There’s a bit of a gamebook renaissance going on right now. Independent authors are making the most of print-on-demand services to affordably publish their work and a steadily-increasing range of new gamebooks are being offered to the interactive reader.
As an independent gamebook author, I’m part of a loose group called the Gamebook Author’s Guild. So let me introduce you to some of the others in the guild: perhaps you’ll find something else to your taste.
Click Your Poison
By James Schannep
A range of story-rich choice-driven adventures in many genres
Spied, Murdered, Marooned
Sam Isaacson
Carefully-crafted gameplay with complex worlds
The Entram Epic, Portsrood Forest
Literally Immersive
By Jam Hirons
New directions from a long-term gamebook fan
Pneuma, First Year at High School
Spidermind Games
by Oliver Hulme
Open-world adventure series with ambitious scope
Legendary Kingdoms
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Usborne Adventure Gamebooks
by Simon Tudhope et al
Mainstream publisher producing new child-focussed gamebooks
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Mantikore
by Swen Harder
Innovative gamebooks on cult themes
Rider of the Black Sun, Metal Heroes: The Fate of Rock
Demian Katz
For a more complete overview of recent gamebook publications, do take a look at the exhaustive and very-well-maintained Demian Katz’s Gamebook Web Page, running since 1998.
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The Instadeath Survivor’s Support Group
By Brian Hazzard
The first gamebook-oriented podcast. Interviews with authors and producers, playthroughs and news.
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The original gamebook news, reviews and interviews site. Running since 2015