March 14, 2012 by beerogre
Beasts of War were privileged to get an interview with one of the legends who started it all... Steve Jackson.
Not only did he give us his impressions of Salute 2011, but we got a potted history of Fighting Fantasy... the books that started it all.
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Top work Andy, that was a very enjoyable interview.
It was only last week that I was considering buying my son some FF books. I’ll get him (and me) a couple for our summer holidays.
Enjoyed the interview very much, despite not having a clue about the early days of gaming.
Enjoyed it so much Just ordered Warlock at Firetop Mountain 😀
My daughter is familiar with the adventure book format so much fun in the offing no doubt!
I still have my first french edition of that book… “Le sorcier de la montagne de feu”, from when I was a little lad growing up in Paris… I never bothered with the rules and dice, I just read the entries and pretended, like all kids do. Ah, fond memories !
BoW Romain
Wonder how a “À la Recherche du Temps Perdu” would work? lol
oops
As a Fighting Fantasy edition that is.
“The morning is slightly chilly and you are facing a madeleine. What do you do ?
– Dunk it in your coffee, and reminisce for 500 pages about how things were at Swann’s (go to page 285).
– Eat it plain, and remember for 800 about 800 pages your holidays in Combray, at you aunt’s (go to page 340)
– Decide that this is just one of those “dubious semeiology” days, that you don’t want to nit-pick human emotions while at the same time being their hapless toy over breakfast, and go back to bed (stop reading now)”
Hmm…
Maybe not.
BoW Romain
Hehe!
I think you just won the Proust Summarizing Competition, Romain! lol
Lion head studios makes beautiful games, but peter sure knows how to sell a game.
Fable 3 was 5 hours long, and did not do half the things he said….
But i wonder how gw would have turned out if he had stayed on till this day?
Well, basically 40k would be based around arbitrary “Good” and “Evil” decisions, and you as a player would have to chose which one to follow. Either the Good, which everyone automatically assumes is in the right (*cough* Marines *cough* *cough*). And the “Evil”, Which isn’t actually all that bad, though people will still disprove, regardless of the fact that their all doomed if they don’t cooperate (*cough* Xeno’s *cough* *cough*).
It makes for an interesting thought though doesn’t it though?
All hail the king!
finally Andy can get some better dice rolls since he has been blessed by the god of gaming.
great interview.
We’re not worthy!
Like Andy my start in the hobby was FF books, but being a bit older warlock of firetop mountain was my introduction. Great books and got me into D&D and then war-games. Great to Steve and hear they are still doing well. Just going through them again with my kids so I guess he was right about the fathers.
Great stuff Andy and enjoyed the salute coverage even though I was there.
Pete
i really enjoyed this one lads
He seems like a very nice guy, wonder what he makes of the monster he helped create? 😛
The 80’s where great