Adenture books

[dawnfletch]

Hi was wondering if anyone could help me please.
I cant remeber who wrote them or what they was called,
they was adventure books when you read to end of a chapter you had to pick what you wanted to do next,it told you what page to go to what ever you picked.
I read them as a child in the 80s.id love to buy them & read them again.

Thanks for your help
Dawn

 

[sparkchaser]

The Choose Your Own Adventure series is what I think you are talking about. I swear there were like 100 of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choose_Your_Own_Adventure

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Choose_Your_Own_Adventure_books

I also remember reading the Zork books which were very similar.

 

[dawnfletch]

Thanks so much for that ive wrote it down & now im going to see where i can buy them from lol

 

[sparkchaser]

There is a lot of 31 of them on eBay for $28. Auction ends in 15 min.

http://cgi.ebay.com/31-CHOOSE-YOUR-...goryZ279QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[dawnfletch]

pity i dont live in the usa lol
in uk theres only 2 on ebay ill just have to keep looking
thanks for all your help

 

[dominicgaj]

To Dawnfletch:

One step along from Choose Your Own Adventure was Fighting Fantasy and Lone Wolf. This added a further element to making choices: Rolling dice. This was part of a game system that included a sheet to record happenings in your adventure. This would have a direct flow-on effect as to how the adventure ended (success or failure).

I also read Choose Your Own Adventure and, futhermore, Fighting Fantasy as a child. I write books of this genre nowadays ("Gamebook genre").

Jasan

 

[anonymous357]

I've seen those at the library! They are so cool!

 

[dominicgaj]

I've seen those at the library! They are so cool!

What's your favourite one Anonymous357? (or favourite ones if there too many to single one out?)

 

[giddieon]

I enjoyed the fighting fantasies a lot... they were a step up from choose you own adventure books and was kool with all the neat creatures in it...

 

[dominicgaj]

I enjoyed the fighting fantasies a lot... they were a step up from choose you own adventure books and was kool with all the neat creatures in it...

Hi Giddieon,

Did you have a particular favourite Fighting Fantasy book that stood out from the others? I always thought Creature of Havoc was a text that was written very well with the successful usage of new ideas, as far as gamebooks were concerned.

 

[giddieon]

Hi Giddieon,

Did you have a particular favourite Fighting Fantasy book that stood out from the others? I always thought Creature of Havoc was a text that was written very well with the successful usage of new ideas, as far as gamebooks were concerned.

For sure i is Armies of Death... I loved that book...
They are great books and got me interested in reading when I was younger..

 

[dominicgaj]

For sure i is Armies of Death... I loved that book...

I've picked that one up in my local library a few times and put it down again every time. I'll have a closer look through it next time