 In 1983, Bambra wrote "The Beginner’s Guide to Roleplaying Games" (with Paul Ruiz), published in "Imagine" magazine Issue 6 (Sept 1983), explaining what an RPG is and accompanied by a comic strip, "The Adventures of Nic Novice".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.