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Around 1991 I remember having a book that was a cross between Choose Your Own Adventure and D&D. It was about the same physical size, but it was a full (albeit
by shaftway 1y ago
Around 1991 I remember having a book that was a cross between Choose Your Own Adventure and D&D. It was about the same physical size, but it was a full (albeit small) D&D campaign. There was a character sheet at the back of the book you could copy, and then as you went through the game you would roll for yourself and for your foes, tracking hits and HP on your sheet until you won all the loot or you died.
I've tried looking for these, but I've always run up against a brick wall. There's a good chance it was a European thing (I was there that year, and can't remember if I brought it or acquired it).
Any chance the HN hive mind has heard of something like this?
- vanderZwan 1y agoCould it be Steve Jackson's Sorcery! perhaps? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson's_Sorcery https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson's_Sorcery!
- dontwannahearit 1y agoSteve Jackson and Ian livingstone Fighting Fantasy books, mentioned in the article. PDFs may be found online…
- rzzzt 1y agoA long list of the books in the series can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fighting_Fantasy_gamebooks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fighting_Fantasy_gameb... Some feature a branching storyline while in others the paragraphs are arranged in a 2D grid-like fashion and you can visit an earlier place multiple times. (One thing that has stuck with me is a bad ending in one of them, where you are captured and the last choice you make is whether you want to sit in a small cage or stand in a tall and narrow cage for the rest of your life. I mean come on)
- quuxplusone 1y agoThere were dozens of such series in the late '80s and early '90s. My first guess is the "Lone Wolf" series mentioned above (launched 1984). It has a grimdark flavor; if you remember creepy illustrations, I'd look there first. Other options on my bookshelf include "Fighting Fantasy" (including the famous "Creature of Havoc") — https://laurencetennant.com/bonds/creatureofhavoc.html https://laurencetennant.com/bonds/creatureofhavoc.html Or "Middle-Earth Quest" (1985-ish) — https://gamebooks.org/Series/270/Show https://gamebooks.org/Series/270/Show Or "SwordQuest" (1985) — https://gamebooks.org/Series/333/Show https://gamebooks.org/Series/333/Show Or "Fabled Lands" (1996) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabled_Lands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabled_Lands