List of Fighting Fantasy gamebooks explained

Fighting Fantasy is a series of single-player fantasy roleplay gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. The first volume in the series was published by Puffin in 1982, with the rights to the franchise eventually being purchased by Wizard Books in 2002. The series distinguished itself by featuring a fantasy role-playing element, with the caption on each cover claiming each title was "a Fighting Fantasy gamebook in which YOU are the hero!" The popularity of the series led to the creation of merchandise such as action figures, board games, role-playing game systems, magazines, novels and video games.

Fighting Fantasy titles published by Puffin Books (1982-95)

Main series

No.	Title	Author(s)	Cover Art	Interior Art	Sections	Published	ISBN
1	The Warlock of Firetop Mountain				400	1982
2	The Citadel of Chaos	Steve Jackson	Emmanuel (1st) Ian Miller (2nd)	Russ Nicholson	400	1983
3	The Forest of Doom	Ian Livingstone		Malcolm Barter	400	1983
4	Starship Traveller	Steve Jackson	Peter Andrew Jones	Peter Andrew Jones	343	1983
5	City of Thieves	Ian Livingstone	Iain McCaig	Iain McCaig	400	1983
6	Deathtrap Dungeon	Ian Livingstone	Iain McCaig	Iain McCaig	400	1984
7	Island of the Lizard King	Ian Livingstone	Iain McCaig	Alan Langford	400	1984
8	Scorpion Swamp		Duncan Smith	Duncan Smith	400	1984
9	Caverns of the Snow Witch	Ian Livingstone		Gary Ward & Edward Crosby	400	1984
10	House of Hell	Steve Jackson	Ian Miller	Tim Sell	400	1984
11	Talisman of Death		Peter Andrew Jones	Bob Harvey	400	1984
12	Space Assassin	Andrew Chapman			400	1985
13	Freeway Fighter	Ian Livingstone		Kevin Bulmer	380	1985
14	Temple of Terror	Ian Livingstone	Chris Achilleos	Bill Houston	400	1985
15	The Rings of Kether	Andrew Chapman		Nik Spender	400	1985
16	Seas of Blood	Andrew Chapman		Bob Harvey	400	1985
17	Appointment with F.E.A.R.	Steve Jackson		Declan Considine	440	1985
18	Rebel Planet	Robin Waterfield	Alan Craddock	Gary Mayes	400	1985		-	19	Demons of the Deep	Steve Jackson (USA)	Les Edwards	Bob Harvey	400	1986
20	Sword of the Samurai	Mark Smith & Jamie Thomson	Peter Andrew Jones	Alan Langford	400	1986
21	Trial of Champions	Ian Livingstone	Brian Williams	Brian Williams	400	1986
22	Robot Commando	Steve Jackson (USA)	David Martin	Gary Mayes	400	1986
23	Masks of Mayhem	Robin Waterfield		Russ Nicholson	400	1986
24	Creature of Havoc	Steve Jackson	Ian Miller	Alan Langford	460	1986
25	Beneath Nightmare Castle		Terry Oakes		400	1987
26	Crypt of the Sorcerer	Ian Livingstone	Les Edwards	John Sibbick	400	1987
27	Star Strider	Luke Sharp	Alan Craddock	Gary Mayes	400	1987
28	Phantoms of Fear	Robin Waterfield	Ian Miller	Ian Miller	400	1987
29	Midnight Rogue	Graeme Davis	John Sibbick	John Sibbick	400	1987
30	Chasms of Malice	Luke Sharp	Les Edwards	Russ Nicholson	400	1988
31	Battleblade Warrior		David Gallagher	Alan Langford	400	1988
32	Slaves of the Abyss	Paul Mason & Steve Williams	Terry Oakes	Bob Harvey	400	1988
33	Sky Lord	Martin Allen	Les Edwards	Tim Sell	400	1988
34	Stealer of Souls	Keith Martin (pen name of Carl Sargent)	David Gallagher	Russ Nicholson	400	1988
35	Daggers of Darkness	Luke Sharp	Les Edwards	Martin McKenna	400	1988
36	Armies of Death	Ian Livingstone	Chris Achilleos	Nik Williams	400	1988
37	Portal of Evil	Peter Darvill-Evans	David Gallagher	Alan Langford	400	1989
38	Vault of the Vampire	Keith Martin	Les Edwards	Martin McKenna	400	1989
39	Fangs of Fury	Luke Sharp	David Gallagher	David Gallagher	400	1989
40	Dead of Night	Jim Bambra & Stephen Hand	Terry Oakes	Martin McKenna	400	1989
41	Master of Chaos	Keith Martin	Les Edwards	David Gallagher	400	1990
42	Black Vein Prophecy	Paul Mason & Steven Williams	Terry Oakes	Terry Oakes	400	1990
43	The Keep of the Lich Lord	Dave Morris & Jamie Thomson	David Gallagher	David Gallagher	400	1990
44	Legend of the Shadow Warriors	Stephen Hand	Terry Oakes	Martin McKenna	400	1991
45	Spectral Stalkers	Peter Darvill-Evans	Ian Miller	Tony Hough	400	1991
46	Tower of Destruction	Keith Martin	Terry Oakes	Pete Knifton	400	1991
47	The Crimson Tide	Paul Mason	Alan Craddock	Terry Oakes	400	1992
48	Moonrunner	Stephen Hand	Terry Oakes	Martin McKenna	400	1992
49	Siege of Sardath	Keith P. Phillips	Les Edwards	Pete Knifton	400	1992
50	Return to Firetop Mountain	Ian Livingstone	Les Edwards	Martin McKenna	400	1992
51	Island of the Undead	Keith Martin	Terry Oakes	Russ Nicholson	400	1992
52	Night Dragon	Keith Martin	Tony Hough	Tony Hough	400	1993
53	Spellbreaker		Alan Langford	Alan Langford	400	1993
54	Legend of Zagor	Keith Martin (credited to Ian Livingstone)^[1]	Jim Burns & Martin McKenna	Martin McKenna	400	1993
55	Deathmoor	Robin Waterfield	Terry Oakes	Russ Nicholson	400	1994
56	Knights of Doom	Jonathan Green	Tony Hough	Tony Hough	400	1994
57	Magehunter	Paul Mason	Ian Miller	Russ Nicholson	400	1995
58	Revenge of the Vampire	Keith Martin	Les Edwards	Martin McKenna	400	1995
59	Curse of the Mummy	Jonathan Green	Martin McKenna	Martin McKenna	400	1995

Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

See main article: Sorcery!.

No.	Title	Author(s)	Cover Art	Interior Art	Sections	Published	ISBN
	The Sorcery! Spell Book	Steve Jackson	Maggie Kneen	John Blanche	Not applicable	1983
1	The Shamutanti Hills	Steve Jackson	John Blanche	John Blanche	456	1983
2	Kharé - Cityport of Traps	Steve Jackson	John Blanche	John Blanche	511	1984
3	The Seven Serpents	Steve Jackson	John Blanche	John Blanche	498	1984
4	The Crown of Kings	Steve Jackson	John Blanche	John Blanche	800	1985

The Adventures of Goldhawk

No.	Title	Author	Cover Art	Interior Art	Sections	Published	ISBN
1	Darkmoon's Curse	Ian Livingstone	Simon Dewey	Russ Nicholson	83	1995
2	The Demon Spider	Ian Livingstone	Simon Dewey	Russ Nicholson	73	1995
3	Mudworm Swamp	Ian Livingstone	Simon Dewey	Russ Nicholson	94	1995
4	Ghost Road	Ian Livingstone	Simon Dewey	Russ Nicholson	101	1995

Fighting Fantasy novels

Title	Author(s)	Cover Art	Interior Art	Published	ISBN
The Trolltooth Wars	Steve Jackson	Chris Achilleos	Russ Nicholson	1989
Demonstealer	Marc Gascoigne	Terry Oakes	Russ Nicholson	1991
Shadowmaster	Ian Livingstone & Marc Gascoigne	John Sibbick	Russ Nicholson	1992
Zagor Chronicles: Firestorm	Carl Sargent (credited to Ian Livingstone)	Iain McCaig	None	1993
Zagor Chronicles: Darkthrone	Carl Sargent (credited to Ian Livingstone)	Iain McCaig	None	1993
Zagor Chronicles: Skullcrag	Carl Sargent (credited to Ian Livingstone)	Iain McCaig	None	1994
Zagor Chronicles: Demonlord	Carl Sargent (credited to Ian Livingstone)	Iain McCaig	None	1994

Fighting Fantasy roleplaying gamebooks

See also Advanced Fighting Fantasy.

Title	Author(s)	Cover Art	Interior Art	Published	ISBN
Fighting Fantasy - The Introductory Role-playing Game	Steve Jackson	Duncan Smith	Duncan Smith	1984
The Riddling Reaver	Paul Mason & Steve Williams (Edited by Steve Jackson)	Peter Andrew Jones	Brian Williams & Leo Hartas	1986
Out of the Pit	Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone (Edited by Marc Gascoigne)	Christos Achilleos	Various	1985 1989
Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World	Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone (Edited by Marc Gascoigne)	Christos Achilleos	Various	1986 1989
Dungeoneer	Marc Gascoigne & Pete Tamlyn	John Sibbick	John Sibbick	1989
Blacksand!	Marc Gascoigne & Pete Tamlyn	John Sibbick	Russ Nicholson	1990
Allansia	Marc Gascoigne & Pete Tamlyn	John Sibbick	Russ Nicholson	1994

Two-player Fighting Fantasy

Title	Author(s)	Cover Art	Interior Art	Sections	Published	ISBN
Clash of the Princes The Warrior's Way	Andrew Chapman & Martin Allen	John Blanche	John Blanche	500	1986
Clash of the Princes: The Warlock's Way	Andrew Chapman & Martin Allen	John Blanche	John Blanche	500	1986

Miscellaneous Fighting Fantasy titles

Title	Author(s)	Cover Art	Interior Art	Published	ISBN
Warlock Magazine	Various	Various	Various	1983-1986	N/A
The Tasks of Tantalon	Steve Jackson	Steven Lavis	Steven Lavis	1985
Casket of Souls	Ian Livingstone	Iain McCaig	Iain McCaig	1987
The Fighting Fantasy Poster Book	Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone	Christos Achilleos	Various	1990
The Fighting Fantasy 10th Anniversary Yearbook	Marc Gascoigne	Terry Oakes	Various	1992

Fighting Fantasy titles published by Wizard Books

Main series 1 (2002–2007)

No.	Title	Author(s)	Cover Art	Interior Art	Sections	Published	ISBN
1	The Warlock of Firetop Mountain	Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Russ Nicholson	400	2002
2	The Citadel of Chaos	Steve Jackson	Kevin Jenkins	Russ Nicholson	400	2002
3	Deathtrap Dungeon	Ian Livingstone	Mel Grant	Iain McCaig	400	2002
4	Creature of Havoc	Steve Jackson	Les Edwards	Alan Langford	460	2002
5	City of Thieves	Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Iain McCaig	400	2002
6	Crypt of the Sorcerer	Ian Livingstone	Les Edwards	John Sibbick	400	2002
7	House of Hell	Steve Jackson	Nicholas Halliday	Tim Sell	400	2002
8	The Forest of Doom	Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Malcolm Barter	400	2003
9	Sorcery! The Shamutanti Hills	Steve Jackson	Mel Grant	John Blanche	456	2003
10	Caverns of the Snow Witch	Ian Livingstone	Les Edwards	Gary Ward & Edward Crosby	400	2003
11	Sorcery! Kharé - Cityport of Traps	Steve Jackson	Mel Grant	John Blanche	511	2003
12	Trial of Champions	Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Brian Williams	400	2003
13	Sorcery! The Seven Serpents	Steve Jackson	Mel Grant	John Blanche	498	2003
14	Armies of Death	Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Nik Williams	400	2003
15	Sorcery! The Crown of Kings	Steve Jackson	Mel Grant	John Blanche	800	2003
16	Return to Firetop Mountain	Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Martin McKenna	400	2003
17	Island of the Lizard King	Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Alan Langford	400	2003
18	Appointment with F.E.A.R.	Steve Jackson	Brian Bolland	Declan Considine	440	2004
19	Temple of Terror	Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Bill Houston	400	2004
20	Legend of Zagor	Keith Martin (credited to Ian Livingstone)	Martin McKenna	Martin McKenna	400	2004
21	Eye of the Dragon*	Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Martin McKenna	407	2005
22	Starship Traveller	Steve Jackson	Chris Moore	Peter Andrew Jones	343	2005
23	Freeway Fighter	Ian Livingstone	Jim Burns	Kevin Bulmer	380	2005
24	Talisman of Death	Jamie Thomson & Mark Smith	Martin McKenna	Bob Harvey	400	2006
25	Sword of the Samurai	Mark Smith & Jamie Thomson	Mel Grant	Alan Langford	400	2006
26	Bloodbones	Jonathan Green	Martin McKenna	Tony Hough	400	2006
27	Curse of the Mummy	Jonathan Green	Martin McKenna	Martin McKenna	400	2007
28	Spellbreaker	Jonathan Green	Martin McKenna	Alan Langford	400	2007
29	Howl of the Werewolf	Jonathan Green	Martin McKenna	Martin McKenna	515	2007
N/A	The Warlock of Firetop Mountain 25th Anniversary Edition	Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone	Peter Andrew Jones	Russ Nicholson	400	2007

*Original stories (not reprints).

Main series 2 (2009–2012)

No.	Title	Author(s)	Cover Art	Interior Art	Sections	Published	ISBN
1	The Warlock of Firetop Mountain	Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Russ Nicholson	400	2009
2	The Citadel of Chaos	Steve Jackson	Kevin Jenkins	Russ Nicholson	400	2009
3	Deathtrap Dungeon	Ian Livingstone	Mel Grant	Iain McCaig	400	2009
4	Stormslayer*	Jonathan Green	Stephen Player	Stephen Player	400	2009
5	Creature of Havoc	Steve Jackson	Les Edwards	Alan Langford	460	2010
6	City of Thieves	Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Iain McCaig	400	2010
7	Bloodbones	Jonathan Green	Martin McKenna	Tony Hough	400	2010
8	Night of the Necromancer*	Jonathan Green	Martin McKenna	Martin McKenna	450	2010
9	House of Hell	Steve Jackson	Nicholas Halliday	Tim Sell	400	2010
10	Eye of the Dragon	Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Martin McKenna	407	2010
11	Howl of the Werewolf	Jonathan Green	Martin McKenna	Martin McKenna	515	2010
12	Trial of Champions	Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Brian Williams	400	2010
13	The Forest of Doom	Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Malcolm Barter	400	2011
14	Curse of the Mummy	Jonathan Green	Martin McKenna	Martin McKenna	400	2011
15	Armies of Death	Ian Livingstone	Martin McKenna	Nik Williams	400	2011
16	Appointment with F.E.A.R.	Steve Jackson	Brian Bolland	Declan Considine	440	2011
N/A	Blood of the Zombies*	Ian Livingstone		Kevin Crossley	400	2012

*Original stories (not reprints).

Fighting Fantasy titles published by Snowbooks

Fighting Fantasy history

Title	Author(s)	Cover Art	Interior Art	Published	ISBN
YOU Are The Hero: A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks	Jonathan Green	Martin McKenna	Various	2014	Hardback Paperback
YOU Are The Hero Part 2: A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks	Jonathan Green	Chris Achilleos	Various	2017	Hardback Paperback
YOU Are The Hero: 40th Anniversary Edition A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks	Jonathan Green	Iain McCaig	Various	2023	TBC Deluxe Hardback TBC Hardback Paperback

Fighting Fantasy colouring books

Title	Author(s)	Cover Art	Interior Art	Published	ISBN
Official Fighting Fantasy Colouring Book 1: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain	Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone	Peter Andrew Jones	Russ Nicholson	2016	Hardback Paperback
Official Fighting Fantasy Colouring Book 2: The Forest of Doom	Ian Livingstone	Iain McCaig	Malcolm Barter	2016	Hardback Paperback
Official Fighting Fantasy Colouring Book 3: Deathtrap Dungeon	Ian Livingstone	Iain McCaig	Ian McCaig	2016	Hardback Paperback
Official Fighting Fantasy Colouring Book 4: City of Thieves	Ian Livingstone	Iain McCaig	Iain McCaig	2016	Hardback Paperback

Fighting Fantasy titles published by Scholastic

Main series (2017–present)

No.	Title	Author(s)	Cover Art	Interior Art	Sections	Published	ISBN
1	The Warlock of Firetop Mountain	Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone	Robert Ball	Vlado Krizan	400	2017
2	City of Thieves	Ian Livingstone	Robert Ball	Vlado Krizan	400	2017
3	The Citadel of Chaos	Steve Jackson	Robert Ball	Vlado Krizan	400	2017
4	The Forest of Doom	Ian Livingstone	Robert Ball	Vlado Krizan	400	2017
5	House of Hell	Steve Jackson	Robert Ball	Vlado Krizan	400	2017
6	The Port of Peril*	Ian Livingstone	Iain McCaig (Hardback) Robert Ball (Paperback)	Vlado Krizan	400	2017	Hardback Paperback
7	Creature of Havoc	Steve Jackson	Robert Ball	Vlado Krizan	460	2018
8	Deathtrap Dungeon	Ian Livingstone	Robert Ball	Vlado Krizan	400	2018
9	Appointment with F.E.A.R.	Steve Jackson	Robert Ball	Vlado Krizan	440	2018
10	Island of the Lizard King	Ian Livingstone	Robert Ball	Vlado Krizan	400	2018
11	Sorcery! The Shamutanti Hills	Steve Jackson	Robert Ball	Vlado Krizan	456	2018
12	The Gates of Death*		Robert Ball	Vlado Krizan	470	2018
13	Caverns of the Snow Witch	Ian Livingstone	Robert Ball	Robert Ball	400	2019
14	Sorcery! Kharé - Cityport of Traps	Steve Jackson	Robert Ball	Robert Ball	511	2019
15	Assassins of Allansia*	Ian Livingstone	Karl Kopinski (Hardback) Robert Ball (Paperback)	Robert Ball	400	2019	Hardback Paperback
16	Return to Firetop Mountain	Ian Livingstone	Robert Ball	Martin McKenna	400	2020
17	Crystal of Storms*		Eva Eskelinen	Eva Eskelinen	400	2020
18	Sorcery! The Seven Serpents	Steve Jackson	Robert Ball	John Blanche	498	2022
19	Sorcery! The Crown of Kings	Steve Jackson	Robert Ball	John Blanche	800	2022
20	Secrets of Salamonis*	Steve Jackson (with Jonathan Green)	Tazio Bettin	Tazio Bettin	480	2022^[2]
21	Shadow of the Giants*	Ian Livingstone	Mike McCarthy	Mike McCarthy	400	2022	Hardback Paperback
22	The Dungeon on Blood Island* ^[3]	Ian Livingstone	Iain McCaig	Krisztián Balla	400	September 2024	Hardback Paperback

*Original stories (not reprints).

Other media

Boardgames

Title	Publisher	Designer	Artist	Published
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain	Games Workshop	Steve Jackson	Peter Andrew Jones (box), Dave Andrews	1986
Legend of Zagor	Parker Bros. & Hasbro	Ian Livingstone	Jim Burns (box), Martin McKenna	1993

Electronic gamebooks and computer games

Some gamebooks were released as home computer games or as applications for smartphones.

See also

• Warlock (magazine)

External links

• Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks - the official website's homepage.
• Scholastic FF page - current publisher of the range
• Fighting Fantasy: An Illustrated Bibliography at SFandFantasy.co.uk
• FF Reviews Archive

Notes and References

1. Green; Jonathan (2014) You Are the Hero: A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks. Snowbooks Ltd, p. 164.
2. https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/fighting-fantasy-co-founders-pen-two-new-books-for-series-40th-anniversary "Fighting Fantasy co-founders pen two new books for series' 40th anniversary"
3. http://officialfightingfantasy.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dungeon-on-blood-island.html "The Dungeon on Blood Island"