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Re: DQ7 News?

KnoliumTales — Wed, 13 May 2026 14:48:31 +0100

Thanks for the update!

Sorry to hear it's financial related as that is always difficult.

Hoping your situation improves and wishing you success on your upcoming project!

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Re: DQ7 News?

Da Boss — Tue, 12 May 2026 21:20:05 +0100

I’m afraid no news at the moment.

Obviously, I have just finished Sunfall – and currently have another project that is about to be green lit. The difficulty I have is that DestinyQuest is now entirely funded by myself (as I self publish the books) and therefore I need to be in a place of relatively safe financial security to be able to work for six+ months with no pay, then hope that people will help pre-order and cover some of the hefty publishing and art costs. The books are not cheap, and a lot of work goes into them.

So, of course, I will tackle DQ6 at some point, but at the moment I am afraid, like many people in these difficult times, I have to go where the paid work is to ensure that I can make a living.

But, as always, I will keep people updated. I’m probably due a proper news update sometime toward the end of this month.

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Re: DQ7 News?

KnoliumTales — Tue, 12 May 2026 20:19:48 +0100

I guess I can't count. I mean DQ6 the sequel to Wrath of Ragnarok.

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DQ7 News?

KnoliumTales — Tue, 12 May 2026 19:30:41 +0100

I'm planning on revisting the DQ series again, and it got me wondering if there has been any sneak peaks or news for the next book.

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Re: Wrath of Ragnarok errata

taruqali — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:25:36 +0100

Thanks for sharing these updates, this is really helpful for anyone playing through Wrath of Ragnarok Fixing small errors like keywords and stats can make a big difference in gameplay progression.

It’s interesting how even minor details can affect the overall outcome—kind of similar to how a destiny matrix chart interpretation ( https://destinymatrics.com )for beginners works, where each number plays an important role in shaping the bigger picture.

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Re: Ability cards

algreer — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:29:34 +0000

Thanks Michael. I've got the available ability cards printed, they look great, ready for another game over Xmas

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Re: Ability cards

Da Boss — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:32:55 +0000

The others were do as promo for Kickstarter campaigns. So, unless I was to do another campaign for DestinyQuest, probably unlikely I'd be doing cards for the other books. Hmm, something for me to think about I guess.

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Ability cards

algreer — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 10:16:50 +0000

Hello, thanks for making such wonderful gamebooks. Are there any plans to add Ability Cards for Heart of Fire and Winters Fury as downloads? I love the ability cards for the other books

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Re: Writing my own game book

Da Boss — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:23:53 +0000

I have a 'How to Write a Gamebook' series on YouTube - so that is probably exactly what you are looking for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN1nZtZR6gM&list=PLIHDOnEpDl4C7n1mcaRZGhTMKBMS5LU_2

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Writing my own game book

Link_13 — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:31:50 +0000

Hi Da Boss, I have started writing my own gamebook based on some of the mechanics and ideas of your books. (they are based on a prequel for the knight that gives you his invitation in Legion of shadow. Do you have any ideas on how to improve my work or tips and tricks. Thanks

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Re: New Player

Da Boss — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:16:53 +0000

Hello, and welcome! I am pleased that you are enjoying Legion. Did you know that there are printable ability cards available (see the Downloads page and scroll down to Legion of Shadow). They might help you with keeping track of everything!

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New Player

Monarch — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:23:29 +0000

Hey All, new player here. I found the game a couple days ago, and started playing Legion of Shadow. I nearly finished Act 1 in a day, so needless to say I'm really enjoying it. I read that this is one of the 'weaker' entries being the first gamebook written. If that's the case, I'm hyped about the other books!

My only (slight) concern is that it may become difficult to keep track of all the abilities as I progress. Otherwise, it's great to have finally found something I can play by myself that doesn't require a ton of space or elaborate set up!

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Re: Map of Dormus

dredknight — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:34:41 +0100

Wonderful !

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Re: Map of Dormus

Da Boss — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:10:52 +0100

I've added it to downloads page.

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Re: Map of Dormus

dredknight — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:38:00 +0100

Yes that is great! I will make the annotations on it.

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Re: Word count per book

dredknight — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:36:13 +0100

Thank you!

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Re: Word count per book

Da Boss — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:49:30 +0100

Yes, here are the approx word counts (incl glossary):

Los:193,000
Hof:212,000
EoWF:216,000
RoDS:242,000
WoR:255,000

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Re: Map of Dormus

Da Boss — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:42:28 +0100

Sorry for the delay. I can make the map available as a download on the 'downloads' page of the website. Then up to you if you want to annotate on it, then share. I could certainly share it if you wanted.

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Map of Dormus

dredknight — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:27:45 +0100

Is there a digital version of the map of Dormus on pages 138-139 of the World Companion? Can it be included in a DQ article? I want to showcase the development of the story on it. It will be a bird's eye view summary for readers that have not had the chance to read the series.

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Word count per book

dredknight — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:20:11 +0100

I was wondering if there is information about the size of each book (amount of words)? Will use that info in an article on DQ evolution through the years.

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Sunfall and the Road Ahead

Da Boss — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 07:03:05 +0100

I've published a news update, which will hopefully bring everyone up to speed with what has been happening behind the scenes! I know things have been pretty quiet here - but check out this news story to discover the gamebook goodies that are coming your way in 2026!

http://www.destiny-quest.com/news/sunfall-and-the-road-ahead/

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Re: Wrath of Ragnarok errata

dredknight — Thu, 01 May 2025 18:57:02 +0100

Alright, will look for it .

The book is an absolute blast!!!

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Re: Wrath of Ragnarok errata

Da Boss — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:10:44 +0100

The Wind Serpent is not part of the 'Enclave' questline. It is a different Mythic monster that you would need to defeat.

Wind Scales are a crafting item that will be useful in the next book ;-)

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Re: Wrath of Ragnarok errata

dredknight — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 09:23:12 +0100

When defeating the Wind Serpent Mythic monster, on prize entries 548, 502, 376 there is no bonus token for "Enclave" quest (514). That bonus is granted on the other 2 Mythic Monster kills so I expected here to be the final one. However I may be wrong because the hero is granted wind scales special item but I have not managed to find a usage.

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Re: Colored/Black and white maps

Da Boss — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:28:41 +0000

Sorry for my delay in replying, I didn't spot your post!

It is only The Heart of Fire that has black and white maps. All the other books still have their colour maps.

The maps from Heart of Fire are available in colour from the Downloads page, if that helps.

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Colored/Black and white maps

Narque — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:06:24 +0000

Currently only have the first two books in the series and was a little down about book 2 having black and white maps. It doesn't take much from the gameplay but was a nice touch being colored. What other books in the series are black and white or is it just book 2? if so i might have to keep my eye out for a pre owned book 2 with color maps. cheers

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Re: Were the ebooks updated?

Da Boss — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:37:17 +0000

Wrath of Ragnarok is now available as an ebook on Amazon (and will soon appear on other retailers' sites, including Apple Books, Kobo and Google Play).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DestinyQuest-Ragnarok-Michael-J-Ward-ebook/dp/B0DQXSYVXS/

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Re: Were the ebooks updated?

saif1117 — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:15:56 +0000

Thank you so much. I'm excited to finally play through the first book. I still need to sit down and finish the fourth one, so I’m ready for book 5.

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Re: Tides of Terror - combat pad

Usagi — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:59:28 +0000

Hi,
my point was to have available only the sheets that are already part of the book, not the extra bonus content. It would be appreciated if one may download the character sheets along with combat charts and print it out instead of scanning the book. The other books of yours have similar sheets normally available for a free download.

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Re: Were the ebooks updated?

Da Boss — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 10:23:24 +0000

The price change is just a random one. I don't set those - they are probably decided by my publisher (Gollancz) or the Google Play store (sometimes they discount for a while, then revert to the publisher's set price).

Book 5 ebook is coming very soon. I just approved the file/text last Friday, so it should be going up any day now.

As for Legion ebook, the fully updated version is coming. I have pressed Gollancz again to confirm with me when that should be. They were due to get the final file over a week ago and I have not heard anything. I will pop an update up when I know.

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