Win a signed copy of Charlie Higson's The Gates of Death in our World Book Day Fighting Fantasy competition!

Five weeks today, Charlie Higson's brand new Fighting Fantasy gamebook, The Gates of Death, will be unleashed upon the world, and you could become the proud owner of a signed copy, dedicated especially to you, courtesy of Scholastic Books!

In the adventure, YOU are a humble acolyte from the Crucible Isles, responding to a call for help from the people of Allansia. A terrible demon plague is ravaging the land, turning people and animals into terrifying monsters, and YOU are the only one who can stop it! YOU must find your way to the Temple of Throff, within the Invisible City, and there face the monstrous Ulrakaah, Queen of Darkness and Mother of Demons, beyond the Gates of Death.

To be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of The Gates of Death, including a personalised handwritten dedication from Charlie Higson himself, all you have to do is draw a picture of what you think Ulrakaah, Queen of Darkness and Mother of Demons, looks like.

You can use whatever media you like, but your final picture must be sent in the form of a .jpeg, as an email attachment, to mail@fightingfantasy.com. The closing date for the competition is Saturday 31st March 2018*; any entries submitted after that date will not be considered. The winner will be announced after The Gates of Death is published in April.

Three runners-up will receive a Steam key to download a free copy of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, courtesy of Tin Man Games, while the winner will become the proud owner of the signed copy of The Gates of Death, plus a Steam key for The Warlock of Firetop Mountain.

So don't delay - get drawing today! And may your STAMINA never fail!

* Terms and conditions
Copyright in the image remains with you (although any characters, locations or logos from the Fighting Fantasy series remain the copyright of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone), but www.fightingfantasy.com reserves the right to reproduce the image however we like and how often. There will be no fee paid and you give us permission for www.fightingfantasy.com to use your image regardless of whether you win the competition or not. No correspondence will be entered into regarding any entries and if you have not heard from us by Monday 9th April 2018 then you must assume that your entry is not among the winners.

Fighting Fantasy Audio Drama: The Series

An officially-licensed, full-cast, audio drama series, based on classic titles from the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter. The project actually hit its funding target in under 12 hours and is close to being 200% funded within its first day. And there are still 40 days for the Kickstarter to run!

The audio drama series is being produced by FoxYason Audio, the talented people behind last year's The Warlock of Firetop Mountain: The Hero's Quest. The series will take the form of 4 x 50 minutes episodes, each based on a different gamebook, available as download and CD.

The adventures in question are Ian Livingstone's The Forest of Doom and Deathtrap Dungeon, and Steve Jackson's The Citadel of Chaos and Creature of Havoc.

Rewards on offer to backers range from the Potion of Helpfulness to the chance to be part of the series, playing a cameo role on one of the recordings.

To find out more, and to pledge your support, follow this link to the Fighting Fantasy Audio Drama: The Series Kickstarter page.

Un Livre dont vous êtes le Héros!

2018 marks the 35th anniversary of Gallimard publishing the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks in France*. To mark this special occasion, Gallimard are relaunching the series in hors serie trade editions and featuring the artwork of Robert Ball.

March sees the release of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain/Le Sorcier de la Montagne de Feu, The Citadel of Chaos/La Citadelle du Chaos, The Forest of Doom/La Forêt de la Malédiction, and The Port of Peril/L'Anneau des Serpents de Feu**, the latest FF adventure penned by the series' co-creator Ian Livingstone.

To more classic titles will follow in October, City of Thieves/La Cité des Voleurs and House of Hell/ Le Manoir de l’Enfer. In October Gallimard will also be releasing a collector's edition of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain.

To celebrate the 35th Anniversary, Gallimard (working with Scriptarium, publishers of Advanced Fighting Fantasy in France) have added bonus material to the new editions, with readers being able to choose which adventurer they want to tackle the various quests as.

In The Warlock of Firetop Mountain/Le Sorcier de la Montagne de Feu you can play as either the Dwarf Crowald, a veteran of the Stonebridge militia, Chaelza, a wandering thief from Chalice), or Raedhell of Silverton, a penniless noble.

Take on The Citadel of Chaos/La Citadelle du Chaos as Barlun Sicklin, from the Vale of Willow, Fingwilas the Half-Elf from the Forest of Yore Disciple, or Adhrinaël of Ulinort.

Brave the dangers of The Forest of Doom/La Forêt de la Malédiction as Caldra Jordhun, and antiques dealer and adventurer from Zengis, Tibur Drinkbarrel, a notorious Fangthane Dwarf, or Harlak Erilsson, a warrior from far-off Frostholm.

The new editions will also include The Allansia Files, a collection of information about important places, famous characters, and monsters from the world of Fighting Fantasy, and they will be different in each title.

Très bon!

* The only country where the series never when out of print in all that time!

** Which translates as 'The Ring of Fire Snakes'.

Collect them all, Brave Adventurer!