Lone Wolf Multiplayer Game Book.pdf

Multiplayer Game Book

Matthew Sprange

& Joe Dever

Matthew Sprange

& Joe Dever

Multiplayer Game Book

Written by Matthew Sprange & Joe Dever

Additional Text by Darren Pearce

Edited by Charlotte Law

Layout & Graphic Design by Will Chapman

Interior Illustrations by Rich Longmore

Cover Illustration by Alberto dal Lago

Proofreading by Nick Robinson

A Mongoose Publishing Book

Published by Mongoose Publishing Limited

52-54 Cricklade Road, Swindon, SN2 8AF

With thanks to Jonathan Blake and all at Project Aon.

' Lone Wolf ' is a registered trade mark owned by Joe Dever.

This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not,

by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or

otherwise circulated without the publisher ' s prior consent

in any form of binding or cover other than that which it

is published and without a similar condition including this

condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

Printed and bound in the USA by Mongoose Publishing.

ISBN 978-1-905850-77-8

Written by Matthew Sprange & Joe Dever

Contents

Introduction

Creating a Character

Defeating the Enemies

Kai Training

Adventuring

Tactics and Strategies

Being the Gamesmaster

Monsters and Adversaries

The History of Magnamund

The Lastlands

The Merchants Task

Chapter One :

Introduction

Welcome to Lone Wolf, a Multiplayer Fantasy Gamebook. If you have

enjoyed the previous Lone Wolf gamebooks, you will ﬁ nd this one to be

a little different.

In the other Lone Wolf gamebooks you read through the story, making

decisions as you go to guide your character through dangers and

adversities. This Gamebook instead shows you how to create your own

stories and play them out with your friends.

You will not have a single Kai lord battling against the evil plans of the

Darklords but a whole group of heroes. You will not be constrained by

options offered to you on each page; instead you’ll be free to take any

action you wish at any time, although you will also have to live with the

consequences if you should do something foolish!

Think of a Multiplayer Fantasy Gamebook as being your chance to create and

star in your own ﬁ lm.

Remember the Lord of the Rings? If that was a Multiplayer Fantasy

Gamebook, you might well have been playing the part of one of the

hobbits. For instance, if you were playing Frodo, then your friends might

have been taking the parts of Sam, Merry and Pippin.

However, instead of simply reading lines from a script, you would be

free to decide what Frodo does and what he says. Another player, the

Games Master, acts as the narrator or director, describing what you and

your friends see and hear – it is then up to you to decide what to do.

You describe your actions and the Games Master will then tell you what

happens as a consequence.

You may also hear this kind of game being described as roleplaying and

that is literally what it is – playing the role of a character in a story.

How to Play

If you have played the other Lone Wolf gamebooks, you already know

much of what you need to know. If not, then do not worry – you will ﬁ nd

things a lot easier than they may ﬁ rst appear!

Start by reading Chapter Two and have a go at creating your own Kai

Lord character. Once you are familiar with that, grab some friends and

get them creating characters too. Ideally, you should have between four

and six people playing the game.

One friend (perhaps yourself) needs to take the part of the Games

Master. The Games Master does not take the part of a single character

like the other players. Instead, he has a whole world to control! The

Games Master (and only the Games Master – don’t spoil any surprises

for yourself!) should read Chapter Four and then quickly skim through

the ﬁ rst adventure in Chapter Ten. This should not take very long and

there is not too much to remember. The Games Master can always refer

back to this book at any time.

Once every player has a character ready and the Games Master is familiar

with what he needs to run the adventure, you can begin. The Games

Master will tell the players where their characters are and what they can

see. Once he has set the scene, the players will tell the Games Master

what they want their characters to do – and so the game begins.

A Game in Progress

This kind of game is a little bit like free form acting or improvisation with a

few rules attached. If you have not played a Multiplayer Fantasy Gamebook

or a Roleplaying Game before, you will ﬁ nd that it is quite unlike anything

you might have tried before. For a start, there is no game board!

Featured here is a short excerpt from a game that was played. It will

give you an idea of what to expect. Chris is the Games Master and Ian,

Richard, Nick and Kelly are the players.

Chris: Having left the Kai Monastery on your mission to discover what

has happened to the lost patrol, you ﬁ nd yourself walking through

the forest. Before long, it starts to get dark as the sun sinks below the

horizon. Are you guys going to keep on walking?

Chris:

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