Fighting Fantasy Books Relaunching With Scholastic
June 28, 2017 by brennon
The classic Gamebooks that got so many of us into the hobby from Fighting Fantasy are going to be relaunching under Scholastic with new covers and a new image for the next generation of adventurers.
As well as a re-release of the old classics as you see here they will also be working on a book for younger readers, The Portal Of Peril. I really like the new art style for the covers, thanks to Robert M. Ball and I think it will be great to see these back on shelves properly.
Here's some of the old artwork for the books as a comparison...
They have managed to bring across a lot of the classic look with a new style.
This gives me an excuse to start collecting the books all over again since some of them have gone missing! Look out for the re-release in early August.
Will you be getting a new generation of heroes into these books?
"As well as a re-release of the old classics as you see here they will also be working on a book for younger readers, The Portal Of Peril..."
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A blast from the past 😀
This is cool. I still have many of the originals, I loved them. A combination of 2 of my favourite childhood activities, reading and roleplaying. Converted more than 1 to D&D campaigns.
Now that brings memories.
They should republish the Snow Queen, Seas of Blood, and the one with the lizardmen flying on pterosaurs ( pterodactyls ). I think those were all my favourites, excepting Warlock, which they are republishing.
I like the look of the new covers.
House of Hell was my very first Fighting Fantasy book. Hard as hell. Nice to see them coming back.
These are awesome, but nostalgia makes you forget all the stupid instant death moments. Lone wolf are far superior imo.
I will be getting some of these for my sons for sure!
i’m with you @hatamoto. I had about half of FF titles before a mate got me on to lone wolf.
there was a series of ninja ones that were really good but I can’t remember the name, usurper was the second book I think. i’ll have to raid my mums loft to see what treasures I can find.
it will be interesting to see if I still get a kick out of them.
I was kind of hoping to see some new titles with some fancy new mechanics aimed at us lot.
i’ll settle for another generation of adventurers getting into FF though.
Yeah loved them ninja books as well 🙂 way of the tiger or something like that i think 🙂 you had to manage a chi pool during fights if i remember correctly
Yep, Way of the Tiger. And yep, Lone Wolf is the gold standard of game books. Glad I got to meet Joe a few years back at Dragonmeet. They can be read online for free – https://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Books
There we go https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_of_the_Tiger
Might have to pick up a couple of hardbacks if i can find any
thanks gents
This is great news. Island of the Lizard King was the first one i owned 30+ years ago. Way of the Tiger and Lone Wolf are an excellent series of books as well, i still don’t own all the LW books. Some are up for silly money on Ebay and Amazon.
yeah, saw how expensive they are. nostalgia is as expensive as any of the new boutique stuff.
I don’t much like the new covers – I wonder if they’ll appeal to the target audience. Still, very glad to see them reprinted!
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Well done 🙂 *twothumbs up
I am glad to see these back…like many of the rest of you I had many happy memories associated with these.
On a nostalgia trip recently I had a look at Mantic’s Rise of the Shadow King, I wasn’t expecting much, but it was really quite good
It’s nice to see these 5 classics and the new Port of Peril released soon 😀 . I really look forward to next spring when they release the others ( new titles and classics ).
Just started picking up all the fighting fantasy books for my kids, my eldest boy loves them. Must admit I prefer the older artwork but can understand for a new audience why they would want a refresh.
As much as I loved Fighting Fantasy as a kid, I have to say that I’ve reading Destiny Quest with my sons. The story of fantastic and the books are thick. Just phenomenal. Took us a year of bedtime story reading time (nothing better than rolling dice in bed) to complete but I know it’s something my boys will always remember.