Joe Dever
Encyclopedia
Joe Dever is an award-winning British
fantasy
author
and game designer. Originally a musician, Dever became the first British winner of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Championship of America in 1982.
He created the fictional world of Magnamund as a setting for his Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. In 1984 he released the first book of the Lone Wolf
series of young-adult
gamebook
s, and the series has since sold over 10.2 million copies worldwide. He experienced difficulty with his publishers as the game books market began to contract in 1995, until publication ceased in 1998 before the final four books (numbers 29-32) were released. Since 2003, however, the series has enjoyed a strong revival of interest in France, Italy, Germany and Spain following the re-release of the gamebook series in these countries.
From 1996 onwards, Dever has been involved in the production of several successful computer and console games. He also contributed to a Dungeons & Dragons-style role playing game for Lone Wolf published by Mongoose Publishing
(UK) in 2004 and Le Grimoire (France) in 2006-2011. Currently he is co-authoring the Lone Wolf Multiplayer Gamebook series and writing the final books in the core Lone Wolf series. The latter works are all scheduled for publication in 2012.
. In 1976, he joined a studio-based record company orchestra known as Pye Records in London which provided accompaniment to solo singers and artists. After 18 months, it disbanded and Dever then freelanced for a year before joining Virgin Records
as a Recording Engineer at Manor Studios in Oxfordshire
for five years, working with a diverse mix of artists such as Frank Zappa
, Peter Gabriel
, and The Sex Pistols. Dever has two children, Ben (b.1981) and Sophie (b.1987).
During June–August 2005, Dever underwent extensive surgery for bi-lateral kidney
cancer
, involving a partial nephrectomy
of the right kidney, and a full nephrectomy of the left kidney. Seventy percent of his remaining kidney was saved. The surgical team was directed by J. L. Peters of Whipps Cross University Hospital in London. It proceeded without complications on August 10, 2005, and subsequently Dever made a swift recovery, having retained sufficient kidney function to lead a normal life without any need for dialysis
or renal drug treatments.
Joe Dever was seven years old when he became a fan of the comic strip "The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire
" which appeared in a magazine called Look and Learn
. He also built armies of Airfix Roman soldiers and converted their spears to laser rifles long before he was introduced to fantasy. Dever was introduced to "science fantasy" by his high school English tutor. He was the first and perhaps only British person to compete in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Championship of America, which he won in 1982.
Dever originally developed the fantasy world of Magnamund from 1975 to 1983 as a setting for his Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. Originally called "Chinaraux", the world consisted of only northern Magnamund. Dever stated that his earliest inspirations for Lone Wolf
were English medieval classics such as Beowulf
, Ivanhoe
, King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. In his teenage years J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock
and Mervyn Peake
, along with a keen interest in military history and Norse mythology, all contributed to the creation of the Lone Wolf series.
The story is based around Lone Wolf, who is a cadet in a monastic order of warriors known as the Kai who defend their home of Sommerlund from the forces of evil, embodied by the Darklords of Helgedad. After a surprise invasion, all of the Kai are massacred and only Lone Wolf survives. The rest of the book series follows Lone Wolf and his successor in their attempts to take revenge on the Darklords and then to thwart the Dark God Naar in his attempts to control their world for evil.
for four books, but had planned for at least twenty for the series. The first two books in the gamebook series were published simultaneously in July 1984. They sold in excess of 100,000 copies in the first week of release. Subsequently, the Lone Wolf series has been published in over 30 countries, translated into 18 languages, and has sold in excess of 10 million copies to date. The series was awarded the Gamemaster International "All Time Great" award in 1991 and also won "Game Book of the Year" awards in 1985, 1986 and 1987.
With the help of Joe Dever, Paul Barnett (pen name John Grant) wrote twelve novelizations of the Lone Wolf books known as the Legends of Lone Wolf, several of which were heavily edited before publication. In 2004, the Italian publisher Gruppo Armenia (Milan) reprinted all 12 novels in 5 volumes of anthology. Random House ceased publishing the novelizations because "the books weren't selling". Dever has stated that as the game books precede the novelizations chronologically, they are the "authoritative" versions. He also developed the character Grey Star, and a mini-series of four gamebooks were written by Ian Page
using this principal character (according to a 2008 interview with Joe Dever, Greystar was actually Ian Page's character in Joe Dever's D&D campaign, and Dever convinced Page to write game books using this detailed character and his background).
Only the first four volumes of the Legends of Lone Wolf were made available in the United States (though Sword of the Sun was divided into two separate volumes, The Tides of Treachery and Sword of the Sun), and only the first 20 of the Lone Wolf gamebook series were printed in the United States
. The American editions of books 13-20 were abridged versions and are shorter than the UK editions which have color maps. In The Magnamund Companion, all the countries of the Lone Wolf world are described in some detail, as are the Darklords of Helgedad, and the Giak language. There is also a Ragadorn Tavern Board Game, and a solo adventure where you play as Banedon the Magician.
The later ‘New Order’ Lone Wolf gamebooks (no.s 21-28) were printed in the UK in smaller volumes than the earlier editions, and have subsequently become highly sought after by readers eager to complete their Lone Wolf collections. Copies of these scarce titles regularly sell for over US$100 each on the internet auction site eBay.
Between 1990-1996, three scripts were developed of Lone Wolf for a potential film release, but did not proceed beyond the pre-production phase. Publisher Red Fox ceased publishing the Lone Wolf series after book 28, The Hunger of Sejanoz
, citing fading interest in the interactive gaming genre, despite hundreds of requests for the reprinting of several Lone Wolf books that had gone out of print. Dever is currently writing the last four books of the New Order series which are scheduled for release by Mongoose Publishing in 2012.
In 1999, Dever gave his permission for Lone Wolf books, numbers one through twenty, to be published for free on the internet by the non-profit organization
Project Aon. Joe Dever later gave his permission to publish the New Order series and The Magnamund Companion. As of May 2011, 25 of his Lone Wolf books, the World of Lone Wolf series, The Magnamund Companion and several other Lone Wolf related written works are available for download. As of April 2010, Dever spends much of his time writing and editing Lone Wolf for Mongoose's re-publication of the original series in their special hardback Collector's Edition format. Sixteen books in this series have been published so far (September 2011). The first of this new printing (Book 1: Flight from the Dark) was thoroughly revised and expanded by Dever with the addition of two hundred new sections. It was shortlisted for the 2008 Origins Fiction Award
(Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design). In April 2010, the German language translation (Einsamer Wolf: Flucht aus dem Dunkel) won the Best Fantasy Gamebook Award at the RPC Event in Cologne, Germany.
and Combat Heroes) and designed several best-selling computer and video games for PCs
and consoles
. The Freeway Warrior series of gamebooks are set in a post-apocalyptic, Mad Max
-like world. The Combat Heroes gamebooks are illustrated adventures where each paragraph is a full-page picture representing what the player sees, with two modes. Alone, the aim is to escape from a maze. In one-on-one play, two players are dueling in a maze. Each player has a different book ; at a given page, the illustration shows an empty corridor; when the other character is in sight (i.e. the players read given page numbers), the player has to turn to another page showing the other opponent's position in the corridor. Combat is then resolved before the game continues.
It should be noted that book 3, The Sword of the Sun, was split into two smaller volumes by Berkley in the US, The Tides of Treachery and The Sword of the Sun.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
author
Author
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and game designer. Originally a musician, Dever became the first British winner of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Championship of America in 1982.
He created the fictional world of Magnamund as a setting for his Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. In 1984 he released the first book of the Lone Wolf
Lone Wolf (gamebooks)
Lone Wolf is a series of 28 gamebooks, created by Joe Dever and initially illustrated by Gary Chalk. The series began publishing in July 1984 and sold more than 10.2 million copies worldwide....
series of young-adult
Young adult literature
Young-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...
gamebook
Gamebook
A gamebook is a work of fiction that allows the reader to participate in the story by making effective choices. The narrative branches along various paths through the use of numbered paragraphs or pages...
s, and the series has since sold over 10.2 million copies worldwide. He experienced difficulty with his publishers as the game books market began to contract in 1995, until publication ceased in 1998 before the final four books (numbers 29-32) were released. Since 2003, however, the series has enjoyed a strong revival of interest in France, Italy, Germany and Spain following the re-release of the gamebook series in these countries.
From 1996 onwards, Dever has been involved in the production of several successful computer and console games. He also contributed to a Dungeons & Dragons-style role playing game for Lone Wolf published by Mongoose Publishing
Mongoose Publishing
Mongoose Publishing is a prolific British manufacturer of role-playing games, miniatures, and card games, actively publishing material since 2001...
(UK) in 2004 and Le Grimoire (France) in 2006-2011. Currently he is co-authoring the Lone Wolf Multiplayer Gamebook series and writing the final books in the core Lone Wolf series. The latter works are all scheduled for publication in 2012.
Biography
Dever was educated at the Buckhurst Hill County High SchoolBuckhurst Hill County High School
Buckhurst Hill County High School, BHCHS, was a secondary school in Chigwell, Essex.-History:It opened on 15 September 1938. It was near to RAF Chigwell and the River Roding....
. In 1976, he joined a studio-based record company orchestra known as Pye Records in London which provided accompaniment to solo singers and artists. After 18 months, it disbanded and Dever then freelanced for a year before joining Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
as a Recording Engineer at Manor Studios in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
for five years, working with a diverse mix of artists such as Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
, Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
, and The Sex Pistols. Dever has two children, Ben (b.1981) and Sophie (b.1987).
During June–August 2005, Dever underwent extensive surgery for bi-lateral kidney
Kidney
The kidneys, organs with several functions, serve essential regulatory roles in most animals, including vertebrates and some invertebrates. They are essential in the urinary system and also serve homeostatic functions such as the regulation of electrolytes, maintenance of acid–base balance, and...
cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
, involving a partial nephrectomy
Nephrectomy
Nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney.-History:The first successful nephrectomy was performed by the German surgeon Gustav Simon on August 2, 1869 in Heidelberg. Simon practiced the operation beforehand in animal experiments...
of the right kidney, and a full nephrectomy of the left kidney. Seventy percent of his remaining kidney was saved. The surgical team was directed by J. L. Peters of Whipps Cross University Hospital in London. It proceeded without complications on August 10, 2005, and subsequently Dever made a swift recovery, having retained sufficient kidney function to lead a normal life without any need for dialysis
Dialysis
In medicine, dialysis is a process for removing waste and excess water from the blood, and is primarily used to provide an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with renal failure...
or renal drug treatments.
Writings
Trigan Empire
The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire, later called simply The Trigan Empire was a science fiction comic series written mainly by Mike Butterworth and most notably drawn by Don Lawrence...
" which appeared in a magazine called Look and Learn
Look and Learn
Look and Learn was a British weekly educational magazine for children published by Fleetway Publications Ltd from 1962 until 1982. It contained educational text articles that covered a wide variety of topics from volcanoes to the Loch Ness Monster; a long running science fiction comic strip, The...
. He also built armies of Airfix Roman soldiers and converted their spears to laser rifles long before he was introduced to fantasy. Dever was introduced to "science fantasy" by his high school English tutor. He was the first and perhaps only British person to compete in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Championship of America, which he won in 1982.
Dever originally developed the fantasy world of Magnamund from 1975 to 1983 as a setting for his Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. Originally called "Chinaraux", the world consisted of only northern Magnamund. Dever stated that his earliest inspirations for Lone Wolf
Lone Wolf (gamebooks)
Lone Wolf is a series of 28 gamebooks, created by Joe Dever and initially illustrated by Gary Chalk. The series began publishing in July 1984 and sold more than 10.2 million copies worldwide....
were English medieval classics such as Beowulf
Beowulf
Beowulf , but modern scholars agree in naming it after the hero whose life is its subject." of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature.It survives in a single...
, Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe is a historical fiction novel by Sir Walter Scott in 1819, and set in 12th-century England. Ivanhoe is sometimes credited for increasing interest in Romanticism and Medievalism; John Henry Newman claimed Scott "had first turned men's minds in the direction of the middle ages," while...
, King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. In his teenage years J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
and Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Laurence Peake was an English writer, artist, poet and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books. They are sometimes compared to the work of his older contemporary J. R. R...
, along with a keen interest in military history and Norse mythology, all contributed to the creation of the Lone Wolf series.
The story is based around Lone Wolf, who is a cadet in a monastic order of warriors known as the Kai who defend their home of Sommerlund from the forces of evil, embodied by the Darklords of Helgedad. After a surprise invasion, all of the Kai are massacred and only Lone Wolf survives. The rest of the book series follows Lone Wolf and his successor in their attempts to take revenge on the Darklords and then to thwart the Dark God Naar in his attempts to control their world for evil.
Production
Dever was originally contracted by London-based publisher HutchinsonHutchinson (publisher)
Hutchinson & Co. was an English book publisher, founded in 1887. The company merged with Century Publishing in 1985 to form Century Hutchinson, and was folded into the British Random House Group in 1989, where it remains as an imprint in the Cornerstone Publishing division...
for four books, but had planned for at least twenty for the series. The first two books in the gamebook series were published simultaneously in July 1984. They sold in excess of 100,000 copies in the first week of release. Subsequently, the Lone Wolf series has been published in over 30 countries, translated into 18 languages, and has sold in excess of 10 million copies to date. The series was awarded the Gamemaster International "All Time Great" award in 1991 and also won "Game Book of the Year" awards in 1985, 1986 and 1987.
With the help of Joe Dever, Paul Barnett (pen name John Grant) wrote twelve novelizations of the Lone Wolf books known as the Legends of Lone Wolf, several of which were heavily edited before publication. In 2004, the Italian publisher Gruppo Armenia (Milan) reprinted all 12 novels in 5 volumes of anthology. Random House ceased publishing the novelizations because "the books weren't selling". Dever has stated that as the game books precede the novelizations chronologically, they are the "authoritative" versions. He also developed the character Grey Star, and a mini-series of four gamebooks were written by Ian Page
Ian Page
Ian Page is a British singer and author, achieving notoriety as singer in the band Secret Affair in the late 1970s.Teaming up with guitarist Dave Cairns while at school, Ian Page formed power pop/punk band New Hearts and signed to CBS Records in 1977, releasing two singles and touring with The Jam...
using this principal character (according to a 2008 interview with Joe Dever, Greystar was actually Ian Page's character in Joe Dever's D&D campaign, and Dever convinced Page to write game books using this detailed character and his background).
Only the first four volumes of the Legends of Lone Wolf were made available in the United States (though Sword of the Sun was divided into two separate volumes, The Tides of Treachery and Sword of the Sun), and only the first 20 of the Lone Wolf gamebook series were printed in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The American editions of books 13-20 were abridged versions and are shorter than the UK editions which have color maps. In The Magnamund Companion, all the countries of the Lone Wolf world are described in some detail, as are the Darklords of Helgedad, and the Giak language. There is also a Ragadorn Tavern Board Game, and a solo adventure where you play as Banedon the Magician.
The later ‘New Order’ Lone Wolf gamebooks (no.s 21-28) were printed in the UK in smaller volumes than the earlier editions, and have subsequently become highly sought after by readers eager to complete their Lone Wolf collections. Copies of these scarce titles regularly sell for over US$100 each on the internet auction site eBay.
Between 1990-1996, three scripts were developed of Lone Wolf for a potential film release, but did not proceed beyond the pre-production phase. Publisher Red Fox ceased publishing the Lone Wolf series after book 28, The Hunger of Sejanoz
The Hunger of Sejanoz
The Hunger of Sejanoz is the twenty-eighth book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. This was the last book to be released in the New Order series for the next ten years. In fall 2010, the 29th book of the series, The Storms of Chai, will be published at...
, citing fading interest in the interactive gaming genre, despite hundreds of requests for the reprinting of several Lone Wolf books that had gone out of print. Dever is currently writing the last four books of the New Order series which are scheduled for release by Mongoose Publishing in 2012.
In 1999, Dever gave his permission for Lone Wolf books, numbers one through twenty, to be published for free on the internet by the non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
Project Aon. Joe Dever later gave his permission to publish the New Order series and The Magnamund Companion. As of May 2011, 25 of his Lone Wolf books, the World of Lone Wolf series, The Magnamund Companion and several other Lone Wolf related written works are available for download. As of April 2010, Dever spends much of his time writing and editing Lone Wolf for Mongoose's re-publication of the original series in their special hardback Collector's Edition format. Sixteen books in this series have been published so far (September 2011). The first of this new printing (Book 1: Flight from the Dark) was thoroughly revised and expanded by Dever with the addition of two hundred new sections. It was shortlisted for the 2008 Origins Fiction Award
Origins Award
The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the game industry. They are presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for the previous year, so the 1979 awards were given at the 1980 Origins.The Origins Award is commonly...
(Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design). In April 2010, the German language translation (Einsamer Wolf: Flucht aus dem Dunkel) won the Best Fantasy Gamebook Award at the RPC Event in Cologne, Germany.
Other creations
In addition to Lone Wolf, he has also created two other role-playing gamebook series (Freeway WarriorFreeway Warrior
Freeway Warrior is a series of 4 gamebooks, created by Joe Dever. The books were published between 1988 and 1989, detailing the complete story of a band of nuclear holocaust survivors as they flee Texas to the relative safety of California....
and Combat Heroes) and designed several best-selling computer and video games for PCs
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
and consoles
Video game console
A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...
. The Freeway Warrior series of gamebooks are set in a post-apocalyptic, Mad Max
Mad Max
Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller and revised by Miller and Byron Kennedy over the original script by James McCausland. The film stars Mel Gibson, who was unknown at the time. Its narrative based around the traditional western genre, Mad Max tells a story...
-like world. The Combat Heroes gamebooks are illustrated adventures where each paragraph is a full-page picture representing what the player sees, with two modes. Alone, the aim is to escape from a maze. In one-on-one play, two players are dueling in a maze. Each player has a different book ; at a given page, the illustration shows an empty corridor; when the other character is in sight (i.e. the players read given page numbers), the player has to turn to another page showing the other opponent's position in the corridor. Combat is then resolved before the game continues.
Lone Wolf
- Lone Wolf 1 - Flight from the DarkFlight from the DarkFlight from the Dark is the first installment in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.-Gameplay:The reader is allowed to choose five Kai Disciplines from a list of ten, and is given meagre equipment. Because the reader has no equipment from previous books, some disciplines,...
(1984) - Extended version (2007) - Lone Wolf 2 - Fire on the WaterFire on the WaterFire on the Water is the second installment in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. It is the installment where Lone Wolf receives the legendary Sommerswerd.-Gameplay:...
(1984) - Revised version (2007) - Lone Wolf 3 - The Caverns of KalteThe Caverns of KalteThe Caverns of Kalte was the third book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.-Gameplay:With this third book, players will begin to find that having played through the previous books in the series and thus carried characters forward from these books can help to a...
(1984) - Revised version (2007) - Lone Wolf 4 - The Chasm of DoomThe Chasm of DoomThe Chasm of Doom is the fourth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever and illustrated by Gary Chalk.-Gameplay:...
(1985) - Revised version (2008) - Lone Wolf 5 - Shadow on the SandShadow on the SandShadow on the Sand is the fifth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. This is the final book in the "Kai" portion of the series.-Gameplay:...
(1985) - Revised version (2008) - Lone Wolf 6 - The Kingdoms of TerrorThe Kingdoms of TerrorThe Kingdoms of Terror is the sixth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. This is the first book in the "Magnakai" portion of the series, which begins after Lone Wolf has spent three years studying the Book of the Magnakai....
(1985) - Revised version (2008) - Lone Wolf 7 - Castle DeathCastle DeathCastle Death is the seventh book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.-Gameplay:Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play . The player is then allowed to choose which...
(1986) - Revised version (2008) - Lone Wolf 8 - The Jungle of HorrorsThe Jungle of HorrorsThe Jungle of Horrors is the eighth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.-Gameplay:Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play . The player is then...
(1987) - Revised version (2008) - Lone Wolf 9 - The Cauldron of FearThe Cauldron of FearThe Cauldron of Fear is the ninth book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. Starting with this book, long-time illustrator Gary Chalk was replaced with Brian Williams.-Gameplay:...
(1987) - Revised version (2009) - Lone Wolf 10 - The Dungeons of TorgarThe Dungeons of TorgarThe Dungeons of Torgar is the tenth book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. These later books are illustrated by Brian Williams.-Gameplay:...
(1987) - Revised version (2009) - Lone Wolf 11 - The Prisoners of TimeThe Prisoners of TimeThe Prisoners of Time is the eleventh book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.-Gameplay:Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play . The player is then allowed to...
(1987) - Revised version (2009) - Lone Wolf 12 - The Masters of DarknessThe Masters of DarknessThe Master of Darkness is the twelfth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. This is the final book in the Magnakai series.-Gameplay:...
(1988) - Revised version (2009) - Lone Wolf 13 - The Plague Lords of RuelThe Plague Lords of RuelThe Plague Lords of Ruel is the thirteenth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. This is the first book in the "Grand Master" series, in which Lone Wolf founds a new order of the Kai...
(1990) - Revised version (2009) - Lone Wolf 14 - The Captives of KaagThe Captives of KaagThe Captives of Kaag is the fourteenth book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. As with most of the later books in the series, this one is illustrated by Brian Williams.-Gameplay:...
(1990)- Revised version (2010) - Lone Wolf 15 - The Darke CrusadeThe Darke CrusadeThe Darke Crusade is the fifteenth book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever and now illustrated by Brian Williams.-Gameplay:...
(1991) - Revised version (2011) - Lone Wolf 16 - The Legacy of VashnaThe Legacy of VashnaThe Legacy of Vashna was the sixteenth book of the Lone Wolf book series written by Joe Dever and now illustrated by Brian Williams.-Gameplay:...
(1991) - Revised version (2011) - Lone Wolf 17 - The Deathlord of IxiaThe Deathlord of IxiaThe Deathlord of Ixia was the seventeenth book of the Lone Wolf book series, written by Joe Dever and now illustrated by Brian Williams.-Gameplay:...
(1992) - Lone Wolf 18 - Dawn of the DragonsDawn of the DragonsDawn of the Dragons is the eighteenth book of the Lone Wolf book series. As with all of the later Lone Wolf books numbered thirteen through twenty, the North American editions of these books are abridged, with a reduced number of sections. This book does not come with a game map in the American...
(1992) - Lone Wolf 19 - Wolf's BaneWolf's BaneWolf's Bane is the nineteenth book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever and now illustrated by Brian Williams.-Gameplay:Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play...
(1993) - Lone Wolf 20 - The Curse of NaarThe Curse of NaarThe Curse of Naar is the twentieth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. This is the final book in the "Grand Master" series, and the last one released in North America.-Gameplay:...
(1993) - Lone Wolf 21 - Voyage of the MoonstoneVoyage of the MoonstoneVoyage of the Moonstone is the twenty-first book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.-Gameplay:Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play . The player...
(1994) - Lone Wolf 22 - The Buccaneers of ShadakiThe Buccaneers of ShadakiThe Buccaneers of Shadaki was the twenty second book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series.-Plot:This is the second half of Lone Wolf's apprentice’s voyage to the Isle of Lorn to return the Moonstone to its proper place among the Shianti....
(1995) - Lone Wolf 23 - Mydnight's HeroMydnight's HeroMydnight's Hero is the twenty-third book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.-Gameplay:Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play . The player is then...
(1995) - Lone Wolf 24 - Rune WarRune WarRune War is the twenty-fourth book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.-Gameplay:Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play . The player is then allowed...
(1996) - Lone Wolf 25 - Trail of the WolfTrail of the WolfTrail of the Wolf is the twenty-fifth book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.-Gameplay:Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play . The player is then...
(1996) - Lone Wolf 26 - The Fall of Blood MountainThe Fall of Blood MountainThe Fall of Blood Mountain is the twenty-sixth book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.-Gameplay:Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play...
(1997) - Lone Wolf 27 - VampiriumVampiriumVampirium is the twenty-seventh book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.-Gameplay:Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play . The player is then...
(1997) - Lone Wolf 28 - The Hunger of SejanozThe Hunger of SejanozThe Hunger of Sejanoz is the twenty-eighth book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. This was the last book to be released in the New Order series for the next ten years. In fall 2010, the 29th book of the series, The Storms of Chai, will be published at...
(1998) - Lone Wolf 29 - The Storms of Chai (2012)
- Lone Wolf 30 (TBA)
- Lone Wolf 31 (TBA)
- Lone Wolf 32 (TBA)
Freeway Warrior
- Freeway Warrior 1: Highway Holocaust (1988)
- Freeway Warrior 2: Slaughter Mountain Run (1989)
- Freeway Warrior 3: The Omega Zone (1989)
- Freeway Warrior 4: California Countdown (1989)
Combat Heroes
- Combat Heroes 1: White Warlord (1986)
- Combat Heroes 1: Black Baron (1986)
- Combat Heroes 2: Scarlet Sorcerer (1987)
- Combat Heroes 2: Emerald Enchanter (1987)
The World of Lone Wolf
- World of Lone Wolf 1: Grey Star the Wizard (1985)
- World of Lone Wolf 2: The Forbidden City (1985)
- World of Lone Wolf 3: Beyond the Nightmare Gate (1986)
- World of Lone Wolf 4: War of the Wizards (1986)
Legends of Lone Wolf
- Legends of Lone Wolf 1: Eclipse of the Kai (1989)
- Legends of Lone Wolf 2: The Dark Door Opens (1989)
- Legends of Lone Wolf 3: The Sword of the Sun (1989)
- Legends of Lone Wolf 4: Hunting Wolf (1990)
- Legends of Lone Wolf 5: The Claws of Helgedad (1991)
- Legends of Lone Wolf 6: The Sacrifice of Ruanon (1991)
- Legends of Lone Wolf 7: The Birthplace (1992)
- Legends of Lone Wolf 8: The Book of the Magnakai (1992)
- Legends of Lone Wolf 9: The Tellings (1993)
- Legends of Lone Wolf 10: The Lorestone of Varetta (1993)
- Legends of Lone Wolf 11: The Secret of Kazan-Oud (1994)
- Legends of Lone Wolf 12: The Rotting Land (1994)
It should be noted that book 3, The Sword of the Sun, was split into two smaller volumes by Berkley in the US, The Tides of Treachery and The Sword of the Sun.
Chronicles of Magnamund
- The Lencian Trilogy 1: The Dragons of Lencia (2008)
- The Lencian Trilogy 2: The Shadow & the Skull (TBA)
- The Lencian Trilogy 3 (TBA)
- Rise of the Agarashi 1: Glory & Greed (2008)
- Rise of the Agarashi 2: Sand & Sorrow (TBA)
- Rise of the Agarashi 3: Triumph & Tragedy (TBA)
Lone Wolf Multi-player Gamebook System
- Lone Wolf Multi-player Gamebook Rules (co-authored with Matthew Sprange; 2010)
- Heroes of Magnamund (co-authored with Matthew Sprange; 2010)
- Terror of the Darklords (co-authored with Pete Nash; 2010)
- Sommerlund (co-authored with Darren Pearce; 2010)
- The Magnamund Bestiary (co-authored with Darren Pearce; 2011)
- Book of the Magnakai (co-authored with August Hahn; 2011)
- Corruption of Ikaya (co-authored with Mark Gedak; 2011)
- The Darklands (co-authored with Vincent Lazzari; 2011)
"PhoneQuest" Interactive Telephone Adventures
- Lone Wolf: The Forbidden Tower (1989)
- Alien Intruder (1990)
- Ninja (1990)
- Tomb of the Sphinx (1990)
- Vampire Hunter (1990)
- Lone Wolf: The Fortress of Doom (1991)
Computer and video game design
- E-Scape (1996)
- Corazon (1997)
- In Cold Blood (1998)
- Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy (1999)
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- Wheelie (2001)
- Top Down (2001)
- Desert Gunner (2001)
- Speedboat Racer (2001)
- RVO Mech (2002)
- Ground Control II (2003)
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