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Lone Wolf #10
The Dungeons of Torgar
You are Lone Wolf - the last Kai Master of Sommerlund. Your search for the mystical lorestones of your ancestors leads to the grim city-fortress of Torgar, a stronghold of the Darklords.
In the Dungeons of Torgar, your mission is to recapture the last remaining lorestones from the clutches of your enemy - the evil Darklord Gnaag. Bur be warned! Every turn of the page presents a new and deadly challenge as you battle through the depths of a fantastic and terrifying fortress in search of your destiny...or your doom!
In the Dungeons of Torgar, your mission is to recapture the last remaining lorestones from the clutches of your enemy - the evil Darklord Gnaag. Bur be warned! Every turn of the page presents a new and deadly challenge as you battle through the depths of a fantastic and terrifying fortress in search of your destiny...or your doom!
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First published January 1, 1987
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Joe Dever
216 books170 followersJoe Dever was an award-winning British fantasist 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 gamebooks, 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, and Spain following the re-release of the gamebook series in these countries.
From 1996 onwards, Dever was 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. Currently he is Lead Designer of a Lone Wolf computer game, and he is writing the final books in the Lone Wolf series. No official publication schedule exists for these works.
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 gamebooks, 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, and Spain following the re-release of the gamebook series in these countries.
From 1996 onwards, Dever was 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. Currently he is Lead Designer of a Lone Wolf computer game, and he is writing the final books in the Lone Wolf series. No official publication schedule exists for these works.
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December 14, 2025
Che il Sultano Kimah ed il Signore del Caos fossero gli avversari più ostici della serie me lo ricordavo bene, ma se malauguratamente incappaste in Tagazin, dopo esservi inimicati i partigiani nella palude per un saluto ed una risposta sbagliata, il combattimento contro l'arci-demone è quasi impossibile da superare senza barare.
Devo provare a rigiocarlo senza la Spada del Sole e vedere come va, anche perché ho un conto aperto con Roark di Amory fin dal sesto volume della saga e non posso proprio permettermi di fargliela passare liscia, ma non so se sopravviverei comunque dopo andando a finire nel Daziarn...
Per Sommerlund ed i Cavalieri Ramas!!!
P. S. Lo so bene che la versione corretta originale è quella di Kai Lords, ma io resto sempre affezionato alla maccheronica traduzione della Edizioni EL.
Nostalgia canaglia.
July 1, 2023
Di base funziona tutto bene come al solito, dopo 10 libri ormai la formula è consolidata; temo però di aver scelto un percorso poco adatto al mio stile di gioco perché erano quasi tutte battaglie e poca o nulla esplorazione.
Apprezzo che continui anche qui il trend intrapreso alla fine del volume scorso, ossia finalmente la Spada del Sole non è onnipotente e averla non da più costantemente la sensazione di giocare in modalità facile (ma aiuta ancora parecchio).
Apprezzo che continui anche qui il trend intrapreso alla fine del volume scorso, ossia finalmente la Spada del Sole non è onnipotente e averla non da più costantemente la sensazione di giocare in modalità facile (ma aiuta ancora parecchio).
August 22, 2024
I Signori delle Tenebre sono sul piede di guerra, battaglie campali, assedi, imboscate, le terre che circondano la Palude Infernale sono un caos di sangue. Le ultime Pietre ti attendono.
February 3, 2015
Un fin qui promet pour le prochain tome, mais autrement, un tome assez ordinaire. Peu d'action, de très longs paragraphes qui pourraient très bien blaser de jeunes lecteurs et un niveau de difficulté plus bas qu'à l'habitude.
October 8, 2009
This book is one of the better ones of the Lone Wolf gamebooks. It stands out from the others mainly because of the action and tension in this book. The ending is a climactic cliffhanger to book 11.
June 18, 2012
Wasn't sure I was going to be able to make it through on the Hardcore settings of the gamebook player at http://www.projectaon.org/staff/eric/. All books in the series free and online in a game-book player here: www.projectaon.org
Death Count:
Book 1: Died 9 times
Book 2: Died 11 times
Book 3: Died once
Book 4: Died once
Book 5: No deaths
Book 6: Died 4 times
Book 7: Died 3 times
Book 8: Died 21 times
Book 9: Died 12 times
Book 10: Died 11 times
Death Count:
Book 1: Died 9 times
Book 2: Died 11 times
Book 3: Died once
Book 4: Died once
Book 5: No deaths
Book 6: Died 4 times
Book 7: Died 3 times
Book 8: Died 21 times
Book 9: Died 12 times
Book 10: Died 11 times
March 20, 2018
This one is pretty good. It's got a cool battle, a fun journey, some neat characters, and a chance to finally settle the score with an old enemy. There is the small matter of Joe Dever once again including a basically unwinnable fight, but in this case it's optional. It is pretty annoying though that having the Sommerswerd is actually a handicap in that section. That's dumb. But everything about the Sommerswerd has been a bad idea from day one, so what can you do?
June 3, 2012
The best books for kids. Ever.
May 28, 2022
Entering the Final Stretch
26 May 2022
These books seem to be getting rather simpler the further along I go. In fact, they are starting to feel like novels where you get to make some choices, and also have the chance of getting yourself killed off in combat. On the other hand, they are much faster to read, and a lot less dense, than a lot of other novels that I have read. Also, another thing that I’ve noticed is that they seem to be much more interconnected, which means that not having completed the earlier books is probably going to have a significant impact.
Anyway, at the end of the previous book you managed to save one of the many cities that you have visited (and since this is book 10 I’m starting to lose count, or even remember, what their names were) and you hear that the last three of the Lore Stones have been captured by the Darklord Gnaag (I remember his name), so you have to go and grab them. It turns out that they are located beneath the city of Torgar, which happens to have been overrun by the Darklords’ army.
So, you end up spending a bulk of the book making your way there, though you are by yourself this time as Banedon and gone back home, namely to make the Darklords think that he is you and to send their assassins after him. Okay, there are two options to take to get to the city, but honestly, I end up taking the most logical one, namely the one where you meet up with a rebel.
However, once I got to the city, and into the dungeons, there didn’t seem to be much in the way of choices to make – once I had found, and rescued, an old friend, we simply ended up at the Lore Stones, only to discover that we are sent into the next book.
Like, being quick to read does have its advantages, but it also makes me feel like I don’t have as much of a choice as I have in other books I’ve read. In fact, as I mentioned earlier, they are basically starting to feel like fantasy novels where you have to actually fight your enemies.
26 May 2022
These books seem to be getting rather simpler the further along I go. In fact, they are starting to feel like novels where you get to make some choices, and also have the chance of getting yourself killed off in combat. On the other hand, they are much faster to read, and a lot less dense, than a lot of other novels that I have read. Also, another thing that I’ve noticed is that they seem to be much more interconnected, which means that not having completed the earlier books is probably going to have a significant impact.
Anyway, at the end of the previous book you managed to save one of the many cities that you have visited (and since this is book 10 I’m starting to lose count, or even remember, what their names were) and you hear that the last three of the Lore Stones have been captured by the Darklord Gnaag (I remember his name), so you have to go and grab them. It turns out that they are located beneath the city of Torgar, which happens to have been overrun by the Darklords’ army.
So, you end up spending a bulk of the book making your way there, though you are by yourself this time as Banedon and gone back home, namely to make the Darklords think that he is you and to send their assassins after him. Okay, there are two options to take to get to the city, but honestly, I end up taking the most logical one, namely the one where you meet up with a rebel.
However, once I got to the city, and into the dungeons, there didn’t seem to be much in the way of choices to make – once I had found, and rescued, an old friend, we simply ended up at the Lore Stones, only to discover that we are sent into the next book.
Like, being quick to read does have its advantages, but it also makes me feel like I don’t have as much of a choice as I have in other books I’ve read. In fact, as I mentioned earlier, they are basically starting to feel like fantasy novels where you have to actually fight your enemies.
November 27, 2018
I dusted this series of books off to read with my sons, unsure what to expect. I had many fond childhood memories of reading these as a kid, but would they stand up? The answer is yes, they aged well. The stories were pretty straight forward, but my imagination has evolved enough to cover the gaps that this story had. Bear in mind, it was written for children... and isn't that why we read them, to immerse ourselves into the story? So yes, it was a lot of fun and I only cheated a little bit
June 29, 2021
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf gamebooks were a consistent presence during my formative years and have had a big influence on my reading and gaming interests. I first started reading them in 1989 and continued to do so until 1999. With the resurgence of new Lone Wolf material in recent years, I've decided to revisit these nostalgic gems of my youth.
Book 10: The Dungeons of Torgar
(published 1987, first read 1989)
Story: 3/5
Game: 3/5
Replayability: 4/5
Book 10: The Dungeons of Torgar
(published 1987, first read 1989)
Story: 3/5
Game: 3/5
Replayability: 4/5
January 2, 2020
Two books after a horrible swamp comes another bigger and nastier swamp, one book after an innocent city being attacked by evil comes an innocent city occupied by evil, the Magnakai books are beginning to become a bit samey, but the storyline to find the lorestones is still compelling
December 14, 2021
As Lone Wolf, last Kai Master, you going into the Dungeons of Torgar to recover the last three Lorestones from the Darklords before they find a way to destroy them. Another good fantasy adventure. You select your skills and items and make your choice at the end of each chapter.
March 20, 2019
Demasiado sencillo después del anterior, pero el final es un gran cliffhanger.
August 27, 2019
Troppo semplice e lineare, sembra più un episodio di passaggio per il prossimo libro.
November 25, 2019
Another enjoyable adventure in the life of Lone Wolf.
Maybe one day he'll be able to settle down and just have a pizza without having to save the world.
Maybe one day he'll be able to settle down and just have a pizza without having to save the world.
March 7, 2022
Libro per quanto mi riguarda molto veloce con pochi combattimenti per le scelte fatte però con un finale esplosivo che mi lascia la voglia di continuare subito con il prossimo. Molto godibile.
October 3, 2022
This whole series is fun, and helpful to get kids reading. Fantasy sword fights and monsters so better for tweens and teens.
February 4, 2023
I got through this one a little too quickly, but it was fun enough and ends in a cliffhanger for the next book.
June 4, 2025
The final cliffhanger is basically the only thing I can remember about this book merely one month after replaying it, and that's telling. The rest of the book is just nothing special as far as Lone Wolf standards are concerned.
December 14, 2023
Alla decima iterazione delle avventure di Lupo Solitario, cercare una novità è nonsense. Eppure, nonostante lo stile e la struttura siano consolidate, questo capitolo si erge sui precedenti per le varie ramificazioni della trama. Oltre il tipico bivio iniziale, che prospetta due storie divergenti pronte a ricongiungersi alla fine, diramazione presenta diversi livelli di ramificazione. Dato il numero fisso di paragrafi, 350, l'espansione "verticale" della storia non le consente di allargarsi anche "orizzontalmente", per cui la storia in sé si consuma in pochi - ma densi di avvenimenti - paragrafi, col risultato di non avere neanche il tempo di riposarsi dall'ultima fatica che subito una nuova difficoltà si presenta davanti a Lupo Solitario. Rimangono alcuni difetti atavici, come la presenza di alcuni paragrafi ripetuti che potevano essere utilizzati meglio, così come alcune scelte che non hanno quasi conseguenze.
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