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Old 02-11-2012, 12:39 PM   #4
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I have two CYOAs I got from Amazon. One is from Konrath - "Banana Hammock - A Harry McGlade Mystery (A "Write Your Own Damn Story" Adventure)". I can't recall the other, but both are geared toward adults.

I remember CYOAs when I was a kid, and I recall being rather irritated by how often different choices would basically take me to the same place with little variation. Some of them would have a blurb on the back with something like "a hundred possible storylines!" which was essentially a lie. As the OP stated, "an apparent large number of options that all seem to funnel into three or four paths."

Wow, am I retaining a bitterness I did not see until now? Could be why I haven't cracked open either of the Kindle CYOAs.

I still like the idea of CYOAs, but it would take a pretty complicated execution to impress me, apparently.
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