Fighting Fantasy Quest Live Preview - Friday 12th September!

This Friday, 12th September 2025, YouTuber Paul Grogan will be doing the first live play preview of Fighting Fantasy Quest: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain online at 8:00pm UK time.

Paul Toderas of Ulisses Spiele previewed the game at the UK Games Expo earlier this year, but now everyone, all over the world, can see what it's all about.

Paul Toderas and Sir Ian Livingstone at the UK Games Expo with
Fighting Fantasy Quest: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

So, make sure you put 8:00pm Friday 12th September in your diary and join the livestream here.

The History of Steve Jackson's F.I.S.T.

With excitement building regarding the return of Steve Jackson's F.I.S.T. to audio, courtesy of Sound Realms, gaming historian Jordan Sorcery has published a YouTube video that is an in-depth take on the history of Fantasy Interactive Scenarios by Telephone, and you can watch it below.

Sounds Realms will be attending Fighting Fantasy Fest 5 in September.

 

Steve Jackson in conversation with Jordan Sorcery

Steve Jackson was recently interviewed by Jordan Sorcery for his YouTube channel.

In case you missed it, Sir Ian Livingstone was also interviewed for the same channel back in January.

Sir Ian Livingstone: A Life of Gaming

Sir Ian Livingstone was recently interviewed by Mira Manga for her YouTube channel. They talked about inspiring American authors and science fiction movies, as well as where the creative muse comes from.

Sir Ian also showed Mira an original 1975, boxed and shrinkwrapped Dungeons & Dragons, and the flowchart map for one of his Fighting Fantasy gamebooks.

To watch the interview yourself, click on the image below.

YOU are the YouTuber!

While you wait for the release of Jonathan Green's 40th anniversary edition of YOU ARE THE HERO - An Interactive History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks, you can partake in an interactive YouTube history of FF, courtesy of Jordan Sorcery.

Watch the video below and all will become clear...

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.

Ian Livingstone on the Galaxy's Greatest: 2000 AD at 45

As well as marking 40 years of Fighting Fantasy, 2022 is also the 45th anniversary of the publication of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, 2000 AD.

This weekend, an online convention - Galaxy's Greatest: 2000 AD at 45 - is taking place to celebrate this momentous occasion. One of the many guests taking part is Fighting Fantasy's very own Sir Ian Livingstone.

Sir Ian will be talking about the great games inspired by the comic's characters and settings, on Sunday 27 March at 4:50pm, and will be joined by Andy Chambers (a freelance writer and games designer who was formally Senior Lead Designer at Games Workshop) and Duncan Molloy (Head of Rebellion Unplugged).

The panel will be streamed online and for free on 2000 AD’s Facebook page and YouTube channel, as well as Rebellion’s dedicated Twitch stream. But you will also be able to watch at your lesiure later via YouTube.

Arion Games' interview with Rhianna Pratchett

Crystal of Storms, the new Fighting Fantasy gamebook by Rhianna Pratchett, has been out now for a couple of weeks and the reviews are in!

"It's wonderful to read a book by Rhianna after following her work from journalism through to games, comics and screenwriting, and a Fighting Fantasy novel seems a perfect choice for her." ~ Gabrielle, Amazon.co.uk

"It’s a great idea and I really love Rhi’s writing, comparable to Jonathan Green’s and Ian Livingstone’s. This girl is on fire." ~ JamsPlace.co

"If you enjoy FF books, give this a few hours of your time and it will give you hours of enjoyment." ~ Amazon.co.uk

“Her charming writing style and clever, imaginative world-building in Crystal of Storms is a new take on the genre and a joy to read.” ~ Ian Livingstone

"I really enjoyed this and, as it has an open ending, I hope we will see more FFs from Rhianna Pratchett if this is any indication of what fresh new material she can bring to the table." ~ Malthus Dire's Fighting Fantasy Page

Graham Bottley of Arion Games also recently interviewed Rhianna about her book, which is available now via his YouTube channel, and here...

Arion Games' YouTube Channel

Fans of Advanced Fighting Fantasy Second Edition will no doubt already be familiar with the name Arion Games. Arion Games is Graham Bottley's RPG publishing company, and current holder of the Advanced Fighting Fantasy licence.

The good news is that Graham has recently set up a YouTube channel to discuss up-and-coming RPG projects from Arion Games, but this will mainly have an Advanced Fighting Fantasy focus. One of the first videos Graham has posted on his channel explains how Advanced Fighting Fantasy Second Edition came to be.

So the Warlock would encourage you to check out the Arion Games YouTube channel here, and click the subscribe button to be notified of new Advanced Fighting Fantasy content on a regular basis.

You will find Arion Games' Advanced Fighting Fantasy products for sale through DriveThruRPG here.

The Videos of Firetop Mountain

For those of you who were not lucky enough to attend Fighting Fantasy Fest 2, back at the start of September, that stalwart of Fighting Fantasy fandom James Aukett recorded a number of the talks on the day and has just recently uploaded them to YouTube. But you can enjoy them right here.


Battleblade Demonstealer
Marc Gascoigne in conversation with Jonathan Green




The Warlocks of Firetop Mountain
Guests of Honour Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone




Freeway Fighters
Andi Ewington, Simon Coleby and Jim Burns talk about the Freeway Fighter comic




Thank you to James for videoing these talks and let's hope he's available to do the same thing again at Fighting Fantasy Fest 3.