The Gates of Death competition winners

Just over a month ago, we launched a competition to win a signed copy of Charlie Higson's The Gates of Death. Entrants had to draw what they thought Ulrakaah, the Big Bad of the book, looked like.

Before we reveal who's won, here's how illustrator Vlado Krizan imagined the Queen of Darkness...

And here's how cover artist Robert Ball envisaged the Mother of Demons...

Fans old and new alike entered the competition, and so, rather fittingly, we have actually ended up with two winners - one child and one adult. And they are...

Ollie Troman, aged 8

Chris Gill

Both Ollie and Chris will each be receiving a copy of The Gates of Death, courtesy of Scholastic Books, signed and personalised by Charlie Higson himself, as well as a Steam key for Tin Man Games' The Warlock of Firetop Mountain.

Four runners up will also receive codes for The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, and they are Camden Travis, Tenisha Raymond, Simon Walpole and Kalman Mikorka.

Camden Travis, aged 6

Tenisha Raymond, aged 13

Simon Walpole

Kalman Mikorka

Congratulations to both the winners and the runners-up, and thank you to everyone who entered.

May your STAMINA never fail!

Classic Fighting Fantasy titles relaunched by Scholastic Books

As well as releasing The Gates of Death this week, Scholastic Books have also re-released another five classic Fighting Fantasy titles by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, including the hardest and most devious FF gamebook ever created - Creature of Havoc - and the bestselling dungeon bash ever - Deathtrap Dungeon!

Which of these classic titles are you most excited to see back in print? 

There are still plenty of Jackson and Livingstone titles still to be reprinted, including such fondly-remembered titles as Caverns of the Snow Witch, Trial of Champions, Armies of Death, Starship Traveller, and the rest of the Sorcery! quartet.

Let us know which of these classic titles you would like to see brought back next in the comments below.

The Gates of Death open today!

It's the day Fighting Fantasy fans have been waiting for, for today is the day that Charlie Higson's much-anticipated brand-new Fighting Fantasy gamebook The Gates of Death is released!

But not only that, three classic Jackson titles and two classic Livingstone titles are also re-released today.

  

  

Remember to let us know what you think of the new releases by posting a comment on this blog post, and perhaps leave a review online.

Deathtrap Dungeon or Sword of the Samurai? YOU decide!

Tin Man Games need your help!

The team from Down Under are looking to the future of their newly released Fighting Fantasy Classics app and want to know which book YOU want to play next!

In case you’ve missed it, Fighting Fantasy Classics is a library-style app through which you can collect and play many of your favourite Allansian adventures! It is free to download on iOS and Android and every player gets Jonathan Green’s swashbuckling pirate adventure Bloodbones for free upon download.

Presently, you can purchase a handful of never-before-released gamebooks through the app, including The Citadel of Chaos, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, and City of Thieves. But the big question is, would you like to play Deathtrap Dungeon or Sword of the Samurai next? Get your vote in by Monday 9th April, 6pm AEST*!

To find out more - and to vote! - follow this link.

* That's Australian Eastern Standard Time, which is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.