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Game Night, by Jonny Nexus. You need to read it:)

Okay, one big consolidated reply to everything:

Firstly...

Xath said:
The first chapter is brilliant. I'm looking forward to picking it up after the holidays.
TarionzCousin said:
I've just finished reading it. Great stuff.
+5 Keyboard! said:
That first chapter was too funny (and spot on as far as gamers I've rubbed elbows with). Just ordered it. Can't wait to read the complete book.
1 hp said:
Read the first chapter.
:lol:
Violent humor, my favorite kind of humor.
Aris Dragonborn said:
The sample chapter is awesome.

Plus others... but this post's getting a bit long now.

Thanks hugely for saying that. When I wrote up the first chapter I pretty quickly came up with the idea that it could be used as a neat and free way of showcasing the novel. Then, as always happens when I write things, I had the bit of crisis of confidence. Anyhow, it's really good for my ego to hear nice things said about it. My inner meerkat is now sniffing the air, rather than hiding its head in its paws.

Aus_Snow said:
It's just hit my 'buy later' list on Amazon. :) Though I'll see if I can get a local bookstore to order it in, instead. That might be better.

I haven't tried it, but it should be possible. I guess it will be easier with an ISBN, so here it is:

978-1-906402-01-3

And while I'm here, here are some other quotes that I've got:

"Game Night had me cackling from first page to last at the inept adventurers and the all-too-familiar players controlling them. Spare a thought for the GM too, potions and magic rings will never be viewed the same way again." [Link]
Gregor Hutton, author of Best Friends

"I issued more laughs from reading Game Night than I do from an average Pratchett novel... Clash of The Titans meets Discworld, neatly blended with a little Red Dwarfism." [Link]
Sin, Critical Miss Forums

"Have to say, just finished reading it and enjoyed it immensely – shades of far too many games I've GM'd waving from the background..." [Link]
Luddism

"I loved the book. As usual, your sense of humor was spot on." [Link]
Herald, Critical Miss Forums
 

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Oh, and just very quickly to say that you will, I'm afraid, be seeing quite a few mentions of Game Night in the coming weeks and months since I do intend to purchase a pretty large number of Morrus's very reasonably priced banner ads in the near future! :)
 





I just finished Game Night myself, and I echo the recommendations. It's a well-written book, and a fine example of Jonny's traditional humor.

However, I think the ending fell kind of flat (it seemed to me more like a "well, I'd better find a way to wrap this up" ending more than one that had been planned out from the start), and those already familiar with Jonny's previous works may find that they've already pretty much read his takes on various gamer personalities elsewhere - these are in novel form, granted, but it's still ground he's already covered. I found the numerous typos rather irritating, as well - but those of you familiar with my reviews probably won't find that to be a surprise.

Still, if you've never read a Jonny Nexus piece before, I can definitely recommend Game Night. Overall, I give it a low-to-mid "4 (Good)" on the typical 5-star rating system.

(I'll post a full review once the EN World Review pages are fixed...which hopefully will be any day now.)
 




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