Secrets of Salamonis and Shadow of the Giants hit Brazil today

The 40th anniversary Fighting Fantasy gamebooks Secrets of Salamonis, by Steve Jackson, and Shadow of the Giants, by Sir Ian Livingstone, are published in Brazil today, courtesy of Jambô Editora.

If you are a Portuguese language speaker, or just an avid collector, you can buy your copies of the new editions direct from the publisher here.

Livro-Jogo

In case you are a Portuguese-speaker, you may be interested to know that Jambô Editora have published a large number of Fighting Fantasy gamebooks in Brazil.

There are currently 21 titles available, including new editions of Steve Jackson's Creature of Havoc and Sir Ian Livingstone's Crypt of the Sorcerer. They all have different cover art from the English editions and some have alternative interior artwork too.

O Porto do Perigo

Fighting Fantasy gamebooks have always been popular in Brazil, and back in 2016 Ian Livingstone was the Guest of Honour at the São Paulo Comic Con in Brazil, where he met hundreds of FF fans.

Jambo Editora, the Brazilian publishers of Fighting Fantasy, recently released a Portuguese translation of Ian's The Port of Peril. Jambo Editora almost always commission their own cover art for the FF books, which they consider more suitable for the Brazilian market. But this time they also commissioned new interior art, from the appropriately named Róger Goulart, and here are some examples of his old school pen and ink-style illustrations for the gamebook.

Klash, the Chaos Warrior.

The dreaded Norgul.

A run-in with some of the inhabitants of the Port of Peril.

The demonic Quag-Shugguth!

Beware - Blue Imps!

Those of you have been following the news that Atlantis Miniatures are launching a range of Fighting Fantasy miniatures maybe recognise some of the characters above - specifically Klash, the Quag-Shugguth, and the Blue Imps - as they are all part of the first wave of Fighting Fantasy Legends models that are being released first at Fighting Fantasy Fest 3 in only two weeks' time.

The Warlock of Tabletop Mountain

While Steve Jackson was signing Fighting Fantasy gamebooks at Dragonmeet last weekend, Ian Livingstone was Guest of Honour at São Paulo Comic Con in Brazil.

180,000 genre fans attended the four-day event and a significant percentage of them were Fighting Fantasy fans! Jambo Editora, the Brazilian publishers of Fighting Fantasy, certainly made sure that there was plenty of stock to sign!

And it was a good thing too! There were over 100 people in line at the start of Ian's signing sessions for all four days, and they all lasted over two hours before the queue began to die down!

What was particularly pleasing was how many children were there with their parents, who loved the books back in the '80s and '90s.

And here's the view from the main hall stage, with 800 fans crammed in to hear Ian's talk about FF and RPGs - for which he received a standing ovation!

Among the many fans Ian met over the four days was Daielyn Cris, who gave him her beautifully illustrated, hand-made edition of City of Thieves!

FF fan Daniel Werneck gave Ian The Warlock of Tabletop Mountain, an FF book in which you are Ian Livingstone!

Here's Ian with a fan of The Forest of Doom, who just happens to be TV chat show host Danilo Gentili, who just happens to have 14 million Twitter followers.

And here's Ian with a Freeway Fighter fan!

Ian also met Ed H Muller, who produced the cover illustration for the new Brazilian edition of Temple of Terror, which he then generously gifted to book's author!

The whole São Paulo Comic Con experience was very much like being on the set of Fighting Fantasy: The Movie!

In fact, Ian was so inspired by the event that he posted this tweet on Sunday!

So if you want a new FF gamebook for the 35th anniversary, you know what you have to do...