Avadon 3: Hint Book & Extras

The hint books are a valuable resource for old school role playing (and other) games that were always a separate purchase going all the way back to the days of Sierra adventures of the 80s. I'm sure some old hands around here will also recall various publishers including a sheet in the game box with a telephone hint line number that of course cost money to utilize if you were stuck in the days before the web existed as a resource. I still have my printed guide books for the Might and Magic role playing games & strategy games. Those go way back too. There was no web and I am not the brightest bulb, sharpest knife, etc. I treasure my old guides. They are wonderful to consult when playing GOG classics. The Spiderweb guides similarly are very nice to have if you appreciate this stuff as I do. It enhances the enjoyment of classic and classic style games for me. The idea that this stuff which takes time and costs money for a small developer of excellent games like this to produce should be included free is unreasonable and unfair to them. I am writing this in response to the one star review I just read which I am sorry but really smacks of entitlement. As the old saying goes, there is no free lunch. The guides for Spiderweb games are nicely done and helpful. I own most of them. I consider them well worth it but for anyone who disagrees, the solution is simple: web search. Have fun with that. I'd rather save time and support Spiderweb Software myself but to each their own. A one star review because it isn't free is not appropriate in any case. By the way, I am sure most old school cRPG folks can do just fine without a guide and even I probably could too. I just like having the resource handy and of all indie developers, this is one I particularly feel good about supporting with the added purchase personally.

If a game is trying to harken back to the old days of long and complex RPGs and planning, then surely people remember that hintbooks such as this came with the game already.