The fourth book in Michael J. Ward’s DestinyQuest series will finally be published after a contract with Megara Entertainment (known for their collector’s editions of the Way of the Tiger, Lone Wolf and other gamebooks) was recently finalised. Dark fury will rain down from the heavens. A lost race returns from the shrouds of time, […]
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The subject matter, mood and scope of interactive fiction has been evolving and expanding for some time now, with digital gamebooks regularly leading this advancement as they utilise the available technology to tackle content in a manner unseen (or impossible) in earlier print-based products. One of these innovators is the indie studio Cubus Games, based
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Scholastic UK have now released cover designs for the first six books of their repackaged Fighting Fantasy series, which includes Ian Livingstone’s new adventure, The Port of Peril. These vibrantly energetic cover illustrations are by Robert M. Ball, who is known for his ‘Beautiful Death’ series of illustrations for HBO’s Game of Thrones. Let’s hope
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Do you have a child in your life who’d love to read and play a full-colour, illustrated gamebook? Written for children aged 3 to 9, GameTale: The Big Adventure of the Little Gremlin is Bulgarian award-winning author Nikola Raykov’s interactive fairy tale featuring his little gremlin, Gremmy. He has little adventurous pawsies that don’t get tired
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Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus tells the cautionary tale of Victor Frankenstein, a gifted man of science who develops a process built on the principle of life to imbue vitality into previously inanimate matter. His humanoid creation is a truly hideous ‘abhorred monster’ with intelligence and humanity, who pursues and punishes Dr.
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Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood is a new text-based role-playing game that blends interactive fiction, resource management and base building against the backdrop of Sherwood Forest. You are Robin of Locksley. Hounded from your home by the Sheriff of Nottingham, take control of your fate in this extravagant, illustrated role-playing game. Rob from the rich
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The enjoyment of a gamebook is derived from many interlinked parts, including: mechanics, story, choice, interaction, imagination and presentation. These factors then create an overall experience that is based on the quality and style of each component. Heroes of Urowen can claim success with its setting, structure and storyline, however, these positive features are unfortunately
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Out of print for over 15 years, Ken St. Andre has now updated his classic solo adventure from 1979. This deluxe version of Arena of Khazan includes new dT&T options and adventure in the Arena, new art by Steve Crompton, pre-rolled opponents and characters, along with a full-color map of the Trollworld and the City of
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Alcyone: The Last City (pronounced Al-Sigh-O-Knee!) is a sci-fi interactive fiction game set in the last City in the universe. Created by Joshua Meadows (a video game journalist/writer, and author of the episodic sci-fi/fantasy series Iyetra), Alcyone: The Last City is a text-based adventure where choice, influence, knowledge, moral ambiguity and consequences will ultimately determine your fate.
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Kismet Interactive Fiction (creators of Day of the Worms – the ‘gardening meets the zombie apocalypse’ text adventure) has just released a new detective noir adventure where you play a reporter in a small seaside town. Rhyl On Sea will see you caught up in the North Wales independence movement – when not dealing with
As our own world increases in complexity and continuously demands more from us just to survive the unending grind of daily life, it’s often welcome to escape our modern difficulties by embarking on a relatively straightforward journey that recalls the simplicity of gamebooks of old, where your main tasks were to fight monsters and find
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The welcomed resurgence of the Fighting Fantasy brand in this 35th Anniversary year continues to gather increased momentum with the announcement from Nomad Games (creators of the successful Talisman: Digital Edition) of their upcoming new release, Fighting Fantasy Legends. A card-based role-playing game set in Allansia, Fighting Fantasy Legends will see you exploring three classic
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Great news for all Fighting Fantasy fans! Scholastic UK has acquired world rights to the series, announcing that the classic gamebooks will be ‘republished, repackaged and reignited for a new generation’. They will also publish Ian Livingstone’s upcoming new adventure, The Port of Peril, in August, and have stated that further new titles are planned
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The release of the new edition of Highway Holocaust, the first book in Joe Dever’s Freeway Warrior series from Swedish publisher Åskfågeln, is now imminent, with the book being printed and prepared for delivery. Pre-orders are currently open at Åskfågeln’s webstore, so those who missed the Kickstarter campaign last year can now order a copy
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