| Title | : | You Are (Not) Deadpool: A Marvel: Multiverse Missions Adventure Gamebook |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 183908152X |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781839081521 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 |
| Publication | : | Published July 19, 2022 |
Things seem weird, even by Deadpool’s standards, when Matt “Daredevil” Murdock offers him a profitable – nay, straightforward! – contract. No chaos, no unpredictability, no funny business… C’mon, Murdock, that’s just not Deadpool’s style. Sensing something is up, Deadpool grabs an innocent bystander off the street to confuse any semblance of predictability the universe is trying to force on him. Good-hearted mischief spirals into a sinister plot full of impenetrable bank vaults, crime lords stroking their (lack of) mustaches in very evil ways, and an assortment of offensively stylish suits that are begging to be blown up, Deadpool discovers his choices are no longer his own – they’re yours!
You Are (Not) Deadpool: A Marvel: Multiverse Missions Adventure Gamebook Reviews
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Thanks to NetGalley and the cool kids at Aconyte Books, I was lucky enough to get a review copy of one of the upcoming Marvel Multiverse Mission Adventures Gamebooks. Whew, say that five times fast! This copy was provided for free in exchange for my honest review.
You may ask yourself, what is a Multiverse Mission Adventure Gamebook? First, I'd say you've got a very wordy brain. Second, it's like a Choose Your Own Adventure but with dice and note taking.
You may wonder (my, you're introspective today) why in this action-packed Marvel Universe romp that you are some rando and not Deadpool himself. Well, that would really be a question for the author, Mr. Dedopulos. But if I had to guess, it's because Deadpool talking to himself for most of the book wouldn't be as much fun. After all, he's the Merc with a Mouth, not the Merc that Talks to Himself. Plus, you have that added feeling of holding a superhero's fate in your hands.
So, what makes this different than your average Choose Your Own Adventure? Sit tight and I'll tell ya.
Deadpool has three skills: Merc, Mouth, and Focus. These values can (and will!) change depending on what happens. At some points, you'll have to roll one or more d6 (for you non-gamers, that's a regular die) and add a stat to it to determine the outcome of the situation. It could be a check to bluff (Mouth), investigate (Focus), or fight (Merc). Spoiler alert: a lot of it is fighting!
Throughout the book, there's also objects you can add to your inventory, but you can only carry five things at any time. No, it doesn't matter if it's a key that could fit in your pocket or a sledgehammer. Five's the limit, bucko! You're not the one with Rob Liefeld pouches.
There's also Qualities that you can pick up. Not physically of course, but this is where the note taking comes in handy. Let's say you happen to initiate the self-destruct of a bad guy lair under Central Park. I mean, you probably wouldn't do that in real life, but this is a comic book...book. You might get assigned Chaos +2. Different choices will assign you different Qualities. At certain points, you may have additional options, or penalties, depending on your level of particular Qualities.
There's also a lengthy list of Achievements you can acquire, giving a little extra incentive to replay the book if you're the type that just has to check every box.
That's a whole lot about how the book works, but how is it?
It's a lot of fun! Tim Dedopulos (can I call you Tim?) does a fantastic job running Deadpool's mouth and making with the funny. There's plenty of wacky antics and action (did I mention there's a lot of fighting?) to keep you entertained. This is comic based but if you're a fan of the movies, you'll no doubt read his dialog in Ryan Reynolds' voice.
In addition to skill checks and fighting (a lot!) there are a few puzzles and mini-games to test your brain. This is where I have my little quibble with Tim. (Sorry, did we clear the whole first name thing?) Without spoiling anything, a couple of these are annoying for different reasons.
Minor grip numero dos: there are no illustrations in the book, just clip arty things. When reading CYOA or Fighting Fantasy back in the day, there was always a little extra thrill when you came across an illustration. Being based on a comic book there should be something more in here.
Having said that, these are minor annoyances. I've played through a couple times to try different paths and the book is a blast. It's probably as close to hanging out with Deadpool as any of us mere mortals will get. You might even run into some other well known comic characters in your travels!
Nothing against Deadpool, but I'm definitely looking forward to the other Gamebook, She-Hulk Goes to Murderworld, also written by my good pal Tim (even if he doesn't know it. I mean the good pal part, I'm sure he knows he wrote the book). I love Arcade and Murderworld! Both Gamebooks release on July 5th so you have something to do while recovering from fireworks injuries in the hospital.
About Marvel Entertainment
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You want to be Deadpool? Well, here you go!
I'm old enough to remember the 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books back when I was a kid. It's such fun to see an 'adult' (well, it is Deadpool) version of those now, and with such a rollicking adventure.
The author has 100% captured the voice of the Merc with the Mouth. From the first page, I was laughing, and it was a pleasure to join DP in his shenanigans - even if I doubt I'd survive them in person!
The format worked very well, and I had no problems with the 'back and forth' nature of the text. I think I'd rather have had a paperback than an ebook, but it wasn't too much of an issue - that's just my preference, and possibly some nostalgia for the old Fighting Fantasies that I scribbled in years ago.
I know a Deadpool cosplayer and have already shared this with him. I'll certainly be doing so for the less crazy/interesting among us, especially with interest in the movies failing to wane anytime soon.
As Mr Pool might say, 'Why haven't you gone out and got this yet?!' -
Deadpool forces you to defeat predictability (and sure, okay, some bad crime lords along the way) through mini-games and puzzles in this new adventure gamebook with Marvel’s “Merc with a Mouth”
Things seem weird, even by Deadpool’s standards, when Matt “Daredevil” Murdock offers him a profitable – nay, straightforward! – contract. No chaos, no unpredictability, no funny business… C’mon, Murdock, that’s just not Deadpool’s style. Sensing something is up, Deadpool grabs an innocent bystander off the street to confuse any semblance of predictability the universe is trying to force on him. Good-hearted mischief spirals into a sinister plot full of impenetrable bank vaults, crime lords stroking their (lack of) mustaches in very evil ways, and an assortment of offensively stylish suits that are begging to be blown up, Deadpool discovers his choices are no longer his own – they’re yours!
You will need 2x 6-sided dice and something to take notes to enjoy this gamebook to its fullest. There are achievement trophies at the back so make sure to re-play!
This is the first ‘choose your own adventure’ style book I’d read since the Goosebumps’ versions I had as a teenager. Generally, I tend to stick to straight up fictional novels now but am always open to reading something new and so jumped at the chance to be on this tour.
I really enjoyed the Deadpool movies and so was very interested to see how this story would unfold. It took me a little while to get my head around it works, but I soon got used to it. I used the notes app on my phone, along with a dice app so didn’t have to start digging around on board games looking for some. I did find Deadpool’s dialogue to not be in keeping with how I have come to know him from the films, but I think that’s just because I’ve only encountered him that way before and so Ryan Reynold’s version is the one that sticks out to me.
This book has re-playability too so you could go back and follow a different route too. -
Content Warnings
It’s a Deadpool book so its content warnings should be pretty self explanatory, however, for those not in the know (how do you not know Deadpool? What’s wrong with you?) this book has plenty of blood, guts, threats of, and actual, violence, and a particularly disturbing game of Jenga.
Blurb…
Deadpool forces you to defeat predictability (and sure, okay, some bad crime lords along the way) through mini-games and puzzles in this new adventure gamebook with Marvel’s “Merc with a Mouth”
Things seem weird, even by Deadpool’s standards, when Matt “Daredevil” Murdock offers him a profitable – nay, straightforward! – contract. No chaos, no unpredictability, no funny business… C’mon, Murdock, that’s just not Deadpool’s style. Sensing something is up, Deadpool grabs an innocent bystander off the street to confuse any semblance of predictability the universe is trying to force on him. Good-hearted mischief spirals into a sinister plot full of impenetrable bank vaults, crime lords stroking their (lack of) mustaches in very evil ways, and an assortment of offensively stylish suits that are begging to be blown up, Deadpool discovers his choices are no longer his own – they’re yours!
You Are (Not) Deadpool is a Marvel adventure gamebook from Aconyte, written by Tim Dedopulos. Throughout the book readers… players… playders… (I’m going with readers, but playders sounds really Inbetweeners-y, and I’m drawn to it strongly!) find themselves faced with choices, games of chance, and puzzles to further the story, or end it abruptly if you make a mistake (I haven’t died yet. I’m good at this super-hero malarkey). If you imagine the Give Yourself Goosebumps book line and D&D had a lovechild, you’d be close. From the very first page the story moves at a brisk pace (painful number puzzles aside - I hate maths) and flows nicely. Throughout my plays I didn’t find there to be a great deal of difference pace wise between chosen paths, I haven’t come across any ‘slow boring safe’ path, they have all moved at a suitably super-hero-y pace. Which is great for my ‘short attention span’ husband. Keeps him occupied with puzzles and not bogged down with anything too story heavy, so it would be great for anyone with attention deficit disorders. Obviously, it’s Deadpool, so more suited to older viewers, but would be good for anyone who wants to work on their maths skills - I’d love to work on mine but I think I may have dyscalculia as numbers move and dance. I’d be lost if I hadn’t had my times table drilled into my memory at school in the early 80’s!
Tim Dedopulos has done a fantastic job throughout You Are (Not) Deadpool with his characterisation of characters, especially Deadpool. Deadpool’s wise cracking and gung ho approach to superheroing is not only well done and evident from page one, but also becomes so infectious you find yourself picking the more ‘Deadpool’ like options as you progress, forgetting that your character, Number 6, doesn’t have super-human regenerative abilities. Although you usually send Deadpool in first, so, it’ll be alright won’t it? Won’t it…?
The book is set in locales most people are familiar with, such as New York City (never visited but I am re-watching How I Met Your Mother which is basically the same, right?), grounding it in reality and giving a familiarity to it, so when you find yourself in places most of us haven’t been, a shady organisations secret underground lair beneath Central Park for example, there is still that element of realism and relatability to pull you in. Disregarding super-human abilities! Although I never disregard super-human abilities…I’m still holding out hope that my X gene will activate and I can be one of the X-Men. Well, you gotta hope, right?
Maths puzzles aside (have I mentioned I hate maths?) You Are (Not) Deadpool is a great read, and I would imagine it will be enjoyed by most super hero fans (Marvel fans for sure…but not Zac Snyder fans, it’s way too cheery for those people !). It will also make an especially great addition to any Deadpool fan’s collection - it’s safe to say that come September 29, I’ll be ordering a physical copy of it ready to give to my Deadpool obsessed husband at Christmas.
All in all a fun romp with one of my favourite characters, maths aside! I’ll forgive him though, because of the joy I’ll see on my husband’s face, and the wife points I’ll accrue when I present him with this on Christmas Day! I’ll give it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, but with an extra ⭐️ floating close behind for the sheer fun of the book - but I’m still holding a grudge about all the maths!
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to Netgalley, Aconyte, and Marvel for the advance copy
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2022 MARVEL -
Well this is a surprise another Aconyte Books review! But just when you thought their worlds of tie-in fiction couldn’t get any better they only release a solo adventure gamebook in the essence of the Fighting Fantasy series first published in the 80s! You can pretty much guess this is going to be a five star from me from the start, but before we get into that let’s have a little look at what you can expect.
You, yes YOU, team up or rather are forced by Deadpool to defeat predictability through mini-games and puzzles.
As the synopsis points out; ‘Things seem weird, even by Deadpool’s standards, when Matt “Daredevil” Murdock offers him a profitable – nay, straightforward! – contract. No chaos, no unpredictability, no funny business… C’mon, Murdock, that’s just not Deadpool’s style. Sensing something is up, Deadpool grabs an innocent bystander off the street to confuse any semblance of predictability the universe is trying to force on him. Good-hearted mischief spirals into a sinister plot full of impenetrable bank vaults, crime lords stroking their (lack of) mustaches in very evil ways, and an assortment of offensively stylish suits that are begging to be blown up, Deadpool discovers his choices are no longer his own – they’re yours!’”
Now obviously given the nature of the ‘game’ it’s hard to give an overall view of the story since there are some many options, endings and routes to get there and on top of that we (meaning I) don’t like to spoil much of the plot of books we review. I will say from the first introduction pages of how to play it is clear that Dedopulos knows Deadpool and can write the merc with the mouth amazingly well. I was already laughing while getting my supplies together.
There are some fun additions to the general solo roleplaying game book here and there as well which truly fit in with the chaotic Deadpool and this delightful game. I honestly can’t remember the last time I had so much fun roleplaying with just myself! You know what I mean!
As I said at the start this is almost like an amazingly weird love-letter to the books by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. I grew up with those books and still have some old copies of the original. I used to wait with anticipation for the Scholastic faires in hope that one of the reprints after Wizards got the rights would be there, along with any other goodies I could find. Simply put I couldn’t find someone to play D and D in my younger years and those books scratched that itch. Now I’m older and do have friends to play roleplaying games with we all have annoying adult responsibilities and finding times we are all free can be a nightmare. So sometimes my trusty fighting fantasy books return and I can honestly say I have already recommended this to all those friends as well as pre-ordered it myself. I know it’s going to eat hours away of my free time, whether it be replying the same route, choosing something different, altering stats the replayability is endless (almost) and when you have someone as fun as Deadpool by your side you know you can never get bored!
I already cannot stop recommending this and will continue to do so. If you grew up with and enjoyed fighting fantasy it is a must, if you love Deadpool (everyone does really, even if they won’t admit it just maybe not X-men Origins Deadpool) it is a must, if you love roleplaying games it is a must, if you ever read choose your own adventure books or fanfictions it is a must. Basically buy this gamebook. You will not be disappointed, I promise you that.
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Can I just say what a fun read/adventure this book was? You Are (Not) Deadpool by Tim Dedopulos was this amazing mix of Deadpool snark and Marvel lore combined with classic choose-your-own-adventure style and dice/chance elements.
Did you ever read choose your own adventure books? I definitely did (I even had a Goosebumps one that I read so many times some of the pages started falling out). Well, You Are (Not) Deadpool is billed as an "adventure gamebook," but the premise is the same. As you progress through the story, you help Deadpool try and save the world from Centauri weapons through a combination of puzzles, dice rolling, and the attributes you've built up over game play. Every answer takes readers to a different page and onto a different plot. When I first read these types of books, they weren't digital so it was really cool to see the same premise taken into the modern age and ebooks. Rather than flipping through to the correct next page and maybe accidentally seeing a page or plot point I wasn't supposed to see yet, the ebook version is automatically linked to the correct page making it very easy to stay on the right path.
I thought Dedopulos did an excellent job at keeping Deadpool user friendly (since the reader is playing through the adventure with Deadpool, too many obscure Deadpool references would have only taken readers out of the story) while also injecting all the wit, sarcasm, and devil-may-care attitude that Deadpool is known for.
Deadpool was truly the perfect character for a Marvel gamebook. A character known for breaking the fourth wall both in the comics and on the big screen, it was completely in character for Deadpool to spend so much time in You Are (Not) Deadpool talking directly to the reader and even relying on your opinion and knowledge throughout the story.
What I love most about these kinds of books is the fact that you can read them many, many times and read a different story each time. I read through You Are (Not) Deadpool three different times and ended up with three vastly different Deadpool adventures. This book is hours of entertainment featuring the Merc with the Mouth, and I know I have many more adventures to go with this book.
There are some roleplaying game elements in this adventure; readers do need to keep track of base stats as well as any attributes you pick up along the way. Readers will also need a set of dice in order to determine outcomes throughout the story. I kept my game play 100% digital with the use of a a note app on my phone and a pair of virtual dice.
Overall, You Are (Not) Deadpool was all around entertaining whether you are a Deadpool fan or not. I would say having some prior Deadpool knowledge is helpful in terms of full entertainment value of this book, but any Marvel fan looking to relive the excitement of choose your own adventure books will definitely want to pick this title up.
I received a review copy of You Are (Not) Deadpool from Aconyte Books. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.
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About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. ©2022 MARVEL -
Alien weapons are getting imported into US and it is up to Deadpool and you, as his advisor, to investigate and stop the disaster that may follow.
Literature:
+ the writing is good
+ and the writer did some effort to bring the Deadpool style in his adventure
- but basic comic book stories without the visual part are as good as listening Metallica without the guitars
- and the experiment that you are not the superhero but someone walking beside him and telling him what to do was pretty pointless and has no weight to the story, besides some occasional jokes here and there.
+ Jokes are usually not bad
- but rarely especially good either
- and in order of some of them to work you need to know some pop-culture stuff like Gwen Stefani claiming to be Japanese, etc.
Gameplay:
is definitely the worse side of "You are not Deadpool".
+ A simple system is chosen - 3 attributes + 1d6 to 3d6 rolls, inventory of up to 5 items, emerging numerical stats and achievements here and there.
+ The stats system is well balanced as numbers
- but problematic as a concept - it can easily snowball as successes lead to attribute increase and thus more successes (even guaranteed, often) and few fails in the beginning will snowball to more fails afterwards, potentially dooming the player.
- There is an overreliance on achievements and having so many of them and so random ones makes me to just not care. You can visit a rather significant part of the scenes in one playthrough, so replayability is not the strongest part of this gamebook and I see no reason to push it so much with 50 achievements
+ but they will work for some people and can give a goal for a re-read.
- Considering this system, you have to write down a lot of stuff all the time, basically after every 2nd section you go through, which is inconvenient
- and I couldn't find a printable version of the character sheet (at least there is no mention where one can be found in the book) and there is no complete character sheet in the gamebook itself, both of which are simply lazy and unacceptable for 2022.
+ The occasional puzzles are rather good themselves
- though they are not well enough explained
\ and I was lost in those requiring comic book knowledge, but I wouldn't say this is a negative, as it will work fine for comic book fans.
- - - But the biggest sin of this gamebook is that there are no interesting choices. You just choose where to go with no information that can make those choices actually a "gameplay" and not "randomness". And you usually go through all or most locations eventually, anyway. All dramatic situations are resolved by dice rolls (again, no player choice) so no interesting choices there as well and, finally, choosing which items to keep (you have a limit of five) is as blind choice as it could be, as you have no way to figure out which ones will be used, when and for what.
So, to summarize, this is one of those games that you don't play, they play you. You just follow the stream. It is not a bad book, it is well written and I can easily see it deserving 4 stars for hardcore comic book fans or people, who are ok with just reading such stories and not playing. But for me, as a gamebook, it is an average one. I did somewhat enjoyed it, but I can see plenty of better ways to spend my time. Al Ewing's interactive comic book "You are Deadpool" is way better, imo. -
Okay, if you've been looking for a slightly more interactive Marvel experience, then I have news for you. You Are (Not) Deadpool is a Multiverse Missions Adventure Gamebook, which I'll admit is quite the mouthful. Essentially, what this means is you get to play along, taking notes, rolling dice, and seeing what sort of adventure Deadpool is going to find himself on.
Deadpool is the ultimate agent of chaos. Anyone in the Marvel universe (any of the universes, actually) should know that. So you'd think Matt Murdock (aka Daredevil) would have known better than to offer him a straightforward (read: boring) job/contract.
That may have been a mistake, as it takes no time at all for Deadpool to start shaking things up. Using his fourth wall-breaking abilities, Deadpool quickly realizes that this adventure is too calm and needs a healthy dose of Deadpool chaos.
Okay, wow. This is not an experience I've had the luxury of enjoying before. You Are (Not) Deadpool is not so much a novel as it is a fully immersive experience, especially if you've got a vivid imagination.
If you're still having trouble picturing the concept (it takes a bit, I get it!), consider it to be similar to a Choose Your Own Adventure game, only with Deadpool chaos and flare. Make a bit more sense.
Essentially, you're a random character that has been stuck next to Deadpool, meaning that you have to put up with all of his shenanigans (and hopefully survive everything that follows). That was a bit of a surprise, but honestly? I think I liked it more this way. Playing as Deadpool's perspective might have been fun, but for some reason, this alternative just made more sense for my brain. Think of that what you will. Though in hindsight, I suppose the title sort of gives this fact away, huh?
Even if this sort of game/reading format doesn't normally interest you, I can promise that any fan of Deadpool will appreciate Tim Dedopulos' take on Deadpool. He nails the banter perfectly, if I may say so. So, go give You Are (Not) Deadpool a try!
Thanks to Aconyte and #NetGalley for making this book available for review. All opinions expressed are my own.
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Get this, You're sitting by your window, watching the sunset and listening to the honking down below on the street.
Then suddenly a masked man with double sword and guns appears in front of you with an offer to help him save the city by uncovering a secret mission of alien guns flooding the city.
Oh hi there, forgot to introduce myself. I'm Deadpool, you might have heard of me beforehand? Right. So are you in?
You Are Not Deadpool is like a role playing game except you play this game by reading.
And our resident mutant anti-hero needs your help to solve the mystery.
Like every quest book, this book is filled with secret clues and he's the thing you're going to need a paper, a pen, and a dice before you get started.
It's an interactive game book with the readers where you get to pick the choices Deadpool makes and each choice has a different outcome and keeps you curious to find out what would happen next. I personally enjoyed reading this and getting to play the games like a superhero sidekick.
Throughout the game you'll get points from;
Merch; which is scroed from the amount of firearm and physical destruction Deadpool causes.
Mouth; which is earned from Deadpool's unfiltered vocabulary and social interaction with other people.
Focus; which is earned from Deadpool's ability to keep his mind focused on the mission and not get distracted by unicorns and candies. You know how he gets.
Overall, this was an interesting idea on interactive superhero game book for readers who are fans of gaming and comics as well. Like I always say, Aconyte Books Authors have this way of bringing the Marvel character's personalities into the books with ease that you don't miss that familiarity you're used to seeing in conics and movies.
Thank you Aconyte Books and Marvel.
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years......
Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit Marvel.com
© 2020 MARVEL -
This was bad…
I bought this one after getting an ARC of the Moonknight one in the same collection (which was very fun) I thought it was a safe choice since I love Deadpool!
Thanks to the other book I already knew how the book/game worked so I had no problem with that (although, just like with the moon knight one there are too many qualities given and never used)
It was boring and long…I had to read for an hour before throwing a die and got 0 puzzle so it was just choose path 1 or 2 most of that first hour. And then the problem is the inequality between the dice and the puzzles. The dice tasks were usually easy and the puzzles so hard I couldn’t finish one (and there are no solutions so sometimes if you don’t know it’s really a matter of choosing a random option)
The most frustrating part was that several entries got you stuck in a loop going back and forth between them until the number on the dice are high enough for you to move on (total waste of time) So entry 1 sends you to entry 2 where you have to cast a die. If the number is not enough to go farther you’re sent back to entry 1 etc…Really useless IMO and happened several times
There’s a really big difference with the Moonknight one where I manage to have fun with several short play sessions. I died a lot but I had fun going through different scenarios…Here it’s a very long story that gets boring in the end. It’s so long it looks like an investigation which doesn’t fit Deadpool’s style I think. I read for hours without seeing the end. I gave up when the last entry I was on didn’t make sense (it asked me to throw a die but then didn’t offer me any choice depending on my results and instead I had multiple choices like “If you want to go to this place go to this #….”)
I think it would have been better to play as DP because it was too random to be chosen randomly in the streets when you’re going to follow DP in such a complicated and violent mission.
I gave up.
Waste of money -
You Are (Not) Deadpool is the first release in the Marvel Multiverse Missions Adventure Gamebook line by Aconyte books. Scheduled for release on June 30, 2022, the publisher provided me an early galley for review.
This is very different from the company's usual line of Marvel super-hero fiction titles. This one requires a six-sided die along with paper and pen to get the full enjoyment. The story starts out with a brief introduction and an explanation of "the rules". From there, the reader will make a decision - which then jumps them to a different part of the book. On that page, there is more to the story and then another choice. Some choices are just a "this or that" decision. Others require a roll or rolls of the die along with using character stats and such. Lather, rinse, repeat. You keep going on with the story until you get to an ending point.
This is very much in line with the classic "choose your own adventure" books that were popular in the 80's and 90's. Basically, the story is dynamic with options on where it goes. Very much a game that is repeatable if the reader makes different decisions each time they go through the story. This is definitely something that younger readers will enjoy.
Of course, as the title suggests, this one features that merc with a mouth - the ever-popular sarcastic Deadpool. Unlike his movies, this one is toned down a lot because the decision choices are really done by the reader, who acts as Deadpool's assistant Number Six (as in the six-sided die). The publisher seems very vested in the concept as they already have a second schedule volume in the series starring She-Hulk later in 2022.
If you're looking for something different, you might want to check it out. If you're strictly a straightforward fiction kind of person, maybe this one might not fill your bill. -
This book is no normal book , but a game book but will you get out of the book alive? Well that will be down to you decisions and dice throwing skills. It's going to take you on a very dangerous journey and your going to love it!
This book definitely reminded me of my school days where choose your own adventure books had come out. With multiple outcomes and multiple ways of dying it is just hours of fun. But then add in an eliminate of tabletop gaming and whole experience. This is perfect for all you marvel fans out there and those who love gaming. Stand aside warhammer or risk we have more fun in town.
I loved the way you could pick up items as you went along to use in fights. I played this book via a kindle and just loved how I could click seamlessly to the next section. With the numbers of chapters in this book you have plenty of options. It was funny how you made the correct choices and the dice failed you so you had to do things differently. It had me working out alot of things which I just loved.
The first go I had I was dead quite soon but that was expected as I was trying to work out the game. But the second time I played for hours and I got to the end with a 2 star finish. I can't wait to try again to see if I can find the ultimate goal of the 5 star perfect finish.
The story of the book was brilliant and cleverly wrote which made it flow really well and I was laughing alone the way. What more could I ask for!
I really do recommend this books for the over 16+ and deadpool fans its just south fun.
What's better its cheaper than a board or computer game and it takes up less room.
So much praise goes out to the author and publishers for creating this truly amazing fun game book. I just can not wait to find more of the books. -
I had never heard of gamebooks but I enjoyed this one tremendously. It's a way more interactive version of the old-school choose your own adventure books of my childhood, where you have to keep a record of points, achievements, and stats as you roll dice to decide how parts of the story will develop.
The story itself is a very typical Deadpool adventure where the reader becomes his sidekick on a quest to find who is selling alien weapons to the criminal underground. The premise is composed of the always fun evil corps, big baddie, aliens, goons, secret bases, awkward bank encounters, and many quips by Deadpool.
My one complaint is that the way the book is written, where the reader is the main character who makes the decisions, takes some of the utter craziness that is Deadpool down several notches. It's also a side-effect of being written for younger readers than those who might check out the comics, but I would have liked to get more intense Deadpool violence and inappropriateness. I'm not dissing it, as it remains a very engrossing story with Deadpool and the prerequisite violence and non-sequiturs, but it feels a bit tame to me.
Very happy thanks to NetGalley and Acoynte Books for the fun, interactive read in exchange for an honest review!
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Aaaah this book is SO fun! I had such a blast playing this - with all the stats, the inventories, rolling dye, I felt like I was playing a DnD game. It makes for a really fun and immersive experience, and it’s something I’m definitely going to play multiple times. Honestly I’m pretty sure I didn’t get all the endings (the one crit I have for this book, at least with an ebook, is that I had a hard time keeping track of how many endings I was hitting, and didn’t know how many endings there were) but that’ll be great for when I play this again. Honestly it was more of a game it felt, over a book, and I find that super fun.
The humor was also delightful and in-line with Deadpool, and I had such a blast with this. I usually expect an easy fun time with choose your own adventures but this genuinely exceeded my expectations with how you get to do the adventure here.
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I used to love "create your own adventure books" as a kid. Admittedly I think they were Goosebumps books but when I got the opportunity to review a free copy of You Are (Not) Deadpool the kid in me jumped at the chance.
Your character is an innocent member of the public, randomly swept up in the chaos that is Deadpool and becoming his sidekick "Six" - just don't ask what happened to One to Five!
All of a sudden the Merc with a Mouth is asking you what he should do next in order to stop alien weapons reaching the streets of New York.
This is a really fun, manic, whirlwind of a gamebook, certainly in-keeping with the sass and attitude of Deadpool himself. Think bank robberies and playing jenga with disembodied limbs and you're about halfway there!
You will need a notepad and a dice but the rules are really easy to follow. You have personal attributes which increase or decrease dependent on your actions as well as secondary attributes and objects that you can carry with you on your adventure.
Although the majority of scenarios are multiple choice, Tim Dedopulos also provides mini games and puzzles to keep us on our toes. There are multiple locations and endings as well as a list of achievements available which encourages you to cause chaos with Deadpool over and over again.
This was such a fun and immersive solo role-playing experience (behave!). I was super proud that I didn't kill Deadpool - at least on my first couple of run throughs- but there's still time! -
This was a great bit of fun - capturing all the silliness of Deadpool with some elements of D&D. The reader has to keep track of their stat sheet which covers three basic aspects of Deadpool’s health and abilities as well as the items being carried and some other abilities. Dice are rolled in order to determine how well he tackles fights and puzzles.
The ebook seemlessly takes the reader through their journey with decisions leading them to different chapters.
Technically I didn’t finish this book as after a couple of hours of it I died having failed in a battle and had no option but to start over again. I suppose I could have taken note of the last chapter i was at and tried again but this seemed to be against the purpose of the book. It felt like this was a very difficult fight to win - having to score more than 15 from two dice rolls with the value of two stats added on top. My stats at that point were down to 2 each so my maximum score was 16 so I was doomed to fail. It feels like there should maybe be more chance to improve these stats or the reader should be given a warning before heading into battles (and then go back to their previous location). But then I guess Deadpool would just blunder into such a fight and see what happens.
I think I’ll have another bash at this in future as it was very enjoyable and i can think of several different paths I could have taken.
Good fun and i think I’ll buy the paperback for my dad’s Christmas. -
This book is hours of fun. I read this, then immediately reread it to try a different path. If you love Marvel and board games then this book is a perfect mix of both. The best way to enjoy this book is with a pen, paper and a six sided dice. You are just out on a regular walk when Deadpool recruits you to help him. You get to choose which way the investigation goes, you get to battle and solve puzzles. This book has everything I look forward to reading it more and trying to unlock all the achievements.
Thanks to the amazing people at Acontye books and Netgalley for giving me an early copy in exchange for an honest review.
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You are (not) Deadpool is a fun and engaging mashup of Dungeons & Dragons with a Chose Your Own Adventure book plot!
Join Deadpool on a search for alien guns in New York City. Don’t forget your paper, pencil and dice because there is quite a bit of recordkeeping required in your new employment. And don’t worry about being the sixth person in the position. I’m sure the others just found better paying jobs with other superheroes…
Deadpool’s trademark snark is perfectly portrayed here. So is his quick to fight mentality. The lists of achievements and super-achievements at the end increase the replayability of the game, uh, book.
Overall, You are (not) Deadpool is great fun for all ages. You also don’t really need any of the supplies mentioned earlier. I just used my phone’s Notes app and an internet random number generator to play. Super enjoyable! 5 stars!
Thanks to Aconyte Books and NetGalley for a digital review copy of the book.
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Marvel Multiverse Missions Adventure Gamebook: You Are (Not) Deadpool by Tim Dedopulos
This isn't like you normal book but what would you expect from Deadpool? In this book you actually become one of the main characters and help deadpool to figure out what's happening and solve the mystery and defeat the bad guys. I've never read a book anything like this before and the way that its set up is almost a mix of dnd and choose your own Adventure. If you haven't tried anything like this before don't let that put you off as it's really easy to follow along with as long as you have a couple six sided dice, a pen and paper handy to jot down your score and achievements. I loved jumping back and forth in the book deciding what to do and playing the mini games as I went along and some of the achievements I gained were "creme of the crop" and "I'm a machine". I finished playing with a score of 3 so for my first go I'm taking that as not to bad but I can't wait to read it again and see what other outcomes and achievements I can get.
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A super fun adventure game in the form of a book.
It really encompasses everything from Deadpool's signature sarcasm to Marvel lore, all in the form of a choose-your-own-adventure style book that also includes some dice, stats, and inventory elements (but more on that in the book's introductions, which you really should read!).
I "played" through some parts twice and still think there is more to discover in this book! I also think
You Are (Not) Deadpool: A Marvel: Multiverse Missions Adventure Gamebook would be a fun game/book to play/read as a group at a game night or as an interactive element for a book club.
Thank you Netgalley, Aconyte Books, Aconyte and the author
Tim Dedopulos for the opportunity to read this book as an eARC in exchange for a honest review. -
Thank you to Net Galley and the kind folks of Aconyte for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
When I was a kid, I loved Choose Your Own Adventure books. It made me feel like a part of the story. As I got older, D&D took their place. This book is a great mixture of the two. As the ominously named Six, armed with only a piece of paper, pencil, and dice, you help our favorite Merc with a Mouth solve a case given to him by Matt "Daredevil" Murdock.
The characters and action feel very true to what one would expect from the Marvel comics, and it's tons of fun to play through. Solid work. I will definitely be buying a copy of this when it hit shelves in July! -
Since this is a "Choose Your Own Adventure Gamebook" and not your traditional "read page one.. turn the page...read pages two and three... turn the page...repeat until done" book, it is hard to say I "finished" it. However, since I am at a point where I havent died but kept getting sent BACK to the same headquarters for Deadpool, I am going to go ahead and say I am finished.
So, is the book good? That remains to be seen.
For a book about Deadpool, there isnt a lot of action with him alone. It is more "you are there and Deadpool is a side character, who acts as your defender / body guard". Some of the stuff is amusing, but really, go ahead and read "Deadpool: Paws" if you want a better literary Deadpool adventure. -
Dieses Buch. macht einfach nur Spass. Normalerweise bin ich nicht so begeistert von Choose Your Own Adventure-Büchern, da meine bisherigen Erfahrungen eher in die Richtung "nach 10 Minuten oberflächlichen Texts bin ich durch" gegangen sind.
Das hier ist anders. Das ist ist Deadpool. Die volle Ladung.
Wer sich also schon immer mal fragte, wie es wäre, vom Meister höchstselbst rekrutiert zu werden - hier ist das Buch für dich! Man muss Rätsel lösen, würfeln, hoffen, bangen und natürlich aufpassen, dass Deadpool am Leben bleibt.
Dabei habe ich drei Mal grossartig versagt, aber das ist ok. Wie Deadpool stehen auch wir wieder auf und machen frisch und fröhlich weiter. -
[I was provided an ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for a review]
Cards on the table, I had no expectations at all for this book. A choose-you-own-adventure book? From Marvel? Starring Deadpool, one of their most hard-to-nail-down characters? It seemed like a trainwreck. To my surprise, it was actually a lot of fun! By really leaning into the RPG-style game mechanics, the book has a lot more interactivity than CYOA books usually have, and a completionist will have fun trying to track down all of the "achievements" strewn throughout the book. -
Thank you Netgalley and Aconyte Books for a review copy of this book.
What makes a Deadpool book a Deadpool book? A choose your own adventure RPG book of course!
Seriously if I could give this more than 5 stars, I would. And when I told my husband about it, he thought it was so cool and I told him he’s definitely getting a copy for himself.
This book is also a bit more of a family friendly version (older kids/teens) as the language is really tame, at least in my adventures I was sent on. So if your kid is into Deadpool but you’re not a fan of the “mouth”, this is a good choice.
