Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a bleak American folk tale about travelling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny. Featuring gorgeous illustration by Kellan Jett, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine combines 2D visuals with a 3D map, inviting the player to embark on an interactive journey by foot, road or train, where history, […]
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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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Rediscover the classic Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, brought back to life as digital games for the Nintendo Switch! Test yourself by playing through three dangerous adventures written by author Ian Livingstone – Deathtrap Dungeon, Trial of Champions and Armies of Death – published by Nomad Games. Deathtrap Dungeon Trilogy is a card-based roleplaying game set in
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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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Explore more of the Weirding Woods in the Deeper into the Woods expansion for The StoryMaster’s Tales “Weirding Woods” – a gateway fantasy roleplaying game for ages 7-Adult, and 1-5 players. Now seeking funding via Kickstarter, Deeper into the Woods will feature: 4 new quests 4 extra Classes to play: Bard, Wise Woman, Lost Children,
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Unusually for a fantasy gamebook, The Curse of Saltash Mine is a sweet and soothing adventure that sees you – a naive young seaside villager – journeying across the lands of Brighthelm on a mission given to you not by a monarch, wizard or community in need, but by your very own grandfather. Neither is
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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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Featuring a branching narrative that puts you in the role of a 14-year-old boy with magical powers, The Shadowborn Trials is set within Joseph Daniels’ fantasy universe of The Hermacles Divide. Consisting of 1008 sections and over 400 pages, The Shadowborn Trials is an adventure in which you will rarely be alone. Your allies will
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This month we’ve got a sizeable selection of printed gamebooks and digital games for your perusal, plus links to video highlights of the recent Fighting Fantasy Fest. Any of the choice-based experiences featured here would make excellent gifts for readers of interactive fiction – or people you know who should be – so remember to
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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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Choose your destiny in Mark Fischbach’s interactive video adventure, A Heist with Markiplier, as you make life-or-death decisions during a museum heist. This first interactive film from YouTube Originals presents an engaging first-person perspective where it’s up to you to choose which direction to take or how to react to situations arising during your escape
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FoxNext Games and Fogbank Entertainment have recently launched their Storyscape app, where world-class writers bring you immersive tales of romance, intrigue and adventure, and every decision you make transforms your story. Storyscape delivers high-quality interactive storytelling from some of the most creative minds in the world, combined with the technology to bring those stories to
The Fog Knows Your Name from Choice of Games is a 300,000-word interactive teen horror novel written by Clio Yun-su Davis. It’s senior year of high school. Your classmate Rex Keller was found dead six months ago, and you were the last person to see him alive. Half the town thinks you murdered him, including
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