Draft:Angus dewer

  • Comment: No evidence of author’s notability or notability for the books. Also, if the author is the subject as indicated by the title, the article should be rewritten to reflect that. I2Overcome talk 16:04, 27 December 2025 (UTC)
Riveti Streets / Rock Steeple / The Shadow of the Poor
AuthorMark Evans (Angus Dewer)
LanguageHungarian
GenreInteractive fiction, gamebook
Published1992; 1993
PublisherAlföldi Printing House; Dabasi Printing House
Publication placeHungary

Riveti Streets (1992), Rock Steeple (1993), and the planned The Shadow of the Poor (1993) are early Hungarian interactive gamebooks written by Mark Evans (Angus Dewer). Contemporary Hungarian fantasy and role-playing publications described these works as deterministic and structurally fixed gamebooks, differing from dice-based and game-master-led role-playing games that dominated the Hungarian scene in the early 1990s.[1][2]

Background

The books were published during the early post-socialist period in Hungary, when role-playing games and gamebooks were rapidly emerging but still heavily influenced by tabletop mechanics. The Riveti series followed a different design philosophy, emphasizing fixed narrative logic and predetermined branching structures instead of random number generation.

Critical reception and analysis

The Hungarian fantasy and role-playing magazine Bíborhold published multi-page articles in 1992 and 1993 discussing Riveti Streets and Rock Steeple in detail.[1][2] These articles analyzed the books' narrative construction, decision logic, and thematic tone.

Contributors

Several collaborators participated in the publication of these books, including L.A., István Németh, Éva Dömötör, Kney's, Csaba Dancs, Ágota Török, and Zsuzsa Váradi.

Publications

  • Riveti Streets – Alföldi Printing House, Debrecen, 1992. ISBN 963-8187-01-8.[3]
  • Rock Steeple – Dabasi Printing House, Dabas, 1993. ISBN 963-8187-03-4.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Bíborhold fantasy and role-playing magazine, 1992. Multi-page article discussing Riveti Streets. Available at Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/document/412960849/Biborhold-1
  2. ^ a b Bíborhold fantasy and role-playing magazine, 1993. Multi-page article analyzing Rock Steeple. Available at Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/document/825303567/Biborhold-02-Jan-1993
  3. ^ National Széchényi Library catalog entry for Riveti Streets, ISBN 963-8187-01-8.
  4. ^ National Széchényi Library catalog entry for Rock Steeple, ISBN 963-8187-03-4.

Category:Interactive fiction Category:Hungarian books Category:Gamebooks

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