 He was a reviewer and writer for Imagine magazine 1983-1985, and reviewer for "White Dwarf" and "Dragon" magazines during the late 1980s and early 1990s.In 1989, Bambra co-wrote the Fighting Fantasy gamebook Dead of Night for Puffins, a Penguin inprint, with Stephen Hand.During the 1990s he was Head of Design at MicroProse, where he worked on projects including "Fields of Glory", "Grand Prix", "Special Forces", various X-COM products, and "Gunship".