Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebooks
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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebooks is a series of 18 gamebook
s published from 1985 to 1988. The series was initially titled Super Endless Quest as the books added a more complex game system to stories which otherwise share the same style with the Endless Quest
books. On the third book the series was called Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Super Endless Quest and the series title became Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebooks from the fourth book onwards.
Gamebook
A gamebook is a work of fiction that allows the reader to participate in the story by making effective choices. The narrative branches along various paths through the use of numbered paragraphs or pages...
s published from 1985 to 1988. The series was initially titled Super Endless Quest as the books added a more complex game system to stories which otherwise share the same style with the Endless Quest
Endless Quest
The Endless Quest books were two series of gamebooks released by TSR. These books were the result of an Educational department established by TSR to develop curriculum programs for reading, math, history, and problem solving....
books. On the third book the series was called Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Super Endless Quest and the series title became Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebooks from the fourth book onwards.
Books in the series
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# | Title | Setting | Author | Published | Cover by | Interior Art by | ISBN |
1 | Prisoners of Pax Tharkas | Dragonlance Dragonlance Dragonlance is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of popular fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived Dragonlance while driving in their car on the way to TSR for a job application... |
Morris Simon | February, 1985 | Keith Parkinson Keith Parkinson Keith Parkinson was an American fantasy artist and illustrator known for book cover and game artwork for games such as EverQuest, Guardians, Magic: The Gathering and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes.-Early life:... |
Mark Nelson | ISBN 0-88038-209-0 |
2 | The Ghost Tower Ghost Tower of Inverness The Ghost Tower of Inverness is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting. The module's title refers to an ancient magical tower located in the southern Abbor-Alz Hills... |
Greyhawk Greyhawk Greyhawk, also known as the World of Greyhawk, is a fictional world designed as a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game... |
Jean Blashfield | May, 1985 | Keith Parkinson | Larry Day | ISBN 0-88038-215-5 |
3 | Escape from Castle Quarras | Generic D&D Dungeons & Dragons Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997... |
Douglas Niles Douglas Niles Douglas Niles is a fantasy author and game designer. Niles was one of the creators of the Dragonlance world and the author of the first three Forgotten Realms novels, and the Top Secret S/I espionage role-playing game.-Early life:Niles was born in Brookfield, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, and... |
June, 1985 | Jeff Easley Jeff Easley Jeff Easley is an oil painter who creates fantasy artwork in the tradition of Frank Frazetta.-Early life:... |
Mark Nelson | ISBN 0-88038-252-X |
4 | The Soulforge | Dragonlance | Terry Phillips | September, 1985 | Keith Parkinson | Mark Nelson | ISBN 0-88038-254-6 |
5 | Test of the Ninja | 13th Century Japan Kamakura period The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo.... |
Curtis Smith | November, 1985 | Clyde Caldwell Clyde Caldwell Clyde Caldwell is an American artist. Self described as a fantasy illustrator, he is best known for his portrayals of strong, sexy female characters.-Early life:... |
Gary Williams | ISBN 0-88038-260-0 |
6 | Master of Ravenloft | AD&D Ravenloft Ravenloft Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. It is an alternate time-space existence known as a pocket dimension called the Demiplane of Dread, which consists of a collection of land pieces called domains brought together by a mysterious force known only as "The Dark... |
Jean Blashfield | January, 1986 | Clyde Caldwell | Gary Williams | ISBN 0-88038-261-9 |
7 | Sceptre of Power | Generic D&D | Morris Simon | March, 1986 | Keith Parkinson | George Barr | ISBN 0-88038-285-6 |
8 | Nightmare Realm of Baba Yaga | Generic D&D | Roger E. Moore Roger E. Moore Roger E. Moore is a designer of role-playing games. He is best known for his long-running tenure as editor of Dragon magazine, and was the founding editor of Dungeon magazine.-Early life:... |
May, 1986 | Jeff Easley | Mark Nelson | ISBN 0-88038-286-4 |
9 | The Sorcerer's Crown | Generic D&D | Morris Simon | July, 1986 | Clyde Caldwell | George Barr | ISBN 0-88038-308-9 |
10 | Lords of Doom | Dragonlance | Douglas Niles | September, 1986 | Larry Elmore Larry Elmore Larry Elmore is an American fantasy artist whose work includes creating illustrations for video games, comics, magazines and fantasy books. His list of work includes illustrations for Dungeons & Dragons, Dragonlance, and the comic strip series SnarfQuest... |
Diana Magnuson | ISBN 0-88038-309-7 |
11 | Clash of the Sorcerers | Generic D&D | Morris Simon | November, 1986 | Keith Parkinson | George Barr | ISBN 0-88038-310-0 |
12 | Curse of the Werewolf | Generic D&D | Chris Martindale | February, 1987 | Tim Hildebrandt The Brothers Hildebrandt The Brothers Hildebrandt are American twin brothers who collaboratively worked as fantasy and science fiction artists. They produced illustrations for comic books, movie posters, children's books, posters, novels, calendars, advertisements, and trading cards... |
Stephen (Steve) Fabian | ISBN 0-88038-432-8 |
13 | Gates of Death | Generic D&D | Terry Phillips | May, 1987 | Carl Lundgren | Jan Duursema | ISBN 0-88038-433-6 |
14 | Trail Sinister | Generic D&D | James Brumbaugh | August, 1987 | Jeff Easley | George Barr | ISBN 0-88038-453-0 |
15 | The Vanishing City | Generic D&D | Allen Varney | November, 1987 | Clyde Caldwell | Doug Chaffee | ISBN 0-88038-434-4 |
16 | Shadow over Nordmaar | Dragonlance | Dezra Despain | February, 1988 | Clyde Caldwell | Mark Nelson | ISBN 0-88038-541-3 |
17 | Spawn of Dragonspear | Forgotten Realms Forgotten Realms The Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories... |
Steve Perrin Steve Perrin Stephen Herbert Perrin, born January 22 1946 and simply known as Steve Perrin, is a game designer and technical writer/editor.Perrin is probably best known for creating the role-playing game RuneQuest for Chaosium... |
May, 1988 | Keith Parkinson | Douglas Ball | ISBN 0-88038-570-7 |
18 | Prince of Thieves | Generic D&D | Chris Martindale | August, 1988 | Jeff Easley | Chris Miller | ISBN 0-88038-596-0 |