[HN Gopher] Tabbed out on the Oregon Trail
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       Tabbed out on the Oregon Trail
        
       Author : tobr
       Score  : 68 points
       Date   : 2024-08-30 04:59 UTC (18 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (blog.zarfhome.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (blog.zarfhome.com)
        
       | runsonrum wrote:
       | This is cool! I love Oregon Trail and did not realise there is a
       | chose your own adventure book. Thank you.
        
         | jweir wrote:
         | There are many. My kids read them in fourth grade - this
         | particular one I had not seen before. Lots of fun.
        
       | ameliaquining wrote:
       | Where's the walking-dead node? I've been staring at the state
       | diagram for a bit and haven't managed to find it.
        
         | NBJack wrote:
         | I think it's around level 7, where there is an additional grey
         | node on the way to a red node. All other red nodes appear to be
         | leaves of branches/decisions (i.e. immediate consequences).
        
         | tantalor wrote:
         | https://imgur.com/a/zBQiLpo
        
       | ggillas wrote:
       | Love the Oregon Trail and Powell's--it's a magical book place.
       | 
       | I had a chance to work with one of the original Oregon Trail
       | creators on a board game concept these past three years. Don is a
       | true pleasure to work with and has a sharp mind plus great
       | stories. Highly recommend HN folks look up his GDC talk or send
       | him some work (he's open to select projects)
       | https://www.linkedin.com/in/donrawitsch/
        
         | throwup238 wrote:
         | Powell's is great. On the top floor is a rare book room with
         | tons of old books, including a copy of the Journals of Lewis &
         | Clark in its original binding with all the maps in tact. They
         | were the first to map the eastern and western river valleys
         | that the Oregon trail crossed.
        
           | zerkten wrote:
           | They used to have an incredible technical bookstore a few
           | blocks away. Sadly, it closed over 10 years ago.
        
       | 082349872349872 wrote:
       | the author's own games: https://eblong.com/zarf/if.html
        
         | csmcg wrote:
         | Andrew Plotkin is one of the best IF authors there is, in my
         | opinion.
         | 
         | Highly recommended the following:
         | 
         | Spider and Web: https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=2xyccw3pe0uovfad
         | 
         | Shade: https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=hsfc7fnl40k4a30q
         | 
         | So Far: https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=rcrihauxixy48svr
        
           | bkcooper wrote:
           | _Hadean Lands_ is also very cool
        
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