Monday 10 October 2011

The 2002 Revival

In 2002, Wizard Books bought the rights to the Fighting Fantasy series and has put many of the original titles back into print, making the controversial decision to change the order of the books in order to fit their reduced line-up (initially only the gamebooks by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone were published) and to incorporate the Sorcery! miniseries into the core series. The original cover art has also been replaced. 

In 2005 a new Fighting Fantasy book, the first since 1995's Curse of the Mummy, entitled Eye of the Dragon was released by Wizard Books, written by Ian Livingstone. This was followed up by Bloodbones and later in 2007, Howl of the Werewolf by Jonathan Green. That year also celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of Fighting Fantasy which was commemorated by a special edition of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain that included bonus extra material. The range was planned to continue in 2008 with further titles, although nothing was eventually published. 
TITANNICA (2011) Series History, Viewed 10th October 2011 <http://fightingfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Fighting_Fantasy>


Here are some examples of the  new covers:

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