These Heterogenous Tasks: IF Comp 2015: Untold Riches

Untold Riches (Jason Ermer) presents itself as a straightforward, self-consciously tropey treasure hunt. You’re the sidekick to an eccentric adventurer, stranded by pirates on a tropical island; your objective is to find the treasure and then get rescued. It reads very much … Continue reading →

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Emily Short: Windhammer Prize 2015: After the Flag Fell (Felicity Banks)

The 2015 Windhammer Prize is now running, which means you can download and play any of the 16 PDF gamebooks entered; if you play a reasonable number of them, you may also judge the competition by submitting a list of … Continue reading →

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Highlander Undone by Connie Brockway

I don't mind reading this book. I just wish I hadn't paid full price for it.

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NaNoWriMo Tips 1: Preparation

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Wade's Important Astrolab: IFComp 2015 review: War of the Willows by Adam Bredenberg

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Thought for the Day

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Choice of Games: New Hosted Game! “Founders Saga: The Culling” by Steve Spalding

There’s a new game in our Hosted Games program ready for you to play! Killer robots, masked warriors in well-tailored robes, job interviews where you’re judged on your skill with a stun baton — this is all just another day in the world of The Founders — a world where you either start a business, fight for one, or end up conscripted to The Farm. This is your world and you must decide how you’re going to survive in it. Will you live by your brains, your business savvy, your silver tongue, or your ability to punch people really hard

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Wade's Important Astrolab: IFComp 2015 review: The Sueño by Marshal Tenner Winter

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These Heterogenous Tasks: IF Comp 2015: Second Story

Second Story (Fred Snyder) is a cat-burglar game. Jane Swift, a former thief turned straight, is brought out of retirement when hoods kidnap her brother and demand one last job of her: locate and steal the only surviving print of a … Continue reading →

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These Heterogenous Tasks: IF Comp 2015: Kane County

Kane County (Michael Sterling & Tia Orisney) is a game about surviving in the high desert of southwestern Utah. Your car breaks down, and you have to get back to civilisation (or at least somewhere where rescue is a reasonable prospect). This … Continue reading →

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Renga in Blue: IFComp 2015: 5 Minutes to Burn Something!

By Alex Butterfield. Finished, but with extensive use of hints. Played on computer with the Gargoyle interpreter. The main character, Bernadette, has burnt toast setting off a smoke alarm. She’s now trying to avoid a fine caused from the resultant “nuisance call” to the fire department by setting a real fire. Ooooo-kay? Roll with it. […]

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IFComp 2015: 5 Minutes to Burn Something!

By Alex Butterfield. Finished, but with extensive use of hints. Played on computer with the Gargoyle interpreter. The main character, Bernadette, has burnt toast setting off a smoke alarm. She’s now trying to avoid a fine caused from the resultant “nuisance call” to the fire department by setting a real fire. Ooooo-kay? Roll with it. […]

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Emily Short: The Beginner’s Guide (Davey Wreden) and Intimacy Inside Games

The Beginner’s Guide is a new game by one of the creators of The Stanley Parable. The premise is that Davey had a game-developing friend called Coda who wrote a bunch of small, arty games between 2008 and 2011, and … Continue reading →

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E0 rules for DnD 5th edition

A little while ago, I published E2 rules for 5th edition DnD. Now I’ve gone to the logical extreme and turned them into E0 rules – characters are all “0 level” and only advance by feats. This is similar to how my Legend of the Wayfarer rules work. The only levelled characters in this world […]

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E0 rules for DnD 5th edition

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Renga in Blue: IFComp 2015: Cat Scratch

By Allyn Chen, Hannah Turner, Laura Weber, Shirley Park, Will Hagen, Chris Klug, and Scott Stevens. Intended for Android tablet, but read on computer with the BlueStacks interpreter (instructions here). I really have to put “read on computer” rather than “played” — this is literally a 97-page ebook. The various illustrations throughout can be touched […]

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