The title and cover for the 72nd Fighting Fantasy gamebook, Assassins of Allansia, has been revealed today on the Official Fighting Fantasy website. Written by series co-creator Ian Livingstone and published by Scholastic, this brand-new Allansian adventure features the distinctive cover art of Robert Ball – who has also produced the book’s interior illustrations. Struggling […]
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Humorous, colourful, and full of teenage angst and attitude, ‘Normal Club from developer Cubus Games (The Frankenstein Wars, Heavy Metal Thunder etc.) is an interactive gamebook app in which you explore the town of Buckcreek and its mysterious surroundings in search of paranormal hot spots. Adapted from author Philip Armstrong’s winning entry in the 2013
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Ulisses Spiele has launched a Kickstarter for Magic of Aventuria, a 240-page supplement of new spells, magical traditions, and advanced and optional rules for their popular RPG The Dark Eye. Included in this campaign is a new self-contained 64-page solo gamebook adventure, Conspiracy of Mages, which is a great way to learn all about spellcasting for
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Created by Maciej ‘Aureus’ Gajzlerowicz, a Polish writer and designer from independent developer Moral Anxiety Studio, Roadwarden is an interesting game of many components, mixing isometric pixel art and a branching narrative with RPG mechanics, visual novel features, and the traditional use of items and complex conversations seen in classic text adventures. In Roadwarden you
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Night Call is an upcoming neo-noir murder mystery set in Paris, featuring 200,000+ words and more than 400 in-game unlockable achievements. A collaboration between indie developers Monkey Moon and BlackMuffin Studio, and published by Raw Fury, Night Call is an atmospheric narrative game full of secrets and consequences, with an emotive black & white visual
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Last year, Van Ryder Games delivered the next evolution of gamebooks with Season 1 of Graphic Novel Adventures. Now they’re back with five new adventures in an exciting second season – visual gamebooks where you’re the star of a graphic novel, including a 2-player Sherlock Holmes mystery. Encounter foes, puzzles, traps, riddles, and much, much
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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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Our round-up of interactive adventures is back for a pre-Xmas update. This month we have some new digital, audio and print products, an updated gamebook and new versions of a popular mobile game. Bury me, my Love Bury me, my Love is coming to Nintendo Switch and Steam on January 10th/11th. Inspired by real
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Tainted Grail is a solo or cooperative survival exploration board game for 1-4 players from Awaken Realms, set in a dark universe that blends Arthurian legends and Celtic mythology. Players control one of the characters – accidental heroes who need to fight for their lives after stronger and wiser champions have failed. Chased by the
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Choice of Games has released another interesting adventure in their ongoing series of multiple-choice interactive-fiction games. Weyrwood is a 174,000 word interactive fantasy novel by Isabella Shaw. Set in a Regency England-period magical world, Weyrwood contains supernatural creatures, social rules, customs, and the deeply complex mysteries of the forest. Advance in Society and bargain with
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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Independent French game studio Nova-box has released their interactive graphic novel Seers Isle. A narrative game consisting of eight endings and approximately 7500 lines of text and dialogue, Seers Isle is set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters. “The island… It was
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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Charles A.F. King has released his latest Choose Your Own Fate gamebook; the underwater adventure Soviet Seafloor Station Ustritsa. A branching path narrative consisting of 108 sections, this is a fascinating mystery investigation set during the height of the Cold War, when both the US and Soviet superpowers were seeking any advantage that they could
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