Matt Forbeck

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  • Bibliography:
    62 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1998
  • Latest Book:
    March 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Blood Bowl

1 - Blood Bowl (Sep-2005)
2 - Dead Ball (Jan-2006)
3 - Sudden Death (May-2006)
4 - Rumble in the Jungle (Jan-2008)
5 - Escape from Castle Ravenloft: An Endless Quest Book (Sep-2019)

Dangerous Games

1 - How to Play (May-2013)
2 - How to Cheat (Jul-2013)
3 - How to Win (Aug-2013)

Dungeons & Dragons: Endless Quest

1 - To Catch a Thief (Sep-2018)
2 - Into the Jungle (Sep-2018)
3 - Escape the Underdark (Sep-2018)
4 - Big Trouble (Sep-2018)
6 - The Mad Mage's Academy: An Endless Quest Book (Sep-2019)

The Lost Mark

1 - Marked for Death (Mar-2005)
2 - The Road to Death (Jan-2006)
3 - The Queen of Death (Oct-2006)

Revelations

1 - Prophecy of the Dragons (Jun-2006)
2 - The Dragons Revealed (Aug-2006)

Shotguns & Sorcery

1 - Hard Times in Dragon City (Feb-2013)
2 - Bad Times in Dragon City (Mar-2013)
3 - End Times in Dragon City (Apr-2013)
Goblintown Justice (Feb-2012)

Multi-Author Series List

Deadlands

Dead Ball (Jan-2006)

Dragonlance

Secret of the Spiritkeeper (Jun-2004)
Prophecy of the Dragons (Jun-2006)
The Dragons Revealed (Aug-2006)

Eberron

Marked for Death (Mar-2005)
The Road to Death (Jan-2006)
The Queen of Death (Oct-2006)

Halo

Halo: New Blood (Mar-2016)
Halo: Legacy of Onyx (Nov-2017)

Knights of the Silver Dragon

1 - Secret of the Spiritkeeper (Jun-2004)
13 - Prophecy of the Dragons (Jun-2006)
14 - The Dragons Revealed (Aug-2006)

A Leverage Novel

1 - The Con Job (Jan-2013)

Marvel's Captain America

Marvel's Captain America: The Ultimate Guide to the First Avenger (Apr-2016)

Marvel's The Avengers

Marvel's The Avengers Encyclopedia (Oct-2015)
Marvel's Captain America: The Ultimate Guide to the First Avenger (Apr-2016)

Star Wars

Rogue One: Junior Novel (Apr-2017)

Book List in Order: 62 titles

  • Night Train

    Ask Not For Whom The Whistle Blows... because it just might be blowing for you! ~ At least that's what it seems like to Ronan Lynch when he heard the Night Train blowing its terrifying tune in the dark Kansas night. He'd been trying to get the Hell o...

  • Brave New World

    Brave New World is a brand-new roleplaying game suitable for experts and novices alike. In the game, you play a delta, a person with amazing powers and a reason to use them. The Brave New World rulebook comes complete with everything you need to know...

  • Seven Cities

    No more generic innkeepers! Out with the bland blacksmith! Now Seven Cities brings you a wealth of vibrantly populated places to use in your D20 System fantasy campaign. Whether you're looking for a convenient refueling station after a hard day of pl...

  • Secret of the Spiritkeeper

    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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    Dragonlance
    Knights of the Silver Dragon - 1

    The first title in an all-new series for young readers, complete with its very own book club!

    Search for the Spiritkeeper launches a new series of adventures written specifically for readers ages 8-10. Sized to fit the young reader market, th...

  • Marked for Death

    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy
    The Lost Mark - 1
    Eberron

    Twelve Dragonmarks Sigils of immense magical power. Borne by scions of mighty Houses, used through the centuries to wield authority and shape wonders throughout Eberron. But there are only twelve marks. Until now. Matt Forbeck begins the ...

  • Blood Bowl

    Blood Bowl - 1

    In a fantasy kingdom where violence is a way of life the number one sport is Blood Bowl - Gridiron where anything goes. Dirk 'Dunk' Hoffnung, once a barbarian swordsman, is now a rookie quarterback in the toughest football league you've ever seen....

  • Dead Ball

    Blood Bowl - 2
    Deadlands

    In a fantasy kingdom where violence is a way of life, the number one sport is Blood Bowl â€" gridiron football where anything goes. Dirk ‘Dunk’ Hoffnung has already tasted the high life as a star Blood Bowl player but now he has to start all over...

  • The Road to Death

    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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    The Lost Mark - 2
    Eberron

    The epic Eberron trilogy The Lost Mark continues!The dark and mysterious world of Eberron continues to expand through RPG products and novels. This is the sixth novel set in the Eberron world. Matt Forbeck has written and designed games for more than...

  • Sudden Death

    Blood Bowl - 3

    Book 3 (of 3) in the riotous Blood Bowl series. In a fantasy kingdom where violence is a way of life, the number one sport is Blood Bowl - gridiron football where anything goes. Dirk 'Dunk' Hoffnung and the rest of the Bad Bay Hackers thought they'd ...



  • Prophecy of the Dragons

    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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    Revelations - 1
    Dragonlance
    Knights of the Silver Dragon - 13

    Prophecy of the Dragons and The Dragons Revealed continue this series of adventures written specifically for readers ages 8 -- 12. This exciting line follows the adventures of three young children who, through their heroic deeds, become members of ...

  • The Dragons Revealed

    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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    Revelations - 2
    Dragonlance
    Knights of the Silver Dragon - 14

    Prophecy of the Dragons and The Dragons Revealed continue this series of adventures written specifically for readers ages 8 -- 12. This exciting line follows the adventures of three young children who, through their heroic deeds, become members of ...

  • The Queen of Death

    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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    The Lost Mark - 3
    Eberron

    They've been hunted across the Mournland, captured in Karrnath, and attacked in a dragon's mountain lair. One band of adventurers has had enough. Time to take the battle to the enemy. Time to fight back. One young woman will have to decide to give in...

  • The Vikings

    Amazing interactive features and a wealth of information transport you to the days when the Vikings ruled the seas!The first adventure in the exciting new Lost Worlds series!For more than two hundred years, during the Vikings’ heyday, all Eu...

  • Rumble in the Jungle

    Blood Bowl - 4

    Fourth Blood Bowl novel that follows the rags to riches career of star thrower Dunk Hoffnung and his team the Bad Bay Hackers. After winning the Spike! Magazine tournament final, the Hackers set sail for the fabulous land of Lustria to seek new chall...

  • The Mutant Chronicles

    "It will be a dangerous mission. I don't expect that any of us will survive. But it's a chance to save mankind, to save our world. Maybe the last chance." By the end of the twenty-third century, Earth is a plague-ridden, war-ravaged cesspool domin...

  • Blood Bowl: Killer Contract

    Welcome to the hyper-violent hilarity of Blood Bowl, the mini-series that puts the fantasy (as in elves, dwarfs, orcs, and ogres) back into football! Blood Bowl novelist Matt Forbeck brings his trademark twisted blend of humor and action to the first...

  • Amortals

    THE VERY BEST PERSON TO CATCH YOUR KILLER…IS YOU. Matt Forbeck arrives as the new king of high-concept - with a blockbuster action movie in a book. In the near future, scientists solve the problem of mortality by learning how to backup and restore...

  • Vegas Knights

    It's a kind of magic... When two college freshmen decide to spend Spring Break using their magic to fleece the gambling tables of Las Vegas, little do they imagine that Vegas harbors some magical secrets of its own... And of course what happens in Ve...

  • Independence Day

    The second of the Deadlands Dime Novel series, featuring Ronan Lynch, Bad Lucky Betty, and Velvet Van Helter!...



  • Goblintown Justice

    Shotguns & Sorcery

    Ex-adventurer Max Gibson knows he's found trouble when he stumbles out of his favorite tavern and into a murder scene, but when he realizes that both the victim and the blood-spattered orc kneeling over her are old friends of his, it gets far worse. ...

  • Carpathia

    It's Titanic meets 30 Days of Night. When the survivors of the Titanic are picked up by the passenger steamship Carpathia, they thought their problems were over. But something's sleeping in the darkest recesses of the ship. Something old. Somet...

  • Revolution

    Ask Not What Your Country Could Do For you. Ask What It Could Do To You. John Cruise -- better known as the superpowered delta Patriot -- only wanted to serve his country, which has suffered under martial law since the assassination of the First ...

  • Magic: The Gathering, Volume 1

    • Get ready, Magic: The Gathering fans, there’s a new Planeswalker in town! In search of greater magical knowledge and on the hunt for the people who destroyed his town, Dack Fayden is the greatest thief in the Multiverse. When he gets his h...

  • Resolution

    You Say You Want a ResolutionPatriot and his closest friends in the Defiance flee the United States for the warmer and safer climes of Isla Delta, the world’s only nation in which the majority of the citizens are refugees with powers. Unfortunately...

  • Revelation

    The Truth Is Finally RevealedIn the aftermath of the mass breakout of superpowered deltas from New Alcatraz, fear and chaos grips the United States. Patriot -- the leader of the rebellion known as the Defiance -- and his friends Street, Lisa, and...

  • Magic: The Gathering, Volume 2: The Spell Thief

    • Planeswalker Dack Fayden has followed Sifa Grent into a mysterious plane, where a Titan’s castle looms invitingly in the distance. Entering the castle in search of Sifa, Dack is soon imprisoned by the Titan and added to his vast collection...

  • The Con Job

    A Leverage Novel - 1

    The rich and powerful take what they want. We steal it back for you. When a disreputable dealer starts swindling aged and ailing comic-book creators out of their wealth -- and their high-valued comics and artwork -- the daughter of one victim come...

  • Hard Times in Dragon City

    Shotguns & Sorcery - 1

    Hard Times Have Come to Dragon CityRetired adventurer Max Gibson has seen better times. Ever since he and his treasure-hunting friends struck it big and called it quits a decade back, it seems like things have slid downhill.It’s hard enough to scra...

  • Bad Times in Dragon City

    Shotguns & Sorcery - 2

    If It Wasn’t for Bad Times…Ex-adventurer Max Gibson wouldn’t have any times at all. Saddled with babysitting the heir to the Dragon Empire, a deadly dragonet with a mind all its own, Max wishes he could hunker down in his bar and shut out the r...



  • End Times in Dragon City

    Shotguns & Sorcery - 3

    This Is the EndEx-adventurer Max Gibson just made the biggest mistake of his life, and all of Dragon City is going to pay for it. Because of him, there’s nothing to stop the Ruler of the Dead from renewing her centuries-old war on the city Max and ...

  • Magic: The Gathering, Volume 3: Path of Vengeance

    • Dack Fayden returns to Ravnica! Dack knows that the malevolent Sifa Grent has something sinister planned for the city of Ravnica, but he must uncover her plot while being pursued by Rakdos cultists and Boros soldiers. Not only that, but some...

  • How to Play

    Dangerous Games - 1

    Welcome to the Big Show!Once a year, the greatest tabletop gamers in the world descend upon Indianapolis for Gen Con -- the Best Four Days in Gaming -- to play games, see friends, and have fun. They play things like Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The...

  • How to Cheat

    Dangerous Games - 2

    Welcome Back to the Big Show!Every August, the greatest tabletop gamers in the world converge on Indianapolis to gather for Gen Con, the largest such gaming convention in America. After a momentous first year in which he solved the murder of a world-...

  • How to Win

    Dangerous Games - 3

    A Real Game-ChangerLiam Parker has come a long way in the past two years, from gaming-industry noob to the new head of security for Gen Con, the largest tabletop gaming convention in America. He just got married, and his first game is up for the Dian...

  • I Will Not Eat People

    Dante: No one could have prepared me for who I saw captured in the arms of that hulking werewolf. It took everything I had not to go over there and rip that wolf's throat out for manhandling my best friend, Dominic. If I know my Father, Theoden, he'l...

  • Battle Against Ultron

    Some Super Villains are just too powerful for one Super Hero alone to conquer -- and this is where The Avengers come in! These brave adventurers have been using their powers to protect the Earth for many years -- but once they join forces, they b...

  • Marvel's The Avengers Encyclopedia

    Marvel's The Avengers

    The most comprehensive single volume ever published on Marvel's premier Super Hero team, Marvel's The Avengers Encyclopedia is an expansive encyclopedia detailing the genesis of the team and its individual heroes and foes. Explore the origins and ...

  • Halo: New Blood

    Halo

    The New York Times bestselling series based on the blockbuster Xbox® games continues with the acclaimed story (originally published as a digital-first edition) of Spartan Edward Buck -- first seen in HALO: ODST and reappearing in 2015’s HALO 5: GU...

  • Marvel's Captain America: The Ultimate Guide to the First Avenger

    Marvel's Captain America
    Marvel's The Avengers

    Learn everything there is to know about Captain America in Marvel's Captain America: The Ultimate Guide to the First Avenger. Packed with information about friends, enemies, and storylines, this guide explores the exciting and rich history of the ...



  • Death Match

  • Dungeonology

    A treasure trove of lore for new adventurers! The world's most beloved roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons, joins the legendary 'Ology series as the renowned guide Volo Geddarm takes you on an unforgettable journey through the Forgotten Realms. Fro...

  • Rogue One: Junior Novel

    Star Wars

    Relive the excitement of of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story with this action-packed retelling! Follow along as a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction. This ...

  • Halo: Legacy of Onyx

    Halo

    Molly Patel was only seven years old when the alien alliance known as the Covenant destroyed her homeworld and killed her family. As one of the few to escape the glassing of Paris IV, and despite the United Nations Space Command winning the war on be...

  • Halo: Bad Blood

    An original full-length novel set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! Just hours following their climactic battle on the Forerunner planet Genesis, the Spartans of Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris find ...

  • Big Trouble

    Dungeons & Dragons: Endless Quest - 4

    Welcome to the Forgotten Realms Endless Quest books, where you don’t just read a fantastic tale. You become the hero -- and choose your own fate. When evil giants attack your home in Ardeep Forest, your parents think you’re dead and they go ...

  • Escape the Underdark

    Dungeons & Dragons: Endless Quest - 3

    Welcome to the Forgotten Realms Endless Quest books, where you don’t just read a fantastic tale. You become the hero -- and choose your own fate. You awaken in an underground cell, stripped of your armor and your sword. Your fellow prisoners i...

  • Into the Jungle

    Dungeons & Dragons: Endless Quest - 2

    Welcome to the Forgotten Realms Endless Quest books, where you don’t just read a fantastic tale. You become the hero -- and choose your own fate. The Harpers have lost one of their own, a legendary adventurer named Artus Cimber, keeper of the ...

  • To Catch a Thief

    Dungeons & Dragons: Endless Quest - 1

    Welcome to the Forgotten Realms Endless Quest books, where you don’t just read a fantastic tale. You become the hero -- and choose your own fate. When you tried to pick the pocket of a civilar in the night-shrouded streets of Waterdeep, you ne...

  • Life is Strange

    An atmospheric and characterful look at the world of the hugely successful video game Life is Strange, through the eyes of Max and Chloe.

    Welcome to Blackwell Academy is an in-universe book from the Life is Strange video game franchise from D...



  • Circle of Protection

    Palym thought she and her best friend Xiao were on an adventure. They had left their rural home in search of something greater, but neither could have anticipated the monster's attack their first day in the city. Before she knew it, Palym was swept i...

  • Shotguns & Sorcery RPG

    Dragon City. It's a grim, gritty metropolis ruled over by the Dragon Emperor, with legions of zombies scratching at the city walls by night. Whether in the streets of Goblintown or the prestigious halls of the Academy of Arcane Apprenticeship, people...

  • Escape from Castle Ravenloft: An Endless Quest Book

    Blood Bowl - 5

    Welcome to the Forgotten Realms Endless Quest books, where you don’t just read a fantastic tale. You become the hero -- and choose your own fate.

    You have entered the mist-shrouded realm of Ravenloft, where you attract the attention of Cou...

  • The Mad Mage's Academy: An Endless Quest Book

    Dungeons & Dragons: Endless Quest - 6

    Welcome to the Forgotten Realms Endless Quest books, where you don’t just read a fantastic tale. You become the hero -- and choose your own fate.

    You have been tasked with stealing the spell book of Halaster Blackcloak, the mad mage who co...

  • Escape from Castle Ravenloft

    You have entered the mist-shrouded realm of Ravenloft, where you attract the attention of Count Strahd, who decides to make you one of his vampire spawn. After awakening to find yourself alone within the walls of Castle Ravenloft, you must figure out...

  • Minecraft Dungeons

  • The Rise of the Arch-Illager

    Learn the tragic origins of the wicked Arch-Illager in this official Minecraft novel, a prequel to Minecraft Dungeons! Brave heroes have banded together to take a perilous journey through the war-torn Overworld to defeat the Arch-Illager and his form...

  • Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game: Playtest Rulebook

    Play as an existing Marvel Super Hero, or create your own hero (or villain!) and build your own Marvel Multiverse saga with your friends. Characters will be built using stats such as Might, Agility, Resilience, Vigilance, Ego and Logic. Players: 2-6 ...

  • Minecraft Legends Return Of The Piglins

  • MARVEL MULTIVERSE ROLE-PLAYING GAME: CORE RULEBOOK

    Welcome to the Marvel Multiverse! Take on the roles of Marvel's most famous Super Heroes - or create entirely new ones - and put an end to the sinister plots of the most menacing Super Villains in the Marvel Multiverse! Written by d616 System co-crea...

  • MARVEL MULTIVERSE ROLE-PLAYING GAME: THE CATACLYSM OF KANG

    An all-new expansion to the Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game, this edition provides an epic campaign to stop Kang the Conqueror!Kang the Conqueror crosses the Multiverse to find the greatest weapon in any reality, and only your Super Heroes can st...

  • Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game: Spider-Verse Expansion

    Web-crawl your way across the Web of Life and Destiny! The SPIDER-VERSE EXPANSION takes you deep into the life of Marvel's most iconic hero, Spider-Man, and all his variants and villains from throughout the Multiverse. This expansion to the MARVEL MU...

  • Legacy of Onyx

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Matt Forbeck has published 62 books.

The next book by Matt Forbeck, Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game: Spider-Verse Expansion, will be published in March 2025.

The first book by Matt Forbeck, Night Train, was published in January 1998.

Yes. Matt Forbeck has 6 series.
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