a trilogy that began with with this novel. The trilogy, as a whole, was a re-working of the story of Troy: set during the early bronze age and with some famous (as well as some not-so-famous) characters from that legend all making an appearance. This first novel introduces us to some of those characters and sets the scene for what is to come ...

As it's a Gemmell book, it's a pretty safe bet what to expect: the man was famous for writing heroic fantasy, with his characters as (nearly always) flawed in some respect: the main characters in this book (particularly Helikaon) are no exception to that rule. While it could be argued that the novel could do with a bit of trimming in some of the slower sections, this is still an impressive piece of work.

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The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) rated Survive: Escape from Atlantis! in Tabletop Games

Apr 10, 2018

Survive: Escape from Atlantis!

1982 | Adventure, Animals, Bluff, Nautical

7.5

(11 Ratings)

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Whales that sink boats

Sharks that eat swimmers

Sending monster to do your bidding

getting your people to safety

A newer version was published so everyone has access to it.

The Island is sinking and the ocean is filled with terrors, what a fun time.

I adored this game as a kid, nothing better than sending a shark to eat your sister and making the sounds from the movie JAWS, or sending a whale to sink her boat and maybe yelling "Moby Dick gets his revenge" before you actually know what you are talking about, because you know of the book but haven't read it yet....

This is a great game, the only way to improve it would be to make it 6 players, and add more versions of the creatures, which I've heard the new version does add squids, dolphins and more players. Or as I would call them, Flipper and The Kraken.

I own the old version. which was missing pieces and I got another copy that was missing pieces and created a frankenstein of parts to make the whole. I've seen people playing it online and it hits me in my nostalgic place. I'd love to break this out again and play.

Oh the pictures I would paint in my head as a kid.

The heroic triumph of getting my people to safety.