OMMP - Where did the original Fighting Fantasy books go?
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- Опубліковано 26 тра 2024
- They were such a massive part of my childhood back in the 80's and 90's but where have all the original Fighting Fantasy books gone? I haven't seen one in the wild for ages (note: The wild - op shops, 2nd hand bookstores, garage sales and the like.)
In this vid I also reminisce about the Fighting Fantasy books I used to own (and wish I kept) as well as reveal the one game book I actually do have still on the shelf, plus I need your help in working out a missing memory from my childhood..
Me and my friends collected a lot of these books as kids. We picked them up for around 20p each from charity shops or car boot sales. They are now collectors items and I haven't found one for years.
Yeah thanks to Covid I haven't seen a car boot sale around the traps or anywhere near the same level of garage sales that we had pre spicy cough. I can only hope they return just for the randomness.
Deathtrap Dungeon was one of my favourites but I think the only book I actually owned as opposed to just getting from the library was City Of Thieves...and I had that Zagor board game! It was fun!
One day I'm going to find an op shop with not only the full range of FF books (all priced at a $1 each..) but also a pristine copy of that board game.
And on the same day I'll win powerball and shout the neighbourhood Lambos.
Still, a FF fan can dream..
Deathtrap was my first at the age of 13 and ended up having around the first 20 (I had to do a quick google for list to recall I never had a couple of the late teen books) Great books with a variety of settings
I also read the way if the tiger series a fantasy setting where you were a ninja. That world felt darker or maybe it was the artwork. That universe also appeared in the FF books as The Talisman of Death.
Just had a quick Google of way of the tiger - those covers look epic! Did they play as well as FF?
@@OneManManyPlans imo and trying to recall after almost 40 years 😁, it felt darker (the B&W internal artwork helped) and more thematic because it was all set in one universe unlike FF. There was carry overs from the previous books, eg skills learnt, like the lone wolf series (I only read one these). Sure you were a ninja but near the end of the series you ruled a city resulting in a political intrigue play, eg you'd pick your counsellors and some morally questionable characters would turn out useful as they had contacts that warned me of an assassination attempt.
I enjoyed it enough to have read them multiple times and had all the books, and like you lament not holding onto such things to remind us of our long lost youth 😊
@@vandalcreed They're out there somewhere....the quest continues! :D
The originals had a different coloured spine for each book, I think they went to green after book 7.
Edit: On my shelves I have 1-31 34,35, 37,38, 41-46, 50 and 53. Also have in the same game line Clash of Princes, Fighting Fantasy, Riddling Reaver, Blacksand, Out of the Pit, Dungeoneer, and the Sorcery series (which was one of my favourites).
I recall Forrest of Doom originally was a brown orange but did they redo them in green down the track or am I imagining that?
Also had no idea about Riddling Reaver until today - 4 adventures in one?? Is it as fun as it looks?
(Just looked up Clash of Princes and wow did that bring back some memories. I think my local library had one of the two books which made things a challenge :D)