Friday, 28 March 2025

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain available now from Qatlas

Available now from Qatlas is the solution map to Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's seminal Fighting Fantasy adventure gamebook The Warlock of Firetop Mountain.


Will you succumb to the Giant Spider?


Risk the river or the Ferryman?


Or get lost in the infamous Maze of Zagor? Hopefully not, with this incredibly detailed map!

To see the map in full and purchase a copy, click this link.


Friday, 21 March 2025

Return to the Island of the Lizard King

Scott Mackay produces fully-licensed, hand-painted maps of your favourite Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks.

His latest map is of Fire Island, the notorious Island of the Lizard King. But be warned - as well as mapping the location, Scott's maps also show the route through the adventure.

To date, Scott has produced eight such maps, including ones for The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, Deathtrap Dungeon, and House of Hell.

You will find them all here, on Scott's Etsy shop.

Monday, 17 March 2025

Steve Jackson Games' Kickstarter is into the final 24 hours!

The Fighting Fantasy - Solo Adventure Gamebooks - Back In Print! Kickstarter is now into its final 24 hours and is closing in on the $300,000 mark!

Don't forget, the slipcase edition is only going to be available through this Kickstarter.

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain that comes as part of this set will now feature a classic piece of Martin McKenna art. (For more about this, check out the latest Kickstarter update.)

Friday, 14 March 2025

Fighting Fantasy at AireCon 2025

If you are attending AireCon at the Harrogate Convention Centre this weekend (Friday 14th March - Sunday 16th 2025) make sure you visit the trading Hall M and stop by Booth D13, where you will find Arion Games, publishers of the Advanced Fighting Fantasy Second Edition RPG.


You will also find Fighting Fantasy author and historian Jonathan Green at Booth A11, with signed copies of YOU ARE THE HERO: An Interactive History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks and Magic Realms: The Art of Fighting Fantasy.

Tuesday, 11 March 2025

New Kickstarter reward announced!

The Fighting Fantasy - Solo Adventure Gamebooks - Back In Print! Kickstarter has passed the frankly astonishing $225,000 mark, which means that a new Pledge Level has been announced.


For an $80 pledge, you will receive the five-book collection in a beautiful, high-quality slipcase. This slipcase will be adorned with a detailed map by FF cartographer Leo Hartas showcasing northwestern Allansia, and stretches across the three visible sides.

The Fighting Fantasy - Solo Adventure Gamebooks - Back In Print! Kickstarter has just one week left to run, so don't leave it too late to secure your exclusive FF slipcase.

Friday, 7 March 2025

Starship Traveller now on Fighting Fantasy Classics

Steve Jackson's SF gamebook Starship Traveller is now available as part of the Fighting Fantasy Classics library app from Tin Man Games.

The fate of the Starship Traveller and her crew lies in YOUR hands!

Sucked through the nightmare of the Seltsian Void, the Starship Traveller emerges at the other side of the black hole into an unknown universe. YOU are the captain of the Traveller and her fate depends on YOU! Will you be able to discover the way back to Earth from the alien peoples and planets you encounter, or will the starship be doomed to roam uncharted space forever?

Relive Starship Traveller – the beloved fourth Fighting Fantasy interactive adventure gamebook from the 80s! Steve Jackson's classic science-fiction adventure adds a new crew management system, ship-to-ship combat, and phaser combat. It has been converted to a digital format using Tin Man Games' acclaimed Gamebook Adventures engine.


NEW FEATURES
  • Beautiful, cosmic illustrations by Simon Lissaman.
  • New crew management system for up to seven crew members. Beam down to planets and try and keep your team alive!
  • Automated Adventure Sheet that keeps track of your stats, crew stats, and any space-time co-ordinates you discover. Starship Traveller also includes a special Adventure Sheet for ship stats during ship-to-ship combat.
  • Make the gamebook as easy or hard as you like and even turn on a special 'Free Read' mode to play the book like an old-school cheater! 
  • feature makes it easy to keep track of everywhere you have explored during current and previous playthroughs.
  • Unlimited Bookmarks allow you to revisit difficult sections as many times as desired.