Artist and card schemer Tim Brown and the team behind the Terror Trumps card game are running a Kickstarter for a new Gamebook magazine, Talamander. The new magazine features a cover and pullout poster by Nerdgore, one of the artists who helped make the Lone Wolf books by Joe Dever so memorable.
Featuring an all-new game, conceived and written by Tim, who also provides interior illustrations, Talamander is brought to you with consulting editorial advice from top-selling author Rik Hoskin, designed by Julie Chamberlain, and playtested by Adam Frankfort.
“This is my love letter to classic gamebooks,” says Tim of the project. “Fighting Fantasy green spines, Steve Jackson’s Sorcery, Grailquest and The Way of the Tiger. That’s where it all started for me, back in the 1980s.
“I’ve always loved gamebooks and I’ve always wanted to write one, but the years ticked by and I never quite got around to it. Instead, I published many fantasy small press comics and, of course, the Terror and Fantasy trumps, with Rik and Chatri Ahpornsiri.
“It was the Fantasy Trumps set that really convinced me to go for it,” he continues. “I’ve had ideas for an ongoing gamebook series for such a long time and I finally realised if I wanted to do it, I should just do it!”
The 60-plus page Talamander Issue One, which has already hit its target with ease, is an ongoing fantasy gamebook magazine, with a cover by Nerdgore, where you are the hero, fully illustrated throughout by Tim,
“The magazine has been written, illustrated, designed and promotional copies printed,” says Tim. “We’re ready to go!”
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• Check out the Talamander Kickstarter here
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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