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All Updates | Site News | RSS FeedA new competition page: Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2026 created May 1, 2026
Games
Add a game listingSmuggler, by Frank Fridd Creative Adventure Toolkit |
Great-Great-Grandfather's Gold, by Frank Fridd Creative Adventure Toolkit |
Sound of HIM, by Frank Fridd BASIC |
Colditz Escape, by Frank Fridd BASIC |
The Pattern Beneath, by Relei Quest |
The Abbey of the Hidden Rose, by catventure ThinBASIC Adventure Builder |
Reviews
Jo the Plunderer reviews Posthuman: Guardians vs PSION: "A quick, energetic superhero story that lacks focus"   |
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IFDB Recommends
| Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon... |
| Eat Me, by Chandler Groover In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts. |
| Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin Marooned in an alien, airless wasteland -- your starship fractured -- your crewmates missing. Can an apprentice alchemist learn how to... |
| Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky "Join the Patrol, and see the Galaxy!" You took the poster's advice, bait and all, and marched right over to the recruitment station near... |
| Disco Elysium - The Final Cut, by ZA/UM Disco Elysium is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to... |
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