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Jackie Sutherland's avatar

I'm new to gaming in general and had never heard of gamebooks before. Now I'm thoroughly curious and interested. Off to explore! (and I have a fantastic starting point, ty)

Jonathan Stark's avatar

If you ever want help deciding what gamebook is right for you, reach out to me on FB or post on this comment! Lobe seeing new folks get into the genre.

J.Q. Graziano's avatar

Welcome to the fold, Jackie! So many options for you to explore. Let me know if you find anything really fun.

Josh's avatar

Definitely going to check these books out! This interview was a great read!

J.Q. Graziano's avatar

Thanks Josh! I really enjoyed Jonathan's candor in sharing his journey and resonated with so much of his experience.

johnny F's avatar

This was a great interview and has convinced me to give the books a try!

J.Q. Graziano's avatar

That's fantastic, johnny! (Now, what kind of interview would it take to convince you to loan me a few thousand bucks?) 😵

johnny F's avatar

Keep up the good work and maybe you'll be surprised one day! 😉

J.Q. Graziano's avatar

LOL - consider me inspired!

Croaker's avatar

Fantastic interview with Jonathan Stark, the author of the new Line Wolf Huntress trilogy. The passion both Jonathan and JQ share for these books is palpable. I'll have to grab myself some copies!

J.Q. Graziano's avatar

Thank you, Croaker! Jonathan really put his heart into these books, and I am thrilled he shared a bit more of that heart with us here at Rediscovered Realms.

Jonathan Stark's avatar

Thank you for the opportunity to talk about the Huntress and the process of writing it! And thank you for bringing more awareness to Magnamund!

J.Q. Graziano's avatar

My pleasure, Jonathan! I'm looking forward to your future projects! 🐺

Paul Girard's avatar

Yeah, we just finished going through the first four books and they’ve loving it.

J.Q. Graziano's avatar

😮 Wow - AWESOME!!! 🐺 Your daughters have exquisite and refined tastes.

Kevin Snell's avatar

What an amazing accomplishment. Congratulations Jonathan! Looking forward to reading them.

Jacob's avatar

Man, I haven't done a book like this since the Star Wars ones I did as a kid. Kinda forgot this format existed.

J.Q. Graziano's avatar

I didn't realize there were Star Wars gamebooks, Jacob! Now I'm going to have to track them down.

Jacob's avatar

Yeah! I had a few of them as a set. They came with a plastic box that also included a d6 and some character sheets. I don't remember much else since that was way back in middle school.

Daniel O’Donnell's avatar

Great interview, J.Q. and these new books sound great so I’ll need to check them out. The Lone Wolf books, and particularly that iconic cover from the first edition, influenced so many of my characters from D&D as well as the types of books I would go on to read. It will be interesting returning to this world after 40 years and see how it holds up and if I can remember any of it. Thanks for another wonderful trip down memory lane 👍🏼

J.Q. Graziano's avatar

Thanks for commenting and for your encouragement, Dan! I hope you have fun revisiting Magnamund after your temporary sojourn on Earth.

Paul Girard's avatar

Really looking forward to delving into these with my daughters

J.Q. Graziano's avatar

That sounds like fun, Paul!

Kveto's avatar

Great interview. I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on the Huntress series when it becomes available. Any author who can recognize the brilliance of Pyrdain and Taran Wanderer is alright in my book.

Kveto's avatar

Great interview. I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on the Huntress series when it becomes available. Any author who can recognize the brilliance of Pyrdain and Taran Wanderer is alright in my book.

Johnny McRae's avatar

Haven’t gotten a chance to get to these yet but heard great things - hope to read them soon!