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Success often depends on a combination of luck, possession of difficult to obtain items and sometimes manipulation of the entry number to reach an entry unavailable any other way. [[Lock and Key Puzzle|Lock And Key Puzzles]] abound. Sometimes these puzzles are so obscure and unintuitive they are [[Solve the Soup Cans]] puzzles.
The directed graph of entries for a book can contain alternate paths to the [[
Gamebooks are a rich vein of fantasy, science fiction and RPG tropes. Illustrations are a key element in setting the mood of a gamebook world. [[Second Person Narration]] is nearly universal.
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Many [[Tabletop RPG]] rulebooks include a short (under 100 scenes) example of this trope, where the reader uses the game system (and a pre-generated character) as the randomizing element, as a way of teaching the rules and RPG concepts.
Several people have written scripts for Internet gamebooks [[Round Robin|allowing the players to add new pages.]] The results are... [[
See also [[Cruel Twist Ending]], [[Have a Nice Death]].
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== Originators ==
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== Music ==
* The [[Canada, Eh?|Canadian]] rapper Classified did this with his "Self Explanatory" CD. The tracks were, aptly named, CYOA 1 - 6. Another music-related example is the electronic music collective [[Gescom]]'s Minidisc, which has 88 tracks ranging from mere seconds to few minutes. The record is supposed to be played on shuffle, with a different hour-long consistent piece being played each time. (At the time of its release, only the obscure Minidisc format allowed gapless playback between tracks.)
* From Neil Cicierega of Lemon Demon and Potter Puppet Pals, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUIu6_eTkjY Haircut, A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Song!] May be the only musical example of the form.
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** 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.
* [[Buttersafe]] has one, called [http://buttersafe.com/2007/05/03/choose-your-own-adventure/ "Choose Your Own Adventure"], but [[
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