At GBN we love reviewing books by veteran authors. In the past few years, we have offered our perspective on works by illustrious names such as Joe Dever, Ian Livingstone and Jonathan Green and have not been disappointed. So when the chance came to review The Houses of the Dead by Jamie Thomson (the first …
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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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Bulgarian independent game studio Prime Games (creator of Trap for Winners, Dust and Salt etc.) has announced that they are developing an official, fully fledged computer role-playing game based on the open-world Fabled Lands gamebook series created by Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson. An epic series of interactive fiction with the scope of a massive …
It’s been another busy period since our last round-up, full of interesting news and new releases to report on from a broad range of interactive fiction. Our selection for this month includes some printed gamebooks (brand new and updated versions), a programmed adventure, text-based apps, and a role-playing video game. • • •Choice of Games …
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We’ve compiled a bumper round-up article this month, featuring a wide assortment of printed gamebooks recently released or coming soon, a couple of online games that are FREE to play, some very interesting video games, a pdf D&D adventure, and an Advanced Fighting Fantasy sourcebook for fans of FF. • • •Nemesis of the Nin …
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Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson have released their insightful and intensely satirical gamebook Can You Brexit? It’s up to you to undertake the difficult negotiations of separation, where you not only have to deliver a workable Brexit as you manage ongoing domestic affairs, but you have to hold onto power while doing so! Can you …
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Author Ashton Saylor has just announced that he has now completed writing the upcoming The Good, the Bad and the Undead – an interactive novel set in the Weird West, where cowboys have shootouts at high midnight with vampires! Texas, 1870. The small, dusty mining town of Affliction, alone and isolated in the middle of …
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A new map of Ankon-Konu from master illustrator Russ Nicholson, has been partially unveiled for the upcoming 7th book of the Fabled Lands series, The Serpent King’s Domain. Written by Paul Gresty, and to be published by Megara Entertainment (hardcover) and Fabled Lands Publishing (paperback), this is the long-awaited book 7 of the popular open-world …
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