''Sagard the Barbarian'' is a series of four Hero's Challenge Gamebooks written by

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, co-creator of ''

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'' and

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, screenwriter ('' An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'', '' The Transformers: The Movie'') and game writer/designer (''

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'', '' The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay''). The four books star the eponymous hero Sagard the Barbarian, and are titled ''The Ice Dragon'', ''The Green Hydra'', ''The Crimson Sea'' and ''The Fire Demon''. They were 'fight a path' adventures which added a fighting game system to the normal pick-a-path game system.

History

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while Gygax was in Hollywood and they began collaborating on a number of projects, including the ''Sagard the Barbarian''

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series (1985-1986), which was published by

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References

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