Josh Plays 'The Warlock of Firetop Mountain' - Fighting Fantasy

[@Not_Soundwave]

This is as close as we'll get to Josh doing audiobooks and I'm all for it.

[@jrthepinwitch1911]

There is his osrs audio fanfic. 👌

[@mrbrianparker]

Don't be put off by the length of this, I watched it on twitch and it is some classic Strife Hayes, keeping it entertaining even over such a long period, really enjoyable.

[@Blisterdude123]

What I love about this guy, is that people who wouldn't watch any other streamer doing a bunch of reading-based adventure books, will watch Josh doing it.

[@jamespip12]

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[@filefilip4117]

Long man good 😊

[@radaro.9682]

How is this long?

[@killroy421]

Gud content

[@ruadeil_zabelin]

Not kidding, this is genuinely perfect second monitor content for when I'm working.

[@jestervaleska1806]

I absolutely love the passion, this man is a gift.

[@Tessee]

Warning to coffee lovers - skip 34:00 to 36:11

[@domihase8148]

Aaah, it came from this stream. 😅 I watched it on the clip channel.

[@MrMatsudi]

Back in Year 6, in the final few months leading up to the end of our final year, we'd finished out SATs and were going to be leaving to head to secondary. Our teacher would basically just do these Fighting Fantasy books with us every day because there were no tests or lessons for us to do, but we still had to be there. So we'd as a class sit and do the rolls for the stats, make the decisions for where to go together. I credit it massively with my love of D&D and becoming a writer later in life. This is such a massive nostalgia trip for me.

[@olivergottkehaskamp3369]

Brilliant teacher! 😁

[@andrejsasd8904]

This is like a pilot episode for a show that didn't "lift off"... So much promise for future books, and yet, there's none... 😢 Anyway, I really enjoyed this "stream" and really hope to see something like this in the future. :)

[@tomeknaj]

The bit with the secret door and the crossroads really reminded me of the phone-in RPG from the Limmy show. - Where to, traveler? - Whence I came...

[@someguywhopaints692]

This was my first fighting fantasy book as a ten-year-old kid - my friends and I spent weeks trying to beat this book in the early 90s. Great stream and thanks for the nostalgia, will look forward to the next one! 👍

[@adrianofascendini7424]

The Dorian Gray story was amazing! I wonder how many of these incredible anecdotes he has in store!

[@lorddelanghe666]

Really loved this. Watched it all live on mobile while playing some Elden Ring on the Playstation. Josh, the way you leave ZERO dead air on your streams is just fascinating and entertaining to watch. I don't know how you keep up the energy and conversation for such a long time. Brilliant.

[@PaulGirdlestone]

I always read the book alone in silence and slowly and narratively. I could perfectly see and even smell the rooms in the stories.

[@craigwatkins4072]

This is an amazing stream, well worth it, 6 hours is not a long time for it

[@minine6508]

god i'm so excited for all of the streams. PLEASE keep on doing them and uploading VODs. This is gonna be great content for the next 70+ hours at work

[@GustavoFernandesKing]

YAY! This channel is not dead!!!!!!!!

[@PaulGirdlestone]

I actually do still have a bunch of my maps from when I was a kid. I still have the map I made for Firetop Mountain, House of Hell and Deathtrap Dungeon. I have others somewhere, but no idea where anymore.

[@nebulajumper6216]

I have all these books and more. There are so many different collections .. Historical, sci-fi, horror, Ninja themed ones .. At my peak I had around 60 of these books I think. Someone should start making new ones .. These were great.

[@DragoonCrimson]

The ninja themed one where you are a time traveller and have to deal with a tengu.. good book

[@domihase8148]

I went through the whole video and it was super mega awesome. I lie sick in bed and hope you put the next of those streams up on KZbin. Thank you very much for this nice adventure. 😄

[@Mourice1998]

At this point I feel like Josh is the anti hero of twitch and KZbin, in a good way. The one that our timeline has needed the most.

[@BladeSkate]

Where can we get these online? I'd love to experience these books in a digital format. *edit, found them on Steam! I've left this comment just in case anyone else wonders the same thing

[@skryfish9447]

I like to listen to my josh in bulk. I need more of these

[@Blisterdude123]

Holy shit, I loved these things. Something I've just noticed though, that list of books is missing some. Trial of Champions, Armies of Death, Sword of the Samurai, Talisman of Death, Creature of Havoc...

[@ravecrab]

There were 59 FF books and 15 on Steam, so it's fair to say shitloads of them are missing.

[@BAYET5]

I jus found out this channel from Josh was a thing, this is amazing

[@shuukenji6585]

START OF PODCAST: 4:10

[@PaulGirdlestone]

This is my first time seeing your content and I love it. I think another reason for why these books went down so well is your voice. You are so clear and well spoken, it is like ASMR for Fighting Fantasy books. And since reading aloud is like 90% your voice, it makes gold.

[@o0b.a.d.fluppy0o39]

awesome!! realy want all books!! ✌cheers

[@eternaldarkness3139]

Such a shame that I missed this stream. I still have the book; The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. Somewhere. I never beat it back then, yet watching this, I am amazed how much I remember of this... It's been nearly 4 decades.

[@JerriBlank]

you said you don't know why people haven't left the stream? well, you are witty, often times goofy, devastatingly handsome. you wear a vest and button up very nicely and your voice is intoxicating. i would watch you read a phonebook let alone a fun medieval choose your own adventure book

[@EmhyrEmreis]

I love it. Perfect second monitor content for playing Final Fantasy XIV/Valheim.

[@craigwatkins4072]

Had all of these books as a child and loved them, they also released a board game in 1986 of warlock, which allowed more players to enter the mountain with a slight variation of the rules. These books got me in to gaming

[@Atomy111]

We've got so many books to go through..... I am still waiting Josh

[@aranox]

Rip josh strife Hayes twitch archive Fan channel Hello official vod channel

[@samson143vr]

More please! Love this so much

[@guyincognito7188]

3:23:05 the start of the loop

[@solanumtuberosa]

"One man reads book, one million watch boob. This is so sad" - Pyrocynical 2019

[@donkzy2406]

Just in love with this, my nostalgia is at it peak. Tin man games done a good job brining it to modern times also. Art works been done real tastefully too and can click it off on the 3d game one, which is nice bonus to remember it originally

[@LilBeannanas]

This is nice and chill to watch while playing games it gets a Nice Voice/10

[@mappaloni]

Wish he put the others on youtube or as videos on twitch :(

[@Discombobulated1]

Excellent, really enjoyed this, Geek heaven :) These books defined my childhood and despite the fact, I never finished one honestly they were awesome! Your reading of them is very impressive and a joy to listen to!

[@thexpectationsable]

So glad this got posted

[@yamatoclassmusashi8830]

There was certainly a lot of indecision at those crossroads.

[@samson143vr]

These are going to be an amazing 3 months of Saturdays

[@NaturalHalfling]

30:46 - The Man from Earth is another film where nothing happens yet the story is really vivid and engaging, the whole film is just people sat around a fire telling a story but you don't even notice it. One of my favourites.

[@robbybevard8034]

I love that at about two hours in when they were stuck in the maze, people kept wanting to go north then south in a loops for the lulz... and refused to go south twice to explore a new path. TWO HOURS later? end up having to go south as the only remaining path.

[@tylertolson3403]

We need more fighting fantasy! When you planning on doing more?

[@PaulGirdlestone]

There are actually about 68 books so far but I dunno if they will ALL come to the app.

[@scotwolf7826]

soo fun and enjoyable to have in the background love it

[@scragar]

As a kid I avoided using luck because it could backfire so I didn't bother, but it's amazing watching this how often your get luck boosts, you could use one point of luck in each fight and still have luck points left by the end. Very surprising and makes me want to replay the game and actually use luck.

[@PaulGirdlestone]

To any that are curious about the full boardgame type one, also by Tin Man Games, as a person who has played it a bunch of times. It is amazing. It still plays out with reading like the books but the choices you make play out on the boardgame. you select a character at the start and each has their own reason for going there, which can be failed or succeeded. Combat is played out on a tactics style board and is fun. Even more so, there are completely new areas in the game that were never in the book, approximately around 60% more content than the book ever had. I highly urge that you get it. It is amazing!

[@travelingbard1]

Tackling any other ones any time soon? Loved this!

[@jeanlafayette7152]

Games Workshop Steve Jackson is a different person from Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson. But both of those Steve Jacksons wrote Fighting Fantasy books.

[@flashingturtle6505]

Lovely stuff

[@robbybevard8034]

Josh needs to play the game "To Be or Not To Be", a Choose your Own Adventure of Hamlet. It's brilliant.

[@jamesl8953]

Wow this takes me back, I played this as a book in the early 80's when I was only young from recollection...there were a bunch of them written by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson.

[@plaguis1391]

Ohhh, I love Sorcery

[@VolkovLOL]

This was actually a joy to watch.

[@Tombstone943]

I will follow Josh’s advice and type this with conviction. Tea is bad, Coffee is good.

[@calemr]

I remember having the first 50 of these, and then a sporadic collection of some of the rest. All picked up for a pound or less each from various charity shops as a child.

[@Akron661]

"No, they are swingers." Just broke me

[@EpicRag]

Where can we sign a petition to add audio narration to these games and have Josh narrate them?

[@WilliamSyler]

39:33 I know he asked us to not take this out of context, but thankfully you can provide the context by rewinding. If you'd like.

[@dolofonosesostrefis]

Deathtrap Dungeon, oh my lord I have not heard that name in years. Right back to my childhood with that one.

[@Fabius11k]

did he have that exact coffee talk at 35:00 in a clip before already (in skyrim)? i feel like i heard it before but almost sure it was in a different game At like 3:30:00 someone in chat says josh became the narrator of the stanley parable, and i want to see him play it now, PLEASE!

[@WakkoTheWakken]

are joshs runescape vods uploaded somewhere? been trying to find a playlist but for naught

[@henrikeriksson6552]

It took me so many times to finish this book back in the early 90's. Not only you had to navigate the maze, you had to find the right keys also, which meant when I found the chest, I discovered that I didn't have the proper keys. This was one reason why I prefered Lone Wolf.

[@Handwine]

Will there be a Josh Strife Replays of Simpsons and Dragon Age Origins?

[@Hauke-ph5ui]

4:18:30 The Steve Jackson who founded Steve Jackson games is actually a different Steve Jackson.

[@waaaweee6934]

I watch Josh on pop out video mode. Cause I can't afford a secondary monitor

[@lilyfoxfeet]

@josh strife replays When do you plan on uploading the next fighting fantasy vod?

[@xaptor8685]

Josh should’ve played Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! by inkle studios in the future. It’s THE adaptation of a fighting fantasy book in video game form.

[@broute]

Did he ever do anymore of these books? I need more!!

[@iron_labrador]

Yes, he did, you can still find vods on his twitch. At least some of them. Its sad that Josh stopped uploading vods here

[@ultimatesanction]

More books Josh c'mon, don't leave us hanging

[@psYchat0g]

Are more of these books still on the streaming schedule?

[@holdingtonfarley4444]

Did you ever do any more of these?

[@Liatlordofthedungeon]

I dont understand. Where is the second episode? Do I have to be patrion on the twicht to see the second episode?

[@Inaluogh]

I will not take this coffee slander. Fisticuffs at your earliest convenience.

[@ThereCannotBeTwoSkies]

@2:53:00 - Why does a crucifix work in Allansia? Does christianity exist there?

[@Crusader3454]

I have the strange feeling a large part of twitch chat here also helped in the creation doorgeons and doorgons

[@PaulGirdlestone]

I will meet halfway. I drink tea but I put a literal drop of milk and NO sugar. It is bliss, especially after a long day.

[@matzeklo]

3:29:30 DOOR.

[@TheGuySilver]

Best Bit

[@iainmulholland2025]

I made a windows program for this. Had the location picture (800 x 600) as the main panel with the description underneath, the options and inventory on the right. Had to simplify the combat and spent more time on the 3d graphics. The size had to fit a 1k monitor. I died a lot.

[@Thedutchjelle]

2:16:00 A song about a ferryman comes to mind

[@luvmenow33]

Speaking of DeathTrap Dungeon are you aware they have an interactive fmv version coming out in 2023. You can play a 15 minute demo on steam as well.

[@amdusisaddictedtorisotto8274]

can someone tell me why the skyrim videos stopped getting put out?

[@SquareOFortune]

"How strong do you like your coffee?" ☕ me: "I want it to show up on a drug test."

[@azshed7489]

Watching this two years later as a newer fan of Joshcontent. I am impressed by Josh on a myriad of subjects and opinions. His thoughts on creativity, ethics, even fashion. Not impressed why he is surprised that his chat keeps doing even percentage votes literally moments after admitting he goes out of his way to do things more often once they are pointed out as annoying. Also in first person Fallout games you can physically turn away from a person that you are in dialogue options with to then enter your menu, use status enhancing effects, and return to the dialogue in order to meet skill checks. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THIS IS DOCUMENTED/TUTORIALIZED/EXPLAINED IN THE GAMES

[@erlendode]

Still waiting for the next one 😔

[@Reiner_Miller]

I like pure Coffee (and Tea) and usually don't add anything to them. One spoon of cream, but not always.)

[@davidcampbell8853]

I use to own the books .when they first came out .

[@domihase8148]

Oooh, I'm so in for 6 hours stream with Josh. :DD

[@Bren71319]

Why can’t we just have this series ( the original books) in pdf for purchase?? That’s all I’m asking for…

[@Bren71319]

Especially the later books from 31 on…

[@ollllj]

holy shit, this sure is promising to listen to while doing not much else, but while having to look elsewhere.

[@dengodengo0987654321]

I have all the books, some of them are extremally hard, like that one where you need to get a number of items to open the final doors, you miss one, you may not know until after you are at the very end of the book.

[@dieyng]

Speaking of Homelander. The Seven being an obvious pastiche of the Justice League was even funnier at the start of the comicbook series, because the first volume was actually published by DC. While I love the TV series, I do miss the sick humour and sarcasm of Garth Ennis' writing.

[@razerfree4359]

I still own The Citadel of Chaos and City of Thieves as printed books

[@SuperCosmicSpaceMagnet]

The maze has Twitch Plays Pokemon vibes.

[@ThereCannotBeTwoSkies]

#35:21 Coffee is great. Don't add caramel or anything. Good coffee is the drink of the gods

[@ThereCannotBeTwoSkies]

And Starbucks make bad milkshake, not coffee. You are right. It's only suitable for yanks, no harm intended

[@akunekochan]

I can't believe I watched all in one sitting ._.

[@LokiHades]

City of Thieves is my favorite still

[@99veruca]

1:50:21 recap

[@yorkieandthechihuahua]

Homelander may be leader of the Avengers but he'll never hold a candle to his colleague Starfire.