Fighting Fantasy in Spain

The Fighting Fantasy series is available in Spain again, courtesy of Celaeno Books.

So far, the publisher has released four titles - two classics - The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and Return to Firetop Mountain - and the two titles that marked 40 years of FF in the UK - Shadow of the Giants and Secrets of Salamonis.

If you are a Spanish speaker, or a hardcore collector, you can buy the Spanish language editions here.

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is 44 years old today!

But there's life in the old dog yet...

Fighting Fantasy: The Audio Odyssey from Sound Realms is launching on BackerKit, live at Fighting Fantasy Fest 6. Have you got your ticket yet?

Fighting Fantasy - The Audio Odyssey

Fighting Fantasy - The Audio Odyssey, from Sound Realms, will be launching live at Fighting Fantasy Fest 6 on Saturday 5th September 2026 with The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone.

You can check out the pre-launch BackerKit page here, and watch the video trailer below...

Return to Firetop Mountain with Fighting Fantasy Classics!

Zagor lives! Dare YOU return to Firetop Mountain?

Ten years have passed since the evil Warlock of Firetop Mountain was defeated. His treasure was plundered. His reign of terror was ended. His name became a warning whispered across Allansia.

But dark sorcery does not die so easily.

Zagor has returned from the dead, more powerful, more twisted, and more determined than ever to wreak revenge upon Allansia. Now, some brave adventurer must journey once more to the most infamous dungeon in Fighting Fantasy history, brave the wild lands beyond, enter the mountain, and face the resurrected Warlock in his lair.

That brave adventurer is YOU!

Return to Firetop Mountain is Ian Livingstone’s thrilling sequel to the original Fighting Fantasy classic, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. First published as the landmark 50th book in the original series, this adventure takes you back to where the legend began, but don’t expect old memories to save you. The mountain has changed. Its horrors have multiplied. Its master is waiting.

Before you even reach Firetop Mountain, you must travel through the perilous lands of northern Allansia, seeking aid, clues, weapons, and magical knowledge. Along the way you may encounter the wizard Yaztromo, cross dangerous rivers, wander through deadly forests, and meet a cast of strange allies, treacherous rogues, and monstrous foes.

Once inside the mountain, every choice could bring you closer to victory, or to a sudden and grisly end. Goblins, trolls, undead warriors, mutant beasts, vampires, traps, riddles, and dark magic stand between you and your final confrontation with Zagor himself.

This is not just a return. This is revenge.

FEATURES

• Face the resurrected Zagor, one of the greatest villains in Fighting Fantasy canon.
• Includes the classic cover art by Les Edwards.
• Features original interior illustrations by the late, great Martin McKenna.
• Built-in mapping system tracks your progress across playthroughs, helping you explore the deadly routes to and through Firetop Mountain.
• Unlimited bookmarks let you retry difficult sections as often as you like.
• Automated Adventure Sheet handles your stats, inventory, combat, and key decisions, so you can focus on surviving the mountain.

Will you defeat Zagor once and for all? Or will Firetop Mountain claim another victim?

Sir Ian Livingstone to attend Comic Con Portugal 2026

Sir Ian Livingstone will be in Santa Maria da Feira on 25th April, to attend Comic Con Portugarl 2026. To find out more, follow this link.

Portuguese publisher Porto Editora reissued the Fighting Fantasy collection in Portugal in 2025, where it is historically known as Aventuras Fantásticas. The first reissued titles, O Feiticeiro da Montanha de Fogo and A Masmorra Inferna, are already available in bookstores, with A Cidade dos Ladrões joining them this year.

Fighting Fantasy Quest: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain - Secret Level Unlocked!

Incredibly, Fighting Fantasy Quest: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain funded on Gamefound in just 42 minutes and, as of writing, it is over 460% funded!

This means that a Secret Level Stretch Goal has been unlocked. This is an additional dungeon section that increases the scope of the adventure.

With this new level added, the game now includes more content:
+12 Tile Cards
+15 Encounter Cards
+2 Monster Cards

If you have yet to back the Fighting Fantasy Quest: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, you can do so now on Gamefound. And if you have already pledged your suport, thank you, and please share the project far and wide. Who knows, if enough new backers join the project perhaps further stretch goals will be unlocked.

Fighting Fantasy Quest: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain - on Gamefound now!

Fighting Fantasy Quest: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain , a brand new co-operative board game based on the original Fighting Fantasy gamebook, is now live on Gamefound! 

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 is coming to Nintendo Switch

Fighting Fantasy is coming to Nintendo Switch in February 2026!

Tin Man Games have announced that Fighting Fantasy Classics Volume 1 is launching on Switch on 5th February 2026, bringing four of the most famous gamebooks by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone to Nintendo’s hybrid console.

The adventures included in Volume 1 are The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, The Citadel of Chaos, The Forest of Doom, and Starship Traveller.

Tin Man Games' digital gamebook adaptations include:

• Automatic stat and inventory tracking.
• Unlimited bookmarks.
• A map showing where you’ve already died.
• A gallery of original artwork.
• A soundtrack to make your bad decisions feel more dramatic.

Happy Christmas from Fighting Fantasy

There have been a number of exciting developments in the worlds of Fighting Fantasy over the course of 2025.

The year started in January with the news that Marc Gascoigne had been appointed as the new FF Brand Manager and in February Steve Jackson Games launched a crowdfunding campaign to publish the first five of a projected 50 titles in the United States. (The Kickstarter for the second five titles is live now.)

Over the course of the year, more titles were added to Tin Man Games' Fighting Fantasy Classics library, including Starship Traveller, Eye of the Dragon, Crypt of the Sorcerer, and Scorpion Swamp.

In 2025, fans got to see Ulisses Spiele's Fighting Fantasy Quest: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain for the first time, it was announced that Sound Realms would be turning Fighting Fantasy gamebooks into audio adventures, Advanced Fighting Fantasy was released on Foundry Virtual Tabletop, and new editions of some classic FF titles were published in Finland.

One of the highlights of the year was the release of the new collector's hardback of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, featuring new cover art by the extremely talented Karl Kopinski.

Another classic FF gamebook got a makeover when, with Steve Jackson's permission, Morten Gottschalck wrote some additional content for Starship Traveller, so that future editions will feature the classic 'Turn to 400', while recently Blue Giant Studios' Fighting Fantasy Heroes appeared on MyMiniFactory.

And, of course, in October, sadly we lost FF artist Pete Knifton.

Pete Knifton, 1958-2025

So, what does 2026 have in store for the world's preimere gamebook series?

Will there be a new adventure published next year? You'll have to wait and see. Will there be another Fighting Fantasy Fest? Yes, in September*. Will there be more ways to enjoy the worlds of Fighting Fantasy than ever before? We can only hope.

What we can tell you for sure is that the Kickstarter to produce the next five FF books in the new Steve Jackson Games' editions concludes at New Year. So, don't delay and pledge your support today!

* Look out for more news in the New Year.

Sir Ian Livingstone at Dragonmeet 2025

Sir Ian Livingstone is attending Dragonmeet this weekend, on Saturday 29th November 2025, at London's Excel Centre in Docklands.

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You will find Sir Ian at stand G29, where he will be selling copies of the latest special edition hardback of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, signed by himself and Steve Jackson, and Magic Realms: The Art of Fighting Fantasy.

If you are attending, do drop by stand G29 and say hello, pick up a new book, or get an old one signed by the gamebook master?

Dragonmeet 2025

Sir Ian Livingstone will be attending Dragonmeet, on Saturday 29th November 2025, at the event's new venue, London's Excel Centre in Docklands.

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Sir Ian will be selling copies of the new special edition hardback of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, signed by himself and Steve Jackson, and Magic Realms: The Art of Fighting Fantasy.

If you are attending, why not drop by the stand and say hello, pick up a new book, or get an old one signed by the gamebook master?

Fighting Fantasy finally returns to Finland!

Available in Finnish for the first time are The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, Return to Firetop Mountain, and Deathtrap Dungeon.

Published by Epic Ermine, the three Fighting Fantasy gamebooks were launched at the  Helsinki Book Fair, on 23rd October 2025.

Finnish fans and hardcore collectors can buy the books here.