Magic Realms: The Art of Fighting Fantasy

Today sees the publication of the long awaited Magic Realms: The Art of Fighting Fantasy by Sir Ian Livingstone and Jonathan Green.

You can join Sir Ian this evening at Barnes Bookshop for the official launch.

Meanwhile, Jonathan Green was on BBC Radio Somerset today, talking about the new book and the Fighting Fantasy series in general. You can listen to the 12 minute interview with Vicki Clark for the next 29 days here. The bit you want begins at the 2hr 16min mark.

Yesterday, the pair were signing books for those people who supported the book through Unbound. By the end of the day, Sir Ian had set a new record for the number of items signed in one day - a whooping 2,120! That's 850 books, 900 prints, 150 bookplates, and 220 copies of Shadow of the Giants! 

Sir Ian and Jonathan will also be signing Magic Realms: The Art of Fighting Fantasy at Fighting Fantasy Fest 5 on Saturday, while Sir Ian will be giving a talk at the Cartoon Museum, in Central London, on Tuesday 10th September.

A Message from Steve Jackson

Steve Jackson would like to apologise for his absence at Fighting Fantasy Fest 5. It is an event he is very disappointed to have to miss.

As many of you already know, Steve suffers from Parkinson's Disease and because of this, as well as other personal reasons, he is unable to attend this year's convention.

He asked the Warlock to pass on this message to fans:

Over the years, Fighting Fantasy Fests have served well in bringing the FF community together. This year's Guest Artist of Honour is Iain McCaig, illustrator of Deathtrap Dungeon, who always puts on a brilliant show. Also Sound Realms, a Swedish company, is launching an audio visual version of F.I.S.T. - the first ever telephone game.

I wish I could be there.

Best wishes

Steve

Fighting Fantasy Fest 5 - one week to go!

Fighting Fantasy Fest 5 will open the doors of Deathtrap Dungeon one week today, at 9:00am on Saturday 7th September 2024.

As well as our Guests of Honour, Sir Ian Livingstone and Iain McCaig, and our other guests - Geraldine Cooke, Malcolm Barter, Alan Langford, Duncan Smith, Tony Hough, Marc Gascoigne, Jamie Thomson, Peter Darvill-Evans, Paul Mason, Steve Williams, Dave Morris, Keith P. Phillips, and Jonathan Green - we will also be joined by a host of traders.

One last minute addition to the roster is Other World Gamebooks, Polish publisher of Storm Weavers.

Storm Weavers is a story-driven solo tabletop game - a unique combination of a classic gamebook with an element of tactical combat taking place on the board. As a dwarven warrior, you undertake a journey across the vast land of Midgard to find and rescue your friend. To achieve your goal you must overcome a sinister adversity. As you travel from location to location, you have to face strong orcs, clever goblins, bloodthirsty wolves, ice giants, almigthy gods, cowardly wizards, greedy merchants, bad people, good people... can they stop you from reaching your goal?

Other World Gamebooks have also published the new edition of Heart of Ice by Dave Morris, who will be attending Fighting Fantasy Fest for the first time this year.

We are down to our last few tickets, but it's not too late to purchase yours - if you hurry!

Fighting Fantasy Fest 5 Livestream Tickets

If you are unable to attend Fighting Fantasy Fest 5 in person, do not worry! You can still enjoy the talks and panels taking place on Saturday 7th September 2024 by watching the FFF5 livestream.

Please note that for copyright reasons, The McCaig Masterclass will not be livestreamed.

Livestream tickets are now available to buy here.