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A new listing for werewolf roulette, by Polaris Storm

A new listing for Dungeons and eBooks: A D&D-themed Project Gutenberg Presentation, by Polaris Storm

MathBrush reviews The Gnomish Treasury: "Museum curation and artifact assembly in fantasy setting" May 19, 2026 "This game is the first parser game by Lamp Post Projects, whose other works that I played have been watercolor-illustrated fantasy..." - See full review

raresaturn reviews The Secret of Bastow Manor: "atmospheric" May 19, 2026 "The first adventure game I ever played, and the first c64 game I ever bought. Loads of creepy atmosphere and fun puzzles"

A new listing for Marginalia and Madness: A Writing Quiz, by Fabrikant

HereticMole reviews A Quiet Scurry: "Micro Night" May 19, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made. Love that opening passage, the stark truth of the first sentence, the proceeding..." - See full review

HereticMole reviews Join the Swarm: "The Swarm-That-Walks" May 19, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. Some edits were made. I played a previous Senica Thing anthology, Deep Dark Wood, when looking at past..." - See full review

HereticMole reviews Exchange: "Two perspectives, a promising start" May 19, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. This is a demo for a longer game in development. It takes place in the future but close-enough to our..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Our Lady of Thorns: "A canonical mystery" May 19, 2026 "The pantheon of great murder-mystery settings surely has a niche of honor set aside for the medieval monastery. Partially this is just..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Before the Snow Melts: "Waiting for the thaw" May 19, 2026 "I’ve mentioned before that my wife is a fan of the notionally-set-in-the-Regency-but-people-talk-about-closure romance Bridgerton, so..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Crier: "Dankest dungeon" May 19, 2026 "Sometimes you can tell a lot from a font, and the one visual novel Crier uses for its protagonist’s dialogue is a clear statement of..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by Tabitha, No One's Home May 18, 2026 11 items Games focused on the exploration of abandoned, after-hours, or otherwise uninhabited (whether permanently or temporarily) places. Currently only includes games I've played; will add more relevant ones as I...

A new listing for Late Summer by the Pond, by Peter Johnston

MathBrush reviews Big Deal, Oh!: "Illustrated wordplay game" May 18, 2026 "Andrew Schultz, renowned wordplay game writer, has recently been adding images to his games which I think has been a great improvement...." - See full review

A new listing for Monster II: Hurt People, by Sherbet

A new listing for Tale of Grond, by corgi213

A new listing for The End of the Horizon, by ericyopy

A new listing for Drops of Jupiter, by Shadowdrake27

A new listing for The Worldkeepers, by Techno Mage

Mike Russo reviews meminerimus: "In memoriam" May 18, 2026 "can’t fully decode the wordplay that gives rise to meminerimus’s title, but I think “minimum” or “minimus” has to be..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Latinorum: "amo amas amat" May 18, 2026 "Back in the mid-90s when Doom was all the rage, I was in high school and had dreams of video-game-writing glory, so one afternoon I..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Enigmart: "A smorgasbord of puzzles" May 18, 2026 "There are a lot of crimes to be laid at the door of postmodernism, from academic texts that use up three quarters of their word count..." - See full review

A new listing for Live Me Not, by Clayfinger

MathBrush reviews Adventure in the Crypt: "A systematic old-school parser game investigating a mysterious tomb" May 17, 2026 "Like several other games in this archaeology-themed competition, this has a mash-up of different cultures, with a Sherpa guiding us into..." - See full review

A new listing for Blood is Thicker Than Tea, by Orange

A new listing for OLD GODS, by Sadly Dead

A new listing for The Cat Must Be Fed, by Techno Mage

A new listing for Caracosa, by Petros

A new listing for Death By A Designer Handbag, by stories unwritten

A new listing for Wintertorn, by Fabrikant

A new listing for APEPROPHECY, by hetero malk

Jo the Plunderer reviews Wizard Confidential: "A quirky noir story that has potential but falls flat" May 17, 2026 "Play as a private detective suddenly forced to take over your mentor’s business when he suddenly goes missing. Solve crime, find your..." - See full review

jakomo reviews Open Sorcery: Sea++: "Enchantment under the sea" May 17, 2026 "A huge, puzzle-filled adventure through multiple domains of the "deep web" - a metaphysical aquatic/internet/innerspace ocean, as you try..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews Warden: a (bug)folk horror: "A worldbuilding-heavy game with some nice horror" May 17, 2026 "There are three other bug-related games I'll discuss here: Hollow Knight, its sequel Silksong, and the more obscure game called Bug..." - See full review

A new listing for Cold Signal, by J.Zwanzea

News on The Jackal Protocol: Looking for reviews and comments May 17, 2026 Hello there, I am looking for reviews and comments on both the game play and the interface. Thanks for your time and have fun :)

A new listing for The Jackal Protocol, by J.Zwanzea

Tiberius reviews Actual Workers: "Game not available" May 17, 2026 "This game isn't available."

MathBrush reviews Samurai of Hyuga Book 3: "Detective game followed by training montage" May 17, 2026 "I liked this game a lot more than the first two in the series. Those leaned heavily on anime tropes and picked some of ones I don't enjoy..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Universal Robot (Assembled By Hex): "Some assembly required" May 17, 2026 "There are few constants in this storm-tossed age, but it is nonetheless an iron law of IF that you will never have a bad time in an..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Cyclic Fruition Number One: "Loop the loop" May 17, 2026 "Literary hypertext is like a fractal miniature of the IF scene: compared to the larger world of video games, IF is a tiny, un-commercial..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The House: "Too much of a boy's club" May 17, 2026 "“The House is one of those games that lives or dies by vibes. While the setup calls to mind Maniac Mansion – you need to assemble a..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews Kisaragi Station: "Feels like AI writing" May 16, 2026 "The game caught my interest because it received a positive review and a few positive ratings on IFDB, but I couldn't enjoy it. The..." - See full review

Wynter reviews Kisaragi Station: "Silence is the most unnerving thing" May 16, 2026 "You're on a chat forum late at night, and another poster is on the train home ... except it should have reached its destination by now...." - See full review

dott. Piergiorgio reviews Legend of the Sword: "wasted 1980s pounds" May 16, 2026 "Was a very mediocre commercial UK game of 1980, back then, not worth the price tag. (later, if I found the time, I'll add bibliographical..." - See full review

A new listing for Road of Darkness, by Aster Fialla

Mike Russo reviews Strings: a (bug)folk song: "Entomological musicology" May 16, 2026 "I was halfway into Strings when I realized that there was a certain repetitiveness to its puzzle structure. In this substantially cozier..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews 23 Minutes: "Walking the walk" May 16, 2026 "My son was home from preschool for six straight days last week – a combination of the weekend, Easter holidays, and a bout of strep..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Coffee Cake Caper: "A matter of proof" May 16, 2026 "My wife is a fan of all things British, and I’m usually happy to go along for the ride, so when she started getting into TV adaptations..." - See full review

JohnD reviews The Plant: "Satisfying puzzles in a well-designed adventure" May 15, 2026 "The Plant begins with your boss's car breaking down in the middle of the night, miles from anywhere. Mr Teeterwaller, your boss, seems..." - See full review

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