Most of the original print run of Midnight Legion has sold out. Some copies of the original boxed set are available here. You can also pick up PDF or print on demand editions from DriveThru RPG:

• Midnight Legion: Book 1 Set
• Midnight Legion, Book 2: The World Reborn
• Midnight Legion: Book 3: Portal of Life
• Midnight Legion: Last Recruit

The final gamebook in the Midnight Legion trilogy is here!

Your world is gone. The world that has replaced it is alien and savage, but filled with wondrous new life. In the last remaining Midnight Legion base, a computer controls technology that can destroy this life—or help it to thrive.

If you’re strong enough, you can defeat the agent who betrayed your mission. If you’re clever and skilled enough, you can solve the base’s puzzles and outwit its traps. But even then you will still need to confront the sentient, possibly deranged computer itself. What it can tell you depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice to regain the memories you have lost.

Get it now on Amazon.com!

Here are samples of Portal of Life from the printer!  We now expect pre-orders to ship the end of April.

Midnight Legion Book 3: The Portal of Life is being printed now, and should arrive at the homes of Kickstarter backers and anyone else who preordered in March.

The Kickstarter for Portal of Life, the third and final Midnight Legion gamebook, just ended, and we’re grateful for how much support it received. C. Aaron Kreader and I have had a blast putting this series together, and we know that many of you have been with us from the beginning.

You funded the book in five hours, and then you went on to unlock all of these bonuses:

Bigger:

You added additional color pages.

Better:

You added upgraded paper stock and premium coating…plus even more color pages.

Stories:

You added three Midnight Legion short stories as appendices.

Hyperlinks:

You added hyperlinks to the new or forthcoming digital versions of all the books.

Last Recruit:

You made it possible to reprint the Midnight Legion prequel/mini adventure Last Recruit, which sold out after its first printing in June.

Portal of Life will be available at the end of 2018.

The Portal of Life just made it to #1 on Kicktraq‘s Hot List! Please spread the word and help us keep up the momentum.

The Midnight Legion, Book 3: The Portal of Life Kickstarter has just gone live.

The Portal of Life is the final gamebook in the Midnight Legion trilogy, scheduled for an end-of-year release by Studio 9.

Your world is gone. The world that has replaced it is alien and savage, but filled with wondrous new life. In the last remaining Midnight Legion base a computer controls technology that can destroy it or help it to thrive.

If you’re strong enough, you can defeat the agent who betrayed your mission. If you’re clever and skilled enough, you can solve the base’s puzzles and outwit its traps. But even then you will still need to confront the sentient, possibly deranged computer itself. What it can tell you depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice to regain the memories you have lost.

Support the Kickstarter now!  And please spread the word.

Midnight Legion tells the story of one hero’s journey of discovery: waking without memories in a compound under siege (Operation Deep Sleep), escaping out into the unknown wilderness above (The World Reborn), and finally confronting the secrets that set the adventure in motion (The Portal of Life, forthcoming).  Midnight Legion lets you decide what happens next.  You also have a character, which you can keep throughout all three books (or create anew for each book, if you prefer).  The additional game mechanics are meant to help bring the story to life:

• Memories are recovered over time.  By spending Memory Points, you gain new Memories from the Memory Book that reveal everything from how to use ancient artifacts to your character’s reasons for joining the Legion.
• Energy Points can be hoarded, or spent to improve the odds of any combat or skill check.
• Sixth Sense allows you to skip ahead to preview the outcomes of possible actions.
• Beginning in Book 2, a Countdown provides a deadline for completing your mission.

The trilogy also contains gameplay elements inspired by other gamebooks and role-playing games:

• Every character is different.  You can emphasize Physical Conditioning, Stealth, or Sixth Sense.
• You can also specialize in additional skills.  (Inspired by Lone Wolf and other series).
• The Insights you gain throughout the adventure change the world around you, meaning that every time you visit a place or encounter a creature, the experience will be different.  (Inspired by Sorcery!, Fabled Lands, and other series.)

We hope you agree that the mechanics support the story—and that you continue to accompany us on this journey to the end.

A few mistakes made it past play-testing and into Midnight Legion, Book Two: The World Reborn.  Here are some important corrections.  This page will be updated as necessary.

Section 325 (page 119): “Leave this place and continue to the east” should link to section 159. “Leave this place and investigate the high summit to the north” should link to section 176.

The Midnight Legion, Book 2: The World Reborn Kickstarter closed today, and with your support we were able to meet all of our stretch goals. If all goes according to schedule, The World Reborn should be going out to backers in July, with copies in stores worldwide shortly thereafter.  Most of the backers will also receive a new short story from the Midnight Legion world.

Thanks to everyone who has made this journey possible.  On to Book 3!