Gamebooks / Choose Your Own Adventure / Fighting Fantasy

Lone Wolf – Adventures in Magnamund is an upcoming TTRPG which will set players in the world of Magnamund. Beware the Helghast!

Growing up, I had a hard time finding people to play RPGs with. Fortunately, somewhere along the way, I discovered Choose Your Own Adventure books. However, they never fully scratched that RPG itch. But then, double fortunately, I discovered the Lone Wolf series of gamebooks.

The series began back in the 80s, but has made a major resurgence in the past couple. The Huntress series was released last year. It brought wildly inventive new mechanics to what I thought was possible with a gamebook. And now, all the original books are being reprinted into their Definitive Editions.

But, Lone Wolf is no longer simply just a gamebook series. Lone Wolf – Adventures in Magnamund is coming to tabletops with the Dragonbane system.

The Dragonbane system, from Free League, is dead simple to learn. It’s a d20 based system, where every skill is ranked from 1 to 18. Roll below your skill rank to succeed. Rolling a 1 is called ‘rolling a dragon’ and triggers powerful special effects!

Of course, there are a variety of Professions, 10 in the core book. There are your standard fantasy fare: Fighter, Mage, Hunter, and Thief, but also the more obtuse Artisan, Merchant, Mariner, and Scholar.