Scholastic UK have now released cover designs for the first six books of their repackaged Fighting Fantasy series, which includes Ian Livingstone’s new adventure, The Port of Peril. These vibrantly energetic cover illustrations are by Robert M. Ball, who is known for his ‘Beautiful Death’ series of illustrations for HBO’s Game of Thrones. Let’s hope […]
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Do you have a child in your life who’d love to read and play a full-colour, illustrated gamebook? Written for children aged 3 to 9, GameTale: The Big Adventure of the Little Gremlin is Bulgarian award-winning author Nikola Raykov’s interactive fairy tale featuring his little gremlin, Gremmy. He has little adventurous pawsies that don’t get tired
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Great news for all Fighting Fantasy fans! Scholastic UK has acquired world rights to the series, announcing that the classic gamebooks will be ‘republished, repackaged and reignited for a new generation’. They will also publish Ian Livingstone’s upcoming new adventure, The Port of Peril, in August, and have stated that further new titles are planned
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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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West Australian illustrator and zine creator Bodie Hartley produces the ‘pick your path’ adventure gamebook series SlowQuest – a hand-drawn and handmade mini zine full of awesome illustrations reminiscent of early Dungeons & Dragons rulebook artwork. His felt-tipped pen drawings are inspired by his keen interest in playing Dungeons & Dragons, and this love for
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Narborion Adventures: The Burning Trees of Ormen Mau is a young adult, high fantasy gamebook from Liber Primus Games. A companion game to the original Narborion Saga series, with some crossover characters, this story-driven RPG features minigames, riddles, turn-based tactical battles and dozens of possible paths to choose from – all leading to a battle
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