What's in your Backpack?

Today is your last chance to pre-order your Fighting Fantasy Fest 2 Adventurer's Backpack. If you haven't grabbed yours already, remember that the Backpack will be a unique memento of the event, containing...

• An event-exclusive t-shirt
• An event-exclusive lanyard and tag
• An A4 art print
• A Balthus Dire miniature

Balthus Dire, as sculpted by Paul Muller for Otherworld Miniatures.

There will be other goodies inside the Backpack too, but you only have until midnight to bag yourself one. (After midnight tonight you will receive an email asking you what size of t-shirt you will require.)

So don't delay, pre-order yours today!

Image courtesy of Steve Britton, whose Fighting Fantasy miniatures appear in YOU ARE THE HERO Part 2, which will also be on sale at Fighting Fantasy Fest 2.

Fighting Fantasy Fest 2 - Talks and Panels

Just four weeks from today, on Saturday 2nd September, Fighting Fantasy Fest 2 is taking place at the University of West London in Ealing.

With a host of guests and exhibitors in attendance there will be something for every Fighting Fantasy fan, be it role-playing game sessions, creator talks, or video game demonstrations.

This year there are two talk strands which will include the following...

Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone giving a behind-the-scenes talk about how the Scholastic Era of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks came about...

Nomad Games showcasing Fighting Fantasy Legends in a Fighting Fantasy Fest exclusive...

Former Fighting Fantasy consultant editor and author Marc Gascoigne in conversation with Fighting Fantasy historian Jonathan Green...

Arion Games on their plans for the Advanced Fighting Fantasy Second Edition role-playing game...

Jamie Thomson talking about his Fighting Fantasy collaborations with Mark Smith and Dave Morris - the gamebooks Talisman of Death, Sword of the Samurai and The Keep of the Lich-Lord...

Fox Yason Productions previewing their brand new Fighting Fantasy audio dramas...

Three-time FF author Peter Darvill-Evans with Alan Langford and Tony Hough, talking about their creative collaborations...

A panel featuring the creative team behind the new Freeway Fighter comic, published by Titan Comics...

A play-through of inkle studios' Sorcery! game, with narrative director Jon Ingold and Steve Jackson himself...

Tickets are on sale now but event-exclusive Adventurer's Backpacks - which include a t-shirt, lanyard, A4 art print, and Balthus Dire miniature - are only available for pre-order until midnight on Sunday 6th August.

Unfortunately, due to health reasons, Russ Nicholson is no longer able to attend Fighting Fantasy Fest 2, and all of us at FightingFantasy.com wish him a speedy recovery. Get well soon, Russ!

Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone signing at Forbidden Planet today!

To mark the relaunch of the Fighting Fantasy series, Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone will be signing copies of the books at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore, from 6:00pm – 7:00pm today - Friday 4th August.

Ian will also be signing copies of his first new Fighting Fantasy title in five years, The Port of Peril.

In this brand new addition to the multi-million-selling books, YOU must travel across Allansia, from Darkwood Forest to Port Blacksand, on a dangerous quest!

Fighting Fantazine #16 is here!

It's been over a year since the last edition of Fighting Fantazine was published, but now issue #16 of the fan-fuelled fanzine is here, and just in time for Scholastic's relaunch of the series too!

To download the ezine for yourself - for free! - follow this link.