Fighting Fantasy Quest: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain coming to Gamefound soon!

Today, the Warlock has exciting news regarding Fighting Fantasy Quest: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain.

The forthcoming board game adapts the iconic 1982 gamebook, by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, into a cooperative dungeon crawler board game for 1-4 players, preserving the core ideas that defined the original adventure - choice, consequence, risk, and discovery - while transforming the journey into a shared experience at the table.

Crowdfunding for the project begins on 10th February 2026.

To help bring the game to the North American market, Ulisses Spiele is partnering with Goodman Games, a leading publisher of old-school roleplaying games. Best known for Dungeon Crawl Classics, there’s no better team to bring this game to market. “Goodman Games fans love old-school fantasy adventure, and Fighting Fantasy is perfect for all of us. We’re excited to partner with Ulisses Spiele to bring this fun fantasy adventure board game to even more fans in North America,” said Joe Goodman.

Ulisses Spiele will also be partnering with Scriptarium to bring the game to the French-speaking market. “We are quite excited about our new partnerships helping us to not only reach a global audience but work with companies that understand the essence of what our games are about. Our adventuring party just got much stronger!” said Jan Wagner of Ulisses Spiele.

With English, German, and French versions of the game and strong international partnerships, Fighting Fantasy Quest: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is sure to bring the beloved adventure to fans across the globe when it launches on Gamefound on 10th February.

Ulisses Spiele is an international publisher of tabletop roleplaying and board games, focused on delivering strong worlds and adventuring experiences rooted in player choice. The company is a key player in the German-speaking tabletop market, renowned for its deep fantasy world the Dark Eye and bridging the gap between German and international gaming communities by publishing and distributing a wide array of fantasy and sci-fi role-playing and board games.

Fighting Fantasy Heroes Painting Competition Winners Announced

The team at MyMiniFactory have announced the winners of their recent Fighting Fantasy Heroes painting competition. They reported that:

"The talent displayed was truly remarkable, making the selection process a delightful yet challenging task. We received a vast array of submissions, each showcasing unique creativity and skill."

The winners were as follows...

Congratulations to julianminiatures, Otbi and Ataraxis, who win some truly outstanding prizes. Clearly their painting STAMINA did not fail them! You can also check out some honourable mentions over on MyMiniFactory's blog.

40 years of Demons of the Deep

Demons of the Deep, the 19th Fighting Fantasy Gamebook, was published on this day 40 years ago, in 1986.

It was the second of three FF gamebooks by the American game designer Steve Jackson and was the first to be set almost entirely under the sea.

The Hero of the adventure is the first mate of the merchant ship Sunfish. At the beginning of the book, the Sunfish is attacked by the pirate ship Troll, a vessel under the command of Captain Bloodaxe, the terror of these seas. The only survivor of the attack, the Hero is forced to walk the plank.

As they sink to certain death at the bottom of the ocean, mysterious magic takes over, enabling them to breathe underwater. Saved from drowning, the Hero sets about discovering the means by which they might be revenged upon the murderous Bloodaxe.

Like Fighting Fantasy’s previous sea-based adventure Seas of Blood, Demons of the Deep was illustrated by Bob Harvey. However, this time its cover was painted by fantasy and FF art veteran Les Edwards, and depicts the Bone Demon, from the book, rising from its cave beneath the sunken ruins of Atlantis.

“I always enjoy making up monsters,” says Edwards, “although sometimes what works in the written word doesn’t necessarily work visually.”

Demons of the Deep is also notable for including the marine-dwelling Deep Ones, which appear to have been inspired by the creatures of the same name from H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.

Much of the action takes place in the sunken ruins of Atlantis, meaning that when Marc Gascoigne came to write Titan – The Fighting Fantasy World*, he had to shoehorn the legend of Atlantis into the history of Fighting Fantasy’s made-up world.

Gascoigne placed the city of Atlantis on a vast antediluvian island, lying in the shadow of the massive volcano Atlan’s Beacon, until it was inevitably swallowed by waves, of course.

To find out more about the history of your favourite Fighting Fantasy adventures, grab yourself a copy of Jonathan Green's YOU ARE THE HERO: An Interactive History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks today!

* Also published for the first time in 1986.

Fighting Fantasy LIVE at UK Games Expo 2026!

Sir Ian Livingstone will be bringing Fighting Fantasy LIVE back to the UK Games Expo in 2026!

Join Sir Ian and John Robertson for a live playthrough of the seminal Fighting Fantasy gamebook City of Thieves, on Saturday 30th May, from 2-3:30pm.

Tickets are on sale now, and proceeds from sales will go to support the UKGE 2026 charities. To find out more and book your ticket, click this link.