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Secrets of Salmonis & Shadow of Giants: Steve Jackson and Sir Ian writing Fighting Fantasy again

April 16, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s the 40th anniversary since the release of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and the choose-your-own-adventure Fighting Fantasy series.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Fighting Fantasy, Ian Livingstone, secrets of salamonis, shadow of the giants, steve jackson

Ian Livingstone’s mysterious teaser. A new Fighting Fantasy gamebook?

November 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Today, a mysterious tweet from Ian Livingstone shows 2d6, the system used in many Fighting Fantasy books, and a pencil. A scorecard shows numbers from 1 to at least 219, with some scored out and others in red.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Fighting Fantasy, Ian Livingstone, rhianna pratchett, scholastic books

Classic Fighting Fantasy designs on t-shirts for charity

August 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The collective of gamer artists and designers led by Simon Kay and known as Seven Squared has a charity deal on some classic Fighting Fantasy designs.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: citadel of chaos, city of thieves, fashion, Fighting Fantasy, forest of doom, Ian Livingstone, seven squared, t-shirts, Warlock of Firetop Mountain

Watch Games Workshop’s founders introduce D&D to 1984 UK TV

May 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ah yes, cringe at the awkward frother interview but also admire the enthusiasm. Have things changed that much?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, Dungeons & Dragons, games workshop, Ian Livingstone, steve jackson

Luke Gygax joins Bardsung as a guest writer

November 13, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Steamforged Games’ Bardsung is, well, singing. The Kickstarter took just over an hour to hit it’s £76,000 goal and now, with two weeks left, there’s more than £250,000 pledged. Luke Gygax, of the D&D Gygax-line, has become the most recent guest writer announced for the project and joins names like Ian Livingstone, Rhianna Pratchett and […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bardsung, board games, Ian Livingstone, kickstarters, luke gygax, rhianna pratchett, sara thompson, Steamforged Games

Steam hosts a digital tabletop games festival

September 30, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The goal of the Steam Digital Tabletop Fest is to explore those game which can straddle both online and offline.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: convention, Ian Livingstone, Sandy Petersen, Steam, steam digital tabletop fest, steve jackson

Free Fighting Fantasy dice with Crystal of Storms pre-orders

September 5, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a new Fighting Fantasy book coming. Crystal of Storms is written by Rhianna Pratchett, and that’ll make her the first-ever female guest author to contribute to the long-running adventure gamebook series.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: crystal of storms, dice, Fighting Fantasy, Ian Livingstone, rhianna pratchett

The UK’s only National Videogame Museum is danger of permanent closure

March 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A prolonged closure to the public will likely mean the permanent closure of the Museum.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: charity, Ian Livingstone, national videogame museum

Fighting Fantasy Legends launches

July 27, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tucked away in the English down of Lymm, in Cheshire, there’s a small team of veteran digital designers called Nomad Games. They’ve got their hands on the Fighting Fantasy license! Here’s what Steve Jackson had to say about that! We are proud to have been working with Nomad on Fighting Fantasy Legends. Throughout the development […]

Filed Under: Mobile, PC Tagged With: Fighting Fantasy, fighting fantasy legends, Ian Livingstone, nomad games, Steam, steve jackson

Competition: From Bedrooms To Billions

May 8, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fan of computer games and their rich history? From Bedroom to Billions is a detailed insight into the British video game history. This is a clever documentary, with great snippet interviews, clips from historic games and loads of insight. Writing an essay for University? This is the perfect blu-ray for you. You can buy “From […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: competitions, David Braben, David Perry, Ian Livingstone, Jon Hare, Mark Healey, Miles Jacobson, Oliver Frey, Peter Molyneux

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