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book ofgames , especially one with aninteractive story which unfolds as the reader makes decisions and follows links between numbered pages.
Etymologies
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Examples
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But as for this as a gamebook, which is probably what others would be curious about, I have to say it's an odd book.
gordsellar.com gordsellar 2010
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Of late I’ve been exploring and trying to fetter out online what in 80s parlance would be called a gamebook: a novel with choose-your-own-adventure CYOA plot branching but also with more of an RPG element as well–usually with a character with attributes and chanced to impact the story through combat and chance.
The Gamebook/the Interactive Novel: Fables of the Construction | Goblin Mercantile Exchange 2009
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Of late I’ve been exploring and trying to fetter out online what in 80s parlance would be called a gamebook: a novel with choose-your-own-adventure CYOA plot branching but also with more of an RPG element as well–usually with a character with attributes and chanced to impact the story through combat and chance.
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And you can see scans of the other images from the gamebook on the Dave McKean Collector site.
Stainless Steel Art (23) « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009
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Originally published in 1984, this book stylistically is a “choose your own adventure” sort of gamebook that would see reprints, sequels, and adaptations into full-blown D20 roleplaying adventures and a video game.
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You Can Be the Stainless Steel Rat is an ‘interactive gamebook’ in the choose-your-own-adventure format, i.e. the reader reads a paragraph and is then presented with a choice, turning to the next numbered paragraph according to their choice.
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I felt like the second edition overcomplicated things and decided the book should read more like a dictionary than a gamebook.
The Past Of Modern d20 Gaming – And The Future? « Geek Related 2010
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You Can Be the Stainless Steel Rat is an ‘interactive gamebook’ in the choose-your-own-adventure format, i.e. the reader reads a paragraph and is then presented with a choice, turning to the next numbered paragraph according to their choice.
Stainless Steel Art (23) « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009
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And you can see scans of the other images from the gamebook on the Dave McKean Collector site.
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I just looked back at the gamebook from the Redskins 'last playoff win, the 2005 game in Tampa Bay.
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