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The Wicked Wizard of Oz Kickstarter
By Jonathan Green
THE WICKED WIZARD OF OZ is
a brand new nightmarish gamebook - a multi-path book, very much in the style of
Choose Your Own Adventure and Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks, in which you choose
the course of the story - inspired by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L.
Frank Baum, and the Dieselpunk aesthetic movement. Anybody who has read and
played Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland will have a very
clear idea of what to expect!
The book’s author is Jonathan
Green, a veteran gamebook designer having written Fighting Fantasy adventure gamebooks, as well as YOU ARE THE HERO - A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks, and
gamebooks for such popular franchises as Doctor
Who, Star Wars, Warhammer 40,000, and Sonic the Hedgehog.
He is also well-known for his Pax Britannia Steampunk
novels.
THE WICKED WIZARD OF OZ is
set after the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Dorothy
finds herself transported back to the marvellous Land of Oz and hunted by the
Wicked Witch of the West's flying monkeys. But how can the Witch be back? And
why has Dorothy been brought back to Oz? There's only one way to find out. Joined
by her friends - the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion - Dorothy sets
off for the Emerald City.
In THE WICKED WIZARD OF OZ you
step into Dorothy’s silver shoes and become the hero of the story, taking on
the role of either Dorothy Gale herself, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, or the
Lion. You decide which path to take, which risks to brave, and even which of
the strange inhabitants of Oz, you will meet along the way, to engage in
battle.
Success is by no means certain
and you may well fail to complete the adventure at your first attempt. However,
with experience, skill, and maybe even a little luck, each new attempt should
bring you closer to your ultimate goal. Surrounded by enemies on all sides,
will you uncover the secrets of THE WICKED WIZARD OF OZ?
THE WICKED WIZARD OF OZ will
be illustrated by Kev Crossley, a very talented artist already known to fans
of Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland and also to fans
of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks,
having provided the gruesome illustrations for Ian Livingstone's Blood
of the Zombies.
THE WICKED WIZARD OF OZ is
currently seeking funding on Kickstarter and is available to backers in three
different formats - eBook, paperback, and a special limited edition collector’s
hardback, which will include artists' sketches, designer's notes, and a brief
history of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Thank you for your support.
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