The fifth release in Paul Bimler’s highly popular series of DM-less solo Dungeons & Dragons adventures from 5e Solo Gamebooks, Drums at Daggerford continues the story arc that first began in The Death Knight’s Squire. Designed for a level 5 PC with any race and class combo, this adventure is written in a sandbox style […]
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Following on from our earlier article about Fighting Fantasy playthroughs, here’s a broader selection of audio and video adventures covering many different series (including more Fighting Fantasy), from classics such as Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf gamebooks to modern role-playing solos for D&D 5th Edition and Call of Cthulhu. The Dark Eye [Ulisses International] Ulisses International
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Although not an interactive experience, this new feature-length documentary from X-Ray Films and Cavegirl Productions will surely interest anyone who appreciates the important role that fantastic imagery has played in the ongoing success of RPGs and other forms of fantasy gaming. Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons & Dragons explores the history, influence
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We’ve compiled a bumper round-up article this month, featuring a wide assortment of printed gamebooks recently released or coming soon, a couple of online games that are FREE to play, some very interesting video games, a pdf D&D adventure, and an Advanced Fighting Fantasy sourcebook for fans of FF. • • •Nemesis of the Nin
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This month’s round-up features a new D&D adventure from the very popular 5e Solo Gamebooks series, an indie app about love and fate, two interactive novels from Choice of Games, and a time-travelling adventure in a haunted house. The Tortured Land 5e Solo Gamebooks has released The Tortured Land, the fourth in their series
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Rising Phoenix Games has released their third adventure in the Choose Your Destiny series of solo / 1-on-1 adventures. Compatible with fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons and set in Scarthey, University of the Arcane, Companionable Darkness continues on from Death Queen and Forest of Secrets, but you don’t need to have played those to enjoy
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The four new Dungeons & Dragons: Endless Quest gamebooks – Escape the Underdark, To Catch a Thief, Big Trouble and Into the Jungle – have recently been released by Penguin Random House and Candlewick Entertainment. Play as a fighter, rogue, wizard and cleric in Matt Forbeck’s CYOA-style gamebooks, exploring the Forgotten Realms – the enduring
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5e Solo Gamebooks has released The Saviour of Sharn – a Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition adventure set in the World of Eberron – a magical setting of swashbuckling action, greed and conflict, deep intrigue and great mysteries. Aimed at Level 4 players, this 279-section gamebook features 5e mechanics without the need for a Dungeon
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A late round-up article this month, however, the delay has beneficially allowed us to feature a few more titles! Plenty here for gamers seeking all types of interactive fiction – old, reimagined classics and continuing series in both print and digital, and new adventures featuring various game systems. Fighting Fantasy Classics: Trial of Champions
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5e Solo Gamebooks has now released Citadel of the Raven, the third in their series of D&D solo adventures. A sequel to Tyrant of Zhentil Keep, Citadel of the Raven is also playable as a standalone adventure, however, there are a few clues and artefacts to be gained in Tyrant of Zhentil Keep, therefore players
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Choice of Games: The Road to Canterbury The Road to Canterbury is a 175,000-word interactive medieval adventure novel by Kate Heartfield, where your choices control the story. Enter the medieval world of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, where your journey, and the stories you tell, will change history. The Hundred Years’ war is heating up: will you
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Tunnels & Trolls Adventures Hot Pursuit has been expanded as per Golden Dust, Red Death – it’s now a full-length adventure, with more to discover, battle and outsmart. The price has been raised for the new content, but you get it all for FREE if you’ve already bought it! New dangers and rewards lurk in
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5e Solo Gamebooks have released a new type of solo adventuring, and unlike their previous gamebooks (The Death Knight’s Squire and Tyrant of Zhentil Keep), Tables of Doom uses a free-form game system that relies on dice rolls and tables (hence the name) to randomly generate monsters, traps, clues, encounters, secret doors and loot. Final
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STORYLINE: Jamil, a young pearl diver from the coastal city of Jumlat, who dreams of acquiring great wealth and importance, discovers a glowing glass bottle during a deep dive in the waters of the Golden Gulf. Inside is a beautiful and powerful marid named Tala, a djinni of the seas and the queen of the
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