Hello all. Happy holidays! I hope you had a lovely Christmas. Here is the latest news in December and January. Lots of things to do in the quiet, dark nights.
Crowdfunding
Ronin 47 by Jonathan Green is still going. Back it quickly!
RONIN 47 - A Mech-Vs-Kaiju ACE Gamebook | Indiegogo
Competitions
The Lindenbaum competition for short gamebook fiction is still going. Entries need to be in by midnight on February 1st (by the end of January 31st).
Lloyd of Gamebooks: The Lindenbaum prize for short gamebook fiction 2021/2022
Blogs
Mrs Giggles
Mrs Giggles has some new gamebook reviews! She has reviewed the latest Fighting Fantasy ones, the Tunnel of Issoth (a Tunnels and Trolls solo adventure). She has done many other gamebooks reviews, but you need to go through the list as she has organised them by set order and not chronological order.
Itch
I found out that you could search gamebooks on Itch.io, so you can keep up with gamebook releases.
Top physical games tagged gamebook - itch.io
New releases
The Armchair General
Assume the role of real Generals, Leaders, Soldiers and Intelligence Officers in the Allied Forces during WWII, including Winston Churchill and President Eisenhower.
The Armchair General (penguin.co.uk)
Plague of the Undead
Coming soon...
Published by Red Ruin Publishing and available on drivethrurpg and itch.io, for free. Uses the Dragon Warriors rules and set in the land of Legend. Should be released sometime in January. Blurb:
The town of Overdale is under attack from within! Night after night, the walking dead rise from their graves to stalk the streets. YOU have volunteered to investigate, but will your skills - in combat, the arcane arts or trickery - be enough to save the people of this once peaceful town?
Jason Archer is working on an online version of Can you Brexit without Breaking Britain?
FightingFantasy.Net Homepage - Welcome Adventurer!
AtariQuest is an interactive novel based on the retro gaming trend, as it is set in the world of Atari 2600 console games. You can read more about it here:
Savage Realms Gamebooks
Balance of Fate: The Legorian Kings Saga will be out soon!
Savage Realms Gamebooks | Facebook
Choice of Games
Pon Para and the Unconquerable Scorpion
Pon Para and the Unconquerable Scorpion is a 742,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Kyle Marquis, and the sequel to Pon Para and the Great Southern Labyrinth. Your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
You’re a fresh-faced new student at Larkspur University, a college for witches that began accepting mundanes a few decades ago. (Strangely, the mundanes never seem to notice the witches.) It’s your first time living away from home, and that means new spells, new friends, and new opportunities for romance!
Faerie’s Bargain: The Price of Business
Faerie’s Bargain: The Price of Business is a 300,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Trip Galey where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
DL Lewis
Army of Bones, the sequel to The Demon Sorcerer is coming!
https://www.facebook.com/dllewisgamebooks/
Tin Man Games
Tin Man Games is releasing To Be Or Not To Be for the Switch.
December's release is going to involve the hero from Arcane Rites.
Derilion Returns for December - by Simon Birks (substack.com)
Podcasts
Instadeath Survivors' Support Group
Instadeath Survivors' Support Group has released a Christmas Episode - a playthrough of Twas the Krampus Night before Christmas.
Welcome to Instadeath Survivors Support Group by Instadeath Survivors Support Group (anchor.fm)
Interactive Fiction and Gamebooks discussion group
In January, the group is discussing the Vulcanverse gamebooks.
Interactive Fiction & Gamebooks Discussion Group (Book Club) | Facebook
Simple Choose Your Own Adventure/Gamebook Engine Designer Needed! : gameDevClassifieds (reddit.com)
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