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'''Example:'''

You enter the marble-clad forum to discover a GHOUL feasting on a corpse. Do you want to:

* Use your Potion of Persuasion, if you have one? (Turn to [[The End of the World As We Know It|288]])

* Try to sneak around? (Turn to [[Ludicrous Gibs|17]])

* Steven Brust authorized one when starting the ''[[Dragaera]]'' series; it stands as a possible case of [[Old Shame]].

* ''[[Lost in Austen]]: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure''.

* The ''[[Narnia]] Solo Games''.

* [[Nintendo]] released some "Nintendo Adventure Books", which were essentially Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books starring either [[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|Link]] or [[Super Mario Bros|Mario and/or Luigi]]. Unlike many examples of this trope, in each book there was ''only'' one good ending, with the bad endings having "GAME OVER!" written at the end.

* A series of these type of books were also published in the [[Carmen Sandiego]] franchise which follow the premise of the computer games.

* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' had a series at the height of his phenomenal popularity in the UK, written by the authors of the novel series but not belonging to that continuity. One was an [[Adaptation Expansion]] of the second [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive]] game, in which Robotnik has built Metal Sonic to rampage around and destroy the real Sonic's reputation (any similarity to the plot of the nineteenth ''[[Lone Wolf]]'' book ''Wolf's Bane'', published the previous year, is entirely coincidental - the book, and sometimes Metal Sonic himself, still have the nickname "Hedgehog's Bane" in some circles) and Sonic has to hunt him down through the game's levels.

** They weren't the only ones to do such a thing. ''Endless Quest'' (a series mainly set in the world of [[Dungeons and Dragons]]) had books about [[Conan]] and [[Tarzan]], and ''Which Way Books'' had a pair of [[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]] books and a spinoff mini-series based on DC Comics heroes.

** The [[Hardy Boys]] and [[Nancy Drew]] also had their own choose-your-own [[Crossover]] series called "Be A Detective", which ran for six books.

== Tabletop Games ==

* The original ''[[Paranoia]]'' [[Tabletop RPG]] rulebook featured a remarkably edgy and sour short example to teach basic game concepts, mechanics and help confuse the tone of the game.

* Several other RPG's include a short solo adventure to give you a chance to see the game's mechanics in action. Like ''Ghostbusters,'' ''[[Champions]]'', ''[[Teenagers From Outer Space]]''...

* There was once a ''two-player'' example called ''1 On 1'', with one player playing the heroes and the other playing the villains; naturally, there was a combat system and stats so the players could interact. The ''Combat Heroes'' series by Joe Dever (of ''[[Lone Wolf]]'' fame) is another example of this concept. Also, the ''Lost Worlds'' gamebooks; each character in the system had his/her own book, and any two players could battle by exchanging books. The series was franchised to [[Marvel Comics]] and ''[[Star Wars]]''; right now, arguably the most famous version is the ''[[Queens Blade]]'' series, which is basically ''Lost Worlds'' <small> WITH HOT [[Action Girl|ACTION GIRLS]] IN [[Stripperiffic|TINY OUTFITS]]!</small>

* ''[[Ctrl Alt Del]]'' did an [[Alternate Universe]] [[Choose Your Own Adventure]] story-arc in April of 2008, a second arc in December 2008, and a third in mid-2010. At particular points in the story line, readers were given a choice between different actions that the main character Ethan could take and were encouraged to send an email to a special account to indicate their selection. The choice with the most votes was illustrated for the next installment of the comic. Counts as a CYOA because Tim Buckley had already scripted out where each choice would lead ahead of time, and did not change "bad endings" even if they won the popular vote. The first story ended halfway through with the main character dying horribly due to a failed [[Air Vent Passageway]] escape. Following this, the structure was modified so the narrative would have fewer "dying horribly" options and more "Ethan gets screwed but the story can continue" choices. Though [http://www.cad-comic.com/images/news/planetofdoom_storytree.gif\] is still pretty bloodthirsty, the voters managed to get through it alive.

* ''[[City of Reality]]'' ran an arc which essentially functioned as this, run by a snarky time-reversal device.

** In case you want to read the whole thing at your own pace, [http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1287951646 here you go]. Click the image (actually the .swf) after clicking the link and then use the left and right arrow keys (on your keyboard) to navigate.

* The second [[MS Paint Adventures|MS Paint Adventure]], ''BardQuest'', was in this format, but it was abandoned pretty quickly for being too complicated to do as a serial.

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