FightingFantasyGamebooks.com, the new official site for the Wizard Books reissues of the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, is up and running. It should be a continuing source of news, contests, downloads and more; there’s also a club you can join that will get you some free goodies. Check it out!
Author: Demian Katz
Rio Grande Games Update
Rio Grande Games has just e-mailed out their latest newsletter (though it won’t be on their webpage until next week). Several new games are described; due out later this month are Message to the Czar, a game in which players compete to be the first to get a courier to
Mr. Buckethead Continues Battling Evil
Mr. Buckethead, the superhero with a bucket for a head, now has a gamebook series thanks to Cybergecko, the company responsible for Super Giant Monster Showdown. In the Mr. Buckethead Adventure Game Series, readers wander from comic book panel to comic book panel (and sometimes from book to book) gathering
Fighting Fantasy and D20 Combine
Myriador, a new D20 publisher, has made arrangements with Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone to adapt their gamebooks into D20 modules. The first two titles are The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and Caverns of the Snow Witch, and other classics like Deathtrap Dungeon should be on their way. The initial
Grey Star Arrives at Project Aon
At long last, Project Aon, the official site for free Joe Dever gamebooks, has released the first book of the World of Lone Wolf spin-off series. If you’re looking for a slight change of pace from the regular series, this is a fun one. You can find the book here,
Yowling Reported in Invisible City
Invisible City‘s latest game of the month has arrived. It’s Black Cat, a real-time, high-speed card game in the tradition of such classics as Spit and the alarmingly-named Egyptian Rat Screw. The game supports two to four players and should generate plenty of noise and chaos if you feel the
New Tunnels & Trolls… sort of
Flying Buffalo has announced that they’ve sold out of fifth edition rulebooks for their classic Tunnels & Trolls RPG. Although the sixth edition isn’t ready yet (in fact, it’s still just a rumor, really), they had to print something, and thus, Tunnels & Trolls 5.5 has been created. It’s the
Rio Grande Keeps Up the Good Work
Rio Grande Games has just posted their latest newsletter. This month’s releases include Paris, Paris, a game about the effect of Parisian tourism on the economy, and Traders and Builders, the new Carcassonne expansion. Next month will see Amon-Re, a new Reiner Knizia design, and Bean Trader, the Bohnanza board
Being the last man alive has never been such fun…
After a whole lot of anticipation, it’s nearly here. Deep7 has just begun accepting pre-orders for their new RPG based on the Red Dwarf sci-fi/comedy series. If you haven’t seen the show, you really should, and if you have, you’re probably wondering just how much longer you have to wait
Arborell Goes Serial
Wayne Densley, author of the popular online gamebook series, The Chronicles of Arborell, reports that while his current interactive writing project, the epic Earth and Stone, proceeds slowly, he has managed to create another work to tide fans over in the meantime. This time it’s “Blood and Iron,” a piece
Checkers + Icehouse = Magic
After a slightly longer than usual hiatus, Invisible City Productions is back with a new free game of the month, a Checkers variant called Sorcerer’s Apprentice. The game uses a standard Checkers set plus some Icehouse pieces to create a contest in which pieces gain special abilities as the game
The Latest from Rio Grande
Rio Grande Games has just released a new newsletter listing the numerous titles that ran out of stock during the holiday rush along with a few forthcoming games of interest. Later this month, we should see Leo Colovini’s Clans; in February, we’ll get Bean Trader, a board game version of
Project Aon Revamped
Project Aon, the official Internet home of Joe Dever’s classic Lone Wolf gamebooks, has just undergone a complete site redesign. In addition to the new look, the Project now includes the full text The Masters of Darkness, the final entry in the Magnakai portion of Lone Wolf’s adventures. Next on
Rio Grande Games Expands Puerto Rico Free of Charge
Rio Grande Games has just released a new expansion for Puerto Rico, their board game of construction in the New World. The expansion, which adds a number of new buildings to the game, can be downloaded for free from Rio Grande’s website.
Deep7 Expands All 1PGs Simultaneously
In one fell swoop, Deep7 has expanded its entire line of 1PG mini-RPGs. Its latest release, The 1PG Companion, includes new scenarios for all of the company’s mini-games along with expanded rules for character advancement, vehicular combat, and more. At $3.95, it’s a not-too-expensive way to get a little bit