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French cover for Leonardo and the Death Machine

Leonardo in France

Bob's novel 'Leonardo and the Death Machine' has been published in France by Pocket Jeunesse under the title 'Leonard et la Machine Infernale.'

Released in November 2009, it has an original cover incorporating Bernardo Bellotto's painting of the river Arno and the Ponte Vecchio.


Bob's Blog

On Bob's new blog you'll find lots about Mythgardia (and much else besides!): http://blogs.myspace.com/mythgardian


Mythgardia at last!

Mythgardia - a sneak preview At last MYTHGARDIA, Bob’s long awaited follow-up to Talisman, is available to buy. It’s a colourful and exciting game for 2-6 players, as well as being an exclusive collector’s item.

Originally scheduled to be published by Games Workshop some years back as the official follow up to Talisman, time slipped by and the rights to the game eventually reverted to the designer.

Now Bob has taken the exciting step of launching the game himself in a lavish full colour. The artwork is by Debby Harris, graphic design by Kirsty Nicol.

MYTHGARDIA is available exclusively from www.mythgardia.com and can be purchased securely through PayPal.

Play the game and make yourself a legend!

Talisman Reborn Again

4th Edition Cover

The Talisman torch has now been passed to Fantasy Flight Games who published their splendid 4th edition in December 2008. This has been followed by the Reaper expansion and in May 2009 we can look forward to a new version of the Talisman Dungeon expansion.

John Goodenough of Fantasy Flight Games has been in regular contact with Bob about this new version of Talisman.

Bob tried out one of his preview copies in a 7 player game on January 2nd 2009. Playing the Minstrel, he was first to reach the Crown of Command. Needless to say other players soon arrived to beat up on his and he didn’t win. Happy New Year!

Talisman on TV

Rajesh from Big Bang Theory playing Talisman Talisman has been a semi-regular feature of the excellent US comedy ‘The Big Bang Theory.’ What the comic geniuses of the show are doing bears little resemblance to how Talisman is actually played, but it is definitely a Talisman set they are playing with. Nice to see that it is the choice of geniuses.

The show is recommended for other reasons too, ie. it’s really clever and funny. UK viewers can catch it on Channel 4 and E4 (and watch out for Talisman).

Shakespeare in Italy

Italian Will CoverFollowing the success of their edition of Bob’s novel ‘Leonardo and the Death Machine’, Italian publishers Mondadori are publishing an edition of ‘Will Shakespeare and the Pirate’s Fire.’

It will be appearing in March 2009 under the title ‘William Shakespeare e la Mappa dell’Ignoto’.

Leonardo Lives

Cover of Leonardo and the Death MachineIn April, Harper Collins will be producing a special limited reprint of 'Leonardo and the Death Machine' as part of a promotion for Waterstones, provisionally entitled "Reading through the Ages"

Opportunity Knox

Knox Factor advert The reformation comedy 'The Knox Factor', co-written with Alan McFadzean and originally broadcast on Radio Scotland on St Andrews Day 2007, was repeated on May 16th 2008.