It is safe to say that Fighting Fantasy cemented a literary genre that had barely been explored in the past. The series of books took some experimental writings that toyed with the idea of letting the reader determine the course and, ultimately, the outcome of the story.
Interview with Jonathan Green–YOU ARE THE HERO Kickstarter project Read Post »
The USA has GenCon and in the UK we have Dragonmeet. It might not have the size and length of
Welcome to the new episode of the boardgame edition of the G*M*S Magazine Podcast.
In this episode we have an interview with David Sirlin, from Sirlin Games fame; creators of Yomi, Puzzle Strike and Flash Duel. Arguably the best fighting games out there, though you’ll have to play them to find out if they’re as good as I think they are (and I think they’re very good!).
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Revolver: The Wild West Gunfighting Game, from White Goblin Games Review by Mark Rivera from Boardgames in Blighty Designer –
I happen to hear that game-books like the ones I used to enjoy so much are coming to the iPad. I gleefully get to the App Store and get The Temple of the Spider God. No less because it has been written by Jonathan Green, who is a veteran of Fighting Fantasy books.
By Thilo Graf This pdf from Rite Publishing is 12 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 1
I think I am reaching the conclusion that I like cards games a lot more than I thought. Don’t get me wrong, I am partial to an sort of games, and Ameritrash does get my attention more often than not. Can’t help it… miniatures, brightly coloured boards, tons of pieces. Even with near to impossible to understand mechanics and not very well written rules, I still like them.
Medieval times sucked. Make no mistake. Living in the middle ages was horrible horrible horrible. For starters you didn’t have boardgames, role playing games and barely a few card games. Social Security was a joke. Public transport was atrocious. The tax system total chaos. Oh, and Internet connection was just not right. Not nice!
By Thilo Graf This pdf from Spes Magna Games is 29 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial/ToC,
BattleCON (short for Battle Connection) a head to head fighting game where two players take on different characters and attempt to defeat one another in single combat. It mirrors the strategy and tactics of a console fighting game like Street Fighter, BlazBlue, Guilty Gear, or Virtua Fighter. You may have seen other games like that before. The idea isn’t revolutionary, but the gameplay is. Here’s a breakdown.
