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"You go to China to find a fight and you see Peter Pan in front of you, and he's staring at you. He's got a axe, and he can fly."
-Another Pointless Story.

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 123,438 articles.

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  • 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.

Contents

Featured Story

Crusader 2 (Paladin)
*At 375+ Pages, Paladin is currently one of the larger stories on the site! An exciting Fantasy Adventure, created and managed by I_Lion_Heart_I.

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)
BauBaus! (for critter lovers and trainers alike!) (10+ pages)
Black Dog (5+ pages)
Carnival(15+ pages)
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 (3 pages)
Penguins (just click "Three times a day") (7 pages)
Penguins (The Frozen Adventure) (10+ pages)
Princess Carkegee (15+ pages)
Quiz Show (20+ pages)
The Time Machine(15+ page)
Time Vortex (15+ pages)
Visiting the Zoo (130+ pages)
You Gotta Read This (10 pages)

Kids Stories

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

The Amazing Adventure (40+ pages DO NOT EDIT!!!)
At the Mall with Weevil (10+ pages; Charlotte5 currently editing; WIP)
Attempt (Under Construction, Editing Welcome)
Atom Kid (a super hero adventure) (30+ pages)
Average Guy (10+ pages)
The Battle of the Best (24+ pages)
The Blood Thirsty Mime (12+ pages)
Bloody Tofu (12+ pages)
Boromir's Quest (an LOTR adventure) (90+ pages)
The Boss (Under Construction)
The Clown (50+ pages)
Crazieness (12+ pages)
Crazy Fantasy Adventure (10+ pages)
Chrono Trigger Experience (Under construction)
Crusader (an action-adventure fantasy) (337 pages)
Crusader 2: Paladin (375+ pages; I Lion Heart I currently editing)
Cyberspace Invaders(Under Construction by Holygiant)
Day In the Life of a Total Loser (15+ pages)
Dead Kid (100+ pages)
Death by zombies (40+ pages)
Dungeon (A CLASSIC DUNGEON CRAWL!)(20+ pages)
Easily Random(20+ Still being made though by Unkowhero23)
An Easy Path to Victory (10+ pages)
Evolution (an adventure of insignificance) (25+ pages)
Evolution II (20 pages)
Evolution III (Not Affiliated With The Above) (0 pages)
Family Easter Quest (Noob WIP - please don't edit yet, making skeleton story first)
Fantasy Quest (110+ pages)
First Adventure (15+ pages)
Fugitive Something (under construction, currently 10 pages)
Getting a Job (5+ pages)
How to Write a Book (Or Not) (10+ pages)
Hunting again for Red October (100+ pages)
Inside the Dark Room (10+ pages)
Jo-Ann the Librarian (a Comedy) (30+ pages)
THE KINGDOM OF ADVENTURE! (25+ pages)
The Life of a School Kid (30+ pages)
LoA's Adventure (15+ pages)
Lost Memories (10+ pages)
The many rooms (1200+ pages)
Morrowind (An exciting action adventure) (25+pages)
My nose hurts!!! (An exciting action adventure about your nose) (10+ pages)
A Penguin Named Evan (15+ Pages)
Paralife (Under construction)
Pirates of the Caribbean (action-adventure) (50+ pages)
Pokemon - Your Adventure (Under Construction)
Portal(40+ pages)
Quest of the magician (200+ pages)
Radio(5+ pages)
Ralos (35+ pages)
Random (25+ pages)
Red Mercenary (10+ pages)
The Rise of Ginyu force. another DBZ story :P (10+ pages)
Rock, Paper, Scissors (25 pages)
Rock, Paper, Scissors 2 (110+ pages)
The Rock Paper Scissors game (JUST STARTED)
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 (12 pages)
Superhero (25+ pages Its public, so you can add on as well)
Superdickery Superman Adventure (150 + pages)
Tales of Symphonia (Under Construction)
A Tasty Breakfast(20+ pages)
Tiragarde Keep: A World of Warcraft Adventure (Starting)
Tribute: The Greatest and Best Quest in the World (14+ pages)
The Trigger And The Hilt (a free-roaming action game) (20+ pages)
Video Game Trivia I(6+ pages. This might be adapted into a series.)
War of Nations (65+ pages)
Wanna be a hobo?(20+ pages)
What have they done?(Under construction)

Mature Stories

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

A Day In The Life Of A Dangerous Hitman(14+ pages)
Amnesia(50+ pages)
Anal City, USA(10+ pages)
An Apocolyptic city of darkness(10 pages)
Another Pointless Story (The Ultimate Showdown) (85+ pages)
Battle Royale (150+ pages) Public Story, Help Work On It!
The Bulletman(W.I.P.)
The Call(Just Started)
City Life(12+ pages)
City Life Manhattan(17+ pages)
Collection of Awesome Stories(5+ pages)
Complete,Utter Randomness(12+ pages)
Darkened Hope(30+ pages)
DARKNESS (100+ pages)
Dating Game (34+ pages)
Dawn (Under construction)
Death is Coming (W.I.P.)
Dogfight over Europe (35+ pages)
Fogwood High: The Game (Just started)
First Year (Just started)
The Giant Building With A Million Rooms (175+ pages)
The Girl Down the Street (20 pages)
I like Cookie(10+ pages)
In The Army (15+ pages)
Jim's Barbeque (MANY IDEAS. UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES AND DELICIOUS RIBS) (15.5+ PAGES BUT SO MANY MORE THINGS)
Life:The Way You Wanted It (Plz Add =()
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Open to pubic add on as you please:) )
Luigi and Mario Stories(175+ pages)(11 stories)
Music Quest (10+ pages, Work On It, It's Public)
Mercenary(under construction)
The Never-Ending Quest(30+ pages)
A New Life(40+ pages Public)
A Peasant's Story(5+ pages)
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.)
Ruined Earth (1 page)
Run From The Mob(10+ pages, Work On It, It's Public)
Serial X (15+ 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)
Slasher(10+ pages)
So you Want to be an Evil Overlord?(W.I.P)
Spongebob's Day Off(80+ pages)
Spongebob VS Patrick(40+ pages)
Star Wars: Dawn of the New Republic (Just started)
Survival (1+ pages)
Syndrome(5+ pages, work on it, its public)
Tesco Midnight Run(25+ pages)
Thought Of Me(200+ pages)
Transylvanian terror(75+ pages)
Trivia Time(15+ pages)
Violence (+20 Pages, in progress)
A Vampire Hunter's Love Story(for girls) (in progress)
We Are Hitmen(10+ pages)
Week of the Zombies(25+ pages)
Worlds End (A game of survival)(35+ pages)
World Undone (15+ pages)
You are Legend (Under construction).
YOUR CRAZY (12 People can work on this)
Zach(15+ pages)
Zombie blood(35+ pages)
Zombie Overlord (Mmm...Brains)(35+ Pages,Work on It, It's Public)
Zombie Invasion (Just started)
Zelda Quest (Just started, Public please work on it)

==Adult Stories== FOR 18+: No limits to content.

The Adventures Of The Hypnotist(Public, please work on it)
All Alone (lesbian)(35+ pages)
Aftermath(By Falar: Just started- its public. If you're gonna write in it, please do it well =/)
Archie's Gay Adventure(25+ pages. Work on it, it's public!)
Band Forming thing (100+ pages)
Blackmailed(115+ pages)
Choose Your Destiny(80+ pages)
College Girls(35+ pages)
Days in the Life of Sammy Simm(25+ pages)
Death Will Come (10+ pages)
Down The Rabbit Hole(300+ pages)(Hail Eris!)
Druglord(25 pages)
Freelancer: The Universe of Possibility(10+ pages)
Friday the 13th: Revenge (2 pages)
Furry World(100+ pages)
Genie (make a wish)
Girlngirl High (lesbian)(30+ pages)
Hardon High (Gay)(30+ pages)
Hollywood Romp(10+ pages)
I'll Be Gentle... (30+ pages)
Incubus (Bisexual Pirate Fantasy)(35+ pages)
Jade Rogue (Just Started...kitana134 editing) (12+ pages)
A Job (22 pages)
Legend of the Trailer Park(100+ pages)
Mage Games (Gay Fantasy)(25+ pages, Work on It, It's Public)
Mob Story (10 pages)
Neighborhood (15+ pages)
Nice'n'Tight (0 pages- open to edit)
Oops! You're Naked! (21 pages - open to edit)
Our Little Secret (lesbian)(8 pages)
Perverted Thirteen-Year-Old(10+ pages)
The Quest For Treguards Treasure (210+ pages)
Rampage(300+ pages)
Red Mobster(30+ pages, work on it, it's public)
Sensual Realms (15+ pages)
Slave to the Mist (30+ pages)
Smutty Sex Romp(8500+ pages)
Star Trek: A Night with Troi (12+ pages)
Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga(30 pages)
The Story of Jack Foster(200+ pages)
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)
University Daze (500+ pages)
Victim (150+ pages)

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.

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.

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. We have a spell checker here.
  • 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.

No One Should Read These

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

Fuckin Screwed Up(75+ pages, Work On It, It's Public)
The Guy Who Held His Breath Forever(Work in Progress)
High School(Work On It, It's Public)
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)
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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