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Gamebook Friday: 'TWAS is a Silver Bestseller!

'TWAS - The Roleplaying Game Before Christmas is a Silver Bestseller on DriveThruRPG , and just in time for Christmas too.

Don't forget, there are numerous supplements for the RPG too, including The 'TWAS Advent-ure Calendar , which was new for Christmas 2022, and including news Scenes, creatures, and Player Characters for your games.

Check out the ACE Gamebooks Roleplay storefront to see everything else that's on offer at the moment.

And Merry Christmas!

God Yule!

Happy Winter Solstice, everybody! To celebrate the occasion, readers of this blog can download The 'TWAS Advent-ure Calendar for just $5 today, and 'TWAS - The Roleplaying Game Before Christmas for just $2! 

So what are you waiting for? Simply click on the images below to benefit from these crazy Christmas discounts!

Gamebook Friday: ACE Gamebooks Roleplay Update

I am busy finishing off Heorot: Roleplaying in the World of Beowulf Beastslayer at the moment, so today's news concerns roleplaying games that have spun off from the ACE Gamebooks series, in one way or another.

Available now in both PDF and print formats is The 'TWAS Advent-ure Calendar, containing brand new material for your games of the 'TWAS RPG. It includes 5 new Player Characters, 9 new Scenes, new Spells, and more. Check out the video below and follow this link to purchase your copy via DriveThruRPG.

ACE Gamebooks are based on out of copyright works of literature on the whole, but The Box of Delights: The Roleplaying Game is the first time I have licensed a work that is not yet out of copyright.

Having referenced The Box of Delights in 'TWAS - The Krampus Night Before Christmas , I originally wanted to adapt it to be a supplement for the  'TWAS RPG . but then I decided to turn it into its own, self-contained RPG instead.

The Kickstarter to fund production of the book will begin in January 2023, with The Box of Delights: The Roleplaying Game coming out in time for Christmas next year. Click this link to be notified of when the Kickstarter goes live.

Alicia: Pesadilla en el País de las Maravillas

Alicia: Pesadilla en el País de las Maravillas , the Spanish edition of the first ACE Gamebook , Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland , went live on the crowdfunding platform Verkami last night and not only did it fund in two hours, as of writing it has raised 230% of its funding goal and still has 39 days to run!

Congratulations to everyone at Celaeno Books who has been working on this for months in order to make it a success, and if you are a Spanish speaker, or you would just like to add to your ACE Gamebooks collection, you can check out the rewards for yourself here .
The Celaeno Books Team
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Warhammer Wednesday: The Dead and the Damned is 20 years old!

Unbelievably, my very first published novel, the Warhammer short story collection The Dead and the Damned, is 20 years old today! What's more, it is still available to buy from the Black Library as an eBook.

The Warhammer universe explodes with adventure and sudden violence as Badenov's Band, rogues and brigands all, take on all comers as they roam the Old World. Led by their raven-haired commander Torben Badenov, whose lust for glory is only surpassed by his ferocity in battle, the motley gang roams the wretched towns and haunted forests fighting until every last unholy creature they encounter joins the dead or the damned.

One of the best things* about The Dead and the Damned being published, apart from the fact that it was a proper novel**, was that Clint Langley produced the cover. Since 2002, I have written another 15 novels, many of which are also still available to buy as eBooks.




* One of the worst things was it was the first book of mine that was reviewed in SFX Magazine, and the reviewer gave it one star. That was a humbling experience.
** Although it wasn't. Not really.

Happy Krampusnacht!

Tonight is the night when Krampus the Christmas Devil stalks the world, searching for naughty children to beat with his birch broom before stuffing them into his basket and carrying them away to Hell.

Krampusnacht is rather like Halloween, in that it comes before a Christian celebration. In the case of Halloween it's All Souls' Day, and for Krampusnacht it's Saint Nicholas' Day.

So, to mark these 48 hours of Pagan Vs. Christian festivities, every ACE Gamebooks Roleplay product on DriveThruRPG is on sale at 30% off. In some cases, some products were already discounted so the new discount has taken them even lower. Not only that, but the new The 'TWAS Advent-ure Calendar is included in the sale. So if you've been considering picking it up, now would seem like the perfect time.

I'm off to watch the Krampus movie. Enjoy your Krampusnacht, whatever you're doing tonight.

Gamebook Friday: Dragonmeet 2022

ACE Gamebooks will be at  Dragonmeet at the Novotel Hammersmith, London, on Saturday 3rd December. You will find us at Stand 38 in the Upper Trade Hall (next to Sir Ian Livingstone's table).
Click to enlarge the floorplan.
Tony Hough will also be stopping by to sign copies of 'TWAS - The Roleplaying Game Before Christmas which will be on sale on the day, as will RONIN 47 .

Pinch, Punch

Today is 1st December which means that those people who have already grabbed The 'TWAS Advent-ure Calendar are finding out how to introduce the Tomte to their games of 'TWAS the RPG.

If you haven't got The 'TWAS Advent-ure Calendar yet, you can pick up the PDF here, and the print version will be available soon.

Gamebook Friday: Black Friday 2022

The ACE Gamebooks Roleplay Black Friday Sale is now on! Click this link to be taken to the DriveThruRPG page where you can pick up PDFs of the ACE Gamebooks and the 'TWAS RPG at 30% off!

Also available now via DriveThruRPG is The 'TWAS Advent-ure Calendar .

Everyone loves an Advent calendar, and now roleplayers have their own Advent-ureCalendar .

In this book you will find new material for your games of ’TWAS– The Roleplaying Game Before Christmas, for every day of December, up to and including the twenty-fifth. Hidden within are five new Player Characters, new Spells and magic items, new creatures, and nine new Scenes.

This material can be used however you see fit to enhance your games of ’TWAS, or to provide your Players with fresh challenges.

And while we're talking about Black Friday, for this week only you can pick up one of the few remaining copies of the 125th Anniversary Collector's Edition of Dracula - Curse of the Vampire at 20% off here. 

Dracula: Curse of the Vampire - Black Friday Sale 2022

For one week only, you can grab one of the last copies of the yellow Dracula: Curse of the Vampire 125th Anniversary Collector's Edition for just £100 in our ACE Gamebooks Black Friday Sale!

But hurry - stocks are severely limited!

Published to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the publication of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Limited to 50 individually numbered hardbacks.

Signed by veteran gamebook author Jonathan Green.

1,000 sections and over 178,000 words long.

Featuring 36 immaculate full-page black and white illustrations by German artist Hauke Kock.

Includes a bonus chapter about the origins of Bram Stoker's Dracula, with designer's notes and artist's sketchbook. 

Featuring a yellow cover and red text in homage to the original 1897 hardback publication of Dracula.

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