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3 | The ''Endless Quest'' books are three series of {{Gamebooks}} published by Creator/{{TSR}} between 1982 and 1996. The majority of the books were based on ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', while others were based on other Creator/{{TSR}} properties like ''TabletopGame/GammaWorld'' and ''TabletopGame/TopSecret'', or even licensed properties that TSR owned at the time like ''[[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Conan]]'' and ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}''. |
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5 | Mirrorstone, a division of Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast, began republishing the ''Endless Quest'' series in January 2008, updating the titles and making them gender-neutral. |
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7 | A related series of gamebooks, initially titled ''Super Endless Quest'' but later retitled ''Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Adventure Gamebooks'', was published from 1985 to 1988, adding a slightly more complex game system with stats and dice-rolling. A spinoff called ''Heart Quest'' tried to attract female readership by focusing on female adventurers finding romance on their quest. Another spinoff, lasting only four books, was ''Endless Quest: Crimson Crystal Adventures'', which was mostly the same system-wise as the main books, but came with a red plastic inlay that could be used to reveal secrets hidden in some of the illustrations to help make decisions. |
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9 | Consider also the ''Fantasy Forest'' books, thinner interactive books also by TSR but meant for younger readers. It even had a tie-in series based on the ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' TV series. |
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11 | [[index]] |
12 | [[AC:Series One]] |
13 | # ''Literature/DungeonOfDread'' |
14 | # ''Literature/MountainOfMirrors'' |
15 | # ''Literature/PillarsOfPentegarn'' |
16 | # ''Literature/ReturnToBrookmere'' |
17 | # ''Literature/RevoltOfTheDwarves'' |
18 | # ''Literature/RevengeOfTheRainbowDragons'' |
19 | # ''Literature/HeroOfWashingtonSquare'' |
20 | # ''Literature/VillainsOfVolturnus'' |
21 | # ''Literature/RobbersAndRobots'' |
22 | # ''Literature/CircusOfFear1983'' |
23 | # ''Literature/SpellOfTheWinterWizard'' |
24 | # ''Literature/LightOnQuestsMountain'' |
25 | # ''Literature/DragonOfDoom'' |
26 | # ''Literature/RaidOnNightmareCastle'' |
27 | # ''Literature/UnderDragonsWing'' |
28 | # ''Literature/TheDragonsRansom'' |
29 | # ''Literature/CaptivePlanet'' |
30 | # ''Literature/KingsQuest1984'' |
31 | # ''Literature/ConanTheUndaunted'' |
32 | # ''Literature/ConanAndTheProphecy'' |
33 | # ''Literature/DuelOfTheMasters'' |
34 | # ''Literature/TheEndlessCatacombs'' |
35 | # ''Literature/BladeOfTheYoungSamurai'' |
36 | # ''Literature/TroubleOnArtule'' |
37 | # ''Literature/ConanTheOutlaw'' |
38 | # ''Literature/TarzanAndTheWellOfSlaves'' |
39 | # ''Literature/LairOfTheLich'' |
40 | # ''Literature/MysteryOfTheAncients'' |
41 | # ''Literature/TowerOfDarkness'' |
42 | # ''Literature/TheFireseed'' |
43 | # ''Literature/TarzanAndTheTowerOfDiamonds'' |
44 | # ''Literature/PrisonerOfElderwood'' |
45 | # ''Literature/KnightOfIllusion'' |
46 | # ''Literature/ClawOfTheDragon'' |
47 | # ''Literature/VisionOfDoom'' |
48 | # ''Literature/SongOfTheDarkDruid'' |
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50 | [[AC:Crimson Crystal Adventures]] |
51 | # ''Literature/RiddleOfTheGriffon'' |
52 | # ''Literature/SearchForThePegasus'' |
53 | # ''Literature/RenegadesOfLuntar'' |
54 | # ''Literature/StopThatWitch'' |
55 | |
56 | [[AC:Series Two]] |
57 | # ''Literature/DungeonOfFear'' |
58 | # ''Literature/CastleOfTheUndead'' |
59 | # ''Literature/SecretOfTheDjinn'' |
60 | # ''Literature/TheSiegeOfTheTower'' |
61 | # ''Literature/AWildRide'' |
62 | # ''Literature/ForestOfDarkness'' |
63 | # ''Literature/AmericanKnights'' |
64 | # ''Literature/NightOfTheTiger'' |
65 | # ''Literature/GalacticChallenge'' |
66 | # ''Literature/BigbysCurse'' |
67 | # ''Literature/TheTwentyFourHourWar'' |
68 | # ''The Test'' (unpublished) |
69 | # ''Sands of Deception'' (unpublished) |
70 | |
71 | [[AC:Super Endless Quest/Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Adventure Gamebooks]] |
72 | # ''Literature/PrisonersOfPaxTharkas'' |
73 | # ''Literature/TheGhostTower'' |
74 | # ''Literature/EscapeFromCastleQuarras'' |
75 | # ''Literature/TheSoulforge'' |
76 | # ''Literature/TestOfTheNinja'' |
77 | # ''Literature/MasterOfRavenloft'' |
78 | # ''[[Literature/KingdomsOfSorcery Sceptre of Power]]'', Part 1 of the ''Kingdoms of Sorcery'' Trilogy |
79 | # ''Literature/NightmareRealmOfBabaYaga'' |
80 | # ''[[Literature/KingdomsOfSorcery The Sorcerer's Crown]]'', Part 2 of the ''Kingdoms of Sorcery'' Trilogy |
81 | # ''Literature/LordsOfDoom'' |
82 | # ''[[Literature/KingdomsOfSorcery Clash of the Sorcerers]]'', Part 3 of the ''Kingdoms of Sorcery'' Trilogy |
83 | # ''Literature/CurseOfTheWerewolf'' |
84 | # ''Literature/GatesOfDeath'' |
85 | # ''Literature/TrailSinister'' |
86 | # ''Literature/TheVanishingCity'' |
87 | # ''Literature/ShadowOverNordmaar'' |
88 | # ''Literature/SpawnOfDragonspear'' |
89 | # ''Literature/PrinceOfThieves'' |
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91 | [[AC:Heart Quest]] |
92 | # ''Literature/RingOfTheRubyDragon'' |
93 | # ''Literature/TalismanOfValdegarde'' |
94 | # ''Literature/SecretSorceress'' |
95 | # ''Literature/IsleOfIllusion'' |
96 | # ''Literature/MoonDragonSummer'' |
97 | # ''Literature/LadyOfTheWinds'' |
98 | [[/index]] |
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101 | !!Tropes found in this series: |
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103 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: In ''Revenge of the Rainbow Dragons'', if you choose to drink an unknown potion that promised to make you "strong", you get an ending where you are turned into a giant. |
104 | * BewitchedAmphibians: Zig-zagged in ''Dungeon of Dread'' due to the above trope... except the toad in question is large and fierce enough to hold its own. |
105 | * CircusOfFear: One of the books was actually called ''Circus of Fear'', featuring a circus run by bad guys and all the usual circus animals replaced with monsters from the D&D Bestiary. |
106 | * KidHero: In most of the books your character is a kid or teen, to tie into how these books are seemingly meant as an introduction aid for kids to the full games. |
107 | * ReviveKillsZombie: One of the endings of ''Lair of the Lich'' results from you casting ''raise dead'' on the lich from his own spell book, rendering him a powerless old man. Incidentally, this is not how the spell works in D&D, but hey, RuleOfFunny. |
108 | * ShapeShifterShowdown: One ending in ''King's Quest'' can become this, if the player hooked up with the wizard party member. |
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