So, something interesting dropped through my door the other day. It's a D&D-branded "Choose Your Own Adventure" style book called Endless Quest: Into the Jungle, and is apparently one of a series of four by Matt Forbeck.
I never had a Choose Your Own Adventure Book, though I was a big Fighting Fantasy fan back in the day. This book is pretty much the former format -- you read a page or two of narrative, then make a choice which page to turn to, and carry on reading. I'm sure you know the drill.
As you may have noticed, I don't really do reviews; but I am always happy to share cool things I see (to be honest, that's basically been my career for 20 years now).
These books are Dungeons & Dragons branded. There are four; I have Into the Jungle, but the others include Big Trouble, Escape into the Underdark, and To Catch A Thief. This one has a big badge on the front which says "YOU ARE THE CLERIC!", and a quick Google tells me that each book has a different class:
The series is called Endless Quest, and they're all set in the Forgotten Realms. The interior is glossy, and full of lavish colour illustrations; a step-up from those old CYOA books.
On my first attempt, I met a zombie T-Rex and then got catapulted by goblins in a giant net and died. Sucks to be me, I guess.
This is where I died.
These are aimed at kids aged 8-12, and there will be hardcover editions also, according to the letter accompanying the book. They look like a good gateway product into tabletop roleplaying.
Check back on EN World on Friday for our day-release review of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, and our in-depth follow-up a week later.
I never had a Choose Your Own Adventure Book, though I was a big Fighting Fantasy fan back in the day. This book is pretty much the former format -- you read a page or two of narrative, then make a choice which page to turn to, and carry on reading. I'm sure you know the drill.
As you may have noticed, I don't really do reviews; but I am always happy to share cool things I see (to be honest, that's basically been my career for 20 years now).
These books are Dungeons & Dragons branded. There are four; I have Into the Jungle, but the others include Big Trouble, Escape into the Underdark, and To Catch A Thief. This one has a big badge on the front which says "YOU ARE THE CLERIC!", and a quick Google tells me that each book has a different class:
The series is called Endless Quest, and they're all set in the Forgotten Realms. The interior is glossy, and full of lavish colour illustrations; a step-up from those old CYOA books.
On my first attempt, I met a zombie T-Rex and then got catapulted by goblins in a giant net and died. Sucks to be me, I guess.
This is where I died.
These are aimed at kids aged 8-12, and there will be hardcover editions also, according to the letter accompanying the book. They look like a good gateway product into tabletop roleplaying.
Check back on EN World on Friday for our day-release review of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, and our in-depth follow-up a week later.
- while it's important not too be overly graphic, kids series that don't talk down to the kids, and present them with real-life consequences like death for reckless actions, are far more engaging and popular to kids. If the consequences for actions are too sanitized, kids will usually reject it pretty quickly.
