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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Kindle Text Adventure Books Half Price Sale

Amazon is having a half-price sale on the text adventure games/books available for Kindle. There are currently eight in all, with sale prices ranging from 99 cents to $2.99. I've already told you about the discount price on Inheritance ($0.99), by Gang of Penguins, during the roundup post of a couple of days ago, so I'll skip the description on it and add the rest of them, below. I've already added one that I have been waiting on a sale price for and will probably add the one other that is missing from my library.

Affairs of the Court ($0.99), by Choice of Games

Book Description
Affairs of the Court is an interactive romance novel where you control the main character. In each chapter, you choose how the story proceeds, unlocking different endings.

Play the role of a young noble who comes to court in search of love and power, and catches the sovereign's eye. Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations. Match wits with the schemers of the court, or play your suitors off each other.

This omnibus edition for Kindle contains both Choice of Romance and its sequel, Choice of Intrigues. The mobile app review website AppSafari called Romance "... a wonderfully fascinating and addictive experience that will leave you playing it over and over again."

If you like gamebooks, you'll love Affairs of the Court. Its unique approach to interactive fiction allows larger, deeper, and richer stories than traditional gamebooks. Will you find true love? Gain a crown? Lose your head? The choice is yours.

Note: May not be appropriate for children.


Choice of the Dragon ($0.99), by Choice of Games

Book Description
Choice of the Dragon is a text-based adventure where your choices control the story. On most pages, you'll get to choose between a set of options, deciding which action your dragon will take next. Choose between Brutality or Finesse, Cunning or Honor, Disdain or Vigilance. Or just try to gather as much wealth as you can!

If you love gamebooks, you'll love Choice of the Dragon. Its unique approach to interactive fiction allows larger, deeper and richer stories than traditional gamebooks. Will you discover all of the hidden endings?

Dominate the local kingdom, loot and pillage, and inspire terror in the hearts of your enemies!

Please note: Choice of the Dragon contains content that may be inappropriate for children.


Choice of Broadsides ($0.99), by Choice of Games

Book Description
Choice of Broadsides is a text-based adventure where your choices control the story. On most pages, you'll choose between a set of options, determining which action you will take next as a young and promising naval officer.

If you like gamebooks, you'll love Choice of Broadsides. Its unique approach to interactive fiction allows larger, deeper, and richer stories than traditional gamebooks. Will you discover all of the hidden endings? Will you become an admiral, or will you be court-martialed? When on shore, will you marry for love or for career advantage, or will you leave aside romance and spend your time gambling and dueling? The choice is up to you.

The sails have been hoisted and the guns run out as the enemy ship approaches. Your country is counting on you!


Choice of the Vampire ($1.49), by Choice of Games

Book Description
Choice of the Vampire is a text-based game where your choices control the story.

Play as a newly created vampire, struggling to survive your first nights of immortality. Begin your two-hundred-year journey as a vampire in New Orleans of 1815, and choose whether to seek love, power, or redemption as you negotiate the growing pains of the young Republic.

Throughout the game you'll choose between a set of options which decide the action your vampire will take next. Will you embroil yourself in the intrigues of elder vampires? Can an undead creature find true love? How will you balance your waning humanity against your thirst for blood?

If you love gamebooks, you'll love Choice of the Vampire. Its unique approach to interactive fiction allows larger, deeper, and richer stories than traditional gamebooks. Will you discover all of the hidden endings?

Please note: Choice of the Vampire contains content that may be inappropriate for children.


The Warlock of Firetop Mountain ($1.99), by Worldweaver

Book Description
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain brings the popular game book series Fighting Fantasy by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone to Kindle devices.

Deep in the caverns beneath Firetop Mountain lies an untold wealth of treasure, guarded by a powerful Warlock - or so the rumour goes. Many adventurers have set off in search of the Warlock's hoard. None has ever returned. Do you dare follow them?

Enjoy this heroic solo adventure with classic role-playing and combat features. As you play you choose different paths to explore Firetop Mountain. Each room or cave brings choices, ensuring hours of entertainment as you play or replay the story. A convenient in-game map tracks places you have visited and monsters or items encountered. Intuitive dice-based combat and game mechanics simulate the pen-and-paper experience.

You are the hero! You decide which route to take, which dangers to risk and which creatures to fight. But be warned - it will also be you who has to live or die by the consequences of your actions.


The Citadel of Chaos ($1.99), by Worldweaver

Book Description
Discounted to $1.99 for a limited time (ends July 25)

The Citadel of Chaos brings the next installment of the popular game book series Fighting Fantasy by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone to Kindle.

A game book is an interactive story. As you read you will make decisions as to which way to go, what to say to other characters, and what to do with items you might find. As a result of your choices you may cleverly solve problems, or even be drawn into battle. Battles are fought by rolling dice and comparing your skill results with those of your foe.

Inside the Citadel of Chaos the dread sorcerer, Balthus Dire, plots the downfall of the good folk of the Vale of Willow. His battle plans are laid, his army equipped, and attack is imminent. As an aspiring wizard, you undertake a mission to strike at the heart of Balthus.

Winning your battles may grant you valuable prizes to help on your quest, but failure... well, the skeletons on the floor have to come from somewhere! A convenient in-game map tracks places you have visited, items, or monsters encountered.

You are the hero! You decide which route to take, which dangers to risk, and which creatures to fight. But be warned - it will also be you who has to live or die by the consequences of your actions.


Dusk World ($2.99), by Amazon Digital Svcs.

Book Description
Dusk World is an interactive fiction game for Kindle devices that combines interactivity with a graphic novel. The story takes place in Dusk City and combines crime, mystery, superhero and classic noir elements to create a vivid landscape full of colorful characters for you to interact with.

As Agent Patriot - super-powered chameleon, reformed mob enforcer, war hero, convict framed for double murder - you must explore the gritty underworld of Dusk City in an effort to clear your name and find out who set you up. You must find the right path through the game in order to save Dusk City, the world, and yourself.

Experience and enjoy the captivating escapades of Agent Patriot firsthand in this thrilling initial installment of the Living Tales series.

Please note: Dusk World contains content that may be inappropriate for children.