Mataeus
05-09-07, 02:39 PM
I was thinking, seeing as we're all into Dizzy and he would now be considered 'retro' coupled with the fact he first appeared in the 80's... Does anyone here remember Fighting Fantasy books, originated by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone?
They were like 'choose your own adventure', but you could roll dice and kill stuff... You have the attributes of SKILL, STAMINA and LUCK and the books were (usually) 400 paragraphs long, with 1-3 paragraphs on each page.
Stats were kept track of by yourself on your adventure sheet.
Titles you may remember are The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, Deathtrap Dungeon, Creature of Havoc, House of Hell and the four-book Sorcery! series.
I've always been a big fan of Fighting Fantasy having bought my first book in 1988 (they were first published in 1982) and having never looked back. Aside from my C64 and my mates Speccy +2, they are what made up my childhood. I'm 26 years old now. :cry:
Anyway, I'm asking because they are originally a 1980's thing (like Dizzy) so I thought some of you guys may have played them. I still have my collection now, a grand total of 116 books at last count. The original series (1-59) was printed by Puffin and ended in 1995; since then Wizard books have taken up the mantel as of 2003 and have been reprinting them with new cover art and continue to do so. There's even been 3 brand new adventures written, Eye of the Dragon, Bloodbones and the latest of which comes out tomorrow (Howl of the Werewolf).
The great thing is, they don't read like children's books. They still read really well and are great fun to paly. I'm still a big fan of Fighting Fantasy books. Is anybody else out there.....?
They were like 'choose your own adventure', but you could roll dice and kill stuff... You have the attributes of SKILL, STAMINA and LUCK and the books were (usually) 400 paragraphs long, with 1-3 paragraphs on each page.
Stats were kept track of by yourself on your adventure sheet.
Titles you may remember are The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, Deathtrap Dungeon, Creature of Havoc, House of Hell and the four-book Sorcery! series.
I've always been a big fan of Fighting Fantasy having bought my first book in 1988 (they were first published in 1982) and having never looked back. Aside from my C64 and my mates Speccy +2, they are what made up my childhood. I'm 26 years old now. :cry:
Anyway, I'm asking because they are originally a 1980's thing (like Dizzy) so I thought some of you guys may have played them. I still have my collection now, a grand total of 116 books at last count. The original series (1-59) was printed by Puffin and ended in 1995; since then Wizard books have taken up the mantel as of 2003 and have been reprinting them with new cover art and continue to do so. There's even been 3 brand new adventures written, Eye of the Dragon, Bloodbones and the latest of which comes out tomorrow (Howl of the Werewolf).
The great thing is, they don't read like children's books. They still read really well and are great fun to paly. I'm still a big fan of Fighting Fantasy books. Is anybody else out there.....?