Written by Ryan Ballard

Choice of Games, a developer that focuses on interactive fiction (think “Choose Your personal Adventure, if you’re of sufficient age to remember those), has released another book. Called “The Hero of Kendrickstone”, players will make an effort to liberate a town from an evil wizard, while looking to “maybe, just maybe, make enough money to pay for your rent! “.

Players may have either physical combat, music, stealth, or speech to help travel through the perils in this particular book, in which the player’s decisions will impact the story. It’s over 240,000 words, and has no visuals or audio of any sort that is type of rare for any gamebook, which this essentially is.

For example, when a razorclaw (an animal how big a warhorse) attacks a close settlement of farmers, the farmers rush in to attack. What you will really do?

A) Charge along with my weapon too!
B) Attack from range.
C) Continue with the shadows and look for a way to strike a killing blow.
D) Hang back and blast the beast with magic.

There will also be some RPG elements inside the book, like deciding how to spend money (hotel or potions), or character interaction (strike out alone, or enlist a mentor, be loyal or a traitor). You also can pick the way your character progresses in the game in terms of skills, such as mastering diplomacy, stealth, or magic.

The Hero of Kendrickstone can be obtained off of Google Play for $2.99. If you like gamebooks, and don’t mind the possible lack of eyecandy, you may want to check this one out.

The Hero of Kendrickstone (Playboard) | The Hero of Kendrickstone (Play Store)