Customer Reviews

Pojo's Unofficial Guide to Neopets

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I learned the complete basics to surviving in the Neopian world by just using the help of other players. Many have created their own websites with help, cheats, and many other things to help newbies out. I suggest trying that out before actually buying this book.

Why buy a book when instead you can go online, then to the chat. In the proper chat ask any question you need to know about neopets. So instead of spending money on a book which is not produced by neopets, you can get all your questions answered free just go to chat.

This book might be helpful to beginners on neopets.com, but it would be a waste of time for people 3 months+. It is also helpful for building a great TCG deck, but I wouldn't spnd my money on it if you're not interested in Neopets TCG.

I'm not sure how some of the reviews below even got posted. Some you guys haven't seen the book, so how can you really comment on the contents??? Why bash a book you obviously haven't even seen? Let me tell you what's inside.

The book focuses on understanding Neopia (the neopets.com website), and also discusses the new Trading Card Game.

The first 30 pages are written by Yukio from PinkPT. If you know NeoPets, you know Yukio is one of thee experts in the world on Neopets. Yukio covers the history, has an intro for beginners, and has some great details for getting started.

Here's some sections written by Yukio:

- Getting Started
- The NeoPets Toolbar
- Neopian Lands
- Neopets Encylopedia - shows rare pets too
- Care & Feeding
- Adoptions
- Neopoints
- Shopping
- Paint Brushes
- Faeries of Neopia

There's some great fan art in the book there too!

The 2nd half of the book really covers the new Trading Card Game. This section is written by Pro Tour Players for Magic The Gathering. They love the Neopets Card Game, and teach you winning play. They show & review all the cards in the game, and tell you how to make Killer Decks. There's also some fun Top 5 Lists.

This is a great resource for beginners & fans of NeoPets. It's better than those lame magazines that are out on the market, that's for sure. And the same price as one of those lame mags as well.

There are tons of (daily updated) help sites out there that are for beginners and experts and best of all it's FREE! Why pay money for a book when you can get all the information and help you need for free right online? :P

yo, gp stop lying. the book isnt even out yet! how can u say its helpful if its not out yet. and by the time its out, half the stuff in it will change. books like these are a waste of money, because the info is always changing

I, a 1year+ player found this book a learning experiance, so people should lay off the low ratings. This is a good read for anyone who plays Neopets.

Many of my fellow reviewers have excellent points...

It is true, all of the resources you could possibly need for "success" on Neopets can be found on countless fan-sites, magazines, and even on the Neopets site itself.

However, what you will find in Bill Gill's guide is a very neatly-collected version. No longer will you need to bookmark numerous pages, constantly having to flip between webpages. And, in all truth, that isnt a problem for some of us. But for others, with more sluggish computers, it is inevitably a /pain/.

-An asset to Neopians? Absolutely.

-An interesting take on several different aspects of the game? Most definitely!

-Could you find the information in the book by web-surfing? Yes.

But all in all, this guide can be a great help to countless fans of the Neopets world.

There are SO MANY help sites around, why buy the guide? And if Yukio wrote the intro, why not just go to PPT.com? I've been playing for almost 2 years and can tell you everything you want to know about the place. (I also have a help site with over 600 members) The BEST thing to do is PLAY THE SITE. That's the ONLY way to learn! As for TCG, there are free guides on both Neopets AND Wizards! Now, go spend your hard earned dollars somewhere else!

I absolutely loved the book. It adopts a really philosophical view on neopets initially with a lot of interesting and unusual facts and then introduces the reader to the world of neopets.

What I loved about this book is that is wrote on a different angle from what one would expect to see in many online websites.

The information is more geared towards newer players, however older players can gain a lot from reading this book.

The latter part of the book deals mainly with the TCG and does provide quite a lot of in-depth information.

Two Thumbs Up!