Choice of Games’ latest interactive adventure, Mask of the Plague Doctor, is a 410,000-word medieval fantasy tale of swords and surgery written by Peter Parrish. A strange and terrifying sickness is inflicting misery on the residents of Thornback Hollow, preventing those infected from sleeping. With the town situated on an important trade route, the Crown […]
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You are James Armistead, a compassionate and daring young man of colour enslaved on a Virginian tobacco plantation when a timely fire provides an opportunity to obtain your freedom; how you achieve this dream is for you to decide. James Armistead Lafayette is one of the two initial releases in Chooseco’s SPIES sub-series of their
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Pendragon is a character-driven narrative strategy game from inkle (creators of 80 DAYS and Heaven’s Vault). This dynamic, self-narrating digital board game will see you journeying across Dark Ages Britain, facing wild creatures, brutal rogues, and Sir Mordred’s dark knights. Fight turn-based battles with simple yet deeply strategic combat where position is everything, losses are
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Ironheart from Choice of Games is a 250,000-word interactive novel by Lee Williams – a swashbuckling alternate medieval history where you get to pilot and customise a giant iron war mech. In 1182 AD, the Papacy, the Caliphate, and the Mongols are at war, and they all possess hulking war robots, powered by energy from
Choice of Games has released The Magician’s Workshop – a 190,000-word interactive historical fantasy novel by Kate Heartfield, whose first ChoiceScript game, The Road to Canterbury, was nominated for the 2018 Nebula Award for Game Writing. In 1512, Florence is known for ruthless politics, art, and magic. The infamous Medici family has returned after years
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New Gaia is the new sci-fi gamebook from Samuel Isaacson – the author of The Altimer (released earlier this year) – which takes place in the same mid-22nd Century setting following the discovery of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. This second interactive adventure in the Entram trilogy picks up from where the storyline of The Altimer concludes:
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Filled with narrative-driven interactions and branching choices, the recently released Court of Ashes from Cratel Studios is an immersive turn-based strategy game where you must learn to rule before there is nothing left to rule over. With your king assassinated, and the country in the midst of a war, experience the events that unfurl as
Curious Panda Games’ The Iron Oath is a turn-based tactical RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Recruit and manage a roster of adventurers across decades and centuries, and send them on missions where they must confront their mortality. Every decision made carries weight and can have a minor or major influence on the world
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Dane Barrett’s latest gamebook, The Defenders of Dusk, is a ‘Fighting Fantasy-esque’ interactive adventure featuring dice rolling and a combat system, and matching the old tradition of 400 sections, with only a single successful path and ending (though there are a variety of different solutions to most situations, and several ‘sudden deaths’ have been thrown
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The Collector’s Edition of Rune War from Holmgard Press, the 24th gamebook in Joe Dever’s epic Lone Wolf saga, is now available to purchase online. Featuring cover art by Alberto Dal Lago, Brian Williams’ illustrations from the original paperback release, and a new map from Francesco Mattioli, this hardback edition also includes the bonus adventure
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Developed by Mi-Clos Studio (creators of the award-winning sci-fi game Out There), Sigma Theory: Global Cold War is a turn-based strategy game of international diplomacy and espionage, set during a futuristic global cold war. Become the chief of an intelligence agency and recruit a squad of special agents to secure control of the singularity. Provide
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Norfolk Warriors is a single player strategic turn-based medieval fantasy CRPG, with gamebook-like branching gameplay. Attempt to defend your People’s right to live free in a world caught up in sweeping war involving gods, supernaturals and mortals. Carve your own path in this world, battle injustice, stand for those that cannot defend themselves, quell uprising
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Darkness on a Foreign Shore is the first gamebook in the new Unravel Your Destiny series created by G R Jordan, written for a teen/YA audience, or anyone who enjoys choice-based narrative fiction. Complete missions by solving puzzles and taking actions, all under the pressure of unwelcome discovery. If you’re up for a challenge, Darkness
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The world may be going to hell in a handcart, but at least with Rob Sears’ Choose Your Own Apocalypse With Kim Jong-un & Friends, you get to choose how it ends! There are many ways civilisation could end, even with wise, benevolent leaders like Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin watching over us.
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