I would like to call everyone's attention to a particularly interesting Kickstarter Project which I have just been made aware of. Arcana Agency: The Thief of Memories is a new 549-paragraph gamebook designed by Megara Entertainment, written by Paul Gresty.
Now what makes Arcana Agency stand out from the crowd is that it will be a 200 page book in FULL COLOR! As a gamebook collector I can vouch for the fact that there are very few full color gamebooks on my bookshelf, and none of which are 200 pages of such. I've always love the extra touch that illustrations have added to gamebooks; especially by incorporating clues that aren't in the text into the images, which helps put the "game" in "gamebook". Not only that but it is going to be printed in hardcover! There are few gamebooks out there of such fine quality.
On Arcana Agency's Kickstarter page you can see images of the art that will be included in the book, and read more on just how wonderful it is. There you can read a sample of the rules, information about the creation of the book and more. Oh, and did I mention that the forward is written by the legendary gamebook guru Dave Morris?
I encourage everyone who has an interest in gamebooks to help pledge towards making this amazing book possible. Cheers!
The free short adventure they provide to introduce people to the Arcana Agency world is pretty good, too.
My name is Jake Care and I am a gamebook-lover. I am currently working on building my relationship with the gamebook community and writing my own short gamebook adventures.