Blood Sword

Gamebook format

Awesome books. It actually is a five book series that takes you on an epic quest. The books are like a Choose Your Own Adventure that is combined with hex-based combat. Very much a hack and slash, with a little bit of problem and puzzle solving thrown on. 10/10 rating might seem high but I stand by it. The game pulled in me and gave me a month or so of almost unbroken solo gaming delight. The books have a vibrancy that pull you in. The setting and the world feels alive that reminds me of the best of “theatre of the mind” in RPGs. The game itself is a challenge and I have a notebook littered with dead characters. But the game is not impossible and I was able to complete all five books in relatively short order. I’ve played other Choose Your Own Adventure style games and enjoyed them but Blood Sword will always be my favorite.

Very Good

The original dm-less rpg

I'm a great fan of gamebooks. This series is absolutely fantastic: background and rules of play are something amazing and it supports also multiplayer gameplay - up to four players. It is for sure the best gamebook series I played.

This is the best gamebooks series, bar none. The world setting and background, epic story and wonderful descriptions are comparable to a mainstream fantasy novel. The gameplay is superb. And you can even play co-operatively with up to other three people!