Wicked Wizard of Oz

A choose your path adventure gamebook

Paperback

ISBN:
9781911390312
4 stars (1 review)

1 edition

Review of 'Wicked Wizard of Oz' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

At the time of reviewing, I've played through this once as each character. The book contains four characters and two more are available as "DLC". The standard characters largely follow the same storylines, at least after meeting up with Dorothy, and have a variety of different traits which can help or hinder your journey. There's quite a lot of variety here and with one exception contrary to the usual rules of "do not split the party", splitting up is a good thing, at no point does it seem unfair or suddenly kill you for no reason.

There are two methods for skill checks and combat. One is to use 2d6, the other is to use cards. The card method is more evenly distributed, although there is extra chance of getting very high numbers. You can also keep the cards out of the pack once you've used them which could help …