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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Mar 6, 2011 9:38:45 GMT -9
Please move to a different board if it's inappropriate to post this here. I'm selling some second hand Fighting Fantasy gamebooks on Ebay and Amazon. I've mainly been collecting the books from the 80's and a few that were acquired recently are doubles of ones I already have so I'm selling them on. shop.ebay.co.uk/billiam_babble/m.htmlwww.amazon.co.uk/shops/A38QZTZIW3WKQD(remember that the Amazon prices do not include shipping - which Amazon decides upon) I won't list the titles here because they might be changing over the next few weeks, also if the ebay page returns nothing it's because I'll be in the process of re-listing (check back later etc.). I'm based in the UK but will happily post worldwide (just for fun!). 
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Post by Dave on Mar 6, 2011 20:52:57 GMT -9
I've shamelessly modeled my homebrew character sheets on the ones found in FF books.
Good luck with the sale.
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Mar 8, 2011 0:25:35 GMT -9
It has to be done! ;D I used to be disappointed that D&D character sheets weren't more scroll like.  I put some more on Ebay last night - some went very fast.  I may have to dig out someone duplicate copies I have of a few Lone Wolf books and add them. |
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Post by paladin on Mar 8, 2011 13:39:13 GMT -9
 My heart is sobbing whenever I read the words "Fighting Fantasy". Lately I stumbled upon this free 80 Mb work of lifetime love: "The Atlas of Titan" by Simon Osborne and others. A collection of all published FF maps. If you like old school watercolor/ink art (and you do, Billiam ), you should pick up this tome of inspiration: outspaced.fightingfantasy.org/ (choose "Gamebooks" on the left menu, scroll down and download 
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Post by Reivaj on Mar 9, 2011 4:52:52 GMT -9
Hi ! What is a Fighting Fantasy Gamebook  It´s a book like Choose your own adventure books |
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Post by paladin on Mar 9, 2011 5:53:23 GMT -9
Exactly that, Reivaj ! Most famous series of the early 80ties till mid 90ties. They are rising from the dead again, I think. Some new books in the making and several reprints (I believe, nearly 60 titles so far). When I was a teen, I painted maps of dungeons and land trips, reading, gaming, tossing the dice like  . What a solo fun with minimal rules and "hardware" (paper) !
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Mar 9, 2011 7:39:33 GMT -9
My heart is sobbing whenever I read the words "Fighting Fantasy". Lately I stumbled upon this free 80 Mb work of lifetime love: "The Atlas of Titan" by Simon Osborne and others. A collection of all published FF maps. If you like old school watercolor/ink art (and you do, Billiam ), you should pick up this tome of inspiration: outspaced.fightingfantasy.org/ (choose "Gamebooks" on the left menu, scroll down and download My copy of Mozilla firefox seems to be struggling a bit with that download but I'll check it out later. Thanks - I have a the small puffin paperback of Atlas of Titan (not for sale) but I believe that there was a larger version at some point (I have Out of the Pit - which is filled with lovely black and white illustrations) EDIT: the download worked! - oooh, lovely maps ... Not only has FF been returned but there are versions on Kindle and I-phone! Reivaj, I prefer Fighting Fantasy to the CYOA books (at the few I bought) because it uses a dice system, which really made the fights come alive. There's some great blogs and sites out there on FF books, new and old (like "Outspaced" above). Also there's quite a few free fan-fiction downloads, but I'm far too lazy to round up all the links now. There's a few guys like me who were actually introduced to fantasy RPG gaming through these and the Lone Wolf books (Grail Quest and Sagard aside ...) I'm always curious at the fact that some gamers still really look down on them. Many are surprisingly well written and superbly illustrated. I rarely see them in bookshops in the Midlands, Uk although the new ones are out there. Check out the current rights-holders of Fighting Fantasy: fightingfantasy.com/(Two FF blogs I'm enjoying: virtualfantasies.blogspot.com/ and the very funny turnto400.blogspot.com/ ) The bad news is, guys, is that I might have to start adding postage soon since posting to Australia seems to cost the actual price of the sale. D'oh!  |
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Post by paladin on Mar 9, 2011 10:45:54 GMT -9
[quote/]I'm always curious at the fact that some gamers still really look down on them. Many are surprisingly well written and superbly illustrated. I rarely see them in bookshops in the Midlands, Uk although the new ones are out there. I second that ! FF chapters could be training material for wanna-be game masters and authors. Quite dense and atmospheric. And those McCaig illus, holy doody ... . I think, the original puffin edition is somewhat a collector's item. People who own those books want to be buried with them. Cool links, Billiam, thanks ! |
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Mar 12, 2011 16:05:15 GMT -9
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Post by Parduz on Mar 12, 2011 17:10:23 GMT -9
Jesus! the memories..... i spent a lot of time on that books.... during my school lessons  |
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 17, 2011 7:19:06 GMT -9
As of this weekend (16th April) Check shop.ebay.co.uk/billiam_babble/m.html for updates
Free P+P in UK
£2.50 ($4) P+P Internationally.Fighting Fantasy: The Forest of Doom, Book 3, 1983  £3.50End Date: Friday Apr-22-2011 11:57:27 BST Buy It Now for only: £3.50 Buy it now | Add to watch listFighting Fantasy: Warlock of Firetop Mountain, bk1,1983  £3.40End Date: Friday Apr-22-2011 12:18:48 BST Buy It Now for only: £3.40 Buy it now | Add to watch listFighting Fantasy Warlock of Firetop Mountain,1,1983-7th  £3.90End Date: Sunday Apr-24-2011 1:50:09 BST Buy It Now for only: £3.90 Buy it now | Add to watch listFighting Fantasy: Deathtrap Dungeon, Book 6, 1987  £3.00End Date: Sunday Apr-24-2011 2:04:50 BST Buy It Now for only: £3.00 Buy it now | Add to watch listLone Wolf2 :Fire on the Water1986  £3.00End Date: Friday Apr-22-2011 12:07:53 BST Buy It Now for only: £3.00 Buy it now | Add to watch listFighting Fantasy Creature of Havoc, Book 24,1986  £3.30End Date: Friday Apr-22-2011 11:57:23 BST Buy It Now for only: £3.30 Buy it now | Add to watch listLone Wolf1 :Flight from the Dark,1989  £3.00End Date: Friday Apr-22-2011 12:08:31 BST Buy It Now for only: £3.00 Buy it now | Add to watch listFighting Fantasy Scorpion Swamp Book 8  £3.00End Date: Sunday Apr-24-2011 1:32:23 BST Buy It Now for only: £3.00 Buy it now | Add to watch listFighting Fantasy Midnight Rogue Book 29, 1987+  £3.00End Date: Sunday Apr-24-2011 1:20:37 BST Buy It Now for only: £3.00 Buy it now | Add to watch listLone Wolf5 :Shadow on the Sand1989  £3.00End Date: Friday Apr-22-2011 12:01:13 BST Buy It Now for only: £3.00 Buy it now | Add to watch listLone Wolf6 :The Kingdoms of Terror1985  £3.00End Date: Friday Apr-22-2011 11:59:07 BST Buy It Now for only: £3.00 Buy it now | Add to watch listFighting Fantasy: Island of the Lizard King, bk7, 1984  £3.35End Date: Friday Apr-22-2011 12:16:49 BST Buy It Now for only: £3.35 Buy it now | Add to watch list___ See also: My second-hand gamebooks on Amazon.co.uk
Please check
www.amazon.co.uk/shops/A38QZTZIW3WKQD for an up to date list. ( Prices are in addition to Amazon postage which is estimated separately !) |
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Post by emergencyoverride on May 3, 2011 17:35:05 GMT -9
Man, those books bring back so many memories. I still have quite a few of them. Especially the Lone Wolf books. ;D
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My heart is sobbing whenever I read the words "Fighting Fantasy".
It´s a book like Choose your own adventure books 
. What a solo fun with minimal rules and "hardware" (paper) !
