Fighting Fantasy Adventures Update

There is exciting news from Wallace Designs in Australia. Fighting Fantasy Adventures, the solo and co-op adventure game based on the iconic Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks, has gone to press.

All the necessary files have been sent to the printer and they will now create a sample for the designers to carry out their final checks. Once that has been done, the game will move to production. 

This means that hopefully everything will be ready before the end of April. Taking into account the time required to ship the product from the factory and then for fulfilment to take place, it looks like the game will be ready roughly six months later than originally planned. However, given how much the scope of the project changed in terms of art, this delay is both understandable and will be worth it.

The boxed game of Fighting Fantasy Adventures will also include the Journal - a 32 page booklet containing lots of game art and room for your notes. It will also contain a brief history of Fighting Fantasy, as well as the history of how Fighting Fantasy Adventures came to be, and all of the character stories that have been published during the Gamefound campaign. 

To find out more, click this link.

The Year of the Snake

On your Earthly plane, today marks the beginning of the Year of Snake*. As a result, we thought we would revisit some classic ophidian encounters from your favourite Fighting Fantasy gamebooks.

Hydra

(illustration by Russ Nicholson)

The Citadel of Chaos, by Steve Jackson

The Serpent Queen

(illustration by Iain McCaig)

City of Thieves, by Ian Livingstone

Medusa

(illustration by Nik Williams)

Armies of Death, by Ian Livingstone

Myurr the Snake Demon

(illustration by Martin McKenna)

Dead of Night, by Jim Bambra and Stephen Hand

Ophidian

(illustration by Tony Hough)

Spectral Stalkers, by Peter Darvill-Evans

Caarth Sorcerer

(illustration by Martin McKenna)

Curse of the Mummy, by Jonathan Green

Giant Serpent

(illustration by Martin McKenna)

Curse of the Mummy, by Jonathan Green

Serpensa the Snakewoman

(illustration by Martin McKenna)

Howl of the Werewolf, by Jonathan Green

The Seven Serpents

(illustration by Tony Hough)

The Seven Serpents, by Steve Jackson

And an honourable mention goes to Snake Island, where Sir Ian Livingstone's Assassins of Allansia kicks off.

What is your favourite snake-related encounter in a Fighting Fantasy gamebook? Let us know in the comments below.

* Of course, the Year of the Snake is the third in the twenty year cycle of Titan.

Marc Gascoigne Announced as new Fighting Fantasy Brand Manager

LONDON, UK  |  23 JANUARY 2025

Steve Jackson and Sir Ian Livingstone, the co-creators of Fighting Fantasy, have recruited Marc Gascoigne as Brand Manager of the bestselling gamebook series. The classic series of adventure gamebooks, which began in 1982 with The Warlockof Firetop Mountain, continues to thrive with new titles being published by Scholastic UK, together with digital and audio editions, role-playing and board games, miniatures, and a growing range of licensed merchandise.

With more than 20 million books sold in over 30 languages, Fighting Fantasy remains a truly global phenomenon. The series will be returning to US bookstores in mid-2025 with 10 titles being published by Steve Jackson Games Inc (run by the other Steve Jackson in the USA).

Marc will be supporting existing Fighting Fantasy licensees, as well as seeking out appropriate partners for new ventures. Long-time Fighting Fantasy fans will already be familiar with Marc’s work from the legendary sourcebooks Titan—the Fighting Fantasy World and the Fighting Fantasy monster collection Out of the Pit, the gamebook Battleblade Warrior, and two Fighting Fantasy novels. He was also the series’ consultant editor in the 1990s for Puffin Books, before building a career in fantasy fiction as publisher of Games Workshop’s Black Library range of Warhammer novels, and later with his own award winning imprint Angry Robot.

Sir Ian Livingstone said: “We are delighted to have Marc join us to further promote and build Fighting Fantasy worldwide. A respected expert of the genre, he will be an invaluable member of the Fighting Fantasy team. May his STAMINA never fail!” 

Sir Ian Livingstone and Marc Gascoigne at Dragonmeet 2024.

You can read the full press release here.

Conquer the Citadel of Chaos with Qatlas

Another new map is now available from Qatlas and it's based on a certifiable classic - Steve Jackson's The Citadel of Chaos!

Follow this link to order your own physical copy and to peruse other licensed Fighting Fantasy maps by Qatlas.

Return to the Caverns of the Snow Witch in the company of Tin Man Games

Here beneath Firetop Mountain, it is as cold as the Icefinger Mountains, as Farigiss - Old Man Winter himself - tightens his grip on northern Allansia.

So now would seem the perfect time to take advantage of Tin Man Games' current sale, which sees the company's adaptation of Sir Ian Livingstone's Caverns of the Snow Witch knocked down in price by 25%*.

And Caverns of the Snow Witch isn't the only game currently available at a knockdown price. You can buy the Fighting Fantasy Classics Collection at 13% off, and the Fighting Fantasy MEGA Bundle at a whopping 43% off!

So, don't let the god of ice and cold dampen your fiery passion for Fighting Fantasy gamebooks and grab yourself a bargain while you still can.

* Offer ends 13 January 2025.

Happy New Year!

Back in 1985, the Fighting Fantasy series was in full swing. During that year, seven FF gamebooks were published, five of which just happened to have a non-traditional fantasy setting.

The seven books were, Space Assassin, Freeway Fighter, Temple of Terror, The Rings of Kether, Seas of Blood, Appointment with F.E.A.R., and Rebel Planet.

The final book in Steve Jackson's Sorcery! series was also published in 1985 - The Crown of Kings!

And then there was the Fighting Fantasy monster manual, Out of the Pit.

Last, but by no means least, was the FF adjacent puzzle book The Tasks of Tantalon, written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by Steve Lavis.

Over the coming year, you can expect deep dives into these classic gamebooks and other publications, that are marking their 40th anniversary this year, here on the official Fighting Fantasy blog. 

But in the meantime, you can get an insight into the creation of all of these titles in YOU ARE THE HERO: An Interactive History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks.