Gamebook Friday: Forthcoming Livestreams

For those who might be interested, I will be taking part in a couple of livestreams over the next few days.

On Sunday 15th June at 7:00pm, I will be joining Jordan Sorcery for a live playthrough of The Tides of Innsmouth. You can join the chat here to help decide what our Investigator does as they visit the sleepy seaside town of Innsmouth.

And then on Wednesday 18th June at 7:00pm, I will be chatting to Mathiew and Mark on the French YouTube channel Rôliste TV about my work in the gamebook genre. We will be discussing the history of Fighting Fantasy, adapting classics like Dracula, and my recent forays into the world of Arkham Horror.

Gamebook Friday: Continuing the Adventure with the Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebooks

One of the features of the Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebooks that makes them different from other gamebooks I have written, is that you can play through an adventure as multiple different Investigators; not just the different ones that appear in each book, but as any Investigator from any book, or any other source, including (to date) the Aconyte Books website and the Dark Horse comic The Terror at the End of Time.

But the gaming goodness doesn't end there. You can also play through multiple adventures with the same character and have them gain Experience which can then affect their stats - including their Abilities and Weaknesses - on a permanent basis.

You will find the rules for how to continue the adventure with one Investigator in this way in The Tides of Innsmouth, my latest Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebooks which is out now!

New Book Day: The Tides of Innsmouth

The Tides of Innsmouth, my second Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook is published today by Aconyte Books.

The book actually went on sale for the first time at the UK Games Expo at the weekend, and had sold out by 11:00am on Saturday, which was amazing.

The reviews have also started to come in and they make very satisfying reading for the person who wrote the book.

Just as The Darkness Over Arkham had the profiles of three Investigators included within it - those for Agnes Baker the Waitress, Nathaniel Cho the Boxer, and Rex Murphy the Reporter - there are three new Investiator profiles in The Tides of Innsmouth - Silas Marsh the Sailor, Kōhaku Narukami the Folklorist, and Marion Tavares the Trawler.

However, you can also play the adventure using any of the Investigators from The Darkness Over Arkham, or those that appear on the Aconyte website, or even those that appeared in the Dark Horse comic, The Terror at the End of Time.

To pick up your copy of The Tides of Innsmouth, click here.

I'm loving Joshua Cairós's cover art,
while Nick Tyler's design work is excellent as ever.

UK Games Expo 2025

I am at the UK Games Expo at the NEC all weekend, from Friday 30th May - Sunday 1st June 2025. You will find me at Stand 2-359 in Hall 2.

This will be the first time you can buy my new Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook The Tides of Innsmouth.

Strange and mysterious sightings send Arkham Investigators to explore the decrepit town of Innsmouth where horrors beneath the sea have risen to consume the world in this new action-adventure gamebook set in the popular world of Arkham Horror.

2025 marks 10 years since the publication of the first ACE Gamebook, Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland, and I will have copies of all eight adventures that are currently in print with me.

I will also have copies of my ACE Gamebook Roleplay RPGs for sale, including The Box of Delights RPG, not to mention copies of YOU ARE THE HERO and MAGIC REALMS.

So, if you're coming along, do stop by Stand 2-359 and say hello. I might even show you the artwork for Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu: What Dreams May Come.

Gamebook Friday: JG interviewed on Rand Roll

The title of this blog post says it all really. I was recently interviewed by Duncan Thomson for the Rand Roll website, a blog about RPG tools, solo gaming and random tables. Click this link to read the interview.

If you follow me on social media, or are a regular reader of this blog, you will already know that I will be attending the UK Games Expo from Friday 30th May - Sunday 1st June 2025. You will find me at Stand 2-359, where you will be able to buy my new Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook The Tides of Innsmouth for the first time.

Gamebook Friday: Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu

The crowdfunding campaign to fund Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu: What Dreams May Come concluded one year ago today. Thanks to Stretch Goal #1 being unlocked during the campaign, everyone who has backed to receive a physical copy of the book will also receive a pack of five postcards featuring Heraldo Mussolini's artwork.

If you visit Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, you can pick up postcards featuring extracts from the 1623 First Folio edition of Shakespeare's works enhanced by woodcut images printed from original blocks by Louisa Hare. 

Louisa Hare's First Folio postcards.

I wanted to pay homage to the First Folio postcards in Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu: What Dreams May Come, and so Heraldo has produced a stylised woodcut illustration for each Act of the adventure, and it is these images that will be printed on the five postcards. Here's the one for Act 3 - Full Fathom Five.

Full Fathom Five, by Heraldo Mussolini.

If you would like to place a Late Pledge to Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu: What Dreams May Come, there's still time - but you only have until the end of the month to do so!

Drácula, la maldición del Vampiro

The crowdfunding campaign to publish the Spanish translation of Dracula: Curse of the Vampire is well underway and has already surpassed its funding goal.

Two Stretch Goals have been unlocked so far, to produce some 'blood'-filled dice and a deck of foil playing cards.

If you are a Spanish language speaker, or a hardcore collector of ACE Gamebooks, you can pledge your support to the project here.