The Doug Alone

  Steve Jackson Games will be republishing ten of the Fighting Fantasy books in the US in 2025! I am actually very excited about this because though I have copies of most of the books included (in a few cases, multiple) it is always great to have more access to the venerable FF game line.  It would be difficult to overstate just how much the Fighting Fantasy series impacted my own love of solo play and I regularly return to a few titles like Island of the Lizard King as comfort gaming.  The Official Fighting Fantasy Blog lists the ten titles (released in two batches of five): The Warlock of Firetop Mountain The Citadel of Chaos The Forest of Doom City of Thieves Deathtrap Dungeon And then, later: Island of the Lizard King Scorpion Swamp House of Hell Creature of Havoc The Dungeon on Blood Island Of those, a few stand out as interesting choices. Scorpion Swamp  was the 1984 entry (and 8th in the overall series) written by Steve Jackson of Steve Jackson Games (aka...

  I missed this back when it was announced in March (and it's not like I had this blog to even post it had I found it) BUT there will be a new official Fighting Fantasy gamebook released this September: The Dungeon of Blood Island .  In sheer terms of keeping my love of solo play alive over the years, absolutely nothing else compares to the Fighting Fantasy  series. In most ways, my attempts to expand my solo play library grew out of just wanting to do more things like FF and to have FF-like experiences with a bit more freedom. It was not the only source but it was a major source. Sure, I will always hold The Island of the Lizard King  but Deathtrap Dungeon  is iconic (and who doesn't love the adorable bloodbeast on the cover?). Ian Livingston will be doing the writing with Iain McCaig doing the cover art.  In related news, Tin Man Games is expanding their Fighting Fantasy Classics line with Armies of Death . This means you can have the entire (up until Blo...