5 Gamebooks in one big bundle!
FIVE (5) Interactive Gamebooks in one big bundle! Out now at DriveThruRPG. Includes these five books: Get them all in this big pack and get more than 50% discount!
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Sci-Fi
New Gamebook: The Island of Doctor Moreau – An Interactive Adventure
Disclosure: The featured gamebook has been written by GBN’s very own writer and editor, KJ Shadmand. Re-imagining classic works of literature as gamebooks is not an easy task. After all, novels tend to be linear and have a single ending, whereas gamebooks thrive on branching narratives that not only allow multiple paths to the story’s
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Interview: Solar War by Sam Isaacson
Solar War is the soon-to-be released new gamebook by Sam Isaacson, author of The Altimer and New Gaia. The system is identical to the earlier two books, and it can work as a standalone story although those that have read the others will appreciate some familiar names in there. It’s a return to the dark
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Kickstarter: ALBA – open world post-apocalypse sci-fi
Would you be interested in a piece of interactive fiction that claims to be “the biggest gamebook ever written”? If so, you’ll be glad to hear that ALBA – a post-apocalypse science fiction gamebook – is currently on track to fund on Kickstarter. ALBA seems to tie into several different sci-fi genres, promising an open-world
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New games from Choice of Games & Hosted Games
A bunch of different games have been released by Choice of Games / Hosted Games over the last few weeks. In October, Hosted Games released Too Different, a multiple-choice interactive-fiction game, available for Steam, Android, and on iOS via the Hosted Games app. In it you must unravel the mysterious past of your parents and
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INTERVIEW: Don Bosco, author of Last Kid Running
GBN has been excited to be in touch with Don Bosco, an award-winning writer and publisher of thrilling fiction for teens and children, and founder of the publishing studio Super Cool Books. In 2019, Don published his latest gamebook: Last Kid Running, Welcome to the Scramble. Here is its synopsis! LAST KID RUNNING is a
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KICKSTARTER: The Iron Uprising: Wanderer Gamebook+
Get ready to experience a brand-new adventure in the mountain of Eldrafell. You are Snurri, a lowly dwarf who finds himself on the run from vicious bounty hunters. The king wants you dead, you have no way to get home, and a dragon just bit off your arm. What do you do? Strap on a
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Newsbyte: Light Strikers Kickstarter, New Hosted Games Titles & Issue 1 of Advanced Fighting Fantasy Magazine
Tons of things are happening in the gamebook world right now! Here are four newsbyte morsels to whet your appetite. A new Kickstarter has landed. Light Strikers is a new gamebook with an array of pledge offers — some of which include an e-book, a PDF, a print-out, and more! In the world of Adamah,
In Development: Kiss Upload
Kiss Upload is the second PC game by Roxiano Creations, planned to come out in 2021 via Steam. Kiss Upload is a futuristic-themed romance visual novel. It features four involved story paths with an array of outcomes. Dive into a choice-based visual novel set 96 years in the future, where you can experience different story
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Three games from Choice of Games & Hosted Games
Three new digital gamebooks from Choice of Games and Hosted Games have landed. As always, all three games are entirely text-based — without graphics or sound effects. Werewolves 2: Pack Mentality is a 360,000 word interactive novel in Jeffrey Dean’s acclaimed “Claw, Shadow, and Sage” series, where your choices control the story. It’s a war
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AUDIO: Detective X – An Interactive Amazon & Google Adventure
Detective X is an audio work of interactive fiction, released for Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, developed by the Toronto-based Budgie voice app design studio. Do you have what it takes to catch a killer? Or will the killer catch you? The chase is on in Detective X! A choose-your-own-adventure-style thriller with roots in narrative-driven
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Kickstarter: Light Strikers by Code of Light Studios
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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NEWSBYTE: Choice of Games releases
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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GAMEBOOK FEATURE: Adventure Snack
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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