To be quite honest I have never heard of Blood Sword, this may be because I was far too young for them when they came out – or that my backwood, dead coalmining town didn’t have a book store. Either way, this is a new property to me, however, my “Choose Your Own Adventure” childhood-self would have played/read the shit out of the originals had I known they existed.
The new Blood Sword is not an interactive novel it is a full on RPG using 5e as it’s foundation and base. The quick start rules and character information can be found here.
Blood Sword, the legendary 1980s gamebook series by Dave Morris and Oliver Johnson, returns with a new Handbook based on the 5th Edition of the most popular RPG ever.
During its release, the title represented the first series of interactive novels that allowed you to play alone or in a group, inserting itself between the gamebook and the RPG, thus allowing its readers to immerse themselves in a fantasy and dark universe, soaked with lethal magic and populated by mighty sorcerers and frightening creatures.
That revolutionary work, enclosed in five volumes, met an overwhelming international success, thrilling entire generations of adventurers and remaining a best-seller even today, after numerous reprints.
Now it is time to give new life to the gloomy and glorious atmospheres that made this classic so famous with an adaptation in which you will rediscover the characters, weapons and dangers of the series, but also new classes, threats and unreleased plots!
For me there isn’t much else to report on it, it looks interesting, the production value seems very high and the prices aren’t too outrageous (the 79 Euro pledge rank is the best option in my opinion.
Take a look at the kickstarter campaign, there is only ten days left and they have nearly tripled their original goal.
