Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks Coming to America via Steve Jackson Games

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Fighting Fantasy and Steve Jackson Games announced a deal to release the series of solo choose-your-own-adventure style gamebooks in the United States for the first time in over 20 years.

The Fighting Fantasy series, written by Sir Ian Livingston and Steve Jackson (not the same Steve Jackson of SJ Games), were originally published starting in 1982. While still available in other markets, they have been out of print in the United States after the publisher, Laurel Leaf Editions, was purchased along with parent company Dell Publishing Group in 1999.

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From the announcement:

Fighting Fantasy debuted with The Warlock of Firetop Mountain in 1982. Since then, over 20 million copies of the exciting series have been sold worldwide. In Fighting Fantasy, players embark on a solo adventure where their decisions – and dice rolls – determine the outcome of the story. This combination of nonlinear narrative and classic tabletop action sets the series apart from other gamebook franchises. Fighting Fantasy co-creators Sir Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson (UK) stated how thrilled they were to sign a US publishing agreement for Fighting Fantasy with Steve Jackson Games.

Sir Ian says: “To have a new publisher in the USA is a special moment in the history of Fighting Fantasy. We have known Steve Jackson (US) for more than 40 years, having distributed Steve Jackson Games in the 1980s when we owned Games Workshop. Steve also wrote three fantastic Fighting Fantasy books which caused a lot of confusion at the time when people didn’t realize there were two Steve Jacksons! We look forward to exciting times ahead in the USA for new and existing Fighting Fantasy fans.”

The first five books of the 50-title series will be made available in early 2025 with the next five in the series coming later that year.
 

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Darryl Mott

Darryl Mott


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Up to 1,216 following the Kickstarter launch page already. This looks like it's going to be a popular campaign, which should mean more books coming after this.

I'm curious what they're doing to tweak the formatting:

SJG said:
The choices and challenges are the ones you may remember, but each book has been crafted to be friendly for readers old and new, to make it as easy as possible to pick up and play.
 


Already funded and the first modest stretch goal (newly designed PDF character sheets) unlocked.

I already have the originals of these five and I'm not someone who wants multiples of something for collectible reasons, so sitting on my hands at the moment. If they break out hardcover versions or especially new copies of the Warlock anniversary edition from a few years ago, I'll be jumping in.
 



Relevant to our interests:


Part history, part celebration, You Are the Hero chronicles four decades of the Fighting Fantasy phenomenon. Written by Jonathan Green (author of eight Fighting Fantasy gamebooks), this revised, updated, and lavishly illustrated tome will appeal to anyone who ever whiled away a washed-out summer holiday with only two dice and a pencil.
 

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