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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 8102567" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>This is another instance where it's hard to talk about individual books as opposed to the entire series. Given, however, that I don't recall too much about each book in particular, it's easier for me to be unconcerned with that, though I suspect I'll have something to add with regards to particular volumes should something in these reviews happen to grab me. I'll try not to get deeper into specifics in the meantime, though.</p><p></p><p>As it is, I picked up the Double Diamond Triangle books long after they'd all been released, mostly for the sake of personal amusement. That was largely because, by that point, they had become widely regarded as something of a train wreck; that's somewhat hyperbolic, but still summarizes what I recall of the gaming community's take on them. For one thing, if I recall correctly, they're among the only books expressly held to be non-canon with regard to the continuity of the Forgotten Realms.</p><p></p><p>I vaguely recall a chart (most likely in an old <em>Dragon</em> magazine) suggesting that, despite their numbering, you didn't need to read <em>all</em> of these books to follow what happened. You were still supposed to start with book one and end with book nine, but there was some mention of how the branching paths created by different books following different groups sent to retrieve the missing bride meant that you could skip certain books and still follow a complete plot-line. Whether that's true or not I can't recall, and I find it amusing now that "you can skip a whole bunch of what happens and not get lost" was billed as a feature and not a bug, but I wonder if I'd feel differently if the books had been better.</p><p></p><p>Although I still confess to not understanding why it was called "Double Diamond Triangle" in the first place. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure :unsure:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":unsure:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 8102567, member: 8461"] This is another instance where it's hard to talk about individual books as opposed to the entire series. Given, however, that I don't recall too much about each book in particular, it's easier for me to be unconcerned with that, though I suspect I'll have something to add with regards to particular volumes should something in these reviews happen to grab me. I'll try not to get deeper into specifics in the meantime, though. As it is, I picked up the Double Diamond Triangle books long after they'd all been released, mostly for the sake of personal amusement. That was largely because, by that point, they had become widely regarded as something of a train wreck; that's somewhat hyperbolic, but still summarizes what I recall of the gaming community's take on them. For one thing, if I recall correctly, they're among the only books expressly held to be non-canon with regard to the continuity of the Forgotten Realms. I vaguely recall a chart (most likely in an old [I]Dragon[/I] magazine) suggesting that, despite their numbering, you didn't need to read [I]all[/I] of these books to follow what happened. You were still supposed to start with book one and end with book nine, but there was some mention of how the branching paths created by different books following different groups sent to retrieve the missing bride meant that you could skip certain books and still follow a complete plot-line. Whether that's true or not I can't recall, and I find it amusing now that "you can skip a whole bunch of what happens and not get lost" was billed as a feature and not a bug, but I wonder if I'd feel differently if the books had been better. Although I still confess to not understanding why it was called "Double Diamond Triangle" in the first place. :unsure: [/QUOTE]
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