Endless Quest

The ***Endless Quest*** books consist of four series of gamebooks. Inspired by Edward Packard's Choose Your Own Adventure books, the Endless Quest book series was created by TSR's Educational Department and released from 1982 to 1987. The original series was championed into development by Rose Estes, who wrote nine of the books in the series, including the first seven.

## 1982-1987 (Original Series)

The first series, containing thirty-six books, the books in the original series were based on an assortment of TSR properties and licenses including *Dungeons and Dragons* (D&D), *Top Secret*, *Star Frontiers*, *Gamma World*, *Conan the Barbarian* (Hyborian Age), and Tarzan. The series introduced the tag line "*Pick A Path To Adventure.*"

 1 - *Dungeon of Dread* (D&D) by Rose Estes (1982)

 2 - *Mountain of Mirrors* (D&D) by Rose Estes (1982)

 3 - *Pillars of Pentegarn* (D&D) by Rose Estes (1982)

 4 - *Return to Brookmere* (D&D) by Rose Estes (1982)

 5 - *Revolt of the Dwarves* (D&D) by Rose Estes (1983)

 6 - *Revenge of the Rainbow Dragons* (D&D) by Rose Estes (1983)

 7 - *Hero of Washington Square* (Top Secret) by Rose Estes (1983)

 8 - *Villains of Volturnus* (Star Frontiers) by Jean Blashfield (1983)

 9 - *Robbers and Robots* (Top Secret) by Mike Carr (1983)

 10 - *Circus of Fear* (D&D) by Rose Estes (1983)

 11 - *Spell of the Winter Wizard* (D&D) by Linda Lowery (1983)

 12 - *Light on Quest's Mountain* (Gamma World) by Mary L. Kirchoff and James M. Ward (1983)

 13 - *Dragon of Doom* (D&D) by Rose Estes (1983)

 14 - *Raid on Nightmare Castle* (D&D) by Catherine McGuire (1983)

 15 - *Under Dragon's Wing* (D&D) by John Kendall (1984)

 16 - *The Dragon's Ransom* (D&D) by Laura French (1984)

 17 - *Captive Planet* (Star Frontiers) by Morris Simon (1984)

 18 - *King's Quest* (D&D) by Tom McGowen (1984)

 19 - *Conan the Undaunted* (Hyborian Age) by James M. Ward (1984)

 20 - *Conan and the Prophecy* (Hyborian Age) by Roger E. Moore (1984)

 21 - *Duel of the Masters* (D&D) by T. Chris Martindale under the pseudonym Chris Martindale (1984)

 22 - *The Endless Catacombs* (D&D) by Margaret Weis (1984)

 23 - *Blade of the Young Samurai* (D&D) by Morris Simon (1984)

 24 - *Trouble on Artule* (Star Frontiers) by Catherine McGuire (1984)

 25 - *Conan the Outlaw* (Hyborian Age) by Roger E. Moore (1985)

 26 - *Tarzan and the Well of Slaves* (Tarzan) by Douglas Niles (1985)

 27 - *Lair of the Lich* (D&D) by Bruce Algozin (1985)

 28 - *Mystery of the Ancients* (Gamma World) by Morris Simon (1985)

 29 - *Tower of Darkness* (D&D) by Regina Oehler Fultz (1985)

 30 - *The Fireseed* (D&D) by Morris Simon (1985)

 31 - *Tarzan and the Tower of Diamonds* (Tarzan) by Richard Rein Smith under the pseudonym Richard Reinsmith (1985)

 32 - *Prisoner of Elderwood* (D&D) by Bruce Algozin (1986)

 33 - *Knight of Illusion* (D&D) by Mary L. Kirchoff (1986)

 34 - *Claw of the Dragon* (D&D) by Bruce Algozin (1986)

 35 - *Vision of Doom* (D&D) by Mary L. Kirchoff (1986)

 36 - *Song of the Dark Druid* (D&D) by Josepha Sherman (1987)

## 1985 (Endless Quest : Crimson Crystal Adventures)

A short spin-off series of four **Endless Quest : Crimson Crystal Adventures** books was released in 1985. These books included a clear sheet of red plastic, stapled to the inside. This plastic piece is overlaid on top of certain portions of the book to reveal hidden images. The series continued the tag line "*Pick A Path To Adventure*"

 1 - *Riddle of the Griffon* (D&D) by Margaret Weis and Roger E. Moore under the pseudonym Susan Lawson (1985)

 2 - *Search for the Pegasus* (D&D) by Roger E. Moore (1985)

 3 - *Renegades of Luntar* (*non-specific sci-fi*) by Roger E. Moore (1985)

 4 - *Stop that Witch!* (D&D) by Mary Clark (1985)

## 1994-1995 (Second Series)

The second series of eleven books were released by TSR from 1994 to 1996. The second series differed from the first in several ways: they were printed in smaller type, the section numbers were independent of the page numbers, they were based on different original games, and they were not officially numbered (collectors and gamers use the numbering below, continuing from series one, for convenience). Two additional books for the series were also written, but not published: The Test (D&D : Greyhawk) by Wes Nicholson, and Sands of Deception (D&D : Al-Qadim) by Jean Rabe. This series featured the tag line "*You control the adventure!*"

 37 - *Dungeon of Fear* (Dragon Strike) by Howard Wornom under the pseudonym Michael Andrews (1994)

 38 - *Castle of the Undead* (D&D : Ravenloft) by Howard Wornom under the pseudonym Nick Baron (1994)

 39 - *Secret of the Djinn* (D&D : Al-Qadim) by Jean Rabe (1994)

 40 - *The Siege of the Tower* (D&D : Greyhawk) by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta under the pseudonym Kem Antilles (1994)

 41 - *A Wild Ride* (Wildspace) by Louis Anderson (1994)

 42 - *Forest of Darkness* (Dragon Strike) by *unknown* under the pseudonym Michael Andrews (1994)

 43 - *American Knights* (Gamma World) by Nick Pollotta (1995)

 44 - *Night of the Tiger* (D&D : Ravenloft) by Jean Rabe (1995)

 45 - *Galactic Challenge* (Amazing Engine) by Allen Varney (1995)

 46 - *Bigby's Curse* (D&D : Greyhawk) by Anne K. Brown (1995)

 47 - *The 24-Hour War* (Gamma World) by Nick Pollotta (1995)

## 2018-2019 (Dungeons & Dragons: Endless Quest)

Mirrorstone, a division of Wizards of the Coast that publishes fantasy fiction for children and teens, relaunched the Endless Quest series in January 2018. All written by Matt Forbeck, each book is loosely based on an official adventure that was published in 5th Edition.

 *Escape the Underdark* (based on Out of the Abyss) by Matt Forbeck (2018)

 *Big Trouble* (based on Storm King's Thunder) by Matt Forbeck (2018)

 *Into the Jungle* (based on Tomb of Annihilation) by Matt Forbeck (2018)

 *To Catch a Thief* (based on Waterdeep: Dragon Heist) by Matt Forbeck (2018)

 *Escape from Castle Ravenloft* (based on Curse of Strahd) by Matt Forbeck (2019)

 *The Mad Mage's Academy* (based on Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage) by Matt Forbeck (2019)

## Related Series

* *Super Endless Quest* (later renamed *Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebooks),* which used a dice mechanic and included a bookmark (with printed character stats).
* *Fantasy Forest*, which was aimed at younger readers.
* *HeartQuest*, which focused on romance stories set within the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons.
* *Catacombs Solo Quest*
* *1 on 1 Adventure Gamebooks*