The Wicked Wizard of Oz two weeks in

The Wicked Wizard of Oz Kickstarter has now been running for two weeks, and with just over half the time left for the project to run we are almost three-quarters funded.

The Wicked Wizard of Oz has been receiving some love online recently from numerous sources. SFX Magazine tweeted about the project on Wednesday.

On Thursday both Starburst Magazine and the guys at Geek Syndicate gave the project a plug, with the Geek Syndicate piece being particularly complimentary about my previous crowdfunded gamebook, Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland. The project also got a plug at the end of this week's Nerd Vs World podcast (at around the 37:50 mark).

Thanks are also due to Megara Entertainment, for sharing the project with their own gamebook backers and, of course, a special mention must go to Scifind.com, who previewed the project before it even launched on Kickstarter.

Remember, Kickstarters only succeed if enough people get to hear about them, so please consider backing the project yourself, but even if it's not your thing, please spread it among your friends, because it might just be theirs.

Thank you.

Gamebook Friday: The Way of the Tiger

Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, who have both been interviewed for my upcoming history of Fighting Fantasy gamebooks YOU ARE THE HERO, have recently launched their own Kickstarter project, along with Megara Entertainment, to bring back another '80s gamebook classic, The Way of the Tiger.

The series' original publishers Hodder and Stoughton originally signed a seven book deal with Smith and Thomson, which they cancelled before the last book could be written, re-writing the ending of Book #6 Inferno, in order to bring the series to an end. (If you want to know why, you'll just have to read YOU ARE THE HERO.)

But now, riding the wave of nostalgia that is powering the current gamebook revival, Megara Entertainment are bringing the books back in a new, full-colour, harback collector's edition. Not only that but two new books will be added to the current six - a prequel, Book #0, entitled Ninja, and the long anticipated Book #7 Redeemer!

To find out more about this project, this classic series, and to fund this new gamebook project, follow this link.

Gamebook Friday: Arcana Agency - The Thief of Memories

Last week it was Maelorum (an epic gamebook by Will Fincher, being funded through Kickstarter) so this week, to continue a theme, I would like to draw your attention to Arcana Agency: The Thief of Memories, a Full-Colour Gamebook.

Written by Paul Gresty, and published by Megara Entertainment, Arcana Agency: The Thief of Memories is a gamebook in which you control three private investigators as they race to unravel the paranormal mysteries of 1930s New York.

This 200 page (549 game paragraphs) book will be printed in full colour, featuring dozens of rich illustrations detailing both the fantastic and everyday elements of Depression-era America, and in a high-quality hardback format.

You can find out more about the project, as well as help fund it, here. So, check out the intro video, choose the level of support you feel you can offer, and - once again - let's all help keep the gamebook genre alive!

Until next time...