Did you know that Tracy and Laura Hickman came up with the world en route to TSR, the publisher of D&D, for a job interview there?
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Steve Jackson Games to bring Fighting Fantasy solo gamebooks back
If you’ve ever had to explain that Steve Jackson of the Fighting Fantasy series by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone is no relation to Steve Jackson of Steve Jackson Games, buckle up!
Sweet: Image joins the new comicbook app challenger
Miss Comixology? Sweet aims to fill that void and has signed Image.
Exquisite Corpses: The horror battle royale launches in May
Horror creators James Tynion IV (Something is Killing the Children, The Department of Truth) and Michael Walsh (The Silver Coin, Universal Monsters: Frankenstein) are working together on Exquisite Corpses.
Solo/Group as Alien, Rogue, Robot
The Storymaster’s Tales are a series of gamebooks by Oliver McNeil, who’s levelled them up by also providing QR codes and narration.
Celebrate 45 years of ElfQuest with this expansive book bundle from Humble
EDIT: The comics in this bundle are available in PDF format, so they work on your computer, e-readers, iPads, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices! Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here for comics. Ready to take a journey to the World of Two Moons? Fans of ElfQuest may […]
A look inside the Viking manga: “Farewell, My Odin”
The world is violent and bloody, but even as we unleash the “War-Wolf”, things are looking up.
First look: HANGRY, the sci-fi food hunter RPG, has a comic book
HANGRY is a computer game, a snack-and-slash RPG, from Game Pill. If Delicious in Dungeon made the fantasy version of hunting for food cook, then HANGRY seems intent on doing a slightly weirder sci-fi version.
Diamond Comic Distributors files Chapter 11: It’s the indie publishers who’ll be hit
Sadly, Diamond Comic Distributors has filed for Chapter 11, a protective measure in the United States Bankruptcy Court.
The top selling books on DriveThruFiction in 2024
DriveThruFiction is an underrated site as it offers ebooks in various formats. I find it especially useful not just for my Kindle but for scenarios when I don’t yet know which device I will use to read.
