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DLC for "Life as a Lich"
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DLC for "Life as a Lich"

According to latest communication with CoG, the DLC for Life as a Lich should come out next month (Oct 2026?). This update to the game represents ~58,000 words of extra content to the game, including many bugfixes, improvements, extra side missions, and an expanded length of the main sequence of play (by +15%). It should be easier to talk/RO the NPCs (due to bugs they sometimes appeared distant), research new spells, explore new locations, and even have a pet demon cat!

v.1.2.0.

-If the rats ate them from your library, you can now learn Transmute Iron into Gold and Transmute Gold into Titanium from the Ossis Bibliotheca.

-Fighting clerics in battle will be far harder now, as they can crumble your minions into dust.

-Expanded length of main sequence of games by ~15%

-Added a guide to some of the game's main mechanics

-Added one more ending.

-For DLC: 3 new spells to summon demonic felines (level 1: cat, level 2: lynx, level 3: panther)

-For DLC: added 3rd level spell Transmute Titanium into Yellow Crystals.

-For DLC: added 3rd level spell Transmute Bones into Red Vials.

-For DLC: added 6 new spells to buff your minions in battle.

-For DLC: added the 1st level spell Open Doors

-For DLC: added new magic object that can be crafted: Key of Unsealing.

-For DLC: added entire new sequence of events and side missions, related to other gods.

-Bugfixes

v.1.1.5. 20th Feb 2026

-The Time Ring can now also be used in battles.

-There is now a second interaction with the little fire sprite in your study.

-For DLC: In the Ossis Bibliotheca you will now be able to find information about to craft a new item, the Medallion of Infernal Dissonance.

-For DLC: In the Ossis Bibliotheca you will now be able to find information about how to recharge the Time Ring.

-For CLD: In the Ossis Bibliotheca you can now talk to the Chief Librarian

-For DLC: added additional locations to explore in the far reaches of your underground cavern.

-For DLC: added possibility of taking ROs on a third date.

-Bugfixes

v.1.1.4. 11th Feb 2026

-Changed how the Time Ring Works, which now has a new mechanic attached to it to grant extra time in the game.

-Provided a clearer in-game indication of how to use the Reincarnation Ritual.

-Visiting the Queen of Bones or the Ossis Bibliotheca will now increase your body stat slightly, if you are body <90%.

-For DLC: The Ossis Bibliotheca now holds information on the various gods and some other demigods.

-For DLC: In the Ossis Bibliotheca you will now be able to find information about to craft a new item, the Medallion of Broken Prayers.

-Fixes to grammar and typos.

-Bugfixes.

v.1.1.3. 11th November 2025

-Continued work on DLC. Added one more "dungeon" (the possibility of exploring the volcano)

-Game length was extended by ~7%

-Added the possibility to show a timer in the game, so that readers have an approximate feeling of the time left in the game.

-Added the possibility of using some scrolls in battle.

-The Queen of Bones now warns that the clerics of Lythanthir have the power to turn and banish the unded.

-Extra dialogue options in some places.

-RO characters will now be more reactive, and express more nuanced greetings in some instances (either when they are in a relationship or not)

-Some ROs will now break their relationship with you, depending on their circumstances (either your actions or your faith).

-Bugfixes.

u/Adrao77 — 9 days ago

Youtube video on Archmage Press gamebook series

The Gamebooks Guide on youtube posted a video on the two gamebook series published by Archmage Press: https://youtu.be/o7v01krV5v8?is=75WxsW2hHPvWOnAG

I think it has not been posted in this reddit yet. The video contains information on Legendary Kingdoms by Oliver Hulmes and Sunfall by Michael J. Ward. I especially liked the interviews with the authors and the behind the scenes information.

Apparently Michael J. Ward is writing a gamebook series with an ongoing story spanning multiple books. He talked about it shortly. If I understood correctly, it will also contain tactical combat on a gridmap with nice artwork. He did not want to spoil anything about the story unfortunately.

u/JSpark123 — 10 days ago
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Fighting Fantasy: The Audio Odyssey goes live on BackerKit October 23

Back in early September we told you about Fighting Fantasy: The Audio Odyssey, our officially licensed audio adaptation of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. We hit some problems with the launch and chose to delay rather than rush it. The new date is October 23.

It's not an audiobook or a simple digital port. It's the gamebook rebuilt for your ears, an interactive audio adventure for iOS and Android where you make every choice, roll for every fight, and find your way to Zagor, if you survive.

  • Narration by Lewis Davies of the Oldhammer Fiction Podcast
  • 360-degree spatial sound design and an original score by GNOLL
  • Russ Nicholson's classic 1982 illustrations, shown in the app scene by scene
  • Made in partnership with Ian Livingstone and Marc Gascoigne

We're Sound Realms, a small Swedish team behind the revival of Steve Jackson's F.I.S.T., Lone Wolf: The Fortress of Death (with Holmgard Press) and Call of Cthulhu: Alone Against the Tide.

Follow the pre-launch page to get notified the moment we go live. Early backers make a huge difference in the first hours:

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/sound-realms/fighting-fantasy-the-audio-odyssey/pre-launch

I'm Oscar, the producer, and I'll be around for questions.

u/Far_Refrigerator_643 — 11 days ago