Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks Review Part 1 - Books 1 to 10

Quick review of the original green spines series of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks numbers 1 to 10 from Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone

[@deadlyredly1]

The excitement I felt as I kid when I got a new one of these books is still unsurpassed to this day. Even looking at certain covers out of these gives me goosebumps! Used to curl up in my room, in the bath, in the spa, in the back of the van, where-fucking-ever, and just get wrapped up in these worlds.

[@johnsmith8906]

Same. Which was your favourites?

[@deadlyredly1]

@@johnsmith8906 Man, hard to think off the top of my head lol. I will say Forest Of Doom always had a special place in my heart as it was my first. Also really loved Scorpion Swamp for the map making, Road Warrior and Robot Commando for the machine battles. Greatest of all though wasn't even a gamebook - it was Titan. Man I re-read that book just delving into the lore so many times!

[@johnsmith8906]

@@deadlyredly1 The world of Titan was amazing. When I first started DMing rp games way back when I used Port Blacksand a lot. It was a great setting.

[@deadlyredly1]

@@johnsmith8906 Blacksand was great, and yes very much the basis for many of my own settings!

[@version736ha2]

They were up there with getting hold of a porno mag you hadn't seen, agree

[@milthyswinbuckle5158]

I used to love these as a kid growing up (still do in all truth). Island Of the Lizard King was the first I got, and although I agree it's certainly not the best, it holds a lot of nostalgia. It's a book that has a kind of King Kong feel to it, as you go about exploring the island. I think my fave might be Appointment With F.E.A.R, though Deathtrap Dungeon runs it close. I was actually inspired to write a short story inspired by the Fighting Fantasy books, in which You are the hero. Bunged it on Smashwords for free. The story is called "You Are The Monster" (see what I did there!). Also pretty sure it inspired another story (a little longer but written in a style that mixes things up a bit... like the books)... This one I entitled "26 Minds on Standby". It can also be downloaded for free on Smashwords.

[@jakerockznoodles]

I think my issue with Starship Traveller was that there were a lot of interesting ideas barely used so I had all these game mechanics I read through and got excited about and on some playtgroughs didn't touch at all. Moreover, the one true path skipped most of the interesting stuff altogether which was a crying shame, really. It really took a lot of the fun out of replaying it. As a choose your own adventure story I thought it was actually really fun (the weird robot planet and the aliens who try to clone your crew were bits I remember very fondly, and there was a real variety in the obstacles you could face), but as a gamebook it didn't really work for me at all. In that respect I thought Rebel Planet was a lot better and in fact remains one of my faves.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I’m gonna have another read of Rebel Planet today 👍🏻

[@nathanjedrej792]

Loved how they followed them up, trial of champions the follow up to death trap dungeon. The map linking all the locations and over the sea to the sorcery! realm.

[@hakonsoreide]

I just got into FF again after being away from it for more than 30 years, and I think I'm already enjoying it even more than the first time around, creating youTube videos of my playthroughs as I go along. I sold off all my FF books back in the day, of course, but now I've bought them all again, as well as many others I never had back then. eBay makes it so much easier to indulge in nostalgeekery, and KZbin makes it so much easier to share with a community of like-minded geeks. Even though the things we hark back to are old, this is the golden age for enjoying them or any other kind of nostalgia.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

eBay makes it more expensive...mage hunter

[@hakonsoreide]

@@BoardGameBollocks Don't I know it just having been FF shopping over the last few weeks. Not even just Magehunter. Deathmoor seems to be joining Magehunter and Revenge of the Vampire in the £100+ price bracket now. Siege of Sardath and Knights of Doom are still sub £100, but they too are getting closer. It's a seller's market right now, it seems, as a resurgence in popularity coincides with old geeks getting to the age where they get more nostalgic and can finally afford whatever they want. I might give the four or five most expensive ones a miss for now as they cost more than the rest of the books combined.

[@hakonsoreide]

@@BoardGameBollocks even charity shops know they're valuable and sell them at market price these days. On eBay.

[@earlofdrumer1851]

Forest of Doom was my first experience of FF. Was hooked forever after although playing Black Vein Prophecy as a kid was confusing as hell. Didn't get them until well into the 90's though so they all cost £3.99, and it wasn't until I started collecting them years later that I found out about the numerous reprints and different costs.

[@Dan261178]

I will always have a special place in my heart for "City of Thieves" it was the first Fighting Fantasy book I ever stumbled across and,believe it or not,I never knew where it came from.I found it on top of a pile of books in my home one day and my whole family swore blind that they never bought it but I read it and I was instantly hooked.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Bizarre tale

[@keithparker1346]

I think a lot of the appeal of the books is the excellent internal line art. Could never get into Starship Traveller despite being more a sci-fi fan than a fantasy fan Some downsides of the books One really bad aspect of the books are the sudden death paths . I will also say the combat can be a grind

[@hawkeyepearce1066]

I'm a little late to the party here. As a kid who fell in love with D&D in the very early 80's, these books were a lifeline when there was no-one to play with. I still get out my old green-spine copy of Warlock to play through from time to time (good thing about getting old is my memory's not so good, the damned book still surprises me when I go back to it). I've been lucky enough to get Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone to sign it for me, and its the book I've used as a gateway drug to get my kids into reading (it's worked like a charm). Your honest, unvarnished opinions are a breath of fresh air in a sea of sponsored shills, never change!

[@aljamin45]

Nice. My favourite from the first 10 is also House of Hell. 11 - 20 next please!

[@Democraps_are_narrow-minded]

Ff16 is my fav

[@robfrancis4692]

This brought back so many amazing memories! Always wished Mungo survived a bit longer in Lizard King.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Apparently he’s still alive...Livingstone keeps suggesting this on his twitter feed 😲

[@EadwinTomlinson]

Mate, this is great. So glad I found your channel! Also the maze is a pain in the ass...

[@pinochetrevivalist7374]

Good memories of these books. I still have my collection and will get through them again when opportunity arises starting with the Sorcery series.

[@rossmunro7084]

I have every Fighting Fantasy book from 1 to 54. all first prints. I love the books. I know there are ones past 54 but they go for silly prices anywhere i can look. I got into the books with book 3 "The Forest of Doom" I was hooked. Now i have a collection that has pretty much no spine damage. It was ages in the making. I just wish the last books would stop being at hundreds of ponds for them. :(

[@craigcochrane2284]

Great overview. Deathtrap Dungeon was the first book I ever purchased for myself. So many classics in the initial roster of ten books, I still pick up the occasional missing FF book for my collection (just got my 38th last week) provided they are not asking for silly money.

[@oldskool4572]

Yeah me too. Still play them at 47 years old brother ;)

[@craigcochrane2284]

@@oldskool4572 If you haven't already checked them out you should try the way of the Tiger books. I got them about a week ago and the first two have been amazing. Such a good combat system.

[@oldskool4572]

I will check them out thanks. I was aware of them back in the day. Big fan of Talisman of Death and Keep of the Lich Lord. Mark Smith and Jamie Thompson were excellent writers. To be fair I probably sunk even more time into the Joe Dever Lone Wolf books. Lost count how many times I played them. By the way, I've just paid £20 for Night Dragon on ebay. I'm an idiot lol

[@craigcochrane2284]

@@oldskool4572 I picked up the first 6 Way of the Tiger books on Ebay for £49.99 and I am very happy with them. Same artist as Talisman of Death. But its the combat system that is far more interesting than Fighting Fantasy. I was aware of them back in the day too, but never picked them up for whatever reason. You crazy person. :-) I have never paid more than a tenner (or thereabouts) for any single FF book. So you can imagine which books I don't own and am never likely to own. I did manage to get a worn copy of Night Dragon though. Its a good book (as all the Keith Martin books are). I also got a copy of Spellbreaker for 50p at a Car Boot sale in Derby a few years back, maybe one day I'll bump into a copy of Magehunter for a similar price. ;-)

[@oldskool4572]

Haha I know. A little treat for myself ;) Amazon are selling the Way of the Tiger books for around £7 brand new each. I might pick up the first 2 and see how I get on.

[@thorshammer8033]

I loved all these as a kid in the 80s. Every school holidays id borrow a stack from the library and play through them all. Good memories.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Get back into them…cheap as chips now some of them

[@thorshammer8033]

@@BoardGameBollocks I just had a look on EBay. Not too expensive. Though I'd prefer the original editions.

[@johnharrison2086]

I own and have played all of these. Deathtrap Dungeon and City of Thieves are all time favorites of mine. I also like Forest of Doom, Island of the Lizard King and Caverns of the Snow Witch ( which I have played on my tablet recently). My cousin and I spent a weekend working together to beat House of Hell - it's a difficult one to complete successfully.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

You finished HoH? Respect...

[@justin188541]

...A fitting end for a House of Hell 🔥 🔥 🔥. The Butler did it lol! I won't say WHAT he did, just that he did it.

[@appenginenode]

Still got a few back in the day, ah nostalgia, the time just before computers were widely available, went from Fighting Fantasy to text adventures. Will eventually get to revisit the ones I remember via ebay. Brill videos - subbed!!!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Some of them can be a bit pricey these days so don’t hang about if you see the later ones going cheap. Thanks for watching 👍

[@appenginenode]

@@BoardGameBollocks yeah that actually surprised me!

[@ThOoMii013]

For me it was city of thiefs.. loved the setting!! Especially the first "part". I also love a totally different series called Destiny Quest..

[@BoardGameBollocks]

There’s several other book that are located in Port Blacksand. Kahre Cityport of Traps is another urban gamebook that forms part of the Sorcery Epic. If you haven’t read that one then you’d love it.

[@ThOoMii013]

@@BoardGameBollocks I'll go check it out! Thanks. Assassin's of allancia also takes place in port blacksand right?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I think that’s port of peril

[@oldskool4572]

The Sorcery! series was my favourite. Lost count how many times I played those.

[@TheJimtanker]

I played those when I was 13, 37 years ago. I just bought the whole series for my daughter.

[@Areala21]

I loved the Sorcery series! Had the spellbook memorized and everything. All four were good, but Khare: Cityport of Traps was my favorite of the lot. :)

[@oldskool4572]

@@Areala21 Yeah I'd go with Khare

[@BoardGameBollocks]

City of Thieves on steroids

[@Areala21]

@@BoardGameBollocks Yes, EXACTLY! The other three books are good, but damn if Khare isn't filled with so much intrigue. The Mantis Man. The Idol. The riddles to exit the city at the end of the book. The Fire-Eyes. Plus, compare that book's cover to the others and I think it's clear which one you'd pick if you could only pick one. :)

[@Miakel]

City of thieves is my personal favorite. Port Blacksand is just an epic setting for fighting fantasy. Midnight Rogue was is my second favorite also partially set in port blacksand

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Did you play Kahre City Port Of Traps?

[@Miakel]

@@BoardGameBollocks no, haven't heard of it to be honest

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Like City if Thieves but more ‘serious’...sort of. Written by Steve Jackson as part of the Sorcery Epic. It’s a must have.

[@Miakel]

@@BoardGameBollocks I will check it then. Thanks for the recommendation

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Fighting Fantasy Sorcery Box Set: Sorcery 1-4 (the Shamutanti, Khare - Cityport of Traps, the Seven Serpents, the Crown of Kings) www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1840464992/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_AkH5Eb45M4ERA

[@Miakel]

I have read around 40, I have not got many late books, all I enjoy, there is not a bad entry in the series. I would have to say Creature of Havoc probably one I did not like the premise. I enjoyed the exploration but that was probably my least favorite.

[@charliefarley9221]

I remember way back in around 1987 or so I read Scorpion Swamp. I was hooked in the first 5 minutes.

[@johnsmith8906]

I used to love these books, haven't read them in an age. I remember loving the setting of Island of the Lizard King at the time. The sci-fi stories tended to be the weakest for me, for misses than hits....with the exception of Rebel Planet.

[@realjay247]

I agree House of Hell was my favourite. Played it again recently and it still blew me away!

[@TheRetroEngine]

Great run down - I LOVED Forest Of Doom, first one I ever played in the 80s

[@davet2825]

I’ve just ordered 1-7 from eBay original versions based on your reviews mate. I’ve never read them but sound like something I’d love. £60, but I think if I keep them mint then in 5-10 years who knows. Even so nowadays there are so many versions. The conditions are great. Going to try and complete them all before possibly ordering another 7 or so. Your later video Howl of the Werewolf sounds like a must buy so if I get into these I’ll try that as well.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

The later green spines get very expensive. Beware.

[@davet2825]

This was such a good review video. I am new to the whole game book concept (I am a massive fantasy gamer) and this was a really solid introduction to them. You are honest, unbiased, and even the ones you didn’t like as much I haven’t disregarded and will make my own judgement. Cheers mate!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

You’re welcome. I’m thinking about doing this series again as these videos were recorded with an old iPhone before I knew what I was doing (still don’t) Thanks for the kind words 👍🏻

[@davet2825]

No problem mate. The history behind them is also very interesting and something that would be easily lost without your comments. Quality looks good to me but if you redo them I’ll be watching again

[@paranormalzen]

As a pre-teen I did own about 10 books in the series. Starting with 1,2,3 and 5, then a few other books throughout the series, such as Sky Lord, Midnight Rogue and Armies of Death. I always wanted to revisit the Fighting Fantasy books, so I'm starting to buy a few here and there. I notice some of the later books in the series are a little more expensive nowadays, so I don't know if I'll try to collect every single one.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

You can grab pdfs if you want to read them and not be bothered about collecting...

[@paranormalzen]

@@BoardGameBollocks Thanks, but I am interested in collecting the actual books.

[@theradgegadgie6352]

I always found Midnight Rogue a bit.implausible, even by fantasy standards.

[@nathanjedrej792]

Loved these game books, house of hell (10) was genuinely scary and creature of havoc (25) was brick hard. I think there was three main wizards, like lotr, balthus dire the warlock in the first and the necromancer in creature of havoc. Number 4 was pap.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I really enjoyed Starship Traveller...it seems that book isn’t very popular with the fans.

[@Paul-ro6py]

That brought back some great memories of when I first bought those books. House of Hell scared the life out of me!

[@machfront]

As a Yank, I must say: please look into Spellzard!. It’s an amazing and solid clone of FF!

[@retroloz6817]

Most importantly what happened if Mungo survived! He probably quit the adventuring business, settled down on small island and had a family..

[@sirmrguitardude]

I loved these books. Grail Quest was great too, it was a comedy where you always play the same kid each book wielding the talking magic sword EJ (Excalibur Junior) and a cross dressing Merlin sends you on quests.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

It was ahead of it’s time in that repect

[@MijinLaw]

Thanks for the history / details, so many great memories. And agree completely on house of hell.

[@AdamWhitehead111]

Star**** . A spaceship is thrown far away from Earth and has to discover a way home. It has a kinda pointy front section and sort of stubby engines that align parallel on either side of the rear section... House of Hell was my first one too. I've never played Warlock of Firetop Mountain. 😲 Scorpion Swamp was the only one that I completed without cheating.

[@ClemensLode]

Starship Traveller got me confused when I was playing it. I assumed the Captain and I were two different people...

[@BoardGameBollocks]

You ok, hun? 😂

[@ClemensLode]

I blame the German translation, I didn't know the word "Captain" back then ;)

[@ClemensLode]

@@BoardGameBollocks I think I was 6 years old at that time ;)

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I’ll let you off then 👍🏻

[@justin188541]

The Mad Max one (forgot the name) was awesome and different. I liked the Superhero one (Appointment with F.E.A.R) again, it was different. I liked the Acid Queen, nice Who reference. City of Thieves and House of Hell (both felt very unique and horror - based). There was also the Pirate ☠ one but I forgot the name. You had to race around the world 🌎 and get all the treasure before your rivals.

[@spellsing]

The madmax one you may be referring to is Freeway Fighter!

[@petemarr824]

Loved Deathtrap Dungeon and Trail Of Champions.. Appointment with FEAR was bloody hard!

[@Democraps_are_narrow-minded]

Appointment with Fear is hard

[@paulleach3612]

I spent long train journey from Manchester to London playing Starship Traveller as a kid in the 80's. Ah... Nostalgia.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Get back into it. They’re still fantastic.

[@paulleach3612]

@@BoardGameBollocks I bought a pack of six of them a few weeks back. Gold spine box set. When time allows I'll be introducing my own kid to them.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

👏🏻

[@version736ha2]

Forest of Doom, where it started for me. Nearly 51 and still think about now

[@pluxauag7555]

The Rings of Kether was the one I completed first, loved these and yes we all did the five finger bookmarking. I got Phantasy Star on the Master System because of that book Deathtrap Dungeon.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I never did that! Honest 😉

[@Wybowazza]

@@BoardGameBollocks Me neither, or Robot Commander.

[@justin188541]

Phantasy Star was the game that made all my Nintendo friends finally jealous of my Master System. SEGA!!! Nintendo could never beat Hang On! Or Defeat Zanoni.

[@theradgegadgie6352]

If Steve Jackson intended Starship Traveller to be hard, he must've been drunk when he was writing it. You can quite literally roll 7/14/7 on EVERY SINGLE crew member and easilly beat the game once you've found the path of least resistance, because you don't need to make a single die roll to get right through it. The entire story takes about ten minutes if you know the route.

[@keithparker1346]

But the game really is FINDING that route

[@collapsiblechair9112]

I must've bought three copies of Warlock of Firetop Mountain with my pocket money, because I ruined them with so much use. The art by Russ Nicholson is awesome.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

One of the best books ever written. Game changer.

[@davidpixton1980]

Thank for making this video man, this was like mainlining nostalgia...

[@BoardGameBollocks]

You’re welcome mate 👍🏻

[@hamvaicsaba35]

Guys, we just finished The caverns of the snow witch with my son (7). I am just wondering if the story is continued, whether we can meet Stubb in another book.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Don’t think so…😢

[@petemarr824]

One I loved as a kid was Freedom Fighter, and there was also one called Clash Of The Princes where it was two book two player game, great!

[@glemonsbhatkin514]

Freeway, my good man.

[@petemarr824]

@@glemonsbhatkin514 I realised that later on thanks lol. Freedom Fighter sounds like some 70s song

[@PeeJay7290]

Starship Traveller and Freeway Fighter were definitely my favourites? I’ve just ordered some to reminisce

[@nathanjedrej792]

Number 4, you like it sir, good on you. Always loved the name stevedore Waldo.

[@badbones777]

I still to this day have never completed Deathtrap Dungeon (at least playing legitimately!) - can never find all 3 gems by the end! (think it's the diamond that always eludes me). I think House of Hell might be the hardest - iirc it's actually mathematically impossible to complete if you roll a 1 for your "Fear" attribute at the start as even the optimal route means you'll end up taking enough Fear loss to die of fright. I loved Scorpion swamp - though my first FF book was actually number 41 "Keep of the Liche Lord" I went back and got most of them as a kid. Great video.

[@spellsing]

I think the Assassin who enters the dungeon with you has the diamond

[@badbones777]

@@spellsing Ahh okay, I'll have to keep an eye out for him on my next play. I should probably like, actually make a map as well!

[@spellsing]

@@badbones777 Yeah the ninja/Assassin dude towards the end, sure he has it. A map is a must for this one, good luck

[@BoardGameBollocks]

No spoilers please 😂

[@James-ij2oo]

I had almost every one of these, I loved them. I have been trying to remember the name of a game book. I think it was fighting fantisy, it was multi player and had 2 adventures in it both of them had the same main enemy in it. You could pick spells and one of the spells was called death, it was the hardest one and made your character age by 1 year if you cast it. Ive been trying to find it for ages - can anyone help?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Clash of the Princess

[@kidmarine3994]

This brought back some memories - my head was always stuck in these books as a kid. Have you played Escape the Dark Castle? Has a FF feel to it, albeit scaled down and much quicker to play through for a quick fix. The artwork definitely has the same feel about it.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Yes mate. We have the big box edition with everything. Love it.

[@kidmarine3994]

Smart, there’s a new one set in space just out too. Escape the Dark Sector? Sounds like they’ve developed the game play a bit from Castle - looks good.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I thought about that one but decided the truck load of stuff in the big box was enough.

[@kidmarine3994]

Fair dos. Love the channel mate, good stuff.

[@misomiso8228]

What were your favourite books in the series? I liked the Sorcery series, and a later one called 'Dead of Night'.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

House of Hell is probably my favourite, then City of Thieves and Khare

[@misomiso8228]

@@BoardGameBollocks Khare is great. The INkle Adaptations are amazing btw if you want to play them on Iphone / Ipad.

[@charliez077]

Sorcery is absolutely epic and so is Creature of Havoc (tho bloody hard!!). Apppointment with Fear - my third top pick. Scorpion Swamp, Seas of Blood or Robot Commando - other very memorable ones.

[@spellsing]

Great trip down memory lane! Read these as a kid and occasionally read them nowadays. Big fan of Deathtrap Dungeon, Freeway Fighter and Hell house also. Thanks for putting this review together, regards

[@BoardGameBollocks]

👍🏻

[@spellsing]

@@BoardGameBollocks Did you ever review the Way if the Tiger series by Mark Smith I think it was?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I read a couple when I was a kid but wasn’t really captured by them. Same with Grail Quest and all the other imposters.

[@spellsing]

@@BoardGameBollocks Thanks, did you ever consider writing your own role play style fantasy adventure stories? Just for jollies?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I wrote some short stories for English gsce way back when. They thought I copied them and searched the school library for the books they thought i plagiarised. Fighting fantasy taught me so much.

[@MemoxWasHere]

I'm so glad I found this series!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I’m going going to keep adding to it. New book due in October!

[@TheByteknight]

Making me nostalgic for the 80s.. The one I remember and loved was the pirate one, Seas of Blood..

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Yes mate...that’s in my top 10. One of Andrew Chapmans better book. Gonna read it now 👍

[@earlofdrumer1851]

Seas of Blood is great, and has that iconic Rodney Matthews cover

[@malcomflibbleghast8140]

did book 1 inspire dungeonmaster the game ?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

What’s that?

[@nathanjedrej792]

Zharradan marr!! That's the necromancer from creature of havoc.

[@johngquinn77]

Thanks for making this list

[@RowdyASMR73]

Just fucking died by a boulder in deathtrap dungeon. Fuck

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Stupid boy 😂

[@nathanjedrej792]

If anyone wants to buy it, I'll sell it no problem. I didn't use the battle pages so it's all blank.

[@peterwillimott5760]

Good review m8 always good to know a Fellow FF fan

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Fan is a bit of an understatement...I’m OBSESSED 🤪

[@jenniferpruitt6534]

Fun fact: Fighting Fantasy was considered as a title for a little known video game RPG at the time that became known as Final Fantasy. They couldn't use the name because of this series. I played a handful of these, they were okay but Lone Wolf is my favorite of game books.

[@urdnal]

Funny enough, there was an arcade game called Fighting Fantasy in the late 80s. It was also called Hippodrome, though I'm not sure if it was changed to that because of the books.

[@johncollie4997]

To each his own and all but....isnt Starship Traveller universally regarded as one of the worst books in the series? I know I thought it was egregiously bad. I believe even Steve Jackson is on record saying he doesnt like it. There is hardly any ship to ship combat and the winning path has NO dice rolls. For a "game" book, that is really lame. Oh, and all that time you spend rolling up your crew? Pointless.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I was 10 when I read it first and at that age I loved it. I didn’t analyse or dissect its moving parts so to me it was and still is unique in style and substance. Thanks for offering your point of view...this is why FF still survives...cos people are still talking about it.

[@johncollie4997]

@@BoardGameBollocks I really feel this book would benefit most from a "Redux" edition. Expand it to 600 or more sections with longer adventures on the various planets and of course more space combat. And thank you for taking the time in making the video. I agree, all these years later and I could still spend hours talking Fighting Fantasy with other fans.

[@theradgegadgie6352]

@@johncollie4997 Absoloutely spot-on, there. I couldn't agree more.

[@notastegaming7614]

There is a lot of contenders for worst book in the Series. Space Assassin for its cringy tone and nonsense adventure. Star Strider (another sci-fi) for its second half featuring a giant maze. Chasms of Malice for its insanely difficult dice roll and one roll combat system. Not to mention that a key item is found with dice roll (1/3 chance to pick up).

[@Nifter71]

I wish you'd recorded these without that bloody music! It's just that bit too loud to truly enjoy your velevety tones!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I didn’t know what I was doing back then. I just grabbed a phone and thought all KZbin videos had background music. I’ll probably re-do them at some point.

[@Nifter71]

@@BoardGameBollocks Please do! It would be a most enjoyable listen!

[@HowtoRPG]

I loved these books.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Are you the Aussie guy with the hat on KZbin?

[@HowtoRPG]

@@BoardGameBollocks I am from New Zealand, which means I get mistaken for an Australian. I do wear a black hat with bats covering it in my video's, but have been known to sport a few different hats. I talk mostly about Dungeons and Dragons.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I apologise profusely. Please forgive my ignorance. Love your channel mate.

[@HowtoRPG]

@@BoardGameBollocks lol. No problem. Thank you. I will likely watch the rest of your fighting fantasy book videos when I get a chance :)

[@BoardGameBollocks]

They’re really poor quality. Recorded and edited on a iPhone when I first started and had no clue what I was doing. Really should think about revisiting them.

[@andrewbevan4662]

Why the need for background music?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

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[@hakonsoreide]

@@BoardGameBollocks you'll probably get more viewers requesting you don't need background music than the other way around if you do a poll. Even if more people want background music, people might have different things in mind separating them into different groups, and so the biggest group would be the ones against it altogether.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

This is an old video...we don’t use music anymore 👍

[@hakonsoreide]

@@BoardGameBollocks Good choice. It did seem a bit out of place.

[@davet2825]

I loved the music

[@rober4]

I'm getting some scholastic. I know the art is terrible but oh well.

[@Democraps_are_narrow-minded]

Liked it. When are u presenting 11 to 20?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Soon...I’ll probably do the lot plus all the other stuff so subscribe to keep up 👍

[@Democraps_are_narrow-minded]

@@BoardGameBollocks pls present 11 to 40

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I’ll do it providing my STAMINA never fails 😉

[@Democraps_are_narrow-minded]

@@BoardGameBollocks do u have the complete set? Including FF 55 to 59?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Yes. All the green spines and loads of other stuff including some rarities.

[@sentino68]

This seems real interesting to me as a child of the early 80s and an RPG fan, but I can’t understand the guy. Sorry.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

What language do you speak. Maybe I can upload some subs? Martian or Venutian?

[@nathanjedrej792]

Ah good, you like the house as well.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

The best one 👍🏻

[@ericdraven7185]

City of Theives my favorite.... he has the ugly versions of the book... The American versions are so much better looking.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

What did the American version look like?

[@darwin00uk]

Brilliant brilliant brilliant

[@nathanjedrej792]

Found my green spine edition of caverns of the snow witch, I used to have 25 but now I only have one. Booo.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

If you start now you’ll be up to 59 in no time

[@nathanjedrej792]

@@BoardGameBollocks poor old sky lord, I remember renting it from the library. I think that and jrpg's made me move on and lose track.

[@jasonpickersgill2131]

Enjoyed the book reviews but oh gosh! it was painful to watch.

[@davet2825]

Hi mate. Will you be reviewing Ian Livingtone’s and Steve Jackson’s new Fighting Fantasy 40th year book reviews? I’ve got both, but always good to hear your thoughts. I’ve started Steve’s book and it’s very traditional to start with which I love. Who knows where it will go however knowing him.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Yes mate. I’ve been meaning to cover them for a while, but time has been short recently. Rest assured they will be making an appearance soon.