Complete History of Fighting Fantasy

Complete History of Fighting Fantasy | Linear Edition

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Sit back and relax with a linear history of the Fighting Fantasy game books series! This is a more typical video history of the books, their creators, publishers, artists, games and more!
In my Interactive Interactive History of Fighting Fantasy you get to choose the path you take through the chapters of this storied past, with dead ends, traps, dragons, and treasures! This linear version features all of the key content from that version, but without the need to make any choices. Some of the trivia, traps, and treasures didn't make it, but you'll still get a deep dive into the genre creating legend that is Fighting Fantasy!
If you’ve already taken the interactive quest then there’s no new information in this video, but if you’ve been waiting to see the salient history told in a linear format, or you just want to spend over an hour listening to me talk(!), then this video is for you.
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Links & Sources:
[Dice Men by Ian Livingstone] Amazon Affiliate Link - amzn.to/42FbYCX
[Warlock of Firetop Mountain] Amazon Affiliate Link - amzn.to/3NR8I3g
[YOU Are the Hero by Jonathan Green] www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonathangreen/you-are-the-hero-40th-anniversary-edition
[Altrincham Grammar School Photography] Copyright Richard Sutcliffe; used under creative commons licence: www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5329992
[BBC Archive on 4 - Skill, Stamina, and Luck] www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b071h083
[James Ryan @xfoml on Twitter] xfoml/status/1015330917043146752
[Oulipo] www.oulipo.net/fr/contraintes/conte-a-votre-facon
[John Garforth] johngarforth.wordpress.com/writer-hack-writer-and-jobbing-playwright/
[James Ryan @xfoml on Twitter] xfoml/status/908392849267245056?lang=en-GB
[Dragon Magazine at ANNA ARCHIVE] annarchive.com/files/Drmg068.pdf
[Dyson Logos Firetop Mountain Map] dysonlogos.blog/2019/01/21/firetop-mountain/
[White Dwarf 40]
[White Dwarf 42]
[White Dwarf 43]
[White Dwarf 46]
[Russ Nicholson’s Blog] russnicholson.blogspot.com/
[Iain McCaig ArtStation] www.artstation.com/imccaig
[John Blanche Prints] johnblancheprints.com/
[Introductory RPG Images] www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1220734700/fighting-fantasy-the-introductory-role
[Warlock Miniature] www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Image:Citadel-LE15b.jpg
[Warlock of Firetop Mountain C64 Emulator] c64online.com/c64-games/warlock-of-firetop-mountain-the/
[Deathtrap Dungeon Trailer] kzfaq.info/get/bejne/msubodFlrqjUmas.html
[Warlock of Firetop Mountain Nintendo DS] kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLuljLiGl-C4dHU.html
[Inkle Sorcery Trailer] kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l5Nmec5el9itppc.html
[Warlock of Firetop Mountain] kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b5ZpgpSDmtW8hmw.html
[Realm of Chaos 80s Blog - Bryan Ansell Interview]
realmofchaos80s.blogspot.com/2015/01/return-of-mighty-avenger-second.html
[Citadel Fighting Fantasy Miniatures] www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Fighting_Fantasy
[Atlantis Miniatures Kickstarter] www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlantisminiatures/fighting-fantasy-legends-28mm-resin-miniatures
[Warlock of Firetop Mountain Boardgame in Action] therewillbe.games/articles-boardgame-reviews/7796-a-dragonfly-in-amber-the-warlock-of-firetop-mountain-review
[Legend of Zagor Advert] - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7CaaKWi0JjRooE.html
[Steve Jackson’s Battlecards] mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=battlecards1
[MALthus Dire’s Fighting Fantasy Page] ffreviewermalthusd.blogspot.com/2014/04/in-search-of-lost-land.html
[Realm of Chaos 80s Blog- Gary Chalk Interview] realmofchaos80s.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-lone-wolf-interview-with-gary-chalk.html
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@timdavenport8709 7 ай бұрын

I think people really underestimate how important these books could be for reluctant readers.

@lucasoheyze4597 5 ай бұрын

No they don't

@matthewmcteigue7347 5 ай бұрын

Loved them as a kid, still love them, and have gradually been searching for them second hand on FB. They're the king of "Leave your finger on the previous page in case your choice leads to death".

@NisGaarde Жыл бұрын

This video is truly a masterpiece!

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Thanks Nis!

@ullageofsunflower8123 6 ай бұрын

I enjoyed FF as a kid in the 80s .. still play them now with my son.

@ChopperFlip 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for giving a shout out to each artist and writer that contributed to this beautiful series of books and genres.

@jordansorcery 3 ай бұрын

I hope I managed to mention most contributors - there has been so much incredible talent involved in the series over the years

@stephenneedham106 Жыл бұрын

Your the man! I loved the interactive version but I also love your essay type histories thank you for this

@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914 Ай бұрын

@17:00 SORCERY! Volume 4 was a gigantic piece of fantasy paper. Amazing books!

@thesheeteels8252 Жыл бұрын

I loved these books. I had the first ten or 12 in the 80s and early 90s. Seeing the covers alone was a big jolt of nostalgia. Your videos are ace. Nice one.

@TheRetroEngine Ай бұрын

Oh heck yeah, do the live solving of the visual puzzle books!!!!

@mtgphil42 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this video. I clearly remember my very first gamebook - I got it in 1997, when I was 11, and I was completely blown away - I even stopped playing computer games and was completely obsessed with it.I still like to revisit these books, also reading them for my daughters now.

@chrismcknight7164 10 ай бұрын

I'm only halfway through, but just had to comment on how brilliantly put together and researched this is! I had many of these titles and borrowed more from friends and even the library. Some were just bizarre and I only played like once or twice and never completed, others got many playthroughs. With Warlock my Dad, sister and I eventually mapped out the entire thing. The hardest one we got into and played many times without completing was House of Hell. Forest of Doom had the best cover, Deathtrap Dungeon and Trial of Champions were the pinnacle, and I think it was Citadel of Chaos that had one of the funniest moments with the Orc toilet 😂

@jordansorcery 10 ай бұрын

I’m glad you’ve enjoyed it! There’s so much interesting history to FF that it was just a joy to research!

@godofzombi Жыл бұрын

I loved that you made that you made this history interactive, but I love it even more that you also gave us a linear version with all the info in one vid.

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

I'm really happy that both versions seem to have found their place!

@liquidgeorge 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant video. I had a wonderful teacher introduce me to them when I was 8 and I became hooked. Creature of Havoc is my all-time favourite.

@laurentderrien Жыл бұрын

my introduction to fantasy, nothing less Great retrospective, thanks

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Thanks! The FF books were such a great way to explore fantasy ideas back in the day!

@belegcuthalion3751 4 ай бұрын

Great.... Now I had to buy the complete Sorcery Saga on eBay. Thanks a lot! :D

@PutYourQuarterUpGaming Жыл бұрын

Cool history. Also you’re the hero of my adventure Jordan: “The Hour Long Commute”

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

When the call goes out I must answer, "My commuters need me"

@neilwilson5785 3 ай бұрын

I saw Ian Livingstone give a talk once at the Brighton festival. He was as smart and funny as you would expect.

@chrismcknight7164 10 ай бұрын

Just finished it, enjoyed it so much I'm going to go back and watch it again! I'm watching while painting my original Hero Quest minis 😊

@jordansorcery 10 ай бұрын

Glad you made it through! If you’re looking for a few more snippets of trivia then the interactive version has some extra stuff in it!

@ChrisScobie 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for this nostalgic adventure Jordan! In 1993, when I was 10, I spent 3 months driving around Australia with my dad. Apart from the wonderful sights and experiences, my main focus of this trip was seeking out book exchange stores across Australia and hunting for those alluring green spines. I would read and roll in the passenger seat as my dad drove. I even hassled my dad to stay an extra night in Katherine, Northern Territory, as I found Trolltooth Wars in the local library and powered through it in one night. I have now started reading FF to my 6 yr old at bed time and he is loving it! Thanks again.

@TheFartbreakKid 3 ай бұрын

I really love these books. I still pick one up every now and then.

@TheRetroEngine Ай бұрын

Crikey, I've left three comments and one of them edited twice, and I never do that. This is a service to FF, cool documentary.

@jordansorcery Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it mate!

@timdavenport8709 7 ай бұрын

Lovely stuff. Great video!!

@LemurKrazy 9 ай бұрын

This history is pure Gold. Own all 59 green spines and most others mentioned.

@onceways 4 ай бұрын

Jordan, thanks for putting this together. Happy Easter, sir.

@jordansorcery 4 ай бұрын

Happy Easter!

@jordansorcery 4 ай бұрын

Happy Easter!

@darrensurff8554 5 ай бұрын

At school these saved my life from getting involved in gang warfare, as I was a good fighter others wanted me to join their murderous gang in South London, but I found these ff books gave me my kicks 😅😅😅😅😅

@timothygutierrez 7 ай бұрын

I did enjoy the video. Thank you for putting in the effort to compile it.

@martialatheist717 2 ай бұрын

Still remember meeting Throm. Iain McCaig was such a good artist.

@pietrufarrugia9617 4 ай бұрын

waves of nostalgia - thanks for making this

@SunburntHands Жыл бұрын

thanks for this man, I download your videos as audio soundtracks when I'm running, and this is great.

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Hopefully the sounds of warlocks, lizard kings, and geographical areas of doom helps quicken your pace!

@DanNewth 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much my dude, that was such a blast from the past. We used to read these at school, then once we'd finished one we would swap with a friend who had a different one.

@gamingaeternitatis 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Impressive amounts of information and knowledge! Thanks! :)

@elfmastercool4734 Жыл бұрын

I honestly think this is one of your best videos. Thanks!

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jonweber.8.756 Жыл бұрын

Epic vid mate. Thanks so much! It's so wild there was so much crossover in fantasy production during the early days.

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Thanks! In my research so far I'm constantly amazed at how many names and ideas turn up in wild places.

@jeremyblackman8159 10 ай бұрын

Wow, quality vid. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, and for filling in all the gaps!

@Jackalblade9 Жыл бұрын

I loved your interactive video, it was two days worth of fun, but this is also brilliant; having all the information in one, easy to find location! And I still can't overstate how much the Fighting Fantasy series meant to me growing up. I'm so glad they're still going.

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jackal, glad that both versions have their worth. I'm really glad there's still FF books on book store shelves too, it's a bit of cultural continuity that reminds me of nice times.

@jayjordan1957 18 күн бұрын

This was insane. I liked and subscribed.

@TheRetroEngine Ай бұрын

Turn to page 72 if you leave a comment. Turn to page 154 if you leave a like and subscribe. EDIT: wow the interactive videos sound cool, great idea. I'll do it chronologically with this video though, just listening to it in the background. Brilliant stuff.

@lucarocks7866 Жыл бұрын

Was waiting for the standard version of this video and was not disappointed. These seem like a really cool idea. I def want to track some of them down now! Thanks

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Glad it was worth the wait!

@poobum333 Ай бұрын

Very interesting, thanks.

@1mDozer 5 ай бұрын

I still have all my books including the RPG books (Dungeoneer and Blacksand) and the two player set (Clash of the Princes)

@hunterapena Жыл бұрын

Got sent here by the questing beast news letter. Great video. Will definitely check out more of the channel

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Glad you found the channel, that’s amazing of Ben to include me in his newsletter!

@Codynstef21 20 күн бұрын

Incredible video! Very well done

@laserskeleton1980 Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness the Tasks of Tantalon...I had completely forgotten that. It blew my tiny mind

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

I have it and it still completely eludes me! I've even thought about streaming my efforts to solve it so that I can draw on the wisdom of the crowds!

@garrick3727 4 ай бұрын

Random 'memberberries: 1. Forest of Doom (book 3) was my first book. Stumbled upon it on holiday. At the time it was the most recent book. 2. Never heard of D&D at the time. My first introduction to the idea of a TTRPG was Fighting Fantasy by (iirc) Steve Jackson. It was the TTRPG version of FF, but it was just a book with an adventure meant for one person to referee for another. It was a much better introduction to the concept of D&D than Dicing with Dragons. 3. Talisman of Death (book 10) was way better written than everything before it, and had much more interesting world building and characters. Some of the other FF books achieved the same quality, such as Creature of Havoc (book 24), which had the creative choice of you being a creature born in a lab trying to understand what you are. 4. I liked Steve Jackson's writing style much more than Ian Livingston. Ian perhaps did more intricate and dangerous adventures, but his prose was very brief and flat. The masterpiece of FF is Sorcery!, although I never realized it was meant to be more adult. 5. A lot of the books not written by Steve or Ian are a mixed bag. Clearly they wanted more books fast, so quality control was poor. Some are great, particularly later, but most of the early ones are rather terrible. 6. I never thought of the books as being for kids. Some of the writing got more advanced a few books in. House of Hell is way too scary for kids 9-12. 7. I always get Steve and Ian mixed up in old photos. For me, Ian looks like a Steve, and Steve looks like an Ian. 8. Obviously competition arose. Personally, I preferred Lone Wolf.

@markclerk6876 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic documentary Jordan. I really enjoyed this - thank you for your hard work and time in producing it. You have a great voice and presentation style for this type of work

@jordansorcery 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words

@user-eo7tw1oi4p 6 ай бұрын

Cracking vid, good job dude👍

@beyondvisiblefilms 2 ай бұрын

An exeptional piece of work, thank you

@veritanuda 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant overview, but I am a little sad to see you skipped out how Puffin introduced FF to its child readers through their own magazine. In one issue, at the bottom of each page was a paragraph with the same choices and other pages as references. Which was all kicked off from an article within the magazine. To a child, the experience was thrilling, and I was hooked from that. I went on to obtain the next 36 books before getting distracted with D&D and computers. Thanks for filling in all the blanks, and the replayability of the books decades later when you forget the subtleties and clues is really a joy to behold.

@jordansorcery 11 ай бұрын

The Puffin book club seemed to be pretty influential in those early sales pushes so I probably should have made more of it, but time and research got away from me on this one. Glad you enjoyed it overall though!

@BattleMatt Жыл бұрын

Forest of Doom was my favourite. Starship Traveller was very interesting and I wish they'd done more SF stuff. I've still got most of these from the early 80's somewhere...

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

I'd have loved a few more science fiction entries too, though tbf when you've already got giant robots fighting space dinosaurs then there is a danger that you've peaked!

@danroberts007 Жыл бұрын

I must admit I never quite got around to the interactive version, so thank you so much for putting this linear edition together. Really enjoyed it! :-D

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

No worries, Dan. Glad you enjoyed it!

@initial_C 10 ай бұрын

This is an incredible documentary. Definitely earned a subscription.

@Tmuk2 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this! You've jogged a memory in my head - we had a stand in art teacher (mid 90s ish) who showed us some art he'd done for a Fighting Fantasy gamebook. I wish I could remember his name! He was great, he set us a project drawing our own comic books.

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Love it when lost memories just reappear and bring something magic back!

@Lemonhead209 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, it brought back some great memories.

@TheAspiePainter1851 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoying your channel. Keep up the good work, especially the Fighting Fantasy material 😊

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@mossena Жыл бұрын

Once again Jordan, kudos on all the work and effort you put into this

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Appreciate you taking the time!

@Dandivide Жыл бұрын

Love all your videos, FF, Heroquest and Warhammer Fantasy defined my childhood.

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Mine too! Glad you've been enjoying the videos!

@darrenrichardson6146 Ай бұрын

Ok, I feel old, I remember those Choose your Own Path and Osbourn Puzzle Books! But they were no Fighting Fantasy that's for sure.... I used to have the Scratch off cards at boarding school in 1992, but just before the school closed down (thanks to the Tories) somebody in school stole my entire collection of them, and most of them had been unscratched as well, by school staff didn't make the effort to find who did steal them by searching the pupil's bags on the way home 😞

@Klijpo Жыл бұрын

An excellent piece of work. Well done that man! It still surprises me how much Fighting Fantasy remains with me. Although, I have to admit that it was Lone Wolf that truly stole my heart...

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Thank you! To my shame, I have still never tried a Lone Wolf book. They’re on my long list to get round to though!

@Klijpo Жыл бұрын

@@jordansorcery They're a bit more narrative focused and less insistent on murdering you than FF. The sense of continuity from your inventory list is also quite interesting. And the fantastic art from Gary Chalk doesn't hurt.

@ShredTraining Жыл бұрын

This was thoroughly enjoyable. I hope your channel takes off!

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Me too!

@mattcunnington1972 Жыл бұрын

This is brilliant. Really well researched and presented. The second edition of the RPG is great. We played all the adventures, and retconned some of the D20 adventures.

@unclemontypython Жыл бұрын

Hey man. Just dropping in to say I'm super glad I found your channel. Excellent and properly researched deep-dives into the stuff of my youth, and a great not-cringe narration style. Top lad! I should also say that I also went to Altrincham Grammar School (1997-2004), and Ian Livingstone came back one time and met us all, and he paid for a new IT suite to be built there!

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Great to hear from another old Altrinchamian! Glad you’re enjoying the channel!

@adambell7439 6 ай бұрын

Great video dude.

@theoneandonlysoslappy Жыл бұрын

Jordan, discovering you on YT has been a true joy

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Why thank you, very glad I could put a little joy out there!

@FizzyMcPhysics Жыл бұрын

Oh my god thank you for doing this. I loved your interactive version, but it was not compatible with my lifestyle at the moment having a 1 yo kid.

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Get that kid a copy of the Adventures of Goldhawk as soon as possible!

@grozwald Жыл бұрын

I'm glad that you did a linear version for binging purposes. I do, however, prefer the "proper" version for artistic reasons.

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Only a select few will know the thrill of finding hidden treasure and facing down dragons!

@javgoro Жыл бұрын

Interesting coincidence that the first (and only) fighting fantasy book I owned as a child was Island of the Lizard king. However, by then I had read the first three books in the Sorcery! series (sadly, we didn't own the fourth one, which was out of print in Spain by then, and it took me many years to find a reprint that changed the abbreviations of the spellbook from the ones in those three originals, which soured me a little on reading through the conclusion). The Sorcery! series were amazing, and they were very much one of my gateways into fantasy gaming (with the other being Heroquest). This was, as always, a great video, and one that made me want to see a more detailed retrospective of the Sorcery! series.

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

I'd love to get more time on Sorcery! at some point, it's on the (very) long list of good ideas!

@nashpainting Жыл бұрын

Another brilliant video! I remember taking the FF books wherever we went on holidays when I was a kid and always being on the look out for new ones. Sadly, my original books went a long time ago, but I did manage to replace some ad get some that I had never read/played (still need to play them!) in recent years. When the PC and Phone versions were released a few years back I really got back into them. I have lived in Thailand for 20+ years and the number of Thai references that crop up in the books is quite amusing, so I guess the authors spent a bit of time here back then (Baron Sukhumvhit, Chiang Mai, and of course the village of Fang, where I believe Russ Nicholson lived before his sad passing a few months back. I always wanted to go on a pilgrimage there to meet him and thank him for his wonderful contributions). I did manage to keep onto all my copies of Warlock magazine though and recently rescued them from my brother's attic! There is such a wealth of artwork and lore in these, the original books and the later Titan & Pit books. Russ N. & Chris Achillios are by far my favourite artists but tbh I love it all.

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

I didn't know Russ Nicholson lived in the village of Fang, incredible! The series has so much wonderful story telling and art so I really wanted to do them justice. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

@mhorohello Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@batjutsu Жыл бұрын

An amazing overview, thank you. Squeak-Squeak 🐀🌠

@JustinCoyote Жыл бұрын

I have a few of those around still, tried to get my boys into them but they enjoyed miniature games a little more

@biffo1960 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant thank you

@michaelmitchell2123 Жыл бұрын

Very impressive history, well done

@jordansorcery 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@McFordWilliam Жыл бұрын

Superb video. You showed so many new things I didn't knew before. The world of Fighting Fantasy is a really big world. My first FF Book was Warlock of Firetop Mountain in the mid 80ies an I still have the copy today.

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Cheers! There's just so much rich history to these books

@rodgertoner5705 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Had these as a child but your video prompted me to get Deathtrap Dungeon and City of Thieves for my sons. Thanks 😊

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Fantastic, lots of fun to be had with those two!

@BurntAquilaPainting Жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable while painting😊😊😊

@JuliusHowe Жыл бұрын

Great work!

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@AdamA63 Ай бұрын

A very interesting video. I haven’t read Jonathan Green’s History of FF but assume a lot of the detail comes from that book?

@dmeep Жыл бұрын

I had warlock of firetop mountain, citadel of chaos and deathtrap dungeon as a lad. I dont think i ever finished one properly despite playing with a quickload finger feature

@mrwibbles20 Жыл бұрын

Looking at the covers of the FF books I bought as a kid I hauntedly felt echos of the feeling I did when holding them as a kid, and could almost smell the new book odour! Those covers were brilliant and still look great.

@skeletorrobo Жыл бұрын

1:23:29 Grailquest! Have a few FF as well.

@Bren71319 3 ай бұрын

I’m surprised the Tunnels and Trolls solo adventure “Buffalo Castle” (1976) wasn’t mentioned in this video.

@sy4380 Жыл бұрын

I bought the first two books when they first came out at £1.25. Well worth it. I've never regretted it.

@Mark-nh2hs Жыл бұрын

Love your videos 👍. So we'll researched. I grew up with FF still have some of the original books I had as a kid. Some bit worse for wear or sun bleached lol. Deathtrap Dungeon, Island of the Lizard King, The Forest of Doom and the underwater one with the big skeleton thing on the cover. Lol damn my memory is bad lol. And the Haunted House one.

@patinho5589 Жыл бұрын

Crown of Kings was my first ever one.. age 8!

@macneenan5719 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@jordansorcery 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your support, greatly appreciated

@Wombats555 Жыл бұрын

This was brilliant. I could watch you talk about Fighting Fantasy all day. Have you thought of individual book reviews or partial let's plays?

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have been thinking about the potential to stream an FF read through, or perhaps a humiliating stream of me struggling on the first page of the puzzlequests, but it's probably still a little ways in the future if I do it.

@Wombats555 Жыл бұрын

@@jordansorcery just showing off the art for the nostalgia hit is the thing I reckon. What about checking out other work by the same artists in Warhams, etc. and bringing it together? Rhystic Studios does the same for Magic art. I chest at Fighting Fantasy anyway I don't need to see you getting lost :). Much rather see the art and hear what you think.

@EntropicEcho Жыл бұрын

Excellent breakdown, great work! I downloaded WoFM on Steam to see what it's about! :D

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hope you have fun with it!

@thecolumboconfabpodcast4887 4 ай бұрын

This is nothing sexual, but if I were a cat I would want Jordan to be my cat dad. This was a great video. When I was around ten years old my friend Tim and I played the American versions of the book, which was 99% the same. When I was at the ripe old age of 25 I saw some of the later UK books in the 30s and 40s of the series in a used book store. I so want to be in the place mentally to read these books again.

@pixelitchio 5 ай бұрын

They made a sequel to the city of thieves; dunno if it's any good. Also a book focused on fighting a horde of zombies; the harddrive broke and the author had to redo everything; m not sure if it was Livingstone; it was not so immersive but interesting for being new. Strange how the "Jacksons" seem to be an expression of the "Matrix"; each with a same name and with a path leading to each other to create one of the greatest influence in litterature with Ian and others. We read these books like we played later SuperMario; restarting each time even after an hour; they were portals to new worlds and sometimes you felt like Bastian reading the NeverendingStory; it developed also a sense of creativity, expressions and writting. You even learned how to hold a book to not damage its cover and lose pages... At school, at the library during diner, I liked to reproduce the art but larger on four sheets taped togheter. Then you hear later that there are japanese adaptations; and the art that you thought the only possible signature for these books is replaced with anime characters; like using MickeyMouse's univers for Willow; even one author was confused by the curves on Twitter. For the reprints, I never liked the new covers, it communicates nothing and they added a page to tell readers to not do what's happening in the books; realy immersive calling people idiots. And you get older and start to understand why some opinions were negative; at least back then it was just entertainment for us; but darn it was frustrating to not have the code/number/item/page to continue the story; later, I was keeping a finger on each page I turned and was reading the story like three times in one go. I sold my whole collection on the street to another kid for twenty dollars. Anyway, nice vid👍

@stevebull7105 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video. Brought back so many memories! I don’t think I actually played them properly either. Also my favourite cover would probably be Deathtrap Dungeon.

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I’m glad it brought back some fun stuff!

@machfront 2 ай бұрын

To anyone reading: There is a great clone of the original FF RPG (not AFF,mind) called Spellzard and it’s super cool! Enjoy! Cheers, folks!

@charly03090309 Жыл бұрын

I just realised I was not subscribed... FFS... I remember my first book was Citadel of Chaos. I could'nt complete the horror house one (House of Hell). Starship Traveller is still my favourite one. in fact I loved all the sci-fi ones. Ring of Kether, Freeway Fighter and the Robot Commando were all awesome. I dont think they all had 400 entires... I am sure I remember one that had less (which I found surprising). Was the perfect gateway to Warhammer. I also had the Sorcery and the RPG books.

@nickharling3902 Жыл бұрын

Dang I thought I’d seen everything when I played the first time around but there’s a lot I missed. I live in Japan and used to teach in middle schools. I remember being flabbergasted when I found fighting fantasy in the school library

@nickharling3902 Жыл бұрын

Also, wasn’t it the fighting fantasy games that inspired the Dark Souls video games?

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

That certainly sounds possible, though I'm not too familiar with the games! Have the designers talked on record about FF, do you know?

@nickharling3902 Жыл бұрын

@@jordansorcery I tried to post a link to an article, but I guess KZfaq took it away? If you google “Miyazaki Fighting Fantasy” you should find plenty. Apparently, Miyazaki tried to read the FF books in English and couldn’t understand everything but still enjoyed them. And that’s why his games have such ambiguous storylines

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

That's fascinating! I guess inspiration comes from everywhere in those kinds of creative fields

@drdiscostu 8 ай бұрын

Great video but regards to book #1 - was Zagor that evil? I remember breaking into his house and stealing his stuff, I don't think we were actually given any noble motive for this...

@jordansorcery 7 ай бұрын

It’s a fair point, ‘we’ are definitely not good guys either, but the larger narrative around Zagor (at least later on) is that he is an evil warlock who killed his mentor and built an army of bad guys. I can’t remember how explicitly that’s explored in the original though. I guess it was an era where the moral motivation wasn’t quite as considered!

@michaelgrey1351 Жыл бұрын

Usborne's Escape from Blood Castle should have won the Booker. I shall die on this hill.

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Those Usborne books are underrated

@godofzombi Жыл бұрын

I had a dutch translation of Starship traveller (Sterrenschip Viator)

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

That translation sounds epic

@NirielWinx 7 ай бұрын

I just offered two books to each of my two nephews for Christmas. They didn't care about the rules, but they wouldn't stop reading and flipping pages and show each other the monsters they were encountering. Never seen them so absorbed in anything. Those books were super easy to find in French, which is good for them. But I can barely find a few in English. Where do I buy them?

@rrwholloway Жыл бұрын

I do wonder why we've not seen a revival of the 'choose your own adventure'/''Fighting Fantasy' books as ebooks on Kindle. They seem such an obvious and easy conversion, yet they are so difficult to come by and most have never been released as ebooks.

@jordansorcery Жыл бұрын

Some of the app based re-works are really fun, but I agree, it is surprising that there's not just a load of kindle/reader editions with some hyperlinks more readily available

@machfront 2 ай бұрын

This old Yank is a lil bit jealous. To think in 1986 at age 12…. I could have had my pick of quite a number of FF books, LW books and…and…AND I could have visited a local shop and grabbed periodicals like Warlock and Proteus for even more solo fun?!?!? Did I have my own wealth here in the States? Yes. But, I’d had rather all the fun solo stuff and super art! Cheers, everyone!