Lone Wolf Game Books back in print!

[darjr]

Lone Wolf

Your Adventure Begins Here

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[Undrave]

Nice! Too bad they missed lockdown, that would have probably be a good moment for them...

 

[darjr]

Press release from Mythic Marketing.

Press Release: Lone Wolf Gamebooks back after 30 years! — Mythic Marketing

Originally published to huge acclaim and popularity in 1984, with over 12 million copies sold, Joe Dever’s classic Lone Wolf gamebook series have been fan favourites ever since but not widely available. Author Joe Dever passed away from cancer in 2016. It was his final wish that his son, Ben, compl

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[dbm]

That are lovely - I have the first five so far:

The dust jackets have colours maps inside:

 

[Arakhor]

I've been buying the various hardbacks as they came out over the years, as well as the new releases of books 29-31. With the brand new versions, I now have Lone Wolf books from the 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s and now.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

That are lovely - I have the first five so far:

The dust jackets have colours maps inside:

As much as I have a nostalgic soft spot for the covers of the books when I first played them, those new covers are great!

 

[Arakhor]

I'm disappointed that the new editions don't have the bonus adventures from the collector's editions, but the covers are really nice. I don't know why they're not standard paperback size though, like the (hardback) collector's editions were.

 

[schneeland]

Not a big fan of the new covers (for me, they lack the gnarly appeal of the old ones), but good that more people get to play Lonewolf again. When I replayed the books (at least the first 12, which came out in German) a few years ago, I found them to hold up quite well for the most part.

 

[dbm]

Personally I think the old and the new both have their charms.

(ETA: my books are the hardback version, but the press release relates to them being in paperback now.)

 

[Arakhor]

Oh, do you have the US editions? Mine are UK editions I picked up in the mid 90s.