GBN was excited when Soren Jonsson – a creator of two augmented reality gamebooks – got in touch and offered to talk about the first two installments in the Peasoup Smartbook series: Firemaster and The Archmage Tower. Aimed at 9 to 13 year olds, these books use the Firemaster app (available via Google Play or […]
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Metal Heroes and the Fate of Rock is a new gamebook filled with all the pitfalls, clichés and famous figures that the rock scene has to offer. Combined with a goodly portion of humor and tough talk, this is an adventure with a difference that invites you to master its challenges. You are Taylor, a
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Shelby is the first gamebook of illustrator and comic book artist Francesco Mattioli, where you must help a little mouse find his way home. Originally written in Italian and later translated to French, the English version is a collaboration with Jonathan Green. So how does it work? All you need to do is choose a
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GBN has heard some exciting news from Black Dog Gamebooks: Hunted, the second book in the Shadow Thief series that follows on from Jailbreak, is due to be launched in August! This second installment in the series will continue exactly where Jailbreak left off – finding you in the Holy City having just escaped (and
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Not only is this summer proving to be a scorcher, it’s also full of HOT gamebook news! Tons of things are happening – fresh Kickstarters, interactive audio adventures, print gamebooks, and much more. We’re in for a treat! Here’s a peek at some new and upcoming projects. Roll Player Adventures is currently live on Kickstarter.
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Gamebook and RPG enthusiasts, take note! There is a kickstarter campaign in progress, one that promises to deliver the first instalment in a gamebook series in the sort of format we all know and love: YOU read the story sections, make a choice, see the next story section and resolve the consequences of your decisions,
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Bix Six Adventures recently released the first solo adventure for the Hero Kids roleplaying game system. Hero Kids is a fantasy roleplaying game and rule system developed by Hero Forge Games, to help parents introduce roleplaying games to their kids. This is mainly aimed at kids aged four to ten. As such, it has a
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Escape from Portsrood Forest is a light-hearted, high fantasy gamebook by Samuel Isaacson in which YOU take on the role of a knight who wakes up in an enchanted forest with no memory of the previous night. Written in an open world style, and making use of codewords and tick-boxes to keep track of your
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