I’m a bit late on this one, but those of you who enjoy Choose Your Own Adventure / RPG hybrids will be pleased to hear that there’s a new one out, released just last month: namely, Sabres of Infinity. Written by Paul Wang, Sabres of Infinity is a Hosted Game using the Choice of Games […]

The latest from Choice of Games, SLAMMED! is a professional wrestling themed title. Written by Paolo Chikiamco, SLAMMED! reportedly weighs in at 250,000 words. The premise: You’ve always dreamed of becoming pro wrestling’s biggest star…but a wrestler’s world is fraught with hardship and betrayal, in and out of the ring. Become a powerhouse, a technician, […]

Matt Schneck of the unfortunately named indie studio “Little Killerz” writes in to tell me that Tales of Illyria was released for Android devices in mid-June. The plot premise is akin to something that I’d expect in a spy thriller, albeit in a medieval fantasy setting: the Emperor of your country has had you framed […]

Here’s another one for the “I thought I posted about this already, but apparently not” files. Knights of Pen and Paper is a mobile title by Brazilian developers Behold Studios that was released back in October 2012. Knights of Pen and Paper is designed to make you feel like you’re playing a pen-and-paper RPG. (In […]

A bit of browsing around the Android app store reveals the existence of Mighty Dungeons, a “fan-made dungeon crawler crossover between old-school boardgames like Heroquest, Warhammer Quests and good oldies like Diablo I and DungeonMaster.” Created by Laylio Games, Mighty Dungeons has been out since at least February, but hey–it’s new to me! I haven’t […]

Man; you turn your back for a few months, and BOOM: Mangobile releases another Kingturn game! For those who don’t know, Kingturn is a strategy RPG series for mobile devices (for more background, see this and this.) The premise of this newest one, Kingturn Underworld RPG, is decidedly Disgaea-ish: Juliet, necromancer and daughter of Overlord Xanthus, […]

Káwa Project writes in to announce the release of Aidinia, An Epic Adventure, an Android jRPG. The premise: The once peaceful kingdom of Irisa has fallen into chaos, for the evil emperor Hiryuu has stolen the magical pendant that since ancient times protected the land! The king, desperate, has called upon his last hope… YOU! […]

Oh dear. Pocket Tactics reports on the release of Dark Quest, a turn-based fantasy dungeon crawler for Android, iPhone and iPad by Brain Seal Ltd. The premise: An evil sorcerer has appeared in the lands, he has built a dungeon in the nearby village of faladir, where his minions use it as a base to […]

Hosted Games, the not-Choice-of-Games-but-owned-by-the-same-people company that distributes user-made games created with the Choice of Games engine, has written in to let me know about a new release in that vein called Life of a Wizard. Created by Mike Walter, Life of a Wizard is an RPG / Choose Your Own Adventure hybrid with variable stats […]

In the course of my investigations into new(ish) indie RPGs I haven’t learned of yet, I’ve discovered Battleheart, a real-time squad-based RPG by Mika Mobile. This was released back in 2011, but hey: it’s new to me. In keeping with the recent trend, there’s not much of a plot to speak of–or if there is, […]