I am at Fully Booked today, Saturday 15th April 2023, from 10:00am - 3:00pm, at Taunton Central Library. And best of all, entry is entirely FREE!
Today's big news is... I've written a Marvel: Multiverse Missions gamebook, as announced on the Aconyte Books website today. Here's the cover blurb.
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!
I was approached to write the third title in the Marvel: Multiverse Missions series last September, having previously supplied technical assistance on the first two books, You Are (Not) Deadpool and She-Hulk Goes to Murderworld.
I was delighted when I was offered multiple super heroes to choose from to be the focus. I subsequently wrote up three different proposals and the one which everyone liked the most, including Marvel, was Moon Knight: Age of Anubis. This makes it the second gamebook I've written inspired by the mythology of Ancient Egypt - the first, of course, was Curse of the Mummy.
The book will be released in the US on 5th September 2023 and in the UK on 23rd November 2023.
Spring is here and summer is on its way, which means that you can expect to see me at a number of events over the coming months.
First up, next month, is Fully Booked. Billed as 'A Book Festival in a Day!' it is taking place on Saturday 15th April 2023, from 10:00am - 3:00pm, at Taunton Central Library, in Taunton*, and entry is FREE!
Ideally this would have been posted on Warhammer Wednesday, but the news only dropped five hours ago (as of writing). If you've not seen the reveal from Games Workshop yet, the big new - HUGE news, in fact - is that the Lion has returned!
Ever since I crowdfunded the first ACE Gamebook, Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland, back in 2015, I have tried to offer backers on Kickstarter something extra. In the case of Alice, this was my first deck of themed playing cards (which, along with bespoke dice, went on to become a feature of the series), and the first themed All Rolled Up*.
The Wicked Wizard of Oz had bookmarks that allowed you to play as different characters, including two bonus characters - the Wicked Witch of the West and the Wizard himself.
NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters! had some rather cool extras, if I do say so myself. Not only was there a cloth map of Neverland, there was also a soundtrack album, of sorts.
I upped the ante with Beowulf Beastslayer, offering backers miniatures of Beowulf and Grendel, who have been joined by Grendel's Mother, since the Heorot RPG also funded on Kickstarter.
'TWAS - The Krampus Night Before Christmas offered backers the chance to purchase some Krampus Kards, rather than the traditional Christmas cards.
High level backers of the Dracula: Curse of the Vampire Kickstarter received their books in a wooden coffin, along with a stake pencil, wrapped in black tissue paper bearing the seal of the House of Dracula.
My most recent ACE Gamebooks Kickstarter, that funded production of RONIN 47, gave people the chance to buy some posters of Neil Googe's awesome artwork (coloured by Len O'Grady), as well as the usual art prints.
I'm still deliberating as to what the next ACE Gamebook will be, but rest assured that I will look for some unusual angle when it comes to what rewards I can offer to those people who support my crowdfunding projects.
* The last project to feature one of these was TWAS - The Krampus Night Before Christmas.
As regular readers of this blog will know, I am often encouraging people to check out my various crowdfunding campaigns to help get some cool projects off the ground. But today I want to let you know about two Kickstarters that are currently funding that will appeal to fans of ACE Gamebooks and ACE RPGs.
DestinyQuest: The Wrath of Ragnarok, by Michael J Ward
Book 2 in 'The Sands of Time' trilogy - an epic solo role-playing experience that takes gamebooks to the next level. To find out more, click this link.
The GM's Day* sale is now on until 14th March over on DriveThruRPG.
What this means for fans of ACE Gamebooks and ACE Gamebooks Roleplay is that you can get everything for 30% off. So head over to DriveThruRPG and fill the gaps in your collection today!
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* I don't know why it's a day, it's more like two weeks.
