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The history of gamebooks in 31 days

Rob Beschizza
Jul 24, 2025
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At the Gamebooks subreddit, duncan_chaos is reviewing the long and storied history of gamebooks in 31 days. Anyone familiar with the genre will surely know of Choose Your Own Adventure and Fighting Fantasy, but Lone Wolf and Way of the Tiger were serials with a consistent setting, tone and protagonist. Steve Jackson's Sorcery! surely stands the…

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