Line #28 Literature/EndlessQuest


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/endless_quest_11.png]]
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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/CircusOfFear''
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''
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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)
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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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