It’s bonus episode time again as HJDoom tries an adventure gamebook where finding the correct solution could have won you a holiday to a Disney theme park. Steeleye and the Lost Magic is weird combination of choose your own adventure and crossword puzzle as you fumble around a surreally fantastic world in search of the clues that will unlock the secrets of the magic which can save a mystical valley. Will our intrepid hero manage to solve puzzles aimed at the under 12s or will this be yet another humiliation for a grown who is already spending his free time embarassing himself in public? This episode was made possible by my generous supporters at patreon.com/hjdoom.

Hot on the heels of our last bonus episode comes this playthrough of the pirate themed adventure gamebook Seas of Blood by Andrew Chapman. Join HJDoom for a desperate race against the clock and also another pirate as we rob and pillage our way round the Inland Sea. Ships will fight ships! Ships will fight monsters! Excitement and adventure of all kinds will be had! With plenty of new systems to chew on there’s a lot going on in this adventure gamebook but will our less than intrepid hero by crowned King of the Pirates? Listen along to find out.

It’s another bonus episode featuring the work of JH Brennan, author of the Grailquest book we covered in our last bonus episode. This time he’s taking on gothic horror in the form of an ambitious adventure gamebook that you can play either as Baron Frankenstein or his monstrous creation. There’s big ideas everywhere in this one but can he manage to stick the landing and maintain an appropriately gothic tone? Find out by listening! Special thanks to a new patron, Saul Alexander. You can be like him by going to patreon.com/hjdoom and pledging as little as a single english pound.

Worry abounds as episode 15 takes us into space, the natural home of terrible Fighting Fantasy boos. Worse still, this book is by Andrew Chapman who penned the surreally awful Space Assassin. Is this the book that proves Fighting Fantasy in space can work? The answer is basically yes! But don't just take my word for it, listen to the episde too or I've wasted even more of my life than usual.

Join HJDoom for this playthough of 1985's Temple of Terror by Ian Livingstone as he returns to his comfort zone of rock hard dungeons and beautifully realised wilderness encounters. Will our dauntless hero succeed in finding the five dragon artefacts necessary to thwart a genocidal wizard? Will he even make it alive to the temple portion of the terror? Listen along to find out.

Wizards! Knights! A village! Possibly an actual dragon! This bonus episode sees us adventuring in mythical Avalon as we are dispatched by the wizard Merlin to deal with a pesky Brass Dragon that is terrorising the realm. Featuring a lengthy introduction and then a modicum of actual play. I hope you enjoy. Support the podcast, if you fancy, by going to patreon.com/hjdoom

Broom Broom! We're diving into an armour plated vehicle and jousting with vagabonds in a post-apocalyptic landscape. Join HJDoom on this thrilling excursion into a homage to Mad Max. Will our noble hero succeed in his oddly low stakes mission to bring home some fuel. Listen in to find out.