Disclosure: The featured gamebook has been written by GBN’s very own writer and editor, KJ Shadmand. Re-imagining classic works of literature as gamebooks is not an easy task. After all, novels tend to be linear and have a single ending, whereas gamebooks thrive on branching narratives that not only allow multiple paths to the story’s […]
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In the land of the Danes, there’s a monster abroad. One too powerful for ordinary warriors to withstand; a fen-beast who can smash oak timbers aside like driftwood, and rend men limb from limb. A devourer of flesh and bones, a drinker of blood and a hater of mirth. He’s a real piece of work,
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In Fire on the Water, the second book of Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf saga, everything that made Flight from the Dark an unforgettable and enthralling adventure is offered again on an even greater scale. Instead of facing a journey of a few days over a hundred miles of war-torn Sommerlund, you embark on a quest
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Unusually for a fantasy gamebook, The Curse of Saltash Mine is a sweet and soothing adventure that sees you – a naive young seaside villager – journeying across the lands of Brighthelm on a mission given to you not by a monarch, wizard or community in need, but by your very own grandfather. Neither is
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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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