Reading through the list of names on the "downloads" page, I was struck by a preponderance of unwitting double-entendres, my two favourite being two books which should surely be in the same series: "The Quest for the Ebony Wand" and "Pit of Peril". This made me consider whether one of the defining characteristics of the Fighting Fantasy Series (as with the God-father of all sword and sorcery- Tolkein) is an amazingly coy attitude to sex. In these frequently gory and even gratuitously violent works, no mention was ever given to the motive force which presumably was responsible for Titan's population (although the illustations of "Vampyres" etc. were somewhat less inhibited).

To this effect, I have to praise the Diamond Key, which managed to be serious and avoid puerility whilst having some element of the erotic in the form of various semi-human lovelies (a theme that seems to resurface in the WWGB series frequently). In particular, strengthening your fire-balls has never been so enjoyable.

Andrew Wright
Sun Mar 7 12:49:54 2010
Publicity

"Into the Valley of Halos", the third 25 ref FF microadventure in my Fighting Fan-Tales series is out now with the March Fighting Fantasy newsletter here:

http://www.fightingfantasy.com/images/newsletter/march.pdf

You can use your character from the first two adventures in the saga - "In the Shade of the Pango Tree" or "Debacle at Dead Man's Inn" , or you can use the new character that comes with the adventure.

Let me know what you think!

cheers

Andy

Wayne Densley
Wed Mar 3 03:27:40 2010
Windhammer Competition

Release of Schedule and Guidelines for the 2010 Windhammer Prize

Arborell.com is pleased to announce the release of the schedule and guidelines for the 2010 Windhammer Prize for Short Gamebook Fiction. Now in its third year the Windhammer Prize continues as a means to promote the gamebook genre, and to provide exposure within a competitive environment for aspiring gamebook authors. Sponsored by Arborell.com it is a prize that encourages creative and original works of interactive fiction whilst providing the challenge of meeting stringent size criteria and a limited development period.

For authors considering entry please be aware that with the growth of the Windhammer Prize there are important changes to the competition for this year, including the extension of the submission and voting periods and the provision of cash prizes to all winning entrants.

If you are considering submitting an entry in this year's competition the new guidelines can be found at
http://www.arborell.com/windhammer_prize_2010.html

Information on previous prizes, winners and other competition details can be found at the Windhammer Prize pages at Arborell.com.

Regards
Wayne Densley
Chronicles of Arborell
http://www.arborell.com/

hitchi
Tue Mar 2 08:03:41 2010
Beggars Of Blacksand

I just found this site and finished Al Sander's Beggars Of Blacksand.I wish it were longer, had a great time, thanks.

PS:Wouldn't it be good playing this on an ebook reader?

Ulysses
Fri Feb 26 13:14:12 2010
The Diamond Key

Drakol:

SPOILER

END SPOILER

Ulysses
Fri Feb 26 11:44:23 2010
The Diamond Key

Hello Drakol.

It's no secret that to defeat King Darm at the end you should be aquiring magical items to use against him. If I recall correctly, there are 8 successful endings depending on how you defeat the King, and whether or not Kianmay survives.
What I remember is:

SPOILER

END SPOILER

I hope that helps.

Drakol
Fri Feb 26 07:10:42 2010
The Diamond Key

Greetings - Played "The Diamond Key" a few times now.
I've quite liked it and it is an enjoyable one.
Even if every single time I die in the end...

Wanted to ask a Question or two : P.s. the next bit has lots of item and some situational spoilers.

SPOILER

END SPOILER

ffproject
Thu Feb 11 19:47:00 2010
News

Update

I have added four gamebooks by Andrew Wright to the downloads page. They are :

The Hills Of Phoros
Rampage!
In The Shade Of The Pango Tree
Debacle At Dead Man's Inn

Aiken
Thu Feb 11 18:12:32 2010
Gamebooks

Gaetano:

I agree that this falls squarely into the "ingenious but flawed" category, like so many literary musings. What are the other takes on this mistake?

Gaetano
Wed Feb 10 23:25:01 2010
Gamebooks

I'd read that article before. He certainly has an interesting theory, whether he truly believes it or not. Yet another take on the most famous mistake in FF history. (By his reasoning, though, should the player be looking for secret references on every section he/she comes across?

Aiken
Wed Feb 10 17:14:40 2010
Gamebooks

By the by. Fans of Creature of Havoc (and I am one) will probably be aware of the alleged mistake that occurs in this book. Most walk-throughs draw attention to this. The following link is to an article by an AI fan and interactive fiction writer called Stephen Bond on this book and the mistake in question which is very interesting.

http://plover.net/~bonds/creatureofhavoc.html

He is a bit harsh about FF books in general, but his theory, as they say, deserves to be true!

Haoie
Sun Feb 7 04:14:47 2010
General Chat

Those games were famous for 1 thing: Making them intentional unwinnable. Just check the TVTropes pages.

Ulysses
Fri Feb 5 01:42:16 2010
General Chat

I never encountered Space Ace or Dragon's Lair during the 80s...
An interesting parallel is that Sierra, who developed Space Quest, also produced another fantasy-based adventure game called King's Quest. It's my intention to get onto that next...

Gaetano
Thu Feb 4 21:18:08 2010
General Chat

The memories...

Phil Sadler
Thu Feb 4 09:51:54 2010
General Chat

Dragon's Lair! Ah ... I have both SA and DL on my DVD player :-)

Gaetano
Thu Feb 4 06:35:37 2010
General Chat

Do you remember an arcade game called "Space Ace?" I remember it being different from other games in that it was quite cinematic. It was pretty humorous, in the same vein as WWGB. (There was another, fantasy based game as well, a D & D type of setting, by the same company).

Ulysses
Thu Feb 4 00:04:53 2010
General Chat

Over the last week I've been playing the 80s adventure game series Space Quest on my computer. There are many similarities with the WWGB gamebook series... I wasn't thinking of Space Quest when I wrote it, but I think it must be have been an unconscious influence.
Anyway, all 6 episodes are available for download out there for those who remember this game.

Grampa Mon Feb 1 19:23:35 2010 General Chat	So. how do I get to read a copy of my grandson's work? Dan davies (Zach's grumpa, also a fan of fantasy fiction....perhaps it's hereditary?)
	They are both here : http://www.ffproject.com/download.htm

Andrew Wright
Mon Feb 1 13:08:54 2010
Publicity

Hey, if you didn't already know,

The latest issue of "Fighting Fantazine" (#2) is now available for download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/342675547/FF2.pdf

It features my 200 ref adventure 'Shrine of the Salamander' which uses a cut-down version of the Sorcery! spell system.

and issue #1 can still be found here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/293583193/FF1r6.pdf

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