Already previewed in our April Round-up, a Kickstarter campaign for Scape-IT’s retro-style dark fantasy game SKALD: Against the Black Priory has now been launched. Inspired by legendary titles such as Ultima and the Gold Box series, and with the narrative ambition of a modern RPG, SKALD will see players develop and lead a party of […]
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TOMBCRAWL is a brand new mini-gamebook from Static Void Records that is housed inside a high quality 40+ page zine. In TOMBCRAWL you play as an unnamed victim with no memory and no hope for survival. You are trapped within a pitch-black underground labyrinth and must fight for freedom, or become a permanent fixture of
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The new year is certainly well underway so it’s time to catch up on a few recent releases, together with some interesting news regarding new projects and old favourites. Graphic Novel Adventures Van Ryder Games has revealed the cover artwork for the upcoming second season of their Graphic Novel Adventures visual gamebooks: Sherlock and Moriarty
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A 2D, top-down RPG with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling, in Sunless Skies you are the captain of a steam locomotive, eking out an existence from port to port with your crew, smuggling and trading where you can, hoping to find wealth, fame, or the truth: why are the stars going out? It
‘TWAS – The Krampus Night Before Christmas is a brand new interactive adventure in Jonathan Green’s ACE Gamebooks series. Inspired by the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas, by Clement Clarke Moore, as well as other winter- or festive-themed classics, such as Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, and John Masefield’s The Box of Delights, ‘TWAS
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Intudia is a new entertainment platform for interactive audiobooks and eBooks. Created by childhood friends Nicki Blådal (Manager of development and administration, and co-founder of a Danish software development company) and Nicolai Vedel Kellberg (Lead author, with 15 years of experience with interactive storytelling, and a master’s degree in educational psychology), Intudia believes that being
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Officina Meningi’s The Necronomicon Gamebook: Dagon is a short, illustrated adventure based on a faithful adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu short novels Dagon, The Hound and The Festival (plus extracts from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath). These stories have been adapted with the utmost fidelity to the original text, in the style of the Master
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This month’s round-up includes another wide selection of interactive products that are sure to be of great interest, including: immersive audio adventures; text-based digital games; micro-adventures for Kindle; two computer RPGs; and new enhanced print editions of a highly recommended gamebook, previously reviewed on GBN. Malice From the Middle Vale – Colour Editions New full-colour
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Currently seeking funding via Kickstarter, Nighthawks – The Vampire RPG is a highly atmospheric text-based computer RPG for PC and Mac from Wadjet Eye Games (The Blackwell Legacy, Unavowed, Technobabylon) and writer/designer Richard Cobbett (Sunless Sea/Sunless Skies, The Long Journey Home). This urban fantasy game invites you to join the mean streets of a city grudgingly
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A solo role-playing campaign in a gamebook format, SNAKES and GESTAPO, Act 1: Consumed from the Inside incorporates a complex game system to appeal to a modern, mature audience. Translated from the French gamebook Dans le nid du mal – Acte 1: Rongé de l’intérieur, created by Guillaume Gagnon and written by Patrick Boulanger, SNAKES
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It’s time for another round-up! In this edition we’ve got details about a forthcoming pulp-style multiplayer game; more Cthulhu; classic solo adventures forming part of the return of an early RPG system; the third book in a well-received sci-fi series; a steampunk update; and a new fantasy game/novel featuring golems, dragons and magical weapons.
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Tony Hough is a modern master of gamebook illustration, showcasing plentiful creative talent to effortlessly tackle a diverse range of genres. His imaginative creatures and characters are fascinating and often frightening, supported by an eye for the unusual, and a technique that offers rich reward for those who like to soak up numerous small details.
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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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MetaArcade (creators of Tunnels & Trolls Adventures) have now released their second game, Cthulhu Chronicles, developed in partnership with Chaosium Inc. A narrative horror game inspired by the cult favorite RPG Call of Cthulhu, Cthulhu Chronicles is set against the classic H.P. Lovecraft backdrop of 1920s New England. Unlike many RPGs, the focus of Cthulhu
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