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The Ballad Singer – write your own fantasy story!

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The Ballad Singer is a unique and ambitious videogame designed by Riccardo Bandera from Italian developer Curtel Games. Inspired by RPGs, visual novels and gamebooks, this ‘narrated graphic experience’ asks the player to build their own path during each game, creating challenging, immersive stories where decision-making and consequences will directly determine your fate. Featuring both single […]

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KICKSTARTER: NEVERLAND – Here Be Monsters!

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Jonathan Green has launched the Kickstarter campaign for his latest gamebook, NEVERLAND – Here Be Monsters! In this brand-new, thrilling adventure you choose the course of the story – inspired by both Peter Pan and Wendy, by J. M. Barrie, and The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It’s Treasure Island meets Jurassic Park!

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INTERVIEW: Michael J. Ward’s DestinyQuest – Book Four

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Launched back in 2011, Michael J. Ward’s first DestinyQuest book, The Legion of Shadow, presented gamebook fans with something distinctively new and different to experience: a fantasy adventure built on a structure directly influenced by computer RPGs focused on character customisation and combat. As the series developed further with the subsequent releases of The Heart

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KICKSTARTER: Rider of the Black Sun

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Featuring more than 1,350 sections and with a completely unique approach to section reference and replayability, Rider of the Black Sun is one of the most extensive gamebooks ever published. Originally released as a German language edition (Reiter der schwarzen Sonne) during 2012, publisher Mantikore Verlag decided to print a small amount of promotional copies

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REVIEW: The Port of Peril

5 Comments / Fantasy, Fighting Fantasy, Printed Gamebook, Review, Young Adult /

As part of Scholastic’s relaunched Fighting Fantasy series, co-creator Ian Livingstone has written a new gamebook featuring many favourite locations and quite a few old friends and enemies appearing previously in some of the earlier adventures. The Port of Peril is a classic old-school gamebook that sees you on a journey from Chalice – a

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The Death Knight’s Squire ~ a 5e solo gamebook

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The Death Knight’s Squire is the first in a planned series of solo, DM-less adventures from publisher 5e Solo Gamebooks. A 100-page adventure set in the Forgotten Realms for D&D Fifth Edition rules, The Death Knight’s Squire is a great way to scratch your roleplaying itch, or it can serve as an introduction for new

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SlowQuest – Quest II: Meet the Wizard

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SlowQuest creator Bodie Hartley has now released his second illustrated ‘pick your path’ adventure, Quest II: Meet the Wizard. This handmade mini zine is roughly 9cm x 9cm in size, and is full of awesome illustrations and exciting fantasy adventures. Quest II sees you setting off to find a wizard who has promised you a

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Fighting Fantasy Legends released!

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It’s time to create your own adventures in Nomad Games‘ latest release. A role-playing card game, Fighting Fantasy Legends allows you to play through the stories of three iconic Fighting Fantasy gamebooks: City of Thieves, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and Citadel of Chaos. Each location features a shuffled deck of cards, which includes fiendish

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REVIEW: Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood

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More than six centuries after his introduction through poems and ballads, Robin Hood – the late-medieval outlaw of Sherwood Forest – barely requires an introduction due to his ongoing renown and fascination to modern audiences. In Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood you play as the legendary Robin, but this version of the folkloric hero

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