Hello all!
I thought I'd update a list of blogs that are currently running and talking about gamebooks.
Blogs come and go on tide and time, and since it's been a while since I've interacted with the blogosphere as much as I did in the 10s, I thought I would provide an updated list of blogs that are either completely about gamebooks or mention gamebooks that are still running.
These blogs have had at least 1 post in 2021. I have split them into gamebook authors/producers and gamebook playthrough blogs/reviewers.
If you have a gamebook blog that is active and I haven't mentioned it, please leave a comment with a link and I will add it to the list!
Gamebook authors/producers
Ashton made a lot of great gamebooks back in the 10s. His post for 2021 details what he is up to now. His latest endeavours are Sun Sailor productions and Story Tables. These provide camps in role playing gaming and collaborative storytelling. Living the dream.
Dave Morris, gamebook legend has kept this blog going for 11 years with regular posts the whole time. The posts refer to many gamebooks and RPGs written by Dave and friends.
A blog about Fighting Fantasy. I assume that I don't need to explain what that is if you're reading this blog.
Fighting Fantasy.net is an awesome website that allows gamebooks to be played online. If you have a gamebook, you can host it there. One of the members, Matt Ward, also has a blog about gamebooks.
James Schannep has written several gamebooks in different genres with titles that are one work with an exclamation mark after them. His book genres include zombies, spies and superheroes.
Jonathan Green has written many gamebooks, starting his career in the 90s with the later Fighting Fantasy books. He now works on the Ace Gamebook series, based on public domain works.
Librojuegos.org - Librojuegos y Ficción Interactiva
This is a gamebook blog for those fans who speak Spanish.
Martin Noutch is the man behind the Steam Highwayman open world gamebook series.
This is the blog for the Lone Wolf series and the free Lone Wolf gamebooks.
Samuel Isaacson has written many awesome gamebooks in recent years with many different genres.
Tin Man games started in 2008 with their Gamebook Adventures series, which started out as apps that basically did what gamebooks did. Since then, they have branched out into many other apps including The Warlock of Firetop Mountain game.
Titan - The Fighting Fantazine blog
This is the blog for the Fighting Fantazine gamebook zine. Issue 17 should be out this month.
Scott Malthouse has written several great RPGs and also dipped his toe into solo RPGs such as Quill, the letter writing RPG.
Victoria Hancox has written 3 superb horror based gamebooks (With a fourth book out soon!)
Playthrough/review blogs
This blog covers many gamebooks from many different series.
Alison Cybe is one of the few people who has reviewed every Fighting Fantasy gamebook from the original series. They also have a podcast coming out soon.
This blog was started recently and they have done the first 10 Fighting Fantasy gamebooks so far.
This blog delves into many subjects about the 80s, including some gamebook posts. These posts are usually about the mistakes in gamebooks called broken gamebooks.
Mark Lain has reviewed every Fighting Fantasy book and some others.
Mrs Giggles reviews many things, usually in a very acerbic fashion. This year, she has been working her way through the latest Fighting Fantasy and Lone Wolf gamebooks.
This is a comedy playthrough blog. My favourite is Forest of Doom.
This blog is currently working its way through the Fighting Fantasy series.
Interactive Fiction
I am classing Interactive Fiction as fiction that provides choice but has fewer stats and dice rolling that you would see in an RPG. It also has aims that are more about exploration and character instead of "kill the wizard" and a lot of them are in the format of computer programs where you can type commands rather than pick them.
This website has many interactive fiction games. In fact, it is a juggernaut that churns out games with hundreds of thousands of words at an insane rate. They also have a blog about their craft.
Emily Short is an awesome figure in the world of Interactive Fiction, so much so that she has her own Wikipedia page. Her blog is full of pearls of wisdom.
Another awesome Interactive Fiction blog.
Another awesome interactive fiction blog. My personal favourite post is a bestiary of player agency.
Finally, a massive host of links:
Demien's gamebook web page is the most comprehensive collection of gamebook information on the internet. Here is Demien's link list of gamebook related websites going back almost two decades.
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ReplyDeleteHello Stuart, thanks for the collection!
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