The Best Gamebook Series You’ve Never Played is Coming to Tabletop in ‘Lone Wolf – Adventures in Magnamund’
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.
Utilizes 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.
Lone Wolf – Adventures in Magnamund aims to add a ton of new content.
- Professions
- Playable kin
- Heroic abilities
- Secondary abilites
- Schools of Magic
- Kai disciplines
- Equipment
- Monsters
- Strengths and weaknesses
- Rules for inspiration and epiphanies
- and even more!
The Kickstarter campaign plans to publish two full source books, both aiming to 256 pages. The World book will add all the new gameplay features. And the Adventure book will offer a full campaign to play through, set in the world of Magnamund, the setting for the Lone Wolf series.
The campaign is currently running for the next couple weeks. If you’re looking for a wonderfully epic world to explore with tons of worldbuilding (there are dozens of books in the series), you really ought to check out Lone Wolf – Adventures in Magnamund.
