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Lone Wolf Gamebooks

Magnamund

Fantasy (Sword & Sorcery) Fantasy (High Fantasy)

Action Table (table determines action outcomes) Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc) GM-less (No gamemaster needed to play) Reading (for Periodicals, Adventure Books, etc) Skill Based (buy or gain skills) Unusual Randomizer (not using dice or cards)

This influential British gamebook series, written by Joe Dever, started in 1984. Its main features are a richly detailed world (Magnamund) and the ability for the reader to continue their character from one book to another. It features the warrior-monk Silent Wolf aka Lone Wolf, sole survivor of an attack on his Order, and the key element to stopping the Darklords of Helgedad to engulf Magnamund.

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