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Choose Your Own Adventure is a wiki that contains stories where the reader assumes the role of the main character. In each page you choose how the story should progress. If you don't see an option that you would like to pursue, click the edit tab on the top of the page and add a new path to the page. Then you get to write in your own adventure for the character.

Please note that this site is specifically for Choose Your Own Adventure stories. If you choose to post stories that have no choices, your story will be deleted as such stories are not appropriate for this site.

We currently have 123,447 articles.

If you're new to this site, please read our Tutorial to learn how to edit stories.

How to Edit

Idea Pitches

  • Hint: If you don't care enough about your writing to attempt to use proper grammar or spelling, chances are people won't care to read it. If you want to practice editing, you should do so on the Sandbox page.

Contents

Featured Story

Transylvanian terror
A modern working woman ventures into the depths of Transylvania. Will she come out alive? Will she come out at all? The choices you make will determine her fate!. Nominated by User:Rawar.

Family-Friendly Stories

FOR ALL AGES:Suitable for anyone with Basic Reading Level skills. Please keep these G-PG. Please remove any other content that exceeds this.

StoryStatus
Another Story Of Another Random Person(60+ pages)
Afraid of the Dark (horror) (Under construction last update 10/27/09 story now coherent)
BauBaus! (for critter lovers and trainers alike!) (20+ pages,under construction)
Black Dog (5+ pages)
Carnival(15+ pages)
Fri's Quest (Under deep construction - DO NOT EDIT)
A Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie (35+ pages)
Goosebumps in Horrorland (10+ pages)
Harry Potter And the Adventure Chosen by You(130+ pages)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (15+ pages)
Kalew (65+ pages)
The Kitty in the Window (Now with PG, hard to find LOTR expansion!) (360 pages)
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga (30+ pages)
Penguins (just click "Three times a day") (7 pages)
Penguins (The Frozen Adventure) (10+ pages)
Princess Carkegee (15+ pages)
The Time Machine(15+ page)
Time Vortex (15+ pages)
Tutorial(Begun 10/28/09. If you have any wisdom to impart, please add to the story.)
Visiting the Zoo (130+ pages)
You Gotta Read This (10 pages)
ZX1 (11/10/09)

PG13 Stories

FOR 10+: For more advanced readers. Please keep these G - PG-13. Please remove any content that exceeds this.

A Day as a Hobo (Just started)
The Amazing Adventure (40+ pages DO NOT EDIT!!!)
At the Mall with Weevil (15+ pages; Charlotte5 currently editing; WIP)
Atom Kid (a super hero adventure) (30+ pages)
Average Guy (20+ pages)
The Battle of the Best (24+ pages)
Boromir's Quest (an LOTR adventure) (90+ pages)
The Boss (35+ pages)
Castlevania (Public)
The Clown (50+ pages)
Crazy Fantasy Adventure (15+ pages)
Crusader (an action-adventure fantasy) (337 pages)
Crusader 2: Paladin (375+ pages; I Lion Heart I currently editing)
Cyberspace Invaders(Throw it in the pit if you want!)
DARKNESS (100+ pages)
Day In the Life of a Total Loser (15+ pages)
Dead Kid (100+ pages)
Death by zombies (40+ pages)
Digimon Adventure 03 (15+ pages)
Digimon Transverse (30+ pages, open to public; fixed a lot of in-game bugs, making editing the options less of a pain now)
Dr. Dero's Journey (10+ pages, 100% open to pub.)
Dungeon (A CLASSIC DUNGEON CRAWL!)(20+ pages)
Easily Random(20+ Still being made though by Unkowhero23)
An Epic Adventure (50+ pages) NO EDITING PLEASE. Feel free to play!
Evolution (an adventure of insignificance) (25+ pages)
Evolution II (20 pages)
Fantasy Coffeehouse (7+ pages, new as of 11/03/09, public, work on me!)
Fantasy Quest (110+ pages)
Hunting again for Red October (100+ pages)
Invasion of the B-Movie Monsters!(Under construction. Feel free to help out)
Jo-Ann the Librarian (a Comedy) (30+ pages)
Just Plain Awesome (just started, please don't edit)
THE KINGDOM OF ADVENTURE! (25+ pages)
The Life of a School Kid (30+ pages)
LoA's Adventure (15+ pages)
The many rooms (1200+ pages)
Morrowind (An exciting action adventure) (25+pages)
Nightcaps (10+ Pages)
Organisation (30+ pages WIP-DO NOT EDIT!!!!!)
A Penguin Named Evan (15+ Pages)
Pirates of the Caribbean (action-adventure) (50+ pages)
Pokemon - Your Adventure (Under Construction)
Portal(40+ pages)
Quest of the magician (200+ pages)
Ralos (35+ pages)
Random (25+ pages)
A Random Day (25+ pages)
Red Mercenary (10+ pages)
The Rise of Ginyu force. another DBZ story :P (10+ pages)
Sabatoge (a Star Trek: TNG adventure) (About 10 pages)
Save YouTube Poop!!! (Definitely rated PG-13 (15 pages)
The Secret Island of Utobi (38 pages)
Star trek (Another adventure) (65+ pages)
Star Wars: Jedi Chronicles (20+ pages)
Star Wars: Republic (26 pages)
Story Of My Life (15 pages)
Stuck in the House (Creation, TWO QUESTS OR FREEROAM AVAILABLE!)
Superhero (25+ pages Its public, so you can add on as well)
Superdickery Superman Adventure (150 + pages)
Survey (DO NOT EDIT!!!!)
A Tasty Breakfast(20+ pages)
Transylvanian terror(150+ pages)
Tribute: The Greatest and Best Quest in the World (14+ pages)
The Trigger And The Hilt (a free-roaming action game) (20+ pages)
The Ultimate Battle (65+ pages)
The underworld(9 pages, Under construction)
Wander Aimlessly Around The Giant Weird Maze (Only a few pages so far, but please edit! Actually G-rated, but put in this category just in case.)
Wanna be a hobo?(20+ pages)
War of Nations (65+ pages)
What have they done?(20+ pages)
Worlds End (A game of survival and Jim's Barbeque)(35+ pages)
WW2 (6 pages)
Your Life (Under Construction, Please Do NOT Edit.)
Roleplay (Under Construction...)

Quizzes and Challenges

Not actually stories, but a chance to test your knowledge (or your luck):

Digimon Quizo'! (Under construction. Inspired from Blablob's The video game quiz. Are you a true 'Dejimahn' fan or are you a phony?)
Quiz Show (20+ pages)
A Quizzy Show(10 pages)
Rock, Paper, Scissors (25 pages)
Rock, Paper, Scissors 2 (110+ pages)
The Rock Paper Scissors game (JUST STARTED)
Trivia Time(15+ pages)
The video game quiz (30+ pages)
The video game quiz 2 (I was gonna finish this story, but I lost interest in it, so if someone else wants to work on it, that's fine)
Video Game Trivia I(6+ pages. This might be adapted into a series.)
Your Sex Experience(10+ pages)

Mature Stories

Content normally found in R-rated movies, no explicit sexual content or sadistic violence:

A Knights Quest(20+ pages)
A Day In The Life Of A Dangerous Hitman(24+ pages)
Amnesia(50+ pages)
Another Pointless Story (The Ultimate Showdown) (101+ pages)
Awake (45 pages)
Badassery (20+ pages) Now accepting public edits, but please keep in mind the story and style of writing!
Battle Royale (150+ pages) Public Story, Help Work On It!
Burning Leaves (Under construction, don´t edit!!)
The Bulletman(W.I.P.)
City Life(12+ pages)
City Life Manhattan(22+ pages, Now with the option to visit other boroughs!)
Collection of Awesome Stories(5+ pages)
Complete,Utter Randomness(12+ pages)
Crappy Life(Under construction. DON'T EDIT)
Darkened Hope(30+ pages)
Dating game of Awsome( can't date in real life play this :D(a few pages plz help but don't mess with the already done pages)
Dating Game (34+ pages)
Death Comes Quickly (Under construction. NO PUBLIC EDITS.)
Dogfight over Europe (35+ pages)
Don't Die (New! 35 pages)
Duel fates (Just started, first story)
Escape the James Holbrook Clones! (just started)
Fogwood High: The Game (30+ pages)
The Giant Building With A Million Rooms (175+ pages)
The Girl Down the Street (20 pages)
I like Cookie(10+ pages)
In The Army (25+ pages)
Jim's Barbeque (GREAT RIBS. UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES.) (15.5+ pages BUT SO MUCH MORE)
Life:The Way You Wanted It (35+ pages)(Plz Add =()
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Open to pubic add on as you please:) )
Luigi and Mario Stories(175+ pages)(11 stories)
Nations At War(15+ pages)
The Never-Ending Quest(30+ pages)
A New Life(40+ pages Public)
Psychodude(30+ pages Open to Public)
A random story(333+ pages)
A Random Story About Random Stuff(100+ pages)
Random III(25+ pages)
Random Four (25+ pages)
Resident evil (53 pages. From now on not public.)
Run From The Mob(10+ pages, Work On It, It's Public)
Saw!(Just started 10/3/09)
Serial X (25+ pages. Work On It, It's Public)
Short And Random Stories(250+ pages)(25 stories)
The Short But True Story of The Secret Passage(25+ pages)
So you Want to be an Evil Overlord?(A very good 7 pages!)
Slasher(20+ pages)
Spirit Warp (50% finished and is NOT public, please leave it to me. feel free to play though!)
splinter cell(3+ pages)
Spongebob's Day Off(80+ pages)
Spongebob VS Patrick(40+ pages)
Star Wars: Dawn of the New Republic (Just started)
Survival (30+ pages W.I.P.)
Team Fortress 2: Spy vs. Sniper (40+ pages, started 6/24/09)
Tesco Midnight Run(25+ pages)
Thought Of Me(200+ pages)
Valon(New)
Violence (+20 Pages, in progress)
Warhammer: Sartosa, City of Pirates (150+ pages, in progress)
Week of the Zombies(25+ pages)
World Undone (15+ pages)
Yo Jabba Jabba (new)
YOUR CRAZY (12 People can work on this)
Zach(15+ pages)
Zombie blood(35+ pages)
Zombie Overlord (Mmmm...Brains)(50+ Pages,Work on It, It's Public)

Adult Stories

FOR 18+: No limits to content.

The Sexual Adventures of You|| ( W.I.P)
13 years(The story of a kid may not be the only thing this story has to offer.)(not really a CYOA)
14 years(Trust no one. The sequel to 13 years.)(not really a CYOA)
Adventure!!! (6 pages)
The Adventures Of The Hypnotist(14 pages)(Public, please work on it)
All Alone (lesbian)(55 pages)
Aftermath(7 pages)(By Falar: Just started- its public. If you're gonna write in it, please do it well =/)
A girl on girl MY FIRST TIME (23 pages)(This is my first story feel free to help me pop my cherry)
Archie's Gay Adventure(60 pages)(Work on it, it's public!)
Archie's Sexual Adventure(38 pages)
Band Forming thing (119 pages)
Blackmailed(145 pages)
Choose Your Destiny(87 pages)
College Girls(86 pages)
Days in the Life of Sammy Simm(39 pages)
Death Will Come (18 pages)
The Devils Daughter (89 pages)(Open to edit)
Down The Rabbit Hole(343 pages)(Hail Eris!)
Druglord(26 pages)
End of Dignity (5 pages)(do not edit)
Errands (7 pages)(open, New!)
Eastbound and Down: Shelby County Gone Wild (8 pages)(Just started.)
everything goes including your clothes (6 pages)(don't edit)
Final Day of Carmacks Team: The Prequel to the Doom Movie (3 pages)(Please don't edit yet, finishing first storyline)
Freelancer: The Universe of Possibility(18 pages)
Freshman in the big C (1 page)(accepting 3 people)
Friday the 13th: Revenge (2 pages)
Friday night (43 pages)(Public, Please work on it!)
Furry World(162 pages)
Genie (2 pages)(make a wish)
Girlngirl High (lesbian)(32 pages)
Hardon High (Gay)(35 pages)
Hollywood Romp(17 pages)
Icarly: Iwant sex (74 pages)
I'll Be Gentle... (46 pages, Now officially PUBLIC! =D)
Incubus (Bisexual Pirate Fantasy)(41 pages)
Jade Rogue (Just Started...kitana134 editing) (13 pages)
A Job (40 pages)
A job at the bodypainting place (10 pages)(still working on it)
Kaleib:The Inere Begining...(1 page)(-Public- Is Scary)
Legend of the Trailer Park(115 pages)
Life Behind the Badge(6 pages)(W.I.P.)
Life of Unlimited Chances(12 pages)(An every Kind of Story)
Mage Games (Gay Fantasy)(30 pages)(Work on It, It's Public)
Me 'n' My Wife (19 pages)(Work in Progress, not public! Currently 15+ pages. Last Updated: 18/09/09)
Mob Story (12 pages)
Neighborhood (29 pages)
High School(283 pages)(Work On It, It's Public-Owner's Back-Just don't edit Gothic Male or Female)
Nice'n'Tight (5 pages)(open to edit)
Oops! You're Naked! (55 pages)(open to edit)
Our Little Secret (lesbian)(9 pages)
Perverted Thirteen-Year-Old(43 pages)
Psychonauts in Hell(4 pages)(Give a n00b a break!)
The Quest For Treguards Treasure (271 pages)
Rampage(686 pages)
Red Mobster(31 pages)(work on it, it's public)
Sensual Realms (36 pages) public)
Slave to the Mist (42 pages)
Smutty Sex Romp(9200+ pages)
Star Trek: A Night with Troi (29 pages)
Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga(175 pages, public please edit and help)
The Story of Jack Foster(270 pages)
Spongebob Squarepants is a gangster(8 pages}
Summer Party (Public, please help)
Survive (2 choices, 1 life)
Survival Story (35+ pages)
Supervillain (6 pages, work on this one and be creative)
Teehee! (30+ pages, public)
Teenager (60+ pages)
The 007 Stories (20+ pages, public, so you may edit, but ask for permission from me first)
This Story Will Piss You Off(55+ pages)
Tree of Doom (30+ pages)
Twenty-First Birthday (Nothing Yet)
University Daze (600+ pages)
Victim (150+ pages)
War and Sex (A low fantasy adult story)

Pit of Abandoned Stories

Stories of less than ten pages that haven't been worked on by anyone in some time will be dropped into the Pit. Feel free to retrieve stories from the Pit and put them back here on the Main Page if you get inspired and add to one.

Creating a Story

If you have an idea for a story, you might like to try pitching your idea to other users and seeing how interested people might be in playing your story, what you could do to make playing your story fun, and who might be interested in collaborating with you to write it. Once you have done that, you can create it by entering your desired name for the Story into the search box and clicking Go. If the name has not already been taken, click this exact title to start the story.

There are three general types of story. The first is the branching-plot story (an example of this is the Choose Your Own Adventure series of gamebooks), which require the reader to make choices but are otherwise like a regular novel. The second type is the role-playing game adventure, which combines the branching-plot novel with simple role-playing rules such as attack points and monster battles. The third type is the trivia quiz, where the player must answer questions as if they were on a game show.

Instructions

Starting Template

Copy and paste this for new pages:

Page text here


Do you:
*[[Adventure/Option 1]]
*[[Adventure/Option 2]]
*[[Adventure/Option 3]]
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}
[[Category: name of story you're working on]]

The next to the last line here is the status indicator. The status indicator shown here is the basic status indicator. Different stories use different status indicators, and some use none at all. Look at the edit screen for the page you're starting from and copy that status indicator to the new page you're adding. Modify as necessary.

Every page should have the category at the bottom. This keeps track of all the pages in the story. You can copy the category line from the previous page to the one you're working on.

For additional help in wiki syntax, click here

To edit a page

Just click the edit tab on the top of the page

To add an option

[[Adventure name/New option name]]

Options that appear red on the page have no content. Click the link, paste in the above template, and then add your own content.

To avoid accidentally crossing with other users' stories, it may be best to create pages with more than just an option name, like Unicorns or Open your eyes. Instead, when you create a new page, call it You have to slay The Dragon/_Page 1 or YOUR CRAZY/Give up. You can have the link name be whatever you want though, like this: [[You have to slay The Dragon|Enter The Dragon's Lair]] will appear as Enter The Dragon's Lair on the page.

This is for fun!

Tips

  • Don't give too many options when starting a new story and leave half of them redlinked. Focus on a small number of story threads at first.
  • Outline a general plan for what the intention of your story is when you start it: What genre and themes it belongs to.
  • As alternative to plain formatting for your story, you may try using Italics to write the Narration, regular Font for character Dialogue and Bold for Character/Item/Location names or important developments. Example: As you walked through the Forest, you heard a young girl calling out for you. "Jack! Wait for me! I have a gift for you!" Kate runs up to you and gives you the MacGuffin. Whatever style you choose, try to keep it consistent throughout the story.
  • If you are having difficulty spacing out paragraphs, you can use <br>. Example:
  • This is an example of how to break up paragraphs on a page.<br><br>This is the same example. will show as:

This is an example of how to break up paragraphs on a page.

This is the same example.

  • Don't inject crude humor into a story that's intended to be played straight.
  • Please categorize the pages in your story. For example, if your story is called "The Story", then please add [[Category:The Story]] to each new page you create for your story.

Rules

People have a tendency to create branches where the character dies. To prevent the story from being just a tree with all dead ends:

  • For each page where you kill the player's character, you must create at least 2 pages (with content) where s/he can go on.
  • Please stick to the theme and setting of the story, and discuss ideas for major changes on the discussion pages. Although creativity is encouraged, radical plot changes and inconsistencies will ruin the flow.
  • If something is off topic, remove it.
  • Try to capitalize and spell your words correctly.
  • ADD OPTIONS AND NOT JUST TEXT! Complete pages include options so the story can continue (unless the page is an ending). Incomplete pages will be edited or deleted.

To Do List

  • Go through and fix or remove status indicators from pages.
    • Some are not needed in stories and were copied and pasted from the template.
    • Some are missing the level and MP from the line of code.
  • Remove off-topic pages.
  • Correct capitalization and spelling mistakes.
  • Add a basic, or main, timeline of background events during the period that the character is making choices in - those events are usually out of the character's control. This will help add consistency.
  • Pages with major spelling, grammar or other problems, but not problems that render the page spam and a candidate for deletion, should be categorized in the Pages Requiring Attention Category to get other editors to help fix it up. If a page is not yet complete, add it to Category:Pages Under Construction so people know the editor is still working on it and it does not need to have someone improve it.
  • Story Endings should be categorized with Category:Endings.

Poor Taste Stories

FOR 21+ No limits to content. Don't blame us.

Dark Nights (3 pages)
Fuckin Screwed Up(75+ pages, Work On It, It's Public)
The Guy Who Held His Breath Forever(Work in Progress)
Kill As Many People As You Can(5+ pages, Work On It, It's Public)
Kill The President(5+ pages, Work On It, It's Public)
Molest Little Boys (Work On It, It's Public)
One Messed Up Story (A Story For Guys)(100+ pages, Work On It, It's Public)
Short and Funny.(5+ pages)
S.W.A.T.(Just Started, PLEASE HELP WITH IDEAS, ITS PUBLIC)
Would You, Could You, Fuck A Goat?!(Just Started, Work On It(please), It's Public)

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