Showing posts with label Podcast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Podcast. Show all posts

Saturday, 12 September 2026

Fighting Fantasy Fest 6

One week ago, Fighting Fantasy Fest 6 took over the University of West London in Ealing.

A host of guests, exhibitors, traders, and adventurers spent the day celebrating all things Fighting Fantasy and gamebook-related.

Our Guests of Honour were FF co-creator and author Sir Ian Livingstone and artist Karl Kopinski, who were joined on the day by special guest editors Gerladine Cooke and Philippa Dickinson.

Sir Ian Livingstone and Karl Kopinski signing for fans.

Philippa Dickinson, Sir Ian Livingstone, and Geraldine Cooke.

Fans were delighted to get their hands on the new collector's hardback editions of City of Thieves and Tomb of the Golden Skull.

The queue to buy Sir Ian's new hardbacks.

The day was chock full of talks and panels, and we were delighted that so many creators - artists Malcolm Barter, Alan Langford, Tony Hough, and Rob Ball, as well as authors Marc Gascoigne, Peter Darvill-Evans, and Jonathan Green - overseas publishers and FF licensees were able to join us too.

The World of Fighting Fantasy panel with
Marc Gascoigne, Alex Ballingall, Florent Haro, and Morten Gottschalck.

Artists, from foreground to background:
Malcolm Barter, Tony Hough, and Alan Langford.

A huge thank you must go to Lord Azzur's City Guard - James, Stuart, Pete, Sally, Simon, Lyndsey, Julian, Scott, Jake, Mattie, and Ariana - who made sure everything ran smoothly, but the biggest thank you is reserved for all the adventuerers - both young and old - who attended. But a special mention should go to Hamad and Layla who were attending FFF6 on the second day of their honeymoon!

Newlyweds Hamad and Layla.

You can watch FF author and historian Jonathan Green's review of the day here...

The night before FFF6, the now traditional charity You Are The Beer-o Pub Puiz took place at The Forester in West Ealing, which raised an astonishing £1,200 for Guide Dogs UK in memory of FF artists Pete Knifton, who passed away last year.

The winning team!

Attendees received a collectible programme and autograph book, lanyard, and golden dice. There are a few of these items left over so, if you would like one of them, follow this link.

Friday, 16 June 2023

Remembering Russ Nicholson

Sir Ian Livingstone joined industry veterans Marc Gascoigne (author of Titan, Out of the Pit, Battleblade Warrior, and much more), Dave Morris (co-author of The Keep of the Lich Lord), and James Wallis, to reminisce about the legend of fantasy art that was Russ Nicholson.

You can watch the discussion about his life and work, which was hosted by Inside the Rookery, below.

Thursday, 4 August 2022

The Podcast of Firetop Mountain

There are many podcasts, Twitch streams and YouTube channels that regularly discuss Fighting Fantasy gamebooks or play through them, but the latest is definitely one that fans of the premier gamebook series are going to want to check out.

The Podcast of Firetop Mountain is a new venture by Alison Cybe and co-host Stuart Lloyd. Each episode, they take a deep dive into one of the FF adventures, starting with fan-favourite, Sir Ian Livingstone's City of Thieves.

You can listen to The Podcast of Firetop Mountain via YouTube or Spotify, as well as many other places. Next up is Steve Jackson's House of Hell, which premieres on Tuesday 9th August. So make sure you bookmark The Podcast of Firetop Mountain today.


Sunday, 23 May 2021

Shelf Healing with Ian Livingstone

Ian Livingstone recently appeared on the Shelf Healing podcast.

Rebecca Markwick interviewed Ian about the early days of Games Workshop, how he and Steve Jackson came to invent the Fighting Fantasy series of adventure gamebooks, and working within the video games industry. You can listen to it here.


Friday, 5 May 2017

Ian Livingstone's Freeway Fighter in SFX Magazine and on the Comic Art Festival Podcast

It's a busy month for Ian Livingstone's FREEWAY FIGHTER comic, with the first issue being released in less than two weeks and the launch happening at Forbidden Planet on Saturday 20th May.

The comic has also received its own news item in the latest issue of SFX Magazine.

If you would like to find out more about how the comic came to be, listen to Episode #3 of the Comic Art Festival Podcast, in which not only are Ian Livingstone (creator), Andi Ewington (writer) and Simon Coleby (artist) interviewed, but also Matt Mastracci (executive producer) and Chris Thompson (Titan brand manager). You can listen to the podcast here.