In 1982, the Fighting Fantasy series of solo RPG books made their debut and I was hooked. It added a simple dice-based combat system to give the story more of an interactive gaming feel. I dont' recall exactly, but I suspect these books were the bridge that got me to check out D&D while still in middle school.
Over the years, some of the books have been turned into computer and board games. In 2002 and again in 2009, Wizard Books began republishing the original books alongside new stories to keep the line going. To keep up with those mythical Joneses, some of the books have been turned into apps for your mobile device as well.
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| The entire series has fantastic covers like this in the US |
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| While it looks different, it does resemble the original series covers that were published in the UK |
The site MCVUK has a great interview with Ian Livingstone.
I also highly recommend the You Chose Wrong Tumblr.
May Your Stamina Never Fail is doing series book reviews.
I also highly recommend the You Chose Wrong Tumblr.
May Your Stamina Never Fail is doing series book reviews.
I think i remember having at lest one of these books in my youth Dex.
ReplyDeleteIs it bad that I've never heard of these? Used to love the Choose Your Own Adventure books and I used to play some RPG's but I don't remember these at all. Must give Blood of the Zombies a look. To be honest I'm just thrilled that somebody has cited an example of something cool that we have in the UK first. It doesn't usually go that way round. :-)
ReplyDeleteNot having an internet when the books first came out I had no idea the series originate overseas until much later. Much like CYOA each book is usually a self-contained adventure and while fantasy is the most common, there are different genres explored occasionally.
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