tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48932195350378242532024-03-18T03:02:45.220+00:00Jonathan Green, Author"The modern master of the gamebook format" (Rob Sanders)... "Can do dark very well" (Jonathan Oliver)... "Green gets mileage out of his monsters" (SFX Magazine)... "It takes a firm editorial hand and a keen understanding of the tone of each piece to make a collection this diverse work, and Green makes it look effortless" (Starburst Magazine)... "A charming blend of camp creatures, humour, and genuine horror" (Set the Tape)Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.comBlogger3686125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-85614610002031456032024-03-15T09:00:00.064+00:002024-03-17T18:40:36.921+00:00Gamebook Friday: The Darkness Over Arkham - the first reviews<p>The first reviews are in from those people who have had a chance to read the ARC* of <b><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/darkness-over-arkham-by-jonthan-green/"><i>The Darkness Over Arkham</i></a></b> via NetGalley, and they make for pleasing reading. Here's what three reviewers had to say about the first Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/darkness-over-arkham-by-jonthan-green/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="970" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavilohXjDADXfeco5eYkB4miq2UP99zT93wLpKGiozoUj-cqe6BT5fkKuqRP11HEdKGWMduTtW2bKrZ1jlX6SBHMdq3vUp-BsE6QyuwZnMd-3eGi1dn4pi9kcnpBFJ2h7ucpG8OcieB_knxi9Ma1M-ducMLCgX8gc2TJThT6xmmRsvPxrR5xRIsw2cVw/w253-h400/The%20Darkness%20Over%20Arkham%203D%20paperback.png" width="253" /></a></div><i>"This was... my first introduction to Arkham Horror and I enjoyed the vibe of it. It's very Lovecraftian and atmospheric. The storyline was really engaging; I ended up playing a bunch of times and I loved that each of my endings was a grim one.
<b><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/darkness-over-arkham-by-jonthan-green/">The Darkness Over Arkham</a></b> was such a cool experience, I highly recommend reading this when it comes out in May!" </i>~ 5/5 stars<p></p><p><i>"An enjoyable addition to the Arkham Horror universe. Fun to play through and a cool investigation in a book."</i> ~ 4/5 stars</p><section class="ReviewText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.6rem; position: relative;"><section class="ReviewText__content" dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="TruncatedContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;" tabindex="-1"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div></section></section><p><i>"Recommended for people going on trips, who like the world of Arkham, or really enjoy playing gamebooks. The story is good, the plot really moves, and there are plenty of different ways to do things for a bit of replayability."</i> ~ 4/5 stars</p><p><b><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/darkness-over-arkham-by-jonthan-green/"><i>The Darkness Over Arkham</i></a></b> is released by Aconyte Books in the US in paperback and as a global ebook on <b>7 May 2024</b>, and in the UK in paperback on <b>18 July 2024</b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pxxiHj6BTfOT_EW1VecrsXRF9gAOy71qdfItZhqCjLJi5F9NNL03FyUj7cDiwKkqP9RtCblgEITaypJCv1O63lnd62Feap9q5JdtVJ3QJsROggmPi5rqGkktoVtQD1kfU5JpzEnoGkuQ7cZhmS88ah6PmsqDoTWB-lBMUjivN2z_RoTsF-w6AVWZWww/s1000/Visit%20Arkham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pxxiHj6BTfOT_EW1VecrsXRF9gAOy71qdfItZhqCjLJi5F9NNL03FyUj7cDiwKkqP9RtCblgEITaypJCv1O63lnd62Feap9q5JdtVJ3QJsROggmPi5rqGkktoVtQD1kfU5JpzEnoGkuQ7cZhmS88ah6PmsqDoTWB-lBMUjivN2z_RoTsF-w6AVWZWww/w300-h400/Visit%20Arkham.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p><i>* Advance Reader Copy.</i></p>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-46494191885861466072024-03-08T09:00:00.001+00:002024-03-08T09:00:00.347+00:00Gamebook Friday: Marvel Multiverse Missions Bundle<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/471229?src=marvelbundletdtrpgwitter" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXGODbJKO2rNPwIh56CowjBDTR6f2cStbcJO-VEVMFtFw_pZjvCbW8XjBLGGEnLw_87V2rQW1Jf2brClRFJrV0IF5Y4SOLpEMYKI5MycfdtKoe2bJoIyivko9trWN8BvmiHNgGs6ika_POkEKkwR0_aIGqjxWlBzrIFE8Y8n3kieMEQ-upTOXibsHkDI/w400-h225/Marvel%20Multiverse%20Missions%20bundle.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />If you have yet to pick up <b><i><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/">Moon Knight: Age of Anubis</a></i></b>, you can now do so as part of <b><a href="https://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/471229?src=marvelbundletdtrpgwitter">this gamebook bundle</a></b>, courtesy of <b><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/">Aconyte Books</a></b>.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="515" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKjRgnUjTKxmM9HrjMReSEzoO58m0c2iZW7uavOmJgFcAT-Atn1ssLcJtqv6UYoD7gOtIjafsVn3-CENf2HZwQvQDdvN4nSCk0bNVkS6aDofuwDWHuYBJNoR0JiCLI-Chq8NlR9IE-X7WPoOZaJ1zOyTWsnfoI-46kEPrBq85haO7gUKZ5kA2rl__BwI/w270-h400/Moon%20Knight%20-%20Confidential.png" width="270" /></a></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-36757234337439755422024-03-01T17:31:00.003+00:002024-03-08T12:50:50.043+00:00Gamebook Friday: Cannes Festival des Jeux 2024<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-EyXPqgQ7LOlVomZD_L8clXiQGVHvCvRZ3z3GRLdLcceu6ypczcApN11LVjV5YJjiaPTzq8LtAZVGEopkAYe-_oPTCA1RINGpGOFO1cgvS7JyPBIiDPnKWZ9jsZ-BXeQ6X5GXPrBqc0GTv2COIdhg9alshtTnDkMANXlvRypj7BjfCBvywHOUuH5RM4/s1501/429753949_10161203443295140_1810912168915650721_n.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-EyXPqgQ7LOlVomZD_L8clXiQGVHvCvRZ3z3GRLdLcceu6ypczcApN11LVjV5YJjiaPTzq8LtAZVGEopkAYe-_oPTCA1RINGpGOFO1cgvS7JyPBIiDPnKWZ9jsZ-BXeQ6X5GXPrBqc0GTv2COIdhg9alshtTnDkMANXlvRypj7BjfCBvywHOUuH5RM4/w272-h640/429753949_10161203443295140_1810912168915650721_n.jpg" width="272" /></a></div>Last weekend I spent a very enjoyable three days in the south of France at the Cannes Festival des Jeux*. I was there at the invitation of both Scriptarium, who publish the French language version of the <i>Advanced Fighting Fantasy RPG 2nd Edition</i>, and Alkonost Editions, who publish my <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/">ACE Gamebooks</a></b> in French.<p></p><p>Veteran gamebook author Dave Morris, he of Virtual Reality Gamebooks and Fabled Lands fame, was also in attedance with his wife Roz, who is also an author.</p><p>A large part of the weekend was spent chatting with French gamebook fans and signing copies of my Fighthing Fantasy adventures as well as my <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/">ACE Gamebooks</a></b>.</p><p>Highlights of the weekend included two fabulous meals out with our hosts (and Dave and Roz are excellent company), making lots of new friends, seeing an edition of the French translation of <b><i>Knights of Doom</i></b> I don't own, and meeting Emmanuel Quaireau, France's bestselling author of gamebook graphic novels, who publishes under the name Manuro.</p><p>But probably the biggest highlight was winning an award at the <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goYYt8Bc3u8">Prix du Livre-Jeu 2023</a></b> awards!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yfcj-ah0G3O8qBpuC_hxSzWKI8G305DjIkpP6btbZZjUFIs4lh6dV7brvtgBHRGC5b8vLnC-1gSOflXSNq0iq_hGhIAoEHdkMa3Ecb_Ch0ODfIZ2qfXFEyOZBPco1qQDk00NO2gSWDAXM2-9qkegnDvDADFu26kiuv6piX1C3IbpvVg7pm3zTByq8Vw/s2048/429841991_10161203447900140_7238265637726356136_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yfcj-ah0G3O8qBpuC_hxSzWKI8G305DjIkpP6btbZZjUFIs4lh6dV7brvtgBHRGC5b8vLnC-1gSOflXSNq0iq_hGhIAoEHdkMa3Ecb_Ch0ODfIZ2qfXFEyOZBPco1qQDk00NO2gSWDAXM2-9qkegnDvDADFu26kiuv6piX1C3IbpvVg7pm3zTByq8Vw/w400-h300/429841991_10161203447900140_7238265637726356136_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The hordes waiting to enter Le Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes.</i></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHf8T85z91aQ7lVsT9PA-e8AunAV7bxGPIRTXIisYqID3mWBhgplAIdtPrWfX7SYMQsyXjzX9P2lDXCNplz56YGXuZDJYbx9sDPLAIkz8qeo2934kaZ5rJexXdIwSXhA_YkVm57SK6C01qL8P1-ZK3XFUMMVSRTMyB47MuR9IyA_tQ1hWdJ_uXk1QXaOM/s2048/429823833_10161203447305140_8315559676855308730_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHf8T85z91aQ7lVsT9PA-e8AunAV7bxGPIRTXIisYqID3mWBhgplAIdtPrWfX7SYMQsyXjzX9P2lDXCNplz56YGXuZDJYbx9sDPLAIkz8qeo2934kaZ5rJexXdIwSXhA_YkVm57SK6C01qL8P1-ZK3XFUMMVSRTMyB47MuR9IyA_tQ1hWdJ_uXk1QXaOM/w400-h300/429823833_10161203447305140_8315559676855308730_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Patrick readying the Alkonost stand.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKcL2afNyR2Svr9VHBwsQAHrsiCOubCmrTOEu6CsvB3tW98B1NyBjBX_Hs2wOiPY2aJ_oAMdDh_fumVVf-D2OeClvkxiLYqwlhayHs0vIXuFemV6cwNM_kjBXpVHKoeZwA7TQIpbq2CCB6ZedlwiRlUAqPRzBmcd-F3jwLwKpNPiCAGZPb0NBE4f8OYw/s2048/429821540_10161203446875140_7565260711312983033_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKcL2afNyR2Svr9VHBwsQAHrsiCOubCmrTOEu6CsvB3tW98B1NyBjBX_Hs2wOiPY2aJ_oAMdDh_fumVVf-D2OeClvkxiLYqwlhayHs0vIXuFemV6cwNM_kjBXpVHKoeZwA7TQIpbq2CCB6ZedlwiRlUAqPRzBmcd-F3jwLwKpNPiCAGZPb0NBE4f8OYw/w400-h300/429821540_10161203446875140_7565260711312983033_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>ACE Gamebooks en Francais - a.k.a. Les Contes tordus de Green.</i></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6ZQitaFJtyqKasiqSVNwyaJgzTbL7ajRh6nlYkqbsgl4uZeEvdC_jkpDSG8CopVZrmDQ4fncawQgO9QsP9PgPU_mdZkiHMbvB_xnwKB7yiKoxoPOucCXHe4DOsfxjTnMIkK_7_Ag2fke6I4Cof_0_v_-_lkL230kjygalonivbthTvAb803JuAl1k88/s2048/429805557_10161203446860140_6038139274465920022_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6ZQitaFJtyqKasiqSVNwyaJgzTbL7ajRh6nlYkqbsgl4uZeEvdC_jkpDSG8CopVZrmDQ4fncawQgO9QsP9PgPU_mdZkiHMbvB_xnwKB7yiKoxoPOucCXHe4DOsfxjTnMIkK_7_Ag2fke6I4Cof_0_v_-_lkL230kjygalonivbthTvAb803JuAl1k88/w400-h300/429805557_10161203446860140_6038139274465920022_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Florent and Frederic on the Scriptarium stand.</i></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pDPIcaMVdYwr2L4dTb0lM3LgyFRWfU6WjuIplg6j7HpeC8p4qK8uQTQV-SYE-ykoTNSa2ex2V3TKPtHEglU8_dS_pfgjqrjaKSPAb7oM1CUS9L4o5mLJHIybLamg2OJYA303o5XkumsrVwN5g3NrZxpjvpJcRpt6l0hzNRCvHhroWKSlM5pa7zvvdQE/s2048/429850087_10161203448330140_8051525739890566500_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pDPIcaMVdYwr2L4dTb0lM3LgyFRWfU6WjuIplg6j7HpeC8p4qK8uQTQV-SYE-ykoTNSa2ex2V3TKPtHEglU8_dS_pfgjqrjaKSPAb7oM1CUS9L4o5mLJHIybLamg2OJYA303o5XkumsrVwN5g3NrZxpjvpJcRpt6l0hzNRCvHhroWKSlM5pa7zvvdQE/w300-h400/429850087_10161203448330140_8051525739890566500_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>This is the pile of books one fan brought from Paris to Cannes for me to sign.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzcMe5CZzYtzFN-WNCRPDgLTCfPtX2NZYWxfmsAW9BJtx7fzA2CM_7jUkRnKrB-Awj2oIFDZU31clVX8xt2kc4yJXkf0o6WQbeQ9Gws1sc7yPYcWsIAh5Eg7RaAJBpMyximTOPANhAqp2L4JBhNKzSa7NA9mZfH5UKe91UMWVN_SPtGPFIhcVhUIDap4/s2048/429860737_10161203447395140_7372723252851155154_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzcMe5CZzYtzFN-WNCRPDgLTCfPtX2NZYWxfmsAW9BJtx7fzA2CM_7jUkRnKrB-Awj2oIFDZU31clVX8xt2kc4yJXkf0o6WQbeQ9Gws1sc7yPYcWsIAh5Eg7RaAJBpMyximTOPANhAqp2L4JBhNKzSa7NA9mZfH5UKe91UMWVN_SPtGPFIhcVhUIDap4/w300-h400/429860737_10161203447395140_7372723252851155154_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Guillaume Romero brought this copy of <b>Knights of Doom</b> for me to sign, and it was the first time I had ever seen one. I need to add this to my personal collection!</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUISeY3P9XhYXtLnMlgKnfg2XMsBpU_rh1KQsweHhyphenhyphen-zYQghiz6eo44ye862ZI74kc8nxlj4XKTiM9CCuTrH4odUh59xTu8sb3HRqIGx173-G7hkXVERw8J7oXQHDJGk1eaZbGHHUz47ttELyshFNsYNb0a8YxkTfjVl23MmT9dOaaAk0bvLAnW1A7YRg/s2048/430824013_10161203448270140_743485481992529909_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUISeY3P9XhYXtLnMlgKnfg2XMsBpU_rh1KQsweHhyphenhyphen-zYQghiz6eo44ye862ZI74kc8nxlj4XKTiM9CCuTrH4odUh59xTu8sb3HRqIGx173-G7hkXVERw8J7oXQHDJGk1eaZbGHHUz47ttELyshFNsYNb0a8YxkTfjVl23MmT9dOaaAk0bvLAnW1A7YRg/w300-h400/430824013_10161203448270140_743485481992529909_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Emmanuel Quaireau, a.k.a. Manuro, with his latest graphic gamebook,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><b><a href="https://makaka-editions.com/produit/la-pierre-du-dragon/">The Dragon's Stone</a></b>.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3GATZuLGnS7pz_4lOvSfp8f0sDfuiZ_aG-bjcrnAQIdwBDJCWPIeO6ZOgcCazoLEV3IQD1IEZ51ZMt44d20McwQJBsWdqrgH-i7vg9e3Y1tamzicyW4a-F4Po3L-pTQpVYi7iJlI1H5_clxoks_1VkLprzkNeoqpRAOwlsg5Fv38amA6rPBAmlRrngc/s2048/429824715_10161203447230140_6201764408504696241_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3GATZuLGnS7pz_4lOvSfp8f0sDfuiZ_aG-bjcrnAQIdwBDJCWPIeO6ZOgcCazoLEV3IQD1IEZ51ZMt44d20McwQJBsWdqrgH-i7vg9e3Y1tamzicyW4a-F4Po3L-pTQpVYi7iJlI1H5_clxoks_1VkLprzkNeoqpRAOwlsg5Fv38amA6rPBAmlRrngc/w400-h300/429824715_10161203447230140_6201764408504696241_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Sunset over the French Riviera.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDbDkNiWwim-DPj7RmxF3EggpRG1u-Sr5wWki9xKo4DvuWa2Xu_TG5V-sQVJTMIgc_62eKk_nt4NFgsc_R_BaRCEd1MiU1WSUlFyg_qW1GYvBS4Ql43Jm0GjJA9iSeY4WCT9NIJ2KAkg5hMJ6F_rOKFYhHuuXRXW2bD5jY3efYa7yFDoYIJXtqobsBfw/s828/424958344_365156099656185_7963679498223651642_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="828" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDbDkNiWwim-DPj7RmxF3EggpRG1u-Sr5wWki9xKo4DvuWa2Xu_TG5V-sQVJTMIgc_62eKk_nt4NFgsc_R_BaRCEd1MiU1WSUlFyg_qW1GYvBS4Ql43Jm0GjJA9iSeY4WCT9NIJ2KAkg5hMJ6F_rOKFYhHuuXRXW2bD5jY3efYa7yFDoYIJXtqobsBfw/w400-h241/424958344_365156099656185_7963679498223651642_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Making my short acceptance speech at the Gamebook Awards 2023.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvi4R5SWOAYvQHNJ47_ZdiwdNG-K8YaM_WsRNgGtZToK64BFHO42TxslG_tFujNN3rn11DrspEse3La3gGENhwlurPHU8uy-QUjr0j1adAI0vyY1mFOc5gr7W53pr6FZ4fMndShvbedKBuQGKQzhYKMimESExhsigWTvIp9vENu93fkrnnroN_7fiOUs/s2048/429803392_10161203447745140_1114005531189740350_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvi4R5SWOAYvQHNJ47_ZdiwdNG-K8YaM_WsRNgGtZToK64BFHO42TxslG_tFujNN3rn11DrspEse3La3gGENhwlurPHU8uy-QUjr0j1adAI0vyY1mFOc5gr7W53pr6FZ4fMndShvbedKBuQGKQzhYKMimESExhsigWTvIp9vENu93fkrnnroN_7fiOUs/w400-h300/429803392_10161203447745140_1114005531189740350_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And here is the award itself with the re-issue of <b><a href="https://www.gallimard-jeunesse.fr/9782075185127/la-nuit-du-necromancien.html">Night of the Necromancer</a></b>.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i>Front row: Roz Morris, Dave Morris, and Yours Truly.</i></div><p><br /></p><p><i>* The Cannes Games Festival - rather like the UK Games Expo but smaller and with more je ne c'est quoi. </i></p>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-26469903727231937762024-02-27T19:45:00.004+00:002024-02-27T19:45:29.177+00:00Tie-in Tuesday: The Darkness Over Arkham<p>If you would like to read a review copy of <b><i><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/darkness-over-arkham-by-jonthan-green/">The Darkness Over Arkham</a></i></b>, my first Arkham Horror gamebook months before it is published, you can <b><a href="https://netgalley.zendesk.com/hc/en-us?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=Twitter_bio">apply to be a Netgalley reviewer here</a></b>.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZDK4L72sY6y_eY2xFlFl1t8STpYb3m9bkjpkzQWp-xD0f8p-XSqFxYX_V74PWOlvqFiSnRlsy9D290t3Ve1g7L3zimK5ISXWdfC1bU0UVSFCyqNSvrY7aEn3eb8C7lsfUpfqeic0dhZ9q8mILUjPtwVcBbY3YhKbKbDqHG0P0mfctP_YBCzCNk1xuhY/s1080/The%20Darkness%20Over%20Arkham%20-%20Calling%20all%20reviewers.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZDK4L72sY6y_eY2xFlFl1t8STpYb3m9bkjpkzQWp-xD0f8p-XSqFxYX_V74PWOlvqFiSnRlsy9D290t3Ve1g7L3zimK5ISXWdfC1bU0UVSFCyqNSvrY7aEn3eb8C7lsfUpfqeic0dhZ9q8mILUjPtwVcBbY3YhKbKbDqHG0P0mfctP_YBCzCNk1xuhY/w400-h400/The%20Darkness%20Over%20Arkham%20-%20Calling%20all%20reviewers.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b>You are an Arkham Investigator – your choices will decide the outcome of a terrible murder mystery and a sinister plot threatening Arkham – in this brand new gamebook adventure in the world of Arkham Horror.</b><div><br /></div><div><i>When a renowned professor is found dead, it’s up to the Investigators of Arkham to discover what occult horrors were involved. Pick your path, Investigator, and collect allies along the way to hunt down his killer before they strike again. However, Arkham is full of mysteries, with many wishing to keep the truth buried, and who are hungry to usher in a new era full of death and darkness to devour the world as you know it. Can you stop them before it is too late?</i></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/darkness-over-arkham-by-jonthan-green/">The Darkness Over Arkham</a></i></b> is released in the US and as a global eBook on 7 May 2024, and in the UK on 18 July 2024.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnbQKKpjPwDuUTOWHa_ekamyw92LRCyEY-i5TsqVOGC1G4OusurG7pBLqKuBVJCSlV2Rx9IZzMqe4-BIC7JsKukM7Rz62GFwsop4Hl0FKMmPvi8whm4sVrx8BTSJehjml0qVVaRXEFUyrjBFhPfQNcs2L5FKslVtU9RR5T-uuMnGKK5zyZwGwFCsTeI8/s1536/The%20Darkness%20Over%20Arkham%203D%20paperback.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="970" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnbQKKpjPwDuUTOWHa_ekamyw92LRCyEY-i5TsqVOGC1G4OusurG7pBLqKuBVJCSlV2Rx9IZzMqe4-BIC7JsKukM7Rz62GFwsop4Hl0FKMmPvi8whm4sVrx8BTSJehjml0qVVaRXEFUyrjBFhPfQNcs2L5FKslVtU9RR5T-uuMnGKK5zyZwGwFCsTeI8/w253-h400/The%20Darkness%20Over%20Arkham%203D%20paperback.png" width="253" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-76797282650538723992024-02-19T10:38:00.000+00:002024-02-19T10:38:10.928+00:00Gamebook Monday: Jonathan Green meets Jordan Sorcery<p>I was recently interviewed by <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jordansorcery">Jordan Sorcery</a> </b>about my work for Fighting Fantasy and the Black Library, and the video went live yesterday. And you can watch it here...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rxf5DeOOeKM?si=i9-PAV3rr5qd7DA2" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>It was nice to be given the opportunity to talk about things people don't often ask me out, such as my involvement with Games Workshop and the early days of the Black Library. However, having watched the interview back, I must apologise for the number of times I use the word 'fun' during the course of our conversation.</p><p><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jordansorcery">Jordan Sorcery</a></b> has been putting out some fantastic content on his <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jordansorcery">YouTube channel</a></b> and has interviewed the likes of Sir Ian Livingstone, Rick Priestley, Alessio Cavatore, Gav Thorpe and Andy Chambers, to name but a few. You will also find an interactive history of Fighting Fantasy gamebooks on there.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MWW3Jsd7se8?si=WWM5UGKlkBdGpm4G" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-31087932096641482402024-01-26T09:00:00.041+00:002024-01-26T15:52:44.061+00:00Gamebook Friday: Alko Venturus<p>Issue #4 of <b><i><a href="https://alkonost-editions.com/collections/magazine/alko-venturus/alko-venturus-4/">Alko Venturus</a></i></b>, the French gamebook and RPG webzine co-written and co-published by Scriptarium and <b><a href="https://alkonost-editions.com/collections/livres-jeux/contes-tordus/">Alkonost</a></b>, is out now and includes a substantial interview with Yours Truly.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://alkonost-editions.com/collections/magazine/alko-venturus/alko-venturus-4/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="479" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksLIxcOwu-OvrKGZkF7JYLWYo7K69f8aQqSPUI6DbmdrYiY4WKJWz_JBAjEquGGG8dIVT2vHpDs-HeIm9-L9ImpfsPA6yhyHX2gsvGtPRtdRFZZHaU0C6OjtzrWmABqfcRIoiCE_Vc3jLvmYHYnIEp_hqAd7yseiFvK4rHW5EzUUL0mVII2DK5fxW3g8/w281-h400/Alko%20Venturus%20issue%20%234.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://alkonost-editions.com/collections/magazine/alko-venturus/alko-venturus-4/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1291" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjkZ9rBWZP6MAtlKF-JPech6RV-pbUIqN9vYK8WIoX5ijMuX73YHdfpAzAAv4t0qVxig-M1Ys_cH38zyARy39HSeisUVooWJR5XwaUWLFv13LL5OnppwJSNZ6MxPyFoahJmWP541cFICIDJsQ3oVlB2BjpE0QjwkXOKAykmT47zCi65o0brMVq6Gbp9k/w400-h284/Alko%20Venturus%20Jonathan%20Green%20interview.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>You can <b><a href="https://alkonost-editions.com/collections/magazine/alko-venturus/alko-venturus-4/">download Alko Venturus #4 here</a></b> and, best of all, it's free!</p><p> </p>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-75969314969737423792024-01-19T13:00:00.000+00:002024-01-19T13:00:37.168+00:00Gamebook Friday: Cannes Festival International des Jeux 2024<p>I am delighted to be able to share the news that I will be attending the <b><a href="https://www.festivaldesjeux-cannes.com/fr/">Festival International des Jeux in Cannes</a></b>, from <b>Friday 23 - Sunday 25 February 2024</b>.</p><p>I will be the guest of both <b><a href="https://alkonost-editions.com/collections/livres-jeux/contes-tordus/">Alkonost Editions</a></b>, who publish the <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/">ACE Gamebooks</a></b> series in France, and <b><a href="https://scriptarium.org/potinier/potins/scriptarium/">Scriptarium</a></b>, who will be publishing the French language edition of <b><i><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonathangreen/you-are-the-hero-40th-anniversary-edition">YOU ARE THE HERO</a></i></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://alkonost-editions.com/collections/livres-jeux/contes-tordus/pan-et-le-monde-perdu/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirU7ETQW9hYxySV5C33WZQaA0xL3Bt1rORbUXr_gNpAYIDfZ-QloX4DXERvi_kjwMRc_uFb8f-kEIBklHHdcOMAJ_HEGINFfHyk-_e3UpuswXNflQ1cDLhNvcrGYcTlf4EUOiszNxrrhr_dere471HEBw371m1O57RwyncDDl5U50xm9AfOYg2C39A_84/s320/Pan%20et%20le%20Monde%20Perdu.jpg" width="226" /></a><a href="https://alkonost-editions.com/collections/livres-jeux/contes-tordus/beowulf-le-fleau-des-monstres/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDf4h99NXUUFfDNMOYzCmZhx4voIm_8JhPbOHxnY0NO4uR-cTESZY01DQur1SolMuHV5OqLiZQK0F_dh6IfPYUrpUXtPAeH2jiJ-5Wnq1XFCXf2XNrgGY8GmcYcKAeEsUXdTim36GUrQdcrHr1ou0qrekMAMIzAPbtfcly4WtINsq23nEvbARMS7LE6Yo/s320/Beowulf%20le%20fl%C3%A9au%20des%20monstres.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><p>So if you happen to be attending the festival at the end of February, do make your way to the Alkonost/Scriptarium stand and say hello. Or maybe <i>bonjour</i>.</p><p><br /></p>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-36516079771439688342024-01-14T12:55:00.000+00:002024-01-19T13:00:16.785+00:00Happy Birthday, Tony Hough!<p>M'colleague and occasional collaborator, fantasy artist Tony Hough, is 60 years old today!</p><p>Tony and I first worked together when Puffin Books commissioned him to illustrate my second Fighting Fantasy gamebook <b><i>Knights of Doom</i></b>, for which he also painted the cover.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZ3h1PepwgClrzbsthIhx-INl5xmisbSnZdGhZWzo1VrF32KHZ_hCnF04Oykz1QS-OB-_PlF68TzO3TQFMjOeej5OvEAFWa_QNRfv7dUSkZFx3LaCrqVUrK_tZUSec9WGR78udfYxIGh1m5IFBK_oTL1kFgcWkdWc1f39Hzfi30lXAsPmWs8VjNyd4Po/s700/17-12%20-%20FF56_Dragon_No_Foil.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="423" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZ3h1PepwgClrzbsthIhx-INl5xmisbSnZdGhZWzo1VrF32KHZ_hCnF04Oykz1QS-OB-_PlF68TzO3TQFMjOeej5OvEAFWa_QNRfv7dUSkZFx3LaCrqVUrK_tZUSec9WGR78udfYxIGh1m5IFBK_oTL1kFgcWkdWc1f39Hzfi30lXAsPmWs8VjNyd4Po/s320/17-12%20-%20FF56_Dragon_No_Foil.jpg" width="193" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHw9yuN8_JmwlOBjhV3skr80DIr_URwrxAyfseb1c3qBRUoBSXxOqcn_jw5iyBC9rgDo5aMOc_OF6aydRJKbreiha73FV7IzPHkhoSb7H_mksLq9YFZzVvewKc7K6OtwA62Yo4WDZUhR3oTFvH2ZqBM4py76hFTfjRM1kmaYxRPM3FPLJzo1z13-_EMo/s1502/Belgaroth_and_the_Night-Mare-ezgif.com-crop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="1004" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHw9yuN8_JmwlOBjhV3skr80DIr_URwrxAyfseb1c3qBRUoBSXxOqcn_jw5iyBC9rgDo5aMOc_OF6aydRJKbreiha73FV7IzPHkhoSb7H_mksLq9YFZzVvewKc7K6OtwA62Yo4WDZUhR3oTFvH2ZqBM4py76hFTfjRM1kmaYxRPM3FPLJzo1z13-_EMo/s320/Belgaroth_and_the_Night-Mare-ezgif.com-crop.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p>We spoke for the first time, over the phone, not long after he became a father but didn't meet until some years later at <b><a href="https://scontent.fbrs4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/1483304_10152075860575140_1236591579_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=4dc865&_nc_ohc=4DEWQj7g3W8AX-SNdfi&_nc_ht=scontent.fbrs4-1.fna&oh=00_AfDISZIK-VjoLNOcUO2vG_a4p8raicvN0VFHNY3xJOjgYg&oe=65D1CC6F">Dragonmeet</a></b>.</p><p>We worked together again when he provided the internal illustrations for <b><i><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/856880/view/5315892737488444325">Bloodbones</a></i></b>, my fourth FF gamebook, which was published by Wizard Books.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/856880/view/5315892737488444325" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglm8R1RlnRfFf0GclMwX0I_W4NeyJjNO8zm9KNaG6cR7nEgFNxBj4T2mj7V7RdQA7U1q8vU5WD1cJTwyDGcztxJTglI2WQDPqMBYn6FRGUVYtFEvVWFSXH19-wDbwIEVrDrat-2hkyAIoG58fGW3lRzi5QG24KYz6thZDMngVxbNpmQFmbZsDjfw-5_tc/s320/Bloodbones.jpg" width="199" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbzf4jmLsvp8Rj_sPK1QH_c52AoFEs5Y4aL2v8F9Pjy_GDtSHCegVl9ENj_FRccbraMOqeBeUAePHWmvLFIr88jxlyBkfUtWRqclYJ_41oVepOesNWXYHk8XGjD21_Lj1Nm6bwm7krqiGm6pac4b7ZGtURhAXy7Iny_5zFaluXZaeGX-UMHRPJsF-FJQ/s886/9%20nine-tails.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="570" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbzf4jmLsvp8Rj_sPK1QH_c52AoFEs5Y4aL2v8F9Pjy_GDtSHCegVl9ENj_FRccbraMOqeBeUAePHWmvLFIr88jxlyBkfUtWRqclYJ_41oVepOesNWXYHk8XGjD21_Lj1Nm6bwm7krqiGm6pac4b7ZGtURhAXy7Iny_5zFaluXZaeGX-UMHRPJsF-FJQ/s320/9%20nine-tails.jpg" width="206" /></a><br /></div><p>I was privileged to visit an exhibition of Tony's art - much of it Warhammer 40K and Fighting Fantasy-related - in his home town of Luton, and he was one of the artists who attended the first <b><a href="https://www.fightingfantasy.com/fighting-fantasy-fest-1-talks">Fighting Fantasy Fest</a></b> in 2014. He has also attended every one since.</p><p>Since then Tony has provided a picture for the <b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeare-Vs-Cthulhu-Snowbooks-Anthologies/dp/1909679860/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1705667976&sr=8-1">Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu</a></i></b> short story anthology and he illustrated my fourth <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/twas-the-krampus-night-before-christmas">ACE Gamebook</a></b>, <b><i><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Twas-by-Jonathan-Green-author-Tony-Hough-illustrator-Clement-Clarke-Moore/9781911390701">'TWAS - The Krampus Night Before Christmas</a></i></b>. He is also the illustrator on the <b><i><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/337206/TWAS--The-Roleplaying-Game-Before-Christmas-Core-Rulebook">'TWAS RPG</a></i></b> line and our next collaboration will be <b><i><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonathangreen/the-box-of-delights-the-roleplaying-game">The Box of Delights RPG</a></i></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeare-Vs-Cthulhu-Snowbooks-Anthologies/dp/1909679860/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1705667976&sr=8-1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAwdy9ABX-L2MurqmLEmBrsjs7uJEmj0cKStetoKI-D_KLXQ_vvZ6qHGQ0KpL-2pte4RKAuLVaSvv2znnkR3QjZoaN6AR4GYX776PJZlmXzdlp-0LvKKTjm2q1fNlS6wraL8FDK3YGxVIzacn3jOlQ56cPhf-gsAsBXnDil7sU9QW6Kcelvy32X0Cjtw/s320/Shakespeare%20Vs%20Cthulhu%20-%20the%20cover%2007.03.16.png" width="212" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNs8SUsOWjUgdLV0ipytJtElufdO_hyphenhyphen0lvIoQa3pT1zeepwVBIsVW_jMSRrVp6iatrc8e0voao-2CjNp6Mi8E3LN1xZ_WXlNwECvmv_EqgK3-R_oc-gBaL27VQBZCpg_3cBOT6TmLd9qmiweSBjLys-dFM3Rr5hNynIzTmmjQVGj-Kt5BtvG1ETATyUY/s1280/thumbnail_TerrorsOfTheEarth1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="904" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNs8SUsOWjUgdLV0ipytJtElufdO_hyphenhyphen0lvIoQa3pT1zeepwVBIsVW_jMSRrVp6iatrc8e0voao-2CjNp6Mi8E3LN1xZ_WXlNwECvmv_EqgK3-R_oc-gBaL27VQBZCpg_3cBOT6TmLd9qmiweSBjLys-dFM3Rr5hNynIzTmmjQVGj-Kt5BtvG1ETATyUY/s320/thumbnail_TerrorsOfTheEarth1.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Twas-by-Jonathan-Green-author-Tony-Hough-illustrator-Clement-Clarke-Moore/9781911390701" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2345" data-original-width="1509" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYczyKHqqfDRlzLQD8rjwk1_WIAyy5evLscpuA2KPYnBAJTqALE28mZgtd0sReQvAzvRu-AVJHPj6LFZqLIpr2S4faRJzGSA3ASpeJA9mi4wcU151HLSJb7QdSN2xrYs0y9aKKDQm0tI-rlHTg043dld3gN4vslMa1Dwbm4XjiNHaAY-uiSxapugEnuak/s320/'TWAS%202022%20ACE%20Gamebook%20cover.png" width="206" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTcEafGmCQqLt7VXb2Q7mUaHy7i7_oexJRdkJ2qhLo59q6OFBntrqjbMxpNOjGVfAD2ZVRPcLsY0yD6s92MjYsbu35u0OoN-VN2Ls6xUNTn7LpnUX2nNunMKsp9N5TF6vH6E7ZjIA10Skbr4bWOqo6L42CQCH_c1iA8Kys1rcTlRl-OIpcJuZhwOj6jk/s2715/thumbnail_Gingerbread1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2715" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTcEafGmCQqLt7VXb2Q7mUaHy7i7_oexJRdkJ2qhLo59q6OFBntrqjbMxpNOjGVfAD2ZVRPcLsY0yD6s92MjYsbu35u0OoN-VN2Ls6xUNTn7LpnUX2nNunMKsp9N5TF6vH6E7ZjIA10Skbr4bWOqo6L42CQCH_c1iA8Kys1rcTlRl-OIpcJuZhwOj6jk/s320/thumbnail_Gingerbread1.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/337206/TWAS--The-Roleplaying-Game-Before-Christmas-Core-Rulebook" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJ_t6I8n1Msx2Z6heGmbyApZePtIYdjB8jpzIUypc-W4iaGUWhL8XM0SOsDuQ_T6TlkArlMljhnbY8wNIZnWKG5dbas4nujCI8FmhXIRgJ2rzxzaF3OzyPAS44tZVoEqt482Qb4XjJL10xeKaoswSwLJx634IZO9FNzholVI8g8mNzLd8ebcNj-kWYbc/s320/thumbnail_JG1003_Twas_RPG_Main_Cover.jpg" width="247" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-g4OsUSNabAH3SIEIYwIsibBvY0Abr9tcziUB4etvxJm93lKiDH-qk9GVPfohuQshqSWza9ZOQsRkzzPi_UmdGW0mqum2IRBKYx_QbmyG4GToQRqo_SZR4-4AKgqgs3DLZNwx7b0IDgfuHwUmBx-6LsnwsUJ5lxH6ly-NFYsJv2UZcqEepj2Obhqyhk/s4961/RitualaColamendedfin.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4961" data-original-width="3508" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-g4OsUSNabAH3SIEIYwIsibBvY0Abr9tcziUB4etvxJm93lKiDH-qk9GVPfohuQshqSWza9ZOQsRkzzPi_UmdGW0mqum2IRBKYx_QbmyG4GToQRqo_SZR4-4AKgqgs3DLZNwx7b0IDgfuHwUmBx-6LsnwsUJ5lxH6ly-NFYsJv2UZcqEepj2Obhqyhk/s320/RitualaColamendedfin.tif" width="226" /></a></div><p>So please raise a glass to Tony on this, his 60th birthday. May his STAMINA never fail!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonathangreen/the-box-of-delights-the-roleplaying-game" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="260" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3mEw-CXh3NzJYsFtWQXBvfIoG-Mwst3Kg3uR8DIomDhPoab6V0poed7Z6GZq3EkzzS1zfh6_htHGA2Fb_NT-49ywUMNygDWq5rwa5TrD4CSQCxOe7l4QqcLk0JGzFSoSNQEFyxphaWjsvgbOHWunv2T752u-AyTJ5b2WqyjQocvUnurgadXDyzdrnko/s1600/BoDWolf1%20-%20small.png" width="260" /></a></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-16857659717579201842024-01-05T11:17:00.001+00:002024-01-05T11:17:07.108+00:00Gamebook Friday: MAGIC REALMS and Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu<p>Happy New Year!</p><p>This is a gentle reminder that if you want to pledge your support to <b><i><a href="https://unbound.com/books/magic-realms">MAGIC REALMS - The Art of Fighting Fantasy</a></i></b>, written by Sir Ian Livingstone and Yours Truly, on <b><a href="https://unbound.com/books/magic-realms">Unbound</a></b>, you have until 14th January 2024 to do so and ensure you get your name in the book.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://unbound.com/books/magic-realms" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="366" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiT6JZq9NkXdnX9VQZbwsIgyVOUHlFN-liQH3IHoiOVZk4a2LyApgSbGb3lHlYfzaCWN_lFKyVJzKeaUTdFO060hXev9HZoeJ3cP6SzoC5qPHTnVpgEmWXsG8z2jmAuLTm0ZHU6yHpF9Vj18z4zb9-GoCHHMcx23EBJWk6yrX65JTEdVMtKJCGQeZXy0Kh/w325-h400/Magic%20Realms%203D%20hardback.png" width="325" /></a></div><p></p><p>In other gamebook-related news, <b><i><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu">Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu: What Dreams May Come</a></i></b> will be arriving on Kickstarter in 2024. You can sign up to receive more details as and when they become available <b><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu">here</a></b>. And please share <b><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu">this link</a></b> far and wide.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3287" data-original-width="2481" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Xxb4iQgiPE5vNAfl0BTNEFqkcfX5llhL-mw2TDTZMD3Niw1VmnVKBdgRtw8l7PywN1gBraF417NXh6MFROfpuln7W1GkDiOJ2SZmz8LDAIKATbaNr5RMVBNAIJ4871WPbTC6eljIPe0xAzed-MtQ3WZbSlXkSgtMw1C3qdm4eWk6Qk8hWZ2k7c9u8hc/w303-h400/%230%20SvC%20ACE%20gamebooks%20image-page-001.png" width="303" /></a></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-68222302771897927232023-12-29T17:31:00.009+00:002023-12-29T17:33:04.624+00:00Gamebook Friday: Review of the Year - 2023<p>2023 has been a busy year, for various reasons, in no small part because we moved house - again! - although hopefully we are now settled for the foreseeable. Another reason is because we got a dog.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJv8v8wjMvB4bG0-3AYpzrfi5p9AW3J8FvN8pU_FHI_j3wJlim1KIrFpnkx0i7LcAtxPuxk5SuYpQsa48t_hMZQzYa3EQwWcL8lwcXm5Ej49qQ8xFLS840fa8AsGQPXnqVAD3O4kNvhyU8ljROHzyLmAEOyUl90aTkTMc71zU3WHk6vHhqI8HrwNB4_A/s1078/Conker%20in%20office.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1041" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJv8v8wjMvB4bG0-3AYpzrfi5p9AW3J8FvN8pU_FHI_j3wJlim1KIrFpnkx0i7LcAtxPuxk5SuYpQsa48t_hMZQzYa3EQwWcL8lwcXm5Ej49qQ8xFLS840fa8AsGQPXnqVAD3O4kNvhyU8ljROHzyLmAEOyUl90aTkTMc71zU3WHk6vHhqI8HrwNB4_A/s320/Conker%20in%20office.jpg" width="309" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><i>His name is Conker and he's a one year-old Cavapoo.</i></i></div><p></p><p>I have never owned a dog before and wasn't particularly keen on getting one. However, my son found an apt meme online that goes along the lines of, <i>'There is no love like that between a grumpy, middle-aged man and the pet he said he didn't want.'</i></p><p>Therefore, this year will probably go down in my memory as the Year of the Dog, but in terms of writing, it has definitely been the Year of Aconyte Books. I started 2023 by writing my first Marvel gamebook for Aconyte - <b><i><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/">Moon Knight: Age of Anubis</a></i></b> - and I've ended it putting the finishing touches to my first Arkham Horror gamebook, <b><i><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/darkness-over-arkham-by-jonthan-green/">The Darkness Over Arkham</a></i></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguApAzaECAn4gZtkqB1Qh8qVi0qXUKGJq7sEy1Vh5IijrkXKMAn5XZbqvPivxQJHrFSe10UmyzxouUeeyVwon14EoJai8aXEyDiUU3_1EHn0ZTR3Jvgw4A3Fyc4JtSdxJrAeyqA8ij4Qk6tvQBme5J2Z7zozXgXAIvokWH7f_FiyPTGYX84LLysHjXBI/s320/Moon%20Knight%20Age%20of%20Anubis%20front%20cover.jpg" width="212" /></a><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/darkness-over-arkham-by-jonthan-green/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEEJI4cRQSRBPVk6a8wBWVVdMVKbMcouPxakl0O4RwTQkKlZcM739_l9Q89tiuO-nVBHNzJTlMKzyTEvDxaR2lhxs3nDqMRU0yXQq18McYPLcbjMG34YK5MQqX2SU6MHjDM3idfbZ1TY34gV4BZ7tMRKX4p7CRRXUoh-saV-fTPrWn-qDzeVDiLQiE17I/s320/The%20Darkness%20Over%20Arkham%202D%20cover.png" width="208" /></a></div><p>I have only actually had two books published in the UK this year - the aforementioned <b><i><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/">Moon Knight: Age of Anubis</a></i></b> and the second <b><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/14800/ACE-Gamebooks-Roleplay">ACE Gamebooks Roleplay</a></b> RPG <b><i><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/436256/HEOROT--Roleplaying-in-the-World-of-Beowulf-Beastslayer-Core-Rulebook?manufacturers_id=14800">Heorot</a> </i></b>- but I've actually written five. However, eight different overseas editions of my <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/">ACE Gamebooks</a></b> have been published this year and three of my <b><a href="https://www.fightingfantasy.com/">Fighting Fantasy</a></b> gamebooks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtc0msBvMdE3qggNWzpgIZkWzc-Q4_Lym0iEIteGXbniotHN_wT1ws3UstEmVoCIOWEsaTxk3nzgYx7kxplpiF4xmLX4zEVANl8Vqqt2kM80VQZC8AIW5De2wXS4qcT7MDzpaHlm0ErUZOoE1QznxJTZCxOjw0UZUv8u_sq7-Uzv8AFkWgf6CNdaVRJcs/s1920/JG%20foreign%20editions%202023.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1920" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtc0msBvMdE3qggNWzpgIZkWzc-Q4_Lym0iEIteGXbniotHN_wT1ws3UstEmVoCIOWEsaTxk3nzgYx7kxplpiF4xmLX4zEVANl8Vqqt2kM80VQZC8AIW5De2wXS4qcT7MDzpaHlm0ErUZOoE1QznxJTZCxOjw0UZUv8u_sq7-Uzv8AFkWgf6CNdaVRJcs/w400-h194/JG%20foreign%20editions%202023.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Sadly, this year, we lost Russ Nicholson, whose illustrations for <b><i><a href="https://www.fightingfantasy.com/the-warlock-of-firetop-mountain">The Warlock of Firetop Mountain</a></i></b> helped set me on the path to becoming a gamebook author, and with whom I am immensely proud to have collaborated on the fourth <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/">ACE Gamebook</a></b> <b><i><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/beowulf-beastslayer">Beowulf Beastslayer</a></i></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/beowulf-beastslayer" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="417" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fqvOSqiURJ0HmjSPc0DuX8RiKggv9XVfGGjgJ_BZ3Y1YvYkJ6zHZlDb3rRIPNIbjT9o6OFnRqZiPadc6dohgLxQWyuXWwyhaIYRSsALqDNi4My2mPVuzbifN7P2dEmN8tQ42amaBapw6B45bIZHLm4smzllEwaI8Bm11yLj4AnDfTnuu_3-DAvXzHb0/s320/04%20Beowulf%20Beastslayer%20ACE%20cover.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Russ's illustrations also appear in the <b><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/436256/HEOROT--Roleplaying-in-the-World-of-Beowulf-Beastslayer-Core-Rulebook?manufacturers_id=14800">Heorot</a></b> RPG.</i></div><p>In 2023 I attended the <b><a href="https://jonathangreenauthor.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-uk-games-exp-2023.html">UK Games Expo</a></b> and Dragonmeet, as usual, and a couple of events local to me here in Taunton. I will certainly be attending the UK Games Expo again in 2024 but also hope to visit some other events outside of the UK.</p><p>I have plenty of writing plans for 2024 as well, including launching the Kickstarter campaign for the next <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/">ACE Gamebook</a></b>, <b><i><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu">Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu: What Dreams May Come</a></i></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3287" data-original-width="2481" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfED9ODLTK04c769AdyyS_vY_F8ug77V5TheFfFcQNX6Zvo8rGbv4iiyC_tJdgiFm9877jyl65v272q7CYPYW-2nlpm3TbvQx_eRYeJsBwIszRihPPlfnGQVkAcf_XgzRLaQaUPv33iiB7Y-jRvJ0aB72T189TMwvzwdXJblZBoIenxRJUAvXOyWwk28/s320/SvC%20ACE%20gamebooks%20image-page-001.png" width="242" /></a></div><p>But first, I need to put several projects to bed, not least of which is <b><i><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonathangreen/you-are-the-hero-40th-anniversary-edition">YOU ARE THE HERO: An Interactive History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks</a></i></b>. <b><i><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonathangreen/you-are-the-hero-40th-anniversary-edition">YOU ARE THE HERO</a> </i></b>will be published later this year, as will <b><i><a href="https://unbound.com/books/magic-realms">Magic Realms: The Art of Fighting Fantasy</a></i></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://unbound.com/books/magic-realms" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="366" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJa1Q5hdVbJ-U6nN4Cf6zUX0gz3lbyCyMJLZVaYF24SJjAMQAVEvaJF2bKeIyOrKltr6p2ojYrtInApYpnBjHt_kC68ApQ063FV9SxO9yeekyCLV5mkTSxG5ixbY3IqVrhb1L2xHxvnfBjJaZLUGcr2tMEDWTRJD0Pb6EAok1Zy1S9kaQlx9O_bfasak/s320/Magic%20Realms%203D%20hardback.png" width="260" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And we also have <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1125291518901941?active_tab=about">Fighting Fantasy Fest 5</a></b> to look forward to in 2024.<div><p>Before I go, if you haven't signed up to <b><a href="https://jonathangreenauthor.blogspot.com/p/sign-up-to-my-newsletter.html">my author newsletter</a></b>, you can <b><a href="https://jonathangreenauthor.blogspot.com/p/sign-up-to-my-newsletter.html">do so here</a></b>, and I'll see you again in the New Year!</p><p><br /></p></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-37489077366705751162023-12-15T13:07:00.001+00:002023-12-21T11:43:12.405+00:00Gamebook Friday: Howl of the Werewolf Playthrough<p>Over on the <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@GoneHollowMedia">GoneHollowMedia</a></b> YouTube channel, Sean and Emily have been working their way through my fifth Fighting Fantasy Gamebook <b><i>Howl of the Werewolf</i></b>. Their playthrough runs to seven parts, and you can watch the first part below.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pAefYZRFVkM?si=BRD_z5ipGheqpywh" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-3122284047030470512023-12-08T09:00:00.003+00:002023-12-08T09:00:00.139+00:00Gamebook Friday: ACE, Box, Anubis, and Shakespeare<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/417496/The-TWAS-Adventure-Calendar?manufacturers_id=14800" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1074" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAv-dHDXhp-2zoiRLkNPuk4VAiuS5q0KmaEk_U-AO-JjG86gzIbURGEAUsxrQ87_EPjB05wrkDDgnOeZNgsfzqsUoY_QvUbuu7NmxDsTRwyASYJKAwdlnjBQ29JWFMO3ugVeR2UdE_bxP-P6d3i0aBMTNzU9MpACeeLtFJFxMxqQh3-LxJidqPvIaJwg/w199-h200/December%207%20-%20Red%20Dwarf.png" width="199" /></a></div>We're just two and a half weeks away from Christmas and I, for one, haven't started my Christmas shopping yet.<br /><p></p><p>If you have yet to do your Christmas shopping, have you considered buying someone on your present list a digital <b><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/14800/ACE-Gamebooks-Roleplay">ACE Gamebooks</a></b> or <b><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/14800/ACE-Gamebooks-Roleplay">ACE Gamebooks Roleplay</a></b> product this year?</p><p>Right now I have a sale on over on <b><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/14800/ACE-Gamebooks-Roleplay">DriveThruRPG</a></b>. You can buy a complete RPG - <b><i><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/337206/TWAS--The-Roleplaying-Game-Before-Christmas-Core-Rulebook?manufacturers_id=14800">'TWAS</a></i></b>, one of its supplements, or <b><i><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/436256/HEOROT--Roleplaying-in-the-World-of-Beowulf-Beastslayer-Core-Rulebook?manufacturers_id=14800">Heorot </a></i></b>- for just £5, while my <b><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/14800/ACE-Gamebooks-Roleplay">ACE Gamebooks</a></b> are just £2 each.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/14800/ACE-Gamebooks-Roleplay" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="1893" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmPekMELpvhEh496WUY98QJRMdeh1zYaLnVVCMdfFIUEwZx2OAaihXuC566Wnus6LM0d4J76fNgreKFOFaz4jjcauXTJQppx4ku38EbuMrKZAiOXUnyEWILn6GPAAmaVxZjcJovzGt3e5l9dJwlz6Mk5r-7ND2KsR7Qp0EqXzysnQFubsvwLoAvUdpHo/w400-h95/ACE%20Gamebooks%20Roleplay%20banner.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>I am also currently running a crowdfunding campaign, over on <b><a href="https://gamefound.com/en/projects/ace-gamebooks-roleplay/the-box-of-delights---the-roleplaying-game">Gamefound</a></b>, to pay for more of Tony Hough's amazing artwork for <b><i><a href="https://gamefound.com/en/projects/ace-gamebooks-roleplay/the-box-of-delights---the-roleplaying-game">The Box of Delights - The Roleplaying Game</a></i></b>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://gamefound.com/en/projects/ace-gamebooks-roleplay/the-box-of-delights---the-roleplaying-game" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkL9PRa79Xx6hgoESG2_1eGePmSDe4BMpmAP1rV34y2yD7hN654fiDL2JhFluG__6HtrTDhGfpc5lw1snMaRPTQHQChZfW_5VfKsua_xmj6JAP0mrlqr1vNHLuV6fUyQeY1kKz34TrLhs2KXSgTqT2AV000OrkB8FTYvx3jdK6wWsH_zY60DgxW1LPMI/w400-h225/The%20Box%20of%20Delights%20Gamefound%20video%20slide.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>But if you're looking for a physical gift to pop in someone's stocking, or put under the tree, how about my new <b>Marvel: Multiverse Missions </b>gamebook <b><i><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/">Moon Knight: Age of Anubis</a></i></b>?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitr6mMIPBkKgJaeWzCG_RefSqosUzo6xsQNLx09e5MLTFkrNOpd8pZmcRaIwJVXhN7btNlvLmbIkmJwYjEcZaKPXOyHO-gaQElcFjYGFaZHz_ZpSQucooG3CqNKq6B0Yc8EeVYk07ws9q4QSFHv4ucm4IMfhxlTCGUsXB1EhJW1DEZHwAqtBnY_TjyzEI/w400-h400/Moon%20Knight%20Age%20of%20Anubis%203D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Looking ahead to the New Year, in 2024 I will be crowdfunding the eighth <b>ACE Gamebook</b>, <b><i><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu">Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu: What Dreams May Come</a></i></b>. To sign up to be notified of developments, <b><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu">follow this link</a></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3287" data-original-width="2481" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckneemvS7QYhlORD1M5Z8HIXAUCMeUH-EX8aAAgsH5PBlRoJas3o_jbRV51cwHW1FTMwM8xqwWn3K8IRVvsfWEmL_eDXBOW17Qp-S1ylrED8Pav6CE7FLgsTZC499S1y6Zit_8YNgSYR1Iml-aIvHZ_I4aFJF2oruvXeOFWCXBf-rIBfjOh9V2W64vzs/w303-h400/SvC%20ACE%20gamebooks%20image-page-001.png" width="303" /></a></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-91368376346050346032023-11-24T09:00:00.076+00:002023-11-24T09:00:00.137+00:00Gamebook Friday: Dragonmeet 2023<p>I will be attending <b><a href="https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk/">Dragonmeet </a></b>on <b>Saturday 2nd December 2023</b>. The event is taking place at the Novotel Hammersmith in West London.
You will find me sharing a stand with Sir Ian Livingstone in the Lower Trade Hall, which will be open from 10:00am-6:00pm.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQE8irGD5EASTaNEKYAMQxZnZAIZ_gTAPwvO0ajU1e5pvJr4FGPuxOkd9xaUhsRnOTTaTAJUDyfHc0ZUgwZHqj3qcsClnLDBX5-3Piz_MTHSQiptGV8Vh5tTBpwuYeALapmUeyuy4EmYx_jTpt6jP5qUnVCy8zMfq_BNoYQi6wS-q9WBKdK3wjwyShArI/s1920/ACE%20Gamebooks%20Dragonmeet%202023.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQE8irGD5EASTaNEKYAMQxZnZAIZ_gTAPwvO0ajU1e5pvJr4FGPuxOkd9xaUhsRnOTTaTAJUDyfHc0ZUgwZHqj3qcsClnLDBX5-3Piz_MTHSQiptGV8Vh5tTBpwuYeALapmUeyuy4EmYx_jTpt6jP5qUnVCy8zMfq_BNoYQi6wS-q9WBKdK3wjwyShArI/w400-h225/ACE%20Gamebooks%20Dragonmeet%202023.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></div><p>I will have physical copies of the <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/copy-of-about-ace-gamebooks">ACE Gamebooks Roleplay</a></b> RPGs for sale, including <b><i><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/436256/HEOROT--Roleplaying-in-the-World-of-Beowulf-Beastslayer-Core-Rulebook?manufacturers_id=14800">HEOROT - Roleplaying in the World of Beowulf Beastslayer</a></i></b>, <b><i><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/337206/TWAS--The-Roleplaying-Game-Before-Christmas-Core-Rulebook?manufacturers_id=14800">'TWAS - The Roleplaying Game Before Christmas</a></i></b>, <b><i><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/363706/Christmas-in-July?manufacturers_id=14800">Christmas in July</a></i></b>, and <b><i><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/417496/The-TWAS-Adventure-Calendar?manufacturers_id=14800">The 'TWAS Advent-ure Calendar</a></i></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/ronin-47" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="847" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5IUZ4T9VfauIbVvYGBRVwikHJQK4mOXaDW7JnHhFWc14qWxEJ-5qTjXc9O0i8KoA6U8cqyLKP2iYnLYZcYafjeEPJReIFeDrenZbI-KD-trBux23r14qeQLjbKuXstlFYIT9g7KTcvl2eORfb0FZ2edqYMjBJXeSTGOzKw15A7GBOya9yPsuEPAO6KdU/w260-h400/ronin%20paperback%20cover%20smaller.png" width="260" /></a></div><p></p><p>At 2:30pm, I will be at the Aconyte Books stand signing copies of my new Marvel Multiverse Missions gamebook <b><i><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/">Moon Knight: Age of Anubis</a></i></b>, so, if you're around, do stop by and say hello.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA05M0gYNJZu_WSYCD_SR2uc-RStQ4xZ4gSRPE_7e2lZtKGbk-0kAphiWhaXB2kpe12QV4AJQMY94GqN0vw0hvYwvNqwDUGGjzh_EbM3N2tAtHPJbiOvyp2nayXXPuo5QbwXTIZ2CR6GeBMVljDfQeRiE-mB9tmNr9MKYogpXDqqitifWq5LwPn2IDstw/w268-h400/Jonathan-Green-Moon-Knight-Age-Of-Anubis-cover.jpeg" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-52057995288024711172023-11-23T23:29:00.003+00:002023-11-23T23:52:52.838+00:00Doctor Who at 60<p>I couldn't let the landmark 60th anniversary of the world's longest running science ficiton TV show go without a mention.</p><p>Ten years ago I was watching <b><i>The Day of the Doctor</i></b> at the cinema with my kids. Today, I've watched a couple of old episodes from the Third Doctor's era*. And at the weekend I will sit down to watch the first of the 60th anniversary specials.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2V_xYubUJFo?si=qmH0qruBUcbnEKTq" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>Tom Baker was my first Doctor, although I later saw quite a few of John Pertwee's adventures when they were repeated on BBC2. I have been a fan ever since. I found things to enjoy about every era, and while I didn't appreciate Chris Chibnall's stint as showrunner, I still watched every episode. But I am optimistic for David Tennant's return and whatever comes after.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f6Z7JI8j0bk?si=oU3BdYCNRdJHxrC6" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>When Doctor Who wasn't on TV, I read Virgin Books New Adventures. I even pitched one, although it was politely rejected.</p><p>My involvement with Doctor Who as an author didn't begin until 2007, when I contacted Puffin Books about writing a Decide Your Destiny Doctor Who gamebook. This lead to me being commissioned to write <b><i>The Horror of Howling Hill</i></b>. Over the next decade I wrote for the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors, and contributed to <b><i>Doctor Who: 100 Illustrated Adventures</i></b> and wrote the lion's share of the <b><i>Doctor Who Annual 2010</i></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfDkE3KvawEbtiHXntDMpbhfM_36JMAePKqByS8dGmwqDkNUMXhIvajaZECWIqKvQUOhFhPV3remlM4neqaFMHEE-J_rGBGelg_y_7k304p33c883wwwhHDhSR3WU-acuxSlIfjfGNFsiP0OLpsE7T0Q_yIzx7Cuc6Qy0wo7JDfjsFo88MUsAYCDfGGs/s1917/Jonathan%20Green%20Doctor%20Who%20books.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="1917" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfDkE3KvawEbtiHXntDMpbhfM_36JMAePKqByS8dGmwqDkNUMXhIvajaZECWIqKvQUOhFhPV3remlM4neqaFMHEE-J_rGBGelg_y_7k304p33c883wwwhHDhSR3WU-acuxSlIfjfGNFsiP0OLpsE7T0Q_yIzx7Cuc6Qy0wo7JDfjsFo88MUsAYCDfGGs/w400-h98/Jonathan%20Green%20Doctor%20Who%20books.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><b><i>Doctor Who: Decide Your Destiny: The Horror of Howling Hill </i></b>(2008)</p><p><b><i>The Official Doctor Who Annual 2010</i></b> (2010)</p><p><b><i>Time Lord Quiz Quest</i></b> (2015)</p><p><b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Terrible-Eleventh-Adventures-ebook/dp/B017VDZ4MC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1DJS7DBF90JF2&keywords=doctor+who+jonathan+green&qid=1700781828&sprefix=doctor+who+jonathan+gre%2Caps%2C834&sr=8-1">Terrible Lizards</a></i></b> (2016)**</p><p><b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Choose-Future-Kraken/dp/1405926503/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1DJS7DBF90JF2&keywords=doctor+who+jonathan+green&qid=1700781828&sprefix=doctor+who+jonathan+gre%2Caps%2C834&sr=8-2">Doctor Who: Choose the Future: Night of the Kraken</a></i></b> (2016)</p><p><b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-100-Illustrated-Adventures/dp/1405927224/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3BDQTCSXGJG5V&keywords=Doctor+Who%3A+100+Illustrated+Adventures&qid=1700781939&sprefix=doctor+who+100+illustrated+adventures%2Caps%2C300&sr=8-1">Doctor Who: 100 Illustrated Adventures</a></i></b> (2017)</p><p>My involvement with Doctor Who also lead to me meeting numerous Daleks and one Steven Moffat.</p><p>Who knows if I'll ever write anything for Doctor Who again, but if the chance does arise, I would love to. After all, it's Doctor Who, isn't it?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafUy4LR0vynxzvbzsdTIAvo8IinSnMdXWXkp0uBnIO3V3l65xWQg6xz6rYj7R5JRwThWQTn5VVz-prFWWWrK0zxsLkXb2SfrqG4jrZi0KN7cNqj895NbpeAqG2tqcdiN0Mt6xzNmbJzfHHT3O0WoAfuFL9QDfm1zbE78k170frYNB9RSxTZB_NrL9AY0/s1080/Doctor%20Who%2060%20years.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafUy4LR0vynxzvbzsdTIAvo8IinSnMdXWXkp0uBnIO3V3l65xWQg6xz6rYj7R5JRwThWQTn5VVz-prFWWWrK0zxsLkXb2SfrqG4jrZi0KN7cNqj895NbpeAqG2tqcdiN0Mt6xzNmbJzfHHT3O0WoAfuFL9QDfm1zbE78k170frYNB9RSxTZB_NrL9AY0/w400-h400/Doctor%20Who%2060%20years.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><i>* It's interesting how many episodes' cliffhanger endings involve someone pointing a gun at the Doctor.</i></p><p><i>** First published as part of <b>Monstrous Missions </b>(2012).</i></p>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-78925205604261829902023-11-23T12:00:00.057+00:002023-11-23T12:00:00.130+00:00Moon Knight: Age of Anubis - out today in the UK!<p><b><i><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/">Moon Knight: Age of Anubis</a></i></b> is out in paperback in the UK today!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="992" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3H6gKAOu-7wJJ44g_8szN-FueZGFKUXS6kWwY-5VRhGl0uKlbSEp1UoIL8-lbfa62sm4Rb0ZDytNDytY9lDBvNZuygxMVkw8vD-1pPfrcWRgnShcDAf55tBFgUF_3VpCdUnKPk78UB2sHDmWBzZiNWE2qtxjxWq7p0DKeGw8KiUseR8OgzMXJEC6jTw/w265-h400/Moon%20Knight%20Age%20of%20Anubis%20front%20cover.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">When N’Kantu, the Living Mummy, escapes his sarcophagus and steals an artifact that turns swaths of mankind into zombies, Moon Knight steps in to save the day… But is hampered by an eager Egyptologist whose choices seem to influence his personalities and strengths. As Moon Knight and the Egyptologist chase N’Kantu from the streets of New York to navigating traps, tricks, and riddles within an ancient temple in Egypt, the two uncover an evil ritual that will begin a battle between gods over the power of life and death. Only the Egyptologist holds the key to unraveling the dark plot… everybody’s lives are in their hands!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>“If you loved gamebooks, solo adventures, Moon Knight, ancient Egypt or just want to kill a bit of time in a fun and engaging way this is the book for you!”</i></div></i><div style="text-align: center;">A Reader Lives a Thousand Lives
</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>“This was an absolute joy to read (over and over again) and I think even when you've perfected the route, you could easily come back to this one later on and do it all over again with the same enjoyment!”</i></div></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Amazon.co.uk
</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i>“Jonathan Green's skillful storytelling, the interactive gameplay elements, and the incorporation of the Marvel universe make it a must-read for those seeking an immersive and interactive reading experience.”</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Goodreads</div></div><div><br /></div><div>To buy your copy of <b><i><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/">Moon Knight: Age of Anubis</a></i></b> follow this <b><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/">link</a></b>.</div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAbSZHCPyer1_T-b7zZ_K58j4j_iASJ_9Lkm_0AgvWxpTF1NylAqhHET66m2cVTLDiIv5pjhHep47rBixLlfBNDib9v4WTNScj53UVwc-vcdUSzzt4IZB1xxttefo2dsGG8PXyP1njDatUcUpydSf89-9hy-kiITS-Yhyphenhyphen_hzokp0kJXZ0hx3ZxZFFxo4/s1920/Moon%20Knight%20author%20copies%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1809" data-original-width="1920" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAbSZHCPyer1_T-b7zZ_K58j4j_iASJ_9Lkm_0AgvWxpTF1NylAqhHET66m2cVTLDiIv5pjhHep47rBixLlfBNDib9v4WTNScj53UVwc-vcdUSzzt4IZB1xxttefo2dsGG8PXyP1njDatUcUpydSf89-9hy-kiITS-Yhyphenhyphen_hzokp0kJXZ0hx3ZxZFFxo4/w400-h378/Moon%20Knight%20author%20copies%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-44678738597608782422023-11-17T16:41:00.002+00:002023-11-17T16:41:58.784+00:00Gamebook Friday: Black Friday Week Sale<p>For some reason, Black Friday has gone from being one day, to a whole weekend, and now a full week. So, in anticipation that you might want to grab yourself a bargain before Christmas, the <b><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/14800/ACE-Gamebooks-Roleplay">ACE Gamebooks' Black Friday Sale</a></b> is on now at <b><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/14800/ACE-Gamebooks-Roleplay">DriveThruRPG</a></b>!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/337206/TWAS--The-Roleplaying-Game-Before-Christmas-Core-Rulebook?manufacturers_id=14800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="1071" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UNAYuByzJINbJnIsG3lPc4xe3aGqjojonWC-LCYHOQKScwa3a_1s_m4n0ZWUwMKDKwD0poez-RZwCycGg_0AHlbJRsKi0yBIZjC45Af4ohlBWNfyuWyL0EuL7xT1UugPZbejZYnELv0E_w1ErRlWhn3nC0lxnYvqCEYUf8eB8hqY71eygvIELuJlqVQ/w399-h400/Black%20Friday%20Sale%20Now%20On%20'Twas.png" width="399" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/436256/HEOROT--Roleplaying-in-the-World-of-Beowulf-Beastslayer-Core-Rulebook?manufacturers_id=14800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1067" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wEDD61rEmSrwJ2gF3y90z4DKvHl6dMcgDXnymswyWv-EN27cMc3gXv4VXGn2PM8CFgW92Fd2lLAgd4q9SvM4CeCSb2a9rHMbJ7BatelSLBe-4dgojQ4-Xl19l_Qu4xneKMkCcS3Vi0SjSdrxWibjv_wZ4bUoSl9urpZWMKoInoXc1IFvyZpOLWzFwck/w399-h400/Black%20Friday%20Sale%20Now%20On%20Heorot%20and%20'Twas.png" width="399" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-73863729358823807402023-11-10T15:16:00.008+00:002023-11-10T15:18:03.306+00:00GamebookFriday: Moon Knight, a Conclave of Dragons, and William Shakespeare<p>My author copies of <b><i><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/">Moon Knight: Age of Anubis</a></i></b> arrived this week and I'm delighted with how my first Marvel gamebook has turned out. Remember, the paperback is available now in the US and is released in the UK on 23rd November 2023, but the global eBook is available everywhere now.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVX4IXoDi-a2WospvT1RtTlTcqD6Gl1lh6TeV0hd_vfRUJrpFxj0WRz1TOZ94dW6zWmpCmsWSGNnUN6Wgc0L3MHysDw5Iz7f2EESGql7g4ZinTu_XYe_lxXH3FX_irvAsyxyb5t5Mjdlny1tHLByfqI6Hbs500D8LZrKc6BvaxxyIFEh2XqvB7tMDVoY/s1920/Moon%20Knight%20author%20copies%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1809" data-original-width="1920" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVX4IXoDi-a2WospvT1RtTlTcqD6Gl1lh6TeV0hd_vfRUJrpFxj0WRz1TOZ94dW6zWmpCmsWSGNnUN6Wgc0L3MHysDw5Iz7f2EESGql7g4ZinTu_XYe_lxXH3FX_irvAsyxyb5t5Mjdlny1tHLByfqI6Hbs500D8LZrKc6BvaxxyIFEh2XqvB7tMDVoY/w400-h378/Moon%20Knight%20author%20copies%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>In three weeks' time, I will be attending <b><a href="https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk/">Dragonmeet</a></b>, at the Novotel London West, on Saturday 2nd December 2023, sharing a table with Sir Ian Livingstone. I will also be signing copies of <b><i><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/">Moon Knight: Age of Anubis</a></i></b> at the Aconyte Books stand while I am there.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="603" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEpIprAWY4spysZwn6seSWtTfhMD5hu1F0_FpudLxeMp6FfJwOHVJ-dTSJTJqFXIYGkLvOjC1yLLvgyLrwU9VMFChyNNvUxpDLyJBxrM14XFN8iYdWrhInnWTekj6Nj9C-DrqKz4sRdTXQD4o00_a5MNT35-cwuqWIwV_IycQFqOki0pB7V-3pYMkX7w/w400-h209/Dragonmeet%20logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>And last of all this week, in case you missed the announcement on <b><a href="https://jonathangreenauthor.blogspot.com/2023/11/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu-what-dreams-may.html">Wednesday</a></b>, the next <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/">ACE Gamebook</a></b> is going to be <b><i><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu">Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu: What Dreams May Come</a></i></b>. Sign up <b><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu">here </a></b>to be kept up to date with developments.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3287" data-original-width="2481" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGe97F6GwvHQWowPZY-MDOi7m93frGz1EVnR47sM2mMChrEV8LNMC3vgcCwqsXIVUK_xHFYZK1VAd0xu-LfTUidELvxa6bOmawHN_lEyujN8Qxq-aeHwCRLZ6nyB4oKUktbRzUhAjdppj_p4uI5jVdZJm1yoDC5TfERglCfIVXnHQ3et67eFMVaYNLTY/w303-h400/SvC%20ACE%20gamebooks%20image-page-001.png" width="303" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-62137623369096917332023-11-08T09:00:00.046+00:002023-11-08T09:00:00.142+00:00Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu: What Dreams May Come<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://folio400.com/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="1199" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLoZlQ5kUUe2eTGGgA0VM6cowpb2bpL9WoCiCLx08iEErmkJ1nHI3GrYYJ7CWOZTuMNWMxsMPWGh0CFwzYYTNd-ygWPl9TDkm6vr3kGwfmU07PVVyVTOO-6zzorqGdz0QMbD398b4GGumNLyxiz2KNSgf_zXZLWdf-j4LrPjileAmG0mfHXtwRuz8nh0/w400-h95/FOLIO-400-Logo-Black.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Today marks the 400th anniversary of the printing of the <b><i><a href="https://folio400.com/">First Folio</a></i></b>.</p>Published in 1623, seven years after the death of its author, it was the first printed edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays. Without this achievement, we would have lost half of his dramatic work. <div><br /></div><div>The 400th birthday of this foundational book seems as good a time as any to announce my next <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/">ACE Gamebook</a></b> which will be coming to Kickstarter next year - <b><i><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu">Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu: What Dreams May Come</a></i></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdz-zIZm_3jCjQU_K-hqtsJpKijb8naABHYfaji1i-QKPuCn1i6yhsSDU6wBL7t8FKr1yWbyGQiESH8B2xRsAz-iSYYP4M17I1lRHzLOiP23mFY0k-NXfU_Qx6XGR2LaiVLh0LNU3-bpTILPQCGVW71nVkzKKuPXahayIcdVTKPtfzW3Ys6W6zgKt77g/w400-h225/SvC%20Folio%20400.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Some of you may remember the <b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeare-Vs-Cthulhu-Snowbooks-Anthologies/dp/1909679860/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2HBJSF2NW9GMZ&keywords=shakespeare+vs+cthulhu&qid=1699188032&s=books&sprefix=shakespeare+vs+cthulhu%2Cstripbooks%2C89&sr=1-1">Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu</a></i></b> anthology of short stories I edited back in 2016. At the time I teased the <b><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu">gamebook</a></b>, saying that it would be coming to Patreon. But plans change and now I will be funding production of the book via Kickstarter.</div><div><br /></div><div>To sign up to be notified of future developments, please <b><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu">click on the image below</a></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5d8ad4b0736c/shakespeare-vs-cthulhu" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3271" data-original-width="2481" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCq2cQSNRvGrLjtrqtvouC9mIfdsod7vtfsns1dH3CmSodjjLN2CHBK808hIfPBAdcNTx9EMeiJ_bLYjlM83Je5NP2y9Yo7fJDdjjXD4nedrEAwQOWz9VIxsubtz-6r-ETMS8SanTyx_Iun5tIOHDxN4nxagZpU7l9TpQgm1LYTrEUv0gNsb5JfG6LBo/w486-h640/SvC%20ACE%20gamebooks%20image-page-001.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-47070817693622688422023-11-03T13:54:00.001+00:002023-11-03T13:54:22.600+00:00Gamebook Friday: DestinyQuest Raiders<p>Michael J Ward's latest <b><a href="http://www.destiny-quest.com/">DestinyQuest </a></b>project is currently funding on Kickstarter. <b><i><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1122204373/destinyquest-raiders-tides-of-terror">DestinyQuest Raiders: Tides of Terror</a></i></b> is different from the previous <b><a href="http://www.destiny-quest.com/buy/">five Destiny gamebooks</a></b> because you lead a team of four adventurers through the story and there are no dice to roll.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SW_2UnrVbTQ?si=pF9OcpWfP135-pgh" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>To find out more, <b><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1122204373/destinyquest-raiders-tides-of-terror">follow this link to the Kickstarter</a></b>.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JHRx7ex5XTM?si=XSuOGkQCf9BeojVt" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/09YQtzJw47M?si=zh79xkacvtXNAt3q" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-58411475281818207562023-10-27T16:40:00.006+01:002023-10-27T16:40:46.496+01:00Gamebook Friday: Spooky Halloween Reads<p>It's Halloween on Tuesday, so now seems like the perfect time to remind you of my various horror-related reads that you can enjoy at this time of year.</p><p>First of all there is the ultimate horror <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/">ACE Gamebook</a></b>, <b><i><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/dracula-curse-of-the-vampire">Dracula: Curse of the Vampire</a></i></b>.</p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: normal; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/dracula-curse-of-the-vampire" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="414" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sp34X3ojiGtADOU-ntW8uZQ2pgFY8q6Ts0nZ38FpYrpL6RyIoZaWOeiNLNVLw6oQ5i7VNU1DNrPpAXQ498rkj3cx6nPs7aVmiEqcsnfO48NnE8JmD7VvxPFQJm44KXI5GkZmojXa6LGwOqRUP8rbV2LgVZ3Zy82HMfWu9q0ppp8esGyGB4_D46cIMxU/w259-h400/Dracula%20new%20cover.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="color_11 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_11)); margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1897 ~ </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(var(--color_11)); font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">In the wolf-haunted Carpathian Mountains, a young solicitor, Jonathan Harker, travels to an isolated castle to assist a mysterious Count with purchasing a number of properties in England. But what he witnesses there drives him to the edge of madness…</span><p></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: normal; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: rgb(var(--color_11)); font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, in Whitby, Harker’s fiancée, Mina Murray, visits her dear friend Lucy Westenra. But during her stay, Lucy is attacked and becomes seriously ill…</span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: normal; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: rgb(var(--color_11)); font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: normal; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="color_11 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_11)); margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In London, Lucy’s suitor and physician, Dr John Seward, becomes preoccupied with the case of a certain Mr Renfield, an inmate at his lunatic asylum, who seeks to collect lives for his master, having not long returned from a trip to Transylvania…</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: normal; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: rgb(var(--color_11)); font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: normal; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: rgb(var(--color_11)); font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; font-weight: bold;">And so, the pieces for the game are set. For they are all pawns in a plan devised centuries ago by the Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad Tepes, a cruel tyrant whom history remembers as ‘the Son of the Devil,’ his bloodthirsty deeds having earned him another name…</span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: normal; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="color_11 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_11)); margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; 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border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_11)); margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="color_11 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_11)); margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">And then there is my Cthulhu Mythos novella, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Serpents-Egg-Dark-Cthulhu-Mythos-ebook/dp/B077DT3H8H/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=">The Serpent's Egg</a></i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">, and my ghost story, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dolls-House-Jonathan-Green-ebook/dp/B088DM8PD7/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=">The Doll's House</a></i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">, both of which are available as audiobooks.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; 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color: rgb(var(--color_11)); margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="color_11 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_11)); margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08KYM2NSZ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taud_p1_i0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOWHwUupfzoyfZGCo_JSSW58HciVeGkoixN_144w3EdnhHBIGK0psD1MSK8j2YcwcxLb-KYlRIxJTGxYMFVjw6rY3TGCFslxmAf-rGo6aWKnornlaJ3lj20vQC5WuhkCWZKKV4X8-spU5m1DKN0IRfyGQL-v4JFQ23_08w_PLWcYqqCLZQz3_i_-r9l4/w200-h200/FINAL%20-%20The%20Serpent's%20Egg%20audiobook%20cover%20-%2023.04.20.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08DLDDS32/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taud_p1_i2" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBz_Hyxf6fdmSxV72Zp59x5gZJux8bl_VPz3hOpyXMZNXgn2eyUoFOs3Lk7YM85N9SIR2xGuY6KivnLW5sAi0EjgQe5Q09kIYuoqNPASMl4ichr2d6k2zSsRhiPaB-rsuB_9a2l1mui64RaaoUj8dHbu42Xbjm9TRcXPsBFam0mZzBmSHNXbfyByfF0g/w200-h200/FINAL%20-%20The%20Doll%20s%20House%20audio%20book%20cover%20-%2016.05.20.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><p></p>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-78572702499426263382023-10-20T11:17:00.000+01:002023-10-20T11:17:17.745+01:00Gamebook Friday: O Maligno Mágico de Oz<p><b><i><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/the-wicked-wizard-of-oz">The Wicked Wizard of Oz</a></i></b> is now available in Brazil, in a Portuguese language edition, from <b><a href="https://jamboeditora.com.br/autores/jonathan-green/">Jambô Editora</a></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://jamboeditora.com.br/produto/o-maligno-magico-de-oz/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="508" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgInQMoFyT68bKNHXpqaf1ipUfZocwcSw0QpMOEamcvKE0aQSpivpW0toRKqHtGi0-VwZ9mNLueXV-Tbtj_b6-R_03VB9V0IoZplnvrX-6A78g_OozSp1ebS-_O4MNc2kMD8LfmznMvZcBCMr0kSGMzyybOUSoXdqxvlHT6AWiutr4fNnrbDZxKQLDJN5M/w265-h400/The%20Wicked%20Wizard%20of%20Oz%20Brazil.png" width="265" /></a></div><p>Here's my unboxing video of <b><i><a href="https://jamboeditora.com.br/produto/o-maligno-magico-de-oz/">O Maligno Mágico de Oz</a></i></b>.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2YelQjWRdpk?si=Fj8AcsL5MTzPBzHu" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>In other news, last Saturday's <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1352041592077108/?active_tab=discussion">International Gamebook Day</a></b> was a great success. If you missed any of the interviews that were broadcast on the day, you can watch them at your leisure here, on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheStoryMastersTales"><b>The Storymaster's Tales YouTube channel</b></a>, including one with gamebook godfather Sir Ian Livingstone himself!</p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u9_AOp_GrOQ?si=VQrmFDiUvBTe3w9H" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-65400293279713317922023-10-13T14:52:00.001+01:002023-10-13T14:53:31.762+01:00Gamebook Friday: International Gamebook Day 2023<p>Tomorrow, <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1352041592077108">Saturday 14th October 2023</a></b>, is <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1352041592077108">International Gamebook Day</a></b>, and the schedule has been announced.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rUhFm8ZY9Wg?si=G8Foo4JDhD7xL2me" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>Our host is Olly Mc, of <b><a href="https://www.storymasterstales.com/">The Storymaster's Tales</a></b> fame, and the Guest of Honour is Sir Ian Livingstone, whose interview will go live at <b>7:00pm BST</b>.</p><p>If you check out <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1352041592077108">the Facebook event page</a></b>, you will see that the links for the video interviews have been posted already.</p><p>I will also be making an appearance, at <b>6:00pm BST</b>, talking about my horror-themed <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/">ACE Gamebooks</a></b> and my Marvel Multiverse Missions gamebook <b><i><a href="https://aconytebooks.com/shop/moon-knight-age-of-anubis/">Moon Knight: Age of Anubis</a></i></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1352041592077108" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWVFICpeCoD4XWtL8NMNE6s8_t6eWJ5Pb9nPdQYUTwOKFF0ZljZRzxgvOBCFslEPuwyFBjdbLhHiQmSlPaIiSN1pzTgvRrS6xxWjcyfp4_dD6y8rlMW-4i38h_juRUiRR6j9Q57O2IVDYrhJC_FFlFeHHFGL7MBJ7Mj40L2suEmiB1geoWZ1q2FuPb78/w400-h225/JG%20at%20IGBD%202023.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>So, maybe I'll <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1352041592077108">see you tomorrow</a></b>...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.zazzle.co.uk/store/steampunkmachine" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1908" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEd20cOm-JMr3ILTJJyfddyNBAd81G9_uplo61aDjQJDthRkRNpwQrj3u1QBTrd17lPrrLxEXCLyxcpPvAbF0eJw95-zqlp6JnyFQlfrYMxDp0keNxdP8nI5vw81nhDkjuNtJSOBsfkx0eXcpie1JyJDU7zjxyBEw6skGtFcuMfgF63TGkuv1QQcXdr3w/w400-h134/IGBD%202023%20shop.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.zazzle.co.uk/store/steampunkmachine">Visit the International Gamebook Day 2023 store here.</a></i></div><p><br /></p>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-28810350985421267962023-10-04T09:00:00.001+01:002023-10-04T09:00:00.221+01:00Warhammer Wednesday: Warhammer eBooks<p>Monday saw the release of <b><i><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/new-titles/featured/krakenbanes-curse-eshort-2023-eng.html">Krakenbane's Curse</a></i></b>, a new Age of Sigmar short story by Yours Truly. </p><p>A few of the short stories I have written for Black Library over the years are available as digital eShorts and three of the six novels I have written set within the Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 universes as eBooks. Why not check out one of them today?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/new-titles/featured/krakenbanes-curse-eshort-2023-eng.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="938" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GaMoPyV36NKoKDjB5uxkHGTaEGN2SYCgV-SvjXrC60BEpfhlxmUJUgY5QAmZuuT1ETA7w5sZFqz_QlEaZPsU04uEmTYepoL1oIUgmEv1FNml-UemyVnH3HeKkkzJFaAyrsm4Wrgs59-Wt8MsD_nbbec8NBeREBpV740LIbf8GHQaGayTMxi0OjPq14Y/w200-h320/Krakenbane's%20Curse%20cover.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/quick-reads/journey-of-the-magi-ebook-2020.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="417" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2EXDm__1LpU_xlHvmtw2_L6ndGh-zbSKpCsgflYiNkMsxDa1S7QM5D_xExFBGUn_Y93vT5E6VAX5z016PEkERkDDgvh2y9JbpJAPGe4F7TnaDFdVUhLRUMgvSj_2NDDwl0KaG4upA96pT_YDBVxVWy2RqCXLKu_SHA54spLvEP0XVOeEGYzkyYkNlkI/w210-h320/Journey%20of%20the%20Magi%20eShort.png" width="210" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="509" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwfTpsXG-VJ7Xu3FZLgqE6bcNtbs8PuSrGLdgQGvZb2T2V6pUDcTCI5F08cPtnE3Bmf1O7245afMlWI_3qfFN_LtuZgQewIAmsjp6PIRXhClLj1IHJ6lrWiEp0QWyG0BFdF9lFYXyItRWaF70e2qAqz_O2JnnvHFWxpOKek4B2uaw9HTaJpiTYsWEiI0/w124-h200/pod-iron-hands.jpg" width="124" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-3120121077608887732023-10-03T14:58:00.004+01:002023-10-03T14:58:58.151+01:00ACE Gamebooks news from Sweden and Poland<p>First up today, I am thrilled to announce that Swedish company <b><a href="https://www.sound-realms.com/">Sound Realms</a></b> (who are currently crowdfunding <b><i><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/varghand/fortress-of-death">The Fortress of Death</a></i></b> on Kickstarter) and <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/about-ace-gamebooks">ACE Gamebooks</a></b> are collaborating to bring you <b><i><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/dracula-curse-of-the-vampire">Dracula: Curse of the Vampire</a></i></b> the audio adventure!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SoundRealms/posts/pfbid02WCe9whtdxvTfrX3dC2D6QMj6vGhV5om4pffyyxxbXju4MMJuWBFoxE2iUExftZ62l?notif_id=1696340124601524&notif_t=ig_crosspost_mention&ref=notif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="843" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMILBmOWhIHRfFPc1DmJBPU94uKa6tuzJjuydQTEfG0TjJP3oKPrnGkTDgevJ1E8zo-PX2o9AnDYRgZRNgwmxvMVwqtrqFrw-ITY-EHwF35qUZ26zT05EYukTRPKZpWmSzlDQNzyitW9HRAV6GuQ3asUpv1zjSf7O94IA-v5CKdaDWGQhDF1PUs7dh3gk/w400-h400/Dracula%20Sound%20Realms.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Sound Realms are very proud and excited to announce a collaboration with ACE Gamebooks and author Jonathan Green to create an audio adventure version of <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/dracula-curse-of-the-vampire">Dracula: Curse of the Vampire</a></b> (2021) for the Sound Realms platform. </i></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Oscar Carlquist: </b>"We are very pleased to present the next upcoming addition to Sound Realms and I can't wait to start creating some truly haunting and immersive soundscapes for <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/dracula-curse-of-the-vampire">Dracula: Curse of the Vampire</a></b>. The interactive gamebook version of Bram Stoker's classic is masterfully written by Jon Green and taking this into the audio realm will be as much of an honour as a challenge that we here at Sound Realms are ready to embrace with enthusiasm and dedication!"</i></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Jonathan Green:</b> "I am thrilled that Sound Realms are turning <b><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/dracula-curse-of-the-vampire">Dracula: Curse of the Vampire</a></b> into the first audio ACE Gamebook and can't wait to hear how they bring the horror to life through the use of soundscapes and top-notch voice talent. It's going to be bloodcurdlingly brilliant!"</i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SoundRealms/posts/pfbid02WCe9whtdxvTfrX3dC2D6QMj6vGhV5om4pffyyxxbXju4MMJuWBFoxE2iUExftZ62l" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="1896" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76ThniqXSr-7TnSqrbhSGkhVejNo1CkLiBQiUcuCQJlbh5pSIY__MBIfyQlgAfqYp6VCwtzPG_J7PvroAzl1nm_0KGYg7QQPh9og2sVE19A-LwDdCgNqgMxGE3kv4EQz2MZXhLpPTZdKZeMcsSbwbZ3YW-0TUWQx1te2sd6mkiC98GmFUPMoz0Cot290/w400-h99/Dracula%20ACE%20Gamebooks%20and%20Sound%20Realms.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><p>Secondly, <b><i><a href="https://www.acegamebooks.com/neverland-here-be-monsters">NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters!</a></i></b> is now available in Poland, from Muduko.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://sklep.muduko.com/pl/p/Nibylandia.-Tu-zyja-potwory/339" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5yCYu6vVbltlmfjLH8eBt6pPXvhi_J91jC9yYBOn466oeP8V9ud57UhkdXT_aVUBdfQFG4Naqa3vRXjcyGelvis1YW8d0nQK_rULKzUL9meSgwYa6dZiw7_YGJ2tqDiTIL7BP_0gz4l6zPDXHKBJWCAAQPlJ6nP5suyzUg_R2yHLYjRkxf8f4QAjZYw/w400-h400/Nibylandia%20Polish%20Neverland%203D%20cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Thirsty for adventure? We invite you to Neverland, where as shipwreck survivor Wendy Darling, the mechanical avenger Peter Pan, the fearless hunter Tiger Lily or the ruthless pirate Captain Hook, you will discover many of the island's secrets and face nightmarish monsters!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-align: left;">In this </span><span style="text-align: left;">game</span><span style="text-align: left;">book, you make choices for your characters, discovering dark paths leading to many different endings. </span><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://sklep.muduko.com/pl/p/Nibylandia.-Tu-zyja-potwory/339">NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters!</a></b></i><span style="text-align: left;"><i> is another part of the paragraph series of books by Jonathan Green, which is inspired by the classics of children's literature.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also available, but only from the publisher's own webstore, is a <b><a href="ith dice, a bookmark, a pencil and a game bag.">special edition</a></b> of the book that comes with dice, a bookmark, a pencil and a game bag.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="ith dice, a bookmark, a pencil and a game bag." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXr_DecLZMmuI2ti4K-6iP1CeDbVYay2iDRHqQ8kGiHNsfZbzZq9W9DSjjBL3UscRRJaU9IzwgI-b7Pi8a9Nk7VqAHNFzFqid_RZicC50M059oe0gvN1dXNOI3_A2lk5QMSKwUttyGveDFgLS0rwDmw1-6QitNHmtaBaoZi51gjRlet5cGrfS-LRsNYw/w400-h225/Nibylandia-8%20special%20edition%20Neverland.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893219535037824253.post-88009321971979547482023-10-02T11:36:00.000+01:002023-10-02T11:36:53.762+01:00Krakenbane's Curse - A Warhammer Age of Sigmar story<p>Today sees the launch of the <b><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/age-of-sigmar-2023-eshort-subscription-2023-eng.html">Warhammer Age of Sigmar eShorts Subscription</a></b>, which includes my first, and probably only, Age of Sigmar short story. Not only that, but from today you can buy <b><i><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/new-titles/featured/krakenbanes-curse-eshort-2023-eng.html">Krakenbane's Curse</a></i></b> as a standalone story.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/new-titles/featured/krakenbanes-curse-eshort-2023-eng.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7CTW3CSenDyFKJ3RcMiIq0AelHopy715nwCHWvoh51Fhlte2XoKKaz58rj1SgjQXDj5dmsRSd6bP8JcvTJLodsNNXEAEHiCnMUA4EjoYllvBN6eT-W8JK1-gVma0W_bykJ4y3Wi1ZiqU_DN0b3jB_dOMqjweqdkpG-bkC_0ibYQj1EGxSe3nbSpzUY0/w418-h640/Krakenbane's%20Curse%20eshort%20cover.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"The forces of Death and Order clash on the high seas of the Mortal Realms."</i></div><p style="text-align: left;">I wouldn't read the story synopsis on the Black Library website if I were you, as it gives away one of the major twists of the story.</p><p style="text-align: left;">My last Black Library short story was published three years ago, almost to the day, and that was the Necromunda-set <b><i><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/series/necromunda/necromunda-uprising-ebook-2020.html">Paradise</a></i></b>. The reason why it has taken so long for another tale to appear is a story in and of itself.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/quick-reads/journey-of-the-magi-ebook-2020.html" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="417" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbiKeT_l5jGUEkpqVQBrrLbsyuuXPv9qFdQ4LhCquPVH_qKuzyCILoMV4iMhaJc7H9werpT-MQmodbs5P5KdmEZjR6xirBtFAgcQCRZSNoj2vsLVzVDB8DCvglssqYwcXMYCFScjOXiiU5i9ZS6e9yiYcnRUCe7fY0qD9jnfu92UIe0GzbQxRns8R94A/s320/Journey%20of%20the%20Magi%20eShort.png" width="209" /></a></div>Ten months bfore <b><i><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/series/necromunda/necromunda-uprising-ebook-2020.html">Paradise</a> </i></b>was published, my Warhammer 40,000 short story <b><i><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/quick-reads/journey-of-the-magi-ebook-2020.html">Journey of the Magi</a></i></b> appeared, and that was my first new Black Library story for <b><a href="https://jonathangreenauthor.blogspot.com/2014/06/short-story-saturday-sticks-and-stones.html">six years</a></b>. However, because of the leadtime for Black Library publications, I actually started pitching stories for Warhammer Age of Sigmar towards the end of 2019, and from a list of three, one was selected to go forward to full submission.<br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">To give you an idea of how stories can change, the title went from <b><i>Gloomtide </i></b>to <b><i>Scourgetide</i></b>, to <b><i>Black Tide</i></b>, until finally settling on <b><i><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/new-titles/featured/krakenbanes-curse-eshort-2023-eng.html">Krakenbane's Curse</a></i></b>, with the outline of the story changing slightly every time as well. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The story was commissioned in March 2020, just as Covid-19 hit. In no time at all, the UK was in lockdown and the vast majority of businesses went into a form of stasis, including Games Workshop. I submitted the first draft of <b><i><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/new-titles/featured/krakenbanes-curse-eshort-2023-eng.html">Krakenbane's Curse</a> </i></b>at the end of April 2020. And then I waited.</p><p style="text-align: left;">As a direct consequence of the Covid-19 lockdown, priorities changed at GW and Black Library, and I didn't receive feedback on my story until the start of September 2021. It went through three sets of revisions and was finally passed as finished at the start of December 2021. At the time I was told my story would appear in a <span color="inherit" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">forthcoming Age of Sigmar anthology. And then I waited.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span color="inherit" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">And here we are today, at the start of October 2023, with </span><i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/new-titles/featured/krakenbanes-curse-eshort-2023-eng.html">Krakenbane's Curse</a> </i>being the first title to be released as part of the <b><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/age-of-sigmar-2023-eshort-subscription-2023-eng.html">Warhammer Age of Sigmar eShorts Subscription</a></b>, which will be available until 8:00am BST on Monday 16th October 2023 (although the individual eShorts will remain available for individual purchase after that).</p><div style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">I'm please to see that one of the other releases this week is by me old mucker </span><span style="font-style: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/Home/Search-Results.html?showall=1">C L Werner</a></b></span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">, and has the intriguing title of </span><b><i>The Abominations of Kriik Weirdpaw</i></b><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/age-of-sigmar-2023-eshort-subscription-2023-eng.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="1000" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVYNICJ7tsDa2bmhdJYN180WJl91tHlOYLnomZ6wgmAT7pqK-SNcfK-KyXOEYutcSXllVNg4-ZUTD-tYXoOGyb6FOuI-_J9RzF_q5rMxWpdvwNDtkVIBgIqm9ZeCCldE0PUO7KceXYTA5ZiU5-85-FaI3PD_ureAiVZxqYITc2Dt9P5hmMwu2IRReDuw/w400-h100/BL-AoSSubscription-2023-09-30-CTB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0