So my friends, we meet again. I thought our second rendezvous would take place on a clear path, with meadows flanking either side, and a lilting tune performed by a handsome bard floating on the summer breeze. But, dear ones, the path is littered with corpses picked over by vultures and my bard is long […]
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Holmgard Press recently published a collector’s edition of The Fall of Blood Mountain, book number 26 in the Lone Wolf series. In The Fall of Blood Mountain, you must journey to the subterranean kingdom of the dwarves and attempt to save your ancient allies from the wrath of the Shom’zaa. This collector’s edition features Brian
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GBN has heard some exciting news from Black Dog Gamebooks: Hunted, the second book in the Shadow Thief series that follows on from Jailbreak, is due to be launched in August! This second installment in the series will continue exactly where Jailbreak left off – finding you in the Holy City having just escaped (and
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As part of a kickstarter launch of a multi-platform TTRPG that includes a complete game system & campaign setting, Code of Light Studios is releasing a short battlebook that is inspired by the Choose Your Own Adventure and Fighting Fantasy style of gamebooks. Pre-launch Kickstarter page is currently open. A $5 pledge will get you
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Not only is this summer proving to be a scorcher, it’s also full of HOT gamebook news! Tons of things are happening – fresh Kickstarters, interactive audio adventures, print gamebooks, and much more. We’re in for a treat! Here’s a peek at some new and upcoming projects. Roll Player Adventures is currently live on Kickstarter.
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Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf will hit your TV screen as an interactive live-action series! UK based production company ChorMedia together with Holmgard Ltd are adapting Lone Wolf, Variety reports. Neil Chordia (Urban Hymn) and Ben Dever (Joe Dever’s son) are executive producers, bringing the fictional world of Magnamund to life. Since this will be an
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Myrrk Book One: The Blighted Well, written and illustrated by UK-based illustrator Joe McEvoy, is being launched on Kickstarter. Myrrk is a unique fantasy adventure gamebook that features isometric illustrations. The story is set in a chaotic world called Hexwynd that has been ravaged by warfare and thrown into an age of darkness and sorcery.
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A Mug’s Gamebook is an immersive podcast, where listeners can enjoy the creator Tom Bartlett and his guests playing through classic gamebooks. With Bartlett’s professional background as a sound recordist, along with his nostalgic childhood adoration of vintage gamebooks, it’s a match made in audio heaven for interactive fiction fans and those new to the
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Gamebook and RPG enthusiasts, take note! There is a kickstarter campaign in progress, one that promises to deliver the first instalment in a gamebook series in the sort of format we all know and love: YOU read the story sections, make a choice, see the next story section and resolve the consequences of your decisions,
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Choice of Games has recently released two games – War for Magincia on their Hosted Games label and the sci-fi adventure Light Years Apart. In Light Years Apart you and your sister set out to outfox a galaxy-spanning AI to save your home planet. It’s a rollicking adventure with “space pirates, spies, and snarky computers”.
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We at GBN understand the enjoyment of diving into an adventure gamebook. Whether it’s a classic piece of Fighting Fantasy, Lone Wolf or one of the exciting recent additions to the genre, interactive fiction opens doorways into worlds of the imagination that can be as cinematic, engaging and memorable as any other form of entertainment.
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Cirsova – the “Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense” – has, for the first time ever, published a solo gamebook adventure. This will be included in its latest issue, #2, the Summer Special of 2020. The Last Day in Iram is a 200 paragraph solo adventure, written by James Hutchings. Iram is doomed. It
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Following on from GBN’s gamebook release feature on Straight to Hell, it is our pleasure to present some Q & As with the author and artist of the book, David Lowrie. 1) What influenced you to write a gamebook about a devout crusader journeying into the Hellscape in defence of the Cosmos? Since rediscovering gamebooks
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Several online gamebooks have recently been released – but there are also some new additions to 5e, all of which are covered in this newsbyte. Shipwrecked is an interactive narrative solo adventure for level 1 5e characters. It is written by Blaise Wigglesworth with art by Anja Svare. Barely surviving a storm at sea, a
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