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The Inquisition certainly deserves its brutal reputation, but would it look any different though the eyes of an Inquisitor himself? Adventure gamers can now find out for themselves with the release of The Inquisitor: Book 1 - The Plague.

Step aside, Laura. There's a new Bow in town. Her name is Fran, and a crowdfunding campaign has just been launched to help finance her self-titled debut adventure.

Leisure Suit Larry's unspoken motto has always been "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again." But even though he did succeed in spawning an incredibly popular series of classic comic Sierra adventures in the 1980s and '90s, he's still game to try again, bigger and better than ever in the newly-released Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards: Reloaded.

It's been nearly five years since players last encountered Dracula in a full-fledged adventure game, but time is meaningless to vampires, and the notorious Transylvanian Count has re-emerged today like he was never away in his fourth outing, Dracula 4: The Shadow of the Dragon.

It's been a good week for adventures on Kickstarter (bad week for wallets), and the list continues to grow with the launch of a crowdfunding game for the dark, dystopian tale Soul of Mystery.

If at first you don't succeed, try again with better people – or at least with bigger names. That seems to be the motto behind Gato Salvaje's second Kickstarter appeal after the first one fell short last summer. But they're impessive names at that, as the Spanish developer plans to bring aboard renowned comic book writer Greg Rucka and actress Ash Sroka, best known as the beloved Tali’Zorah from the Mass Effect RPG series.

If you fear the abundance of promising crowdfunding projects is going to bleed you dry, the nightmare continues with an Indiegogo campaign for Footprint Games' horror adventure The Apeiron Project.

So you still want to be a hero?  That's a good thing, because the world will soon need one in ANU Studio's We Need a Hero.

Crowdfunding may be the way of the future, but it's also a good way to connect with the past in games such as Zotnip's retro sci-fi adventure Bik.

There's no shortage of Kickstarter campaigns for adventures these days, but time's running out for Nightlight Interactive's supernatural puzzler Whispering Willows.

It's rare for adventures to adopt an isometric viewpoint, but VisionTrick Media's upcoming Pavilion looks set to challenge all sorts of perspectives when it's released later this year.

While adventure gamers revel in the genre resurgence brought about by crowdfunding, behind the scenes there have been troubling developments that serve as a stark reminder of how tenuous the industry can be in a niche market like ours. 

The flowers are blooming early this year, as an new episodic indie adventure series called Rose has just been announced for release next month.

If you're in the mood for a little festive holiday gaming this year, you don't need to wait for Santa to deliver it, as there are several new (and old) Christmas adventures to choose from right now.   Quiet Christmas

Lori and Corey Cole's Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption isn't the only high profile Kickstarter to finish soon, as the sun is setting on the campaign for Zojoi's "reimagined" Shadowgate campaign as well, along with indie developer Petter Ljungqvist's Indiegogo fundraising appeal for The Samaritan Paradox. Shadowgate