Punkadelic Podcast is a podcast about the things that make life worth living. And one of those things as you know is nerding out over gamebooks. For this episode I've gotten my hands on an absolute stormer, Freeway Fighter from the OG Fighting Fantasy series. In short, that means this is the best gamebook episode yet. The involved combat system took me a few goes to get my head round but it got slicker as the pod went on. We’ll do part two soon and try to beat this unrelenting, remorseless gamebook that punishes the smallest of mistakes in brutal fashion.
Freeway Fighter is set in a Mad Max style post apocalyptic wilderness and sees you take control of a rocket and machine gun equipped speedster on a quest to secure the town’s gasoline supply.
From Wikipedia:
Freeway Fighter is a science-fiction adventure scenario in which the hero must journey through the wilderness to find needed supplies from an oil refinery, to save his town New Hope.[1] Game designer Lawrence Schick describes the scenario as being the same type as Mad Max or Car Wars.
The story takes places in a post-apocalyptic United States, after much of the world's population has fallen victim to a deadly plague. The survivors huddle together in isolated settlements, while the roads are dominated by lawless nomads in heavily armed vehicles. The player takes the role of a citizen of the town New Hope who must drive their armed Dodge Interceptor motorcar across the wastes in order to procure a tanker filled with a fresh supply of petrol for their community. The story also provides a secondary quest: locating and rescuing a kidnapped New Hope leader from outlaws.
From Amazon:
Life is lawless and dangerous. Survivors like you either live in scattered, fortified towns or roam outside as bandits. YOUR mission is to cross the wilderness to the far-distant oil-refinery at San Anglo and bring vital supplies back to the peaceful town of New Hope. Even in the armed Dodge Interceptor you are given, the journey will be wild and perilous. Will YOU survive?
Come get in on the lawless wasteland action with me! BDSM gear optional.
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