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You are the hero: A history of Fighting Fantasy

humanji · 2013-08-16 07:48:02

I saw this article on Eurogamer and thought some folks here might find it interesting. It's about the Fighting Fantasy series of books, how they were created and their future. It's a short enough article, and worth a read if you were a fan.…

16-08-2013 8:48am

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humanji

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I saw this article on Eurogamer and thought some folks here might find it interesting. It's about the Fighting Fantasy series of books, how they were created and their future.

It's a short enough article, and worth a read if you were a fan.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-08-16-you-are-the-hero-a-history-of-fighting-fantasy

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#2 25-09-2013 11:43am

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These were amazing... as were the Lone Wolf series by Joe Dever. I think most of them are still in the attic :-)

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#3 04-10-2013 12:05am

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Lone Wolf - now there is a blast from the past!

My kids have started getting into Fighting Fantasy books and it is great to see how they deal with it. My daughter just wants to kill everything and everyone whereas my son has started to try and draw maps.

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#4 08-10-2013 12:03pm

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I remember how when I tried this the first time a bear mauled me before I even got into the dungeon (that bear had loaded dice I tell you!)

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