The Games Collector, a UK company producing exclusive collectibles, are currently running an Indiegogo campaign for a hand-stitched full-colour version of Ian Livingstone’s City of Thieves Fighting Fantasy book. This sumptuously presented limited edition hardback is based on the beautiful handmade copy from Brazilian artist and designer Daielyn Cris Bertelli. Her original book design will […]
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A Kickstarter for The World Reborn, the second gamebook in the Midnight Legion trilogy that began with Operation Deep Sleep, has just been launched, offering something new for existing supporters of the original book, or for those now wishing to join as an Agent of the Legion. More than four centuries have passed since the
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Tin Man Games have now released their digital reimagining of the original Fighting Fantasy gamebook by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, on iOS. Features: A tabletop adventure come to life with figurines and an environment that assembles itself Fully interactive story, with 1000s of choices, which change for each of
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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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Ian Livingstone’s Freeway Fighter #1 (of 4) Titan ComicsWriter: Andi EwingtonArtist: Simon ColebyColorist: Len O’GradyFC • 32pp • $3.99On Sale: May 17, 2017 Cover A: Simon Coleby & Len O’GradyCover B: Ben OliverCover C: Orlando Arocena
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Word Nerd Games are currently seeking funding on Kickstarter for their unique Pick Your Path micro stories. Printed as a micro booklet that neatly folds down to the size of a credit card, these wallet-friendly adventures offer true old-school portability! Pick Your Path are CYOA-style stories, available in three popular genres: sci-fi, fantasy and horror.
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Become Phryne Fisher, the independent, feminist super-sleuth from the ABC TV series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. Guide Phryne around the world on a modish dance of adventure, murderous mayhem and mystery in this investigative visual novel from the award-winning gamebook developer Tin Man Games. Armed with her golden gun and with her companion, Dot Williams,
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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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To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of Westward Dystopia on Android, Greek Winter Media’s excellent post-apocalyptic Wasteland adventure is now available as a completely FREE app, featuring no annoying paywalls or advertisements! The entire Westward Dystopia story is freely accessible, however, if you enjoy the app you can then upgrade to the paid version, which contains
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Megara Entertainment have now launched their new Kickstarter campaign for the second gamebook of the Autumn Snow series of Lone Wolf adventures: Autumn Snow 2: The Wildlands Hunt. This hardback Collector’s Edition will be similar to the first book, The Pit of Darkness, and will again feature some fantastic black-and-white interior illustrations and page fillers
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Award-winning Infocom and Legend Entertainment author Bob Bates is currently seeking funding via Kickstarter for his new game project Thaumistry: In Charm’s Way – a parser-driven interactive fiction comic fantasy set in New York City. This is a text adventure with player input via keyboard using a simple interface featuring no graphics, as per the
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Stuart Lloyd’s latest game system has now been generally released via RPGNow. Titled SCRAWL (Solo CRAWL), this new system has been built from the foundations of his earlier Wayfarer system, however, within SCRAWL there’s no detailed world-building or specific game logic, just old-school dungeon crawling where monsters and treasures wait for the arrival of skilled,
The evident computer game influence within Michael J. Ward’s DestinyQuest: The Legion of Shadow stands boldly at the forefront of what it is that differentiates this series from many other gamebook formats. Within its pages we find individual quests (which can be undertaken in any order), no permanent death and a multitude of collectible items
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Ulisses Spiele North America have recently released an English-language edition of the popular German RPG The Dark Eye, set in the rich and immersive fantasy setting of Aventuria: a magical continent featuring lizard people, dwarves, orcs, elves and barbarians. The Vampire of Havena is a 64-page softcover solo adventure occurring within the city of Havena
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