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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The Collector’s Edition of Rune War from Holmgard Press – the next step in their completion of the hardback collector’s series – will be ready to ship worldwide from December 1st. The book features the much-loved original Brian Williams illustrations, a gorgeous new map from Francesco Mattioli (as shown), and striking new cover art from Alberto Dal Lago
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Ransom Publishing has released Dan Metcalf’s Pick Your Path series of CYOA-style mini-adventures as repackaged books for reluctant readers – also known as HiLo (High Interest, Low Reading Age) – where the limited paragraphs and exciting choice-based gameplay are a perfect fit for readers with lower reading levels. In the Pick Your Path series every
Samuel Isaacson’s first gamebook, The Altimer, begins in the mid-22nd Century, following a time of global political turbulence, climate upheaval and, more recently, the discovery of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. A new cohort of astronauts has begun training – YOU are one of them. The year is 2162, intelligent extra-terrestrial life has been discovered, and a
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Written and designed by Greg Favro, Spire’s End is a solo and cooperative fantasy/horror card game that hearkens back to the gamebooks of the ’80s, with enemy encounters, interactive story-driven scenarios, and high-end art and design. It’s a unique gaming experience without a lot of baggage: a simple set-up, intuitive rules and minimal components. No
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A Sharp’s Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind is a combination of interactive story and turn-based strategy that immerses you in a land of myth. Hundreds of small interactive stories build into an epic, where you guide a small clan, help them navigate a hostile world, and find a path to long-term survival. Six Ages
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Much anticipated by fans of Fighting Fantasy, the Atlantis Miniatures range of exclusive, highly detailed 28mm resin miniatures is now funding via Kickstarter. Sculpted by Damien Sparks and Daniel Jack, the unpainted and unassembled Fighting Fantasy Legends range includes many of the most iconic heroes and anti-heroes from the world of Titan, including: Zagor Balthus
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Embark on an interactive literary adventure with The Necronomicon Gamebook series, and experience firsthand the horrors told by the great masters of supernatural narrative. Following on from Officina Meningi’s successful first volume, Dagon, the second and last chapter of this saga, Carcosa, will draw you into the grim fantasies of Ambrose Bierce, Robert W. Chambers
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Summerfall Studios’ CHORUS is a choice-based adventure musical, one part narrative-driven adventure and one part interactive musical. Written by former BioWare lead writer David Gaider, scored by award-winning composer Austin Wintory, voice directed by acclaimed actor and director Troy Baker, and starring the extremely talented Laura Bailey, CHORUS is an urban fantasy tale with a
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From pitched battles and headlong charges against evil servants of the Darklords, to frantic scrambles over hillsides, forests, tunnels and caves in your quest to reach the transient safety of the city of Holmgard, Flight from the Dark is a frantic and atmospheric introduction to Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf gamebook series. The story is driven by a
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Shadowborne Games’ Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood is a dark fantasy miniatures game for 1-4 players that brings together a novel-sized, interactive story and epic tabletop battles where you stand toe-to-toe with intimidating nightmares. Oathsworn is a grimdark RPG of multiple paths, where realism matters and your choices change the flow of the story, preparing or hindering you for
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This month we bring you news of interactive adventures set in different times and places: 6th-century Scandinavia, fantasy lands featuring marshlands and winter storms, Zanzibar in the late 19th century, an Australian small town, and war-ravaged Syria. • • •Beowulf Beastslayer Jonathan Green’s 4th title in his ACE Gamebooks series, Beowulf Beastslayer, has now been
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Alone Against the Frost from Chaosium Inc. is a solo horror adventure set during a research expedition to Canada’s Northwest Territories during the 1920s. Here, you choose your own path as you navigate through the story – your choices will determine whether you find success or failure! You take on the role of Dr. Nadelmann,
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Mark Lain’s second title in his Destiny’s Role series of gamebooks influenced by Fighting Fantasy, Lone Wolf and Golden Dragon, Mistress of Sorrows, is now seeking funding via Kickstarter. Featuring a cover painted by Alan Langford, and internal illustrations by Mike Tenebrae, Mistress of Sorrows puts YOU in the role of an adventurer who chances upon
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