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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Guardian Episode One is a text-based interactive game from writer Edwin McRae and the Auckland game studio Metia Interactive. Part one of a trilogy of adventures focussing on a young Māori warrior in a dark fantasy version of Aotearoa (New Zealand), the Guardian series is a hybrid historical/science-fiction story that draws on the mythology of
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Quill is a unique letter-writing solo roleplaying game, but rather than having standard attributes like strength or dexterity, characters in Quill use Penmanship, Language and Heart. It’s something completely different – a game in which your creativity, craft and eloquence in corresponding with recipients from different scenarios is matched with a simple system of dice-rolling
Overflowing with grand ideas, gloriously vivid locations and compelling circumstances, Malice from the Middle Vale is both very familiar and excitingly different – an engrossing combination of old-school features now enhanced with new and noteworthy game mechanics that have been carefully woven into a thrilling, coming-of-age quest. Set in the author’s fantasy realm of Yarnia,
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Set in the magical fantasy realm of Yarnia, Malice From The Middle Vale is the first book of the Scythe-Bearer Trilogy by David Sharrock. A gamebook consisting of 650 paragraph entries and 538 pages, you will explore the world of the woven yarn, seeking endless adventures and the life of a hero. You have come
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Lewis Manalo is the author of the recently released The Spy and the Labyrinth – an impressive piece of interactive fiction that explores a modern South American mystery set within the challenging environment of ongoing conflict, complex corruption and deception, and ancient, otherworldly myths. GBN was keen to know more about Lewis and his creation,
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Gods and monsters feature in myriads of ancient legends, beliefs and cultural superstitions. Powerful beings that challenge mankind’s place on earth, their appearance asks questions of our origin and purpose, and suggests that our early ancestors were once subjected to stupendous supernatural forces and creatures of unimaginable magnitude. In Lewis Manalo’s The Spy and the
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Chaos Is Harmony’s text adventure Conscientia is a thoughtful role-playing experience, where your actions lead to specific consequences, and exploration rewards the player with new knowledge and a greater understanding of the world surrounding you. Eidos. An immortal traveler in a world that is unknown to her. Where will she go in her exploration? What
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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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Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood is a new text-based role-playing game that blends interactive fiction, resource management and base building against the backdrop of Sherwood Forest. You are Robin of Locksley. Hounded from your home by the Sheriff of Nottingham, take control of your fate in this extravagant, illustrated role-playing game. Rob from the rich
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The rich history and mythology of ancient Egypt, and the influential importance of their many deities in Egyptian society, present limitless fantastical material for gamebook adventuring. In Sete-Ka’s Dream Quest you follow the story of the young Sete-Ka, Prince of Upper and Lower Egypt. Called upon by the goddess Bast during a terrible fever, Sete-Ka
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A text-based fantasy adventure using CYOA-style game mechanics, Saga of the North Wind is an enjoyably atmospheric drama, intelligently written in a style that brings to life the various situations, conflicts and characters encountered on your journey to reach the Valley of the North Wind. Your tribe (which you can name as you desire) roams
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Italian indie game studio Tiny Bull Studios are currently running a Kickstarter campaign for their new narrative-based RPG game Omen Exitio: Plague, the first chapter of a planned “Omen Exitio” series set in the world of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythology. Make history and change the course of time while meeting some of the Great People
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