We're big fans of 'Game of Thrones' here, so much so that we can't really picture our lives before it. How did we get our fantasy fix in the days before dragons and direwolves? 'Lord of the Rings'? Bah! The only thing that used to come close to the seat-of-your-pants, moment-to-moment excitement of George R.R. Martin's fantasy series is the "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure" novels of our youth.

We remember countless hours spent reading "Choose Your Own Adventure" novels, vigorously turning the pages to find out what happened to our favorite characters from everything from 'Star Trek' to 'G.I. Joe.' If 'Game of Thrones' had been around during the heyday of the CYOA novel, we imagine that we'd be deciding the adventures of Tyrion, Arya and others just by turning ahead a few pages.

Check out some 'Game of Thrones' choose-your-own-adventure novels created by Kristy Puchko that we wish we could've read as kids. We've also included some excerpts for your reading enjoyment.