Qatlas have recently released two new licensed solution maps of a pair of classic Fighting Fantasy adventures - The Forest of Doom and City of Thieves.
You can purchase these maps, along with the other ones that have already been released, here. And you can read about why László Arpad, the man behind the maps, chose an isometric view for his FF masterpieces here.
Ready your adventurer’s instincts and tune your ears – Fighting Fantasy is coming to Sound Realms!
The team from Sweden are reimagining the iconic gamebooks by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson as immersive audio adventures, bringing classic choices and epic quests to life in a whole new format.
“Sound Realms are developing new ways of storytelling, and I am really looking forward to listening to their audio adaptations of Fighting Fantasy gamebooks in this innovative new format.” – Ian Livingstone
To celebrate this exciting collaboration, there is currently a discount on the F.I.S.T. Deluxe Box, available from the Sound Realms online shop! The 20% discount is applied at checkout, and lasts for two weeks – so take thechance now if you've been eyeing it up.
2025 marks 40 years since the publication of The Crown of Kings, the final volume of Steve Jackson's seminal gamebook miniseries, Sorcery!
The conclusion of the Sorcery! series starts with the Analander climbing through the Xamen Peaks to reach the Mampang Fortress, and then battle their way through the Archmage’s lair. The Crown of Kings came in at a whopping 800 references (a record yet to be broken by any other Fighting Fantasy gamebook) and was as epic an adventure as any Sorcery! fan could have hoped for. It also featured one of the most memorable (and clever) denouements of any adventure ever published, not to mention encounters with a god-headed Hydra and entire societies of birdmen and she-satyrs.
When pressed on the subject of which of the gamebooks he has written are his favourites, Jackson cites two: “Warlock because it was the first. And Sorcery! because it was the most complex. Creating a four-part adventure in which your actions in Book 2 might affect your choices in Book 4 was a real challenge.”
All four volumes are in print again in the UK, courtesy of Scholastic Books. And all four volumes are also now available in Portuguese, from Brazilian publisher Jambô Editora, including The Crown of Kings, which had previously been available in Brazil.
Rather like the recent Danish editions of the Sorcery! series, the Brazilian ones also come with a unique slipcase.
Sir Ian Livingstone will be attending the Lisbon Book Fair on Saturday 7th June 2025 as part of the relaunch of Fighting Fantasy in Portugal by Porto Editora.
Sir Ian will be signing copies of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and Deathtrap Dungeon at 6:00pm at the Porto Editora/Bertrand Editora booth.
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Talking of events, it was great to see so many FF fans at the UK Games Expo last weekend. Click here to see some photos taken at the Fighting Fantasy stand during the course of the three-day event.
