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I loved these books, I think my favourites were Crimson Tide, which despite being famously 'buggy' was slightly more mature and ambitious than many of the others, and Robot Commando, which was a different sci-fi setting, and I seem to remember it had a very simple class system where you choose a different robot at the start. The computerised Sorcery games are probably worth checking out, as is the Eddie Marsan voiced Deathtrap Dungeon.

The wider tabletop gaming system (presented in Dungeoneer, Blacksand, Allansia, Out of the Pit and Titan) was simpler than D&D but I still have my incredibly dog-eared (and in some cases very badly coloured-in) copies. These are probably quite hard to come by, and don't get much play anymore, but provided huge amounts of joy in my youth. Often we'd pace round the playground at lunch in school, telling stories and forgoing dice rolls. Good times.

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