Hack ‘n’ Slash – Harbor Town Adventure

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A plug-and-play adventure for Hack’n’Slash! The Harbor Town is an “in-between adventures” adventure—a town to visit when you want to rest or simply talk to the townspeople. In this small adventure booklet, you use the Hack ‘n’ Slash Core Rule System to revisit a familiar town. Meet Abbot Brikarian and help him with the undead […]

Cultivating Chaos 7
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Alchemised
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John Carter in 'A Princess of Mars': Barsoom Series, Book 1
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A Parade of Horribles: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 8
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
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Gamebook NEWS! April 2025.

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Last of April 2025, and Gamebook News is still kicking around. We haven’t been updating much lately, mainly due to the fact that all of the contributors have tons of other stuff to do. The story of Gamebook News is a long one, with lots of ups and downs (mainly ups!), but now I (Pingo)

One Dark Window (The Shepherd King Book 1)
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Twelve Months
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Throne of Nightmares: A Novel (Prince of Sin Book 3)
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Secondhand Luck (The Shadow Age Book 2)
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Brimstone: The Fae & Alchemy Series, Book 2
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Hack’n’Slash – Rouge-like Gamebook Rule System with Adventure

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a Rouge-like Fantasy Gamebook Core Rule System Hack ‘n’ Slash is a “Roguelike” Solo Interactive Gamebook Core Rule System for “Plug-in” Adventures. It is possible to expand your character between adventures using experience points. It is also possible to create your own adventures. This Core Rule Book contains: Hack ‘n’ Slash is a Roguelike Fantasy

Throne of Nightmares: A Novel (Prince of Sin Book 3)
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Azarinth Healer, Book Six: A LitRPG Adventure
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Dungeon Crawler Carl: A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure
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Secondhand Luck (The Shadow Age Book 2)
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Onyx Storm (The Empyrean Book 3)
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5 Gamebooks in one big bundle!

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FIVE (5) Interactive Gamebooks in one big bundle! Out now at DriveThruRPG. Includes these five books: Get them all in this big pack and get more than 50% discount! Rise of the Living Forge 5: A LitRPG Adventure 4.8 out of 5 stars(485238) $5.99 (as of February 11, 2026 13:47 GMT +00:00 – More infoProduct

Unmapped: An Epic Fantasy LitRPG Adventure (The Completionist Chronicles, Book 13)
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The Poison Daughter
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Family Bonds
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The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom Book 1)
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1984: 75th Anniversary
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The Horror of the Lighthouse – second gamebook in the series!

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Another solo adventure gamebook, The Horror of the Lighthouse, is now available at DriveThruRPG, written and created by J. Pingo Lindstrom (me). For total openness: I am the one controlling the GamebookNews.com website as well – so I am publishing news about my own book here. Ellen Wittgrave (from the first book, The Secret of

Carl's Doomsday Scenario: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 2
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The Ascended (The Aesymarean Duet Book 1)
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Daggermouth: A Dark Dystopian Romance
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The Wolf King: A Fantasy Romance
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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 3
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NEWS: The Secret of the Catacombs

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A NEW Solo Interactive Gamebook is JUST RELEASED, exclusively at DriveThruRPG. Published by PenguinComics.com, written and created by J. Pingo Lindstrom. For total openness: I am the one controlling the GamebookNews.com website as well – so I am publishing news about my own book here. Ellen Wittgrave, a renowned historian known for her relentless pursuit

Alchemised
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The Will of the Many: Hierarchy, Book 1
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1984: 75th Anniversary
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Stray Cat Strut 7: A Cyberpunk LitRPG: Stray Cat Strut, Book 7
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Dawn of the North: The Ashen Series; Book Three
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GBN: What happened?

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GamebookNews.com was down for a few weeks – and now it looks weird! Yes – I know. Sadly, this website (among a bunch of others I had on the same shared webhost) got hacked and infected with some sort of malicious code. Luckily, I have a friend who was kind enough to help me backup

1984: 75th Anniversary
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Family Bonds
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Rites of the Starling (Shield of Sparrows, 2)
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John Carter in 'A Princess of Mars': Barsoom Series, Book 1
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Wild Reverence: A Novel
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Kickstarter: You are the Hero – 40th Anniversary Ed.

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YOU ARE THE HERO – An Interactive History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks is available to backers of this Kickstarter in four different formats, eBook, paperback, standard papercase hardback, and deluxe collector’s edition hardback. It will be printed in full colour. The standard hardback edition will look like the previous hardbacks in the series. However, the

Project Hail Mary
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Homestead Crafter Book 2: A Litrpg Crafting Slice of Life
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The Wolf King: A Fantasy Romance
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Carl's Doomsday Scenario: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 2
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The Poison Daughter
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The Zaltec Gamebooks, by Yehuda Shapira

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The Zaltec gamebooks are graphical solo RPGs with both puzzle and combat elements.   Rather than narrated passages, the books are mostly comprised of illustrations, with bits of text here and there. The mechanics of the game are more akin to playing an old-school point-and-click game than reading a linear story. Progress is made both through

Family Bonds
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Ground State: Expeditionary Force, Book 19
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The Astral Library (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Novel
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Operation Bounce House
4.8 out of 5 stars(4856)
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Otherworldly
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Kickstarter: Unravel Your Destiny by G R Jordan

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The second book in the series Unravel Your Destiny, “Framed”, is currently on Kickstarter. “Framed” is a tale where YOU are the hero, or rather the victim, having been found beside the body of your employer with a gun in your hand. YOU don’t know how YOU got there but if YOU’re going to avoid

Brimstone: The Fae & Alchemy Series, Book 2
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Ground State: Expeditionary Force, Book 19
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Family Bonds
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Homestead Crafter Book 2: A Litrpg Crafting Slice of Life
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Rise of the Living Forge 5: A LitRPG Adventure
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Kickstarter: Author Interview with Michael J. Ward – DestinyQuest: The World Companion 

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This is an exciting time for fans of the DestinyQuest adventure gamebooks series. Michael J. Ward, the author of The Legion of Shadow, The Heart of Fire, The Eye of Winter’s Fury and The Raiders of Dune Sea has announced that The World Companion will be hitting Kickstarter on 17 May at 10.00 EST (3.00

Fahrenheit 451
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Rites of the Starling (Shield of Sparrows, 2)
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One Dark Window (The Shepherd King Book 1)
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The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom Book 1)
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Dungeon Crawler Carl: A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure
4.7 out of 5 stars(47552815)
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REVIEW: The Houses of the Dead by Jamie Thomson

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At GBN we love reviewing books by veteran authors. In the past few years, we have offered our perspective on works by illustrious names such as Joe Dever, Ian Livingstone and Jonathan Green and have not been disappointed. So when the chance came to review The Houses of the Dead by Jamie Thomson (the first

The Ascended (The Aesymarean Duet Book 1)
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean Book 1)
4.8 out of 5 stars(485479021)
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Rites of the Starling (Shield of Sparrows, 2)
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The War of the Worlds
4.3 out of 5 stars(43517241)
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Alchemised
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Kickstarter: Kaleidoscope Frenzy by Mark Lain

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Recently, GBN received word that Malthus Dire (aka the upstanding gamebook author and prolific reviewer Mark Lain) has been hard at work and seeking tribute for his latest creation KaleidoscopeFrenzy. The fifth book in the Destiny’s Role adventure gamebook series and the long-awaited sequel to Fragile Beauty – a modern day hardboiled detective adventure concerning

A Parade of Horribles: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 8
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Rites of the Starling (Shield of Sparrows, 2)
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Shadow Fated
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The Will of the Many: Hierarchy, Book 1
4.7 out of 5 stars(47523050)
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Carl's Doomsday Scenario: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 2
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HAUNTED by James Shannep

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Be afraid, be VERY afraid… James Shannep’s latest gamebook takes on a decidedly horrific turn in the shape of Haunted, a click your poison book.  Released in paperback and Kindle on 2.2.2022 Haunted promises 3 unique storylines, over 50 possible endings, but just one question: Can YOU be Scared… to Death? Take a look at

Throne of Nightmares: A Novel (Prince of Sin Book 3)
5.0 out of 5 stars(5053)
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The Only Witch In the Sea (A Witch on the Rocks Cozy Mystery Book 13)
4.7 out of 5 stars(475440)
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The Everlasting
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1% Lifesteal (Volume 4): A LitRPG Adventure
4.8 out of 5 stars(4851269)
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Family Bonds
4.9 out of 5 stars(49525)
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