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D&D Solo Adventure: Caught In A Wizard's Web

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5e Solo Gamebooks presents Caught In A Wizard’s Web, the sixth gamebook-style adventure in this series, set in the Forgotten Realms. This adventure is designed for a solo level 6 PC of any race or class, and is playable without a dungeon master. A multi-choice narrative guides you through this adventure. This series of adventures (which began with Death Knight’s Squire) is inspired by the format of the original “Red Box” solo adventure, as well as the Lone Wolf and Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks.

This adventure sees you journeying across many different landscapes and environments, and facing many different enemies as you try to outwit a devious mage whose machinations throw you into peril at every turn. To reveal the story behind it would be spoiling the discovery that will happen organically within the adventure, but suffice to say your PC will be tested to the utmost. It is recommended that you play through at least one of our other adventures (possibly the one prior to this, Drums at Daggerford) so that your PC has a chance to pick up some useful items and a bit of gold, before embarking on this brutal gauntlet of a quest!

Playtesters have reported logging up to 12 hours of play with this module, and there is huge scope for replayability as you choose from a variety of routes through the quest. Clocking in at just under 700 entries (not including Area and Location descriptions and Combat Sheets), Caught In A Wizard’s Web is easily the largest quest in this series to date. Never before have we worked so many different environs into one adventure. Using an interactive pdf, you click on hyperlinked entries which guide you through the adventure, maintaining a high level of immersion in the quest. 


The beauty of this adventure is its replayability, as there are nigh-countless ways to progress the half dozen or so environments, wide variety of creature encounters, and immersive narrative. What’s more is it remedies the all too oft forgotten exploration pillar in most adventure modules. So sharpen your blades, string your bow, study your spells, and pick up a sidekick because Paul Bimler’s latest adventure is as challenging as it is enjoyable.

David La Boon


Paul Bimler’s newest addition to an impressive publishing collection is certainly a challenge, but for all the right reasons. The adventure combines the best parts of the old Choose Your Own Adventure books with Dungeons and Dragons, adding a stunning original story and a sandbox setting you can adventure in multiple times and in different ways. The fights take not only character power but a good bit of strategy and a healthy bit of luck (of which I often found myself in short supply) to get through. If you enjoy a challenge, this is a good place for your mid-tier character to find it. It is a worthy addition to your collection, either to the story-line laid out in his earlier works or as a stand-alone adventure.

John Todsen


Another fantastic and refreshing adventure awaits you! And what a ride! Wastelands, woods, desert, mountain, swamps, sea, dungeons, everything there wants you dead or for dinner. Will you be up to the task?

Jessica Laurent

Many players have enjoyed running their characters through these quests, and the adventures are structured in such a way that any build - even balanced homebrew classes - will be tested to the limit of their capabilities. There are enemies to best in combat, skill challenges, magic items, puzzles, codewords, banes and boons, and a variety of other things to keep your character busy as they battle their way towards victory. 

Not only is this adventure ideal for solo players, but the conversion tools included at the back of the book allow you to adjust the adventure for parties of up to four adventurers. Theoretically, a dungeon master could run this as a mini-campaign over several sessions. 

Unlike previous product pages, the author is hesitant to reveal too much about the story of this quest, to preserve the element of discovery which you will experience as soon as you turn to Entry 1!

So roll up a level 6 character and get adventuring! And please check out the other adventures in this series.

Death Knight's Squire (print option available)

Tyrant of Zhentil Keep

Citadel of the Raven

The Tortured Land

Drums at Daggerford

The Solo Adventurer's Toolbox (print option available)

Solo Adventure Bundle 1 (First 4 solo adventures)

Solo Skirmish: The Cult of Mol'goroz

Eberron Solo Adventure: The Saviour of Sharn

Tables of Doom: 5E Solo Adventuring

Adventurers Wanted!: The Dread Vault of Tgozur

Adventurers Wanted: Labyrinth of Lies

Rage of the Rakasta 5e Solo Conversion

Menace of the Icy Spire 5e Solo Conversion

Ghost of Lion Castle 5e Conversion

Toolbox Solo Adventure A1: The Dead Don't Sleep

Toolbox Solo Adventure A2: A Drop of Venom



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Paul B July 27, 2024 1:49 pm UTC
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Hey guys. Sorry for delay in arrival of Gamebook #7, Flight to Undermountain.
I have just finished a gamebook for Call of Cthulhu. My plan now is to finish #7 5e gamebook and write #8 straight after. The Call of Cthulhu thing has taken a little longer than anticipated. But the thing is... I have to put my best effort into every project. And that takes time.
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Gabriel H July 31, 2024 8:52 pm UTC
Thank you for the update! We appreciate all your hard work, Sir.

Your books are fantastic. My brother and I just finished the Citadel. Your books are great when I don't want to DM and being a player without the hassle of finding a one shot or two shot means I can play whenever I want.

I'm glad to see you're still going strong. We'll be patiently waiting for the next update.
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Paul B August 09, 2024 6:28 am UTC
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Thanks for your patience Gabriel! I've just finished the Cthulhu gamebook and will soon start writing the next D&D solo.
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Julian S August 25, 2024 1:50 pm UTC
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I'm so glad to hear this! The book series so far has been outstanding, and I have enjoyed it so much. I can't wait to see what you bring to the table this time :)
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Paul B September 06, 2024 9:25 am UTC
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Thank you so much for your kind words Gabriel. It means a lot knowing you are out there reading what I write! That's what motivates me
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Chris W September 29, 2024 3:38 am UTC
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Fantastic news Paul! Also glad to hear you're in such demand.

I've been thoroughly enjoying this series as a cross between the game books I read back in the 80s and good 'ol Dungeons and Dragons. I can't wait to see more.

Do you have a list of links to other solo books you've made? You mentioning Call of CThulu makde me curious to explore stuff outside of DnD.
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Paul B October 03, 2024 7:30 pm UTC
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Hi Chris
All my gamebooks (bar Dead Man's Peak, the Cthulhu one) are for D&D... but there are some that are outside the series. Saviour of Sharn is set in Eberron, that's one. There's also Labyrinth of Lies and Dread Vault of Tgozur, two shorter adventures. And then there's the Play & Learn book, a level one adventure for a fighter. There's also my two "Solo Skirmish" books which are kind of half gamebook / half tactical game with lots of combat. Those two will take you from Level 1-10 very fast!
If you go to any of my product pages and click on my publisher name (5e Solo Gamebooks) it will show you all my products.
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Sheldon F July 17, 2024 2:06 am UTC
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Hey Paul,

Any updates on Gamebook #7? Changes from the previous iterations?
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Sara K June 21, 2024 2:23 pm UTC
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Me and my boyfriend really, really love this series and we have been excitedly waiting for the next release.
As I have seen the expected release has been estimated for March / April and that came and went, I was just wondering, if the project is coming along fine?
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John V March 02, 2024 12:45 pm UTC
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QUESTION: Where on the Hill Cave Battle Map is [vague to avoid spoilers] the person who is trapped? It's not shown, and the text doesn't clarify.
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John V February 28, 2024 7:23 pm UTC
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Anyone know of a PDF reader with a BACK button? These solo adventures are great, but it's annoying that Adobe doesn't have such a basic feature. You have to remember where you came from and search to find the spot whenever you want to go back (unless the author specifically provided a link)
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Mark G March 11, 2024 9:19 pm UTC
In Adobe, use "Alt+Left Arrow" to go back after clicking a hyperlink. Adobe PDF refers to this functionality as "previous view". I hope that helps(?)
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John V March 12, 2024 11:41 am UTC
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*facepalm* I've been using Adobe Reader since the caveman days and I never knew that! Thank you!
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Mark G March 12, 2024 1:00 pm UTC
No worries. I had been complaining about same thing recently, then discovered that magic key, lol!!
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John V February 28, 2024 7:08 pm UTC
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Shouldn't there be a preview of more than the cover?
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Vatroslav M February 04, 2024 12:01 am UTC
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I think there's a problem with entry 427. It talks of events after a combat that aren't described in the combat itself, nor do I see any other way for it to make sense.
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Vatroslav M February 04, 2024 12:58 am UTC
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There's another minor error on the WMT combat sheet and map: token E or D.
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D. M November 17, 2023 8:35 pm UTC
Hey Paul!

Loving the solo books it’s phenomenal!

Just seeing when do you anticipate book 7 will be released?

Thank you
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Paul B November 20, 2023 8:07 pm UTC
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Thanks so much! Yes, #7 is definitely coming. I am currently working on a solo adventure for Call of Cthulhu. Once that is done, I will be full steam ahead with D&D Gamebook #7 (which I have already started). Anticipating having the first draft finished in February? Playtesting after that, so releasing in March / April of 2024 hopefully.
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Antonio W August 25, 2023 1:10 pm UTC
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Will this be out for fantasy grounds?
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Mark G August 25, 2023 4:54 pm UTC
It is available in Fantasy Grounds. https://www.dmsguild.com/product/403087/DD-Solo-Adventure-Caught-In-A-Wizards-Web-Fantasy-Grounds
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Tom-Rudi J May 23, 2023 8:03 pm UTC
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Hi! I have been enjoying the adventures so far, both solo and with a friend, and we have had so much fun!

Any updates on the next adventure(s)? :D
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Paul B May 30, 2023 12:08 am UTC
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Hi there! The next adventure, Flight To Undermountain, will be out sometime in the second half of 2023. I have a couple of big projects to get out of the way first, and then all my attention will be on it.
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Jeremy M October 05, 2023 11:08 pm UTC
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How's the work coming to Undermountain?
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Paul B October 15, 2023 8:57 pm UTC
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Yep, its coming. Once the school year ends I will have a lot more time to work on it! I'm also currently writing a solo adventure for Call of Cthulhu. But it is high on my priority list!
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Jared L November 08, 2023 6:59 am UTC
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How is the progress on Flight to Undermountain going?
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Paul B November 10, 2023 10:52 pm UTC
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It's coming along. I have to finish a CoC solo first, then Undermountain will get my full attention.
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Jameel M November 29, 2022 6:15 pm UTC
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Great adventure. Can wait for the next one. Gonna play though again with another pc and choose another ending.
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Stefano V November 03, 2022 9:53 pm UTC
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Loved it! My only complaint would be the final fight… a bit anticlimactic… over in one round (fireball, 40dmg, all dexterity saving throws failed… all enemies dead)!
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Jameel M November 29, 2022 6:18 pm UTC
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Same loved it. In the end I tried the darkness combo with a HB WL. They didn't see it coming heh heh...
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Charles R September 23, 2022 3:02 am UTC
About to get the entire series, just wondering when will the next step of the series be available?
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Paul B September 26, 2022 1:51 am UTC
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Hi Charles, thanks for the support! It will be a while as I completed this one not long ago and am currently working on a couple of products. Sometime next year, probably after March.
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Nathan T February 08, 2023 5:10 pm UTC
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Any update on Part 7 of your Death Knight series?
Do you have an overall name for the entire series? I feel like you need one!
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Paul B February 23, 2023 5:28 pm UTC
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Hey Nathan
I'm just calling it the 5e Solo Gamebooks series. But yes, in regards to part 7, it's all mapped out... I have a couple of other projects to finish first and then I will launch into writing that one! Thinking of doing part 8 straight after as well.
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Jonathan M June 11, 2022 9:05 am UTC
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Absolutely amazing and I loved every moment of it. I just spent the last 24 hours completing the whole adventure and I got to say you have improved on everything you have done before. I love this series and can't wait for the next book.
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Paul B June 11, 2022 9:52 pm UTC
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Thanks so much for the kind words and support Jonathan. I'm always looking to improve!
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Jason C June 02, 2022 7:41 pm UTC
Very glad to see this release. Enjoyed the others in this series. Is there any ETA on the Fantasy Grounds VTT version?
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Paul B June 02, 2022 10:52 pm UTC
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I'm just contacting the guy that does it now. Hopefully won't take too long.
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Mark G July 16, 2022 1:11 am UTC
FYI - We just published the Fantasy Grounds version.
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Jason C July 27, 2022 1:55 pm UTC
Thank you very much!
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