Mark Lain

Kickstarter: Kaleidoscope Frenzy by Mark Lain

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Recently, GBN received word that Malthus Dire (aka the upstanding gamebook author and prolific reviewer Mark Lain) has been hard at work and seeking tribute for his latest creation KaleidoscopeFrenzy. The fifth book in the Destiny’s Role adventure gamebook series and the long-awaited sequel to Fragile Beauty – a modern day hardboiled detective adventure concerning […]

Iron Flame (The Empyrean Book 2)
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The Seventh Artifact (The Artifact Book 7)
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Artifact: Old Mans Comeback
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Fourth Wing: Empyrean, Book 1
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Red Rising
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KICKSTARTER: Destiny’s Role 3: Venom of Vortan

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Mark Lain’s Venom of Vortan, the third title in the Destiny’s Role gamebook series, has just launched on Kickstarter. It features cover art by Mike Tenebrae (Fantasy Flight, Avalon Games) and illustrations by Gary Ward (Fighting Fantasy). Venom of Vortan’s Kickstarter campaign offers a special edition hardback print, not available in stores. The book will

Onyx Storm: Empyrean, Book 3
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The Primal Hunter 12: A LitRPG Adventure
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The Devils
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He Who Fights with Monsters 12: A LitRPG Adventure: He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 12
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Crown of Midnight: Throne of Glass, Book 2
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KICKSTARTER: Destiny’s Role 1: Mistress of Sorrows

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Mark Lain’s second title in his Destiny’s Role series of gamebooks influenced by Fighting Fantasy, Lone Wolf and Golden Dragon, Mistress of Sorrows, is now seeking funding via Kickstarter. Featuring a cover painted by Alan Langford, and internal illustrations by Mike Tenebrae, Mistress of Sorrows puts YOU in the role of an adventurer who chances upon

Enchantra: A spicy fantasy romance (Wicked Games)
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Can You Take It?: Infatuated Fae, Book 4
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Inked in Onyx: A Twisted Fairy Tale (Inkbound Book 2)
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Silver Elite: Silver Elite, Book 1
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Fourth Wing: Empyrean, Book 1
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Destiny’s Role: Zero to Hero

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Renowned gamebook blogger Mark Lain has just released the first gamebook in his new ‘old school’ series Destiny’s Role. The introductory book (numbered zero), entitled Zero To Hero, contains four short adventures, which introduce some of the themes and concepts of Destiny’s Role. Two of the adventures (Master of the Tiltyard and The Cult of

Inked in Onyx: A Twisted Fairy Tale (Inkbound Book 2)
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Bride of the Sea King
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Red Rising
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
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Lord of EXP Farming 1: A LitRPG Adventure
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The Temple of Flame Collector’s Edition

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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

Throne of Glass: Throne of Glass, Book 1
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Path of the Slayer: A LitRPG Adventure Action Fantasy
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A Court of Mist and Fury
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When the Moon Hatched: A Novel
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Mage Tank 2: A LitRPG Adventure
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