This intriguing text adventure from Goodwolf Studio is currently funding on Kickstarter – a thrilling sci-fi story that should have significant appeal to all gamebook and interactive fiction fans. The campaign target has already been reached (ends very soon on Friday, October 28) and there is a range of rewards to select from, including digital […]
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This second book in the Dangerous Worlds Gamebook series will take you deep into a primordial jungle; an environment that is as much a central character in this story as any other (human, or non-human) to be found within the adventure. Immediately thrust into a position of authority and responsibility over a large expeditionary company
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The City of Thieves may be viewed as a basic gamebook to the modern reader – somewhat thin on the sort of detailed, logical adventuring now seen as standard in most new releases featuring this type of urban setting. Author Ian Livingstone is infamous for his love of the irksome ‘treasure hunt’ formula, and here
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Book 2 of Michael G Perrin’s martial arts inspired Shinté Warrior series follows on from the dramatic events of Trials of the First Moon (the first book in this series) and now requires you to scale the snow-covered Cadcliff Mountains in search of the legendary Rividia plant: a sacred medicinal herb with unique restorative powers.
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Italian indie game studio Tiny Bull Studios are currently running a Kickstarter campaign for their new narrative-based RPG game Omen Exitio: Plague, the first chapter of a planned “Omen Exitio” series set in the world of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythology. Make history and change the course of time while meeting some of the Great People
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The first of three books in Aaron Emmel and C. Aaron Kreader’s new gamebook series, Midnight Legion, is now available for purchase. A colour, illustrated gamebook for solo or 2-player use, this series uses a highly advanced game system, offering a deeper level of character generation than a standard CYOA gamebook – featuring combat, puzzles,
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Cubus Games continue to make excellent progress on their upcoming gamebook app The Frankenstein Wars – an interactive sci-fi tale of war and horror. This ‘meaty, choice-intensive story’, features a branching, non-linear, time-sensitive storyline where you guide two brothers through a 19th century alternate-history setting: Tom and Anton Clerval have long guarded the secret to
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After successfully funding Crypt of the Vampire earlier this year, Megara Entertainment has just launched a new Kickstarter campaign for the second reprint of a gamebook from the classic Golden Dragon series by Dave Morris: The Temple of Flame. Far below the lost temple of the ancient god Katak, you and your evil foe Damontir
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Jeffrey Dean has now released the third book in his fascinating ‘Road Less Traveled’ series of post-apocalyptic gamebooks – The Lords of Benaeron. Lead a rebellion to victory in The Lords of Benaeron, a hybrid gamebook that combines a traditional branching-path narrative with a sweeping cityscape rife with opportunities for open-world exploration! Tackle stealth missions,
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Based on a winning entry by Maezar in this year’s One Page Dungeon Contest for RPG modules, The Dungeon of Abkadev is the first One Hour Dungeons gamebook to be released from The Wizard’s Tower – a new publisher of adventures from creator Pieter Konink. Taking inspiration from the minimalist sensibility of the One Page
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Unimatrix Productions have recently released Shady Brook, the second game (after Lifestream) in their Storycentric Worlds series of interactive fiction. Relive the days of classic gaming in this dark and mysterious text adventure that plays like an interactive novel. Inspired by the television series Twin Peaks, Shady Brook places players in the role of author
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Jonathan Green’s latest project, The Wicked Wizard of Oz, is now live on Kickstarter for funding. This nightmarish ‘dieselpunk’ gamebook will consist of 500 sections, and is available in ebook and paperback, and also as a special limited edition collector’s hardback with bonus content. An adventure stylistically similar to Green’s recent Alice’s Nightmare in Wonderland,
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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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Trade Paperback and PDF editions of Tales of Quahnarren: Beyond the Morning Mountains are now available for sale. This first volume of a two-part adventure across the island continent of Quahnarren features 1000 sections (400 pages), is fully illustrated, and also contains numerous extras detailing this exciting fantasy world. An unexpected and devastating act of
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