You are the Hero

A coffee table book celebrating 30 years of Fighting Fantasy, the publishing phenomenon created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. Read You are the Hero – kino-fada.fr The origin of Grimdark chronicled Many cite Grimdark s name as being evolved from the tagline of Game s Workshop s sci fi brand of fiction games Warhammer 40,0000 The tagline follows In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war Of course, GW also produces the fantasy Olde World line up too medieval fantasy Check out GW s Black Library for their books So before Warhammer 40,0000, what did GW produce What spawned this tagline of Grim Darkness The answer Fighting Fantasy The origin of Grimdark chronicled Many cite Grimdark s name as being evolved from the tagline of Game s Workshop s sci fi brand of fiction games Warhammer 40,0000 The tagline follows In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war Of course, GW also produces the fantasy Olde World line up too medieval fantasy Check out GW s Black Library for their books So before Warhammer 40,0000, what did GW produce What spawned this tagline of Grim Darkness The answer Fighting Fantasy Its development is chronicled in a new book, and the series has been revived in App eBook form My gateway into the Sword Sorcery genre was most likely the Fighting Fantasy books choose your own adventures dice created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone in the early 1980 s Games Workshop founders these two would then co found Warhammer Before personal computers smart phones could satiate the need for solo adventuring on the go, these books rocked They were full of ...As soon as I heard about the Kickstarter project to create this book I was on board instantly For me this is a validation of my youth A way to explain how I became the person I am today I imagine my face was a little like those of the first monks to see a Gutenberg bible I ve seen one and regardless of what you think about the content they are amazing.This book was supposed to be a paperback Having received my stunning hardback I can t imagine it having been printed any other way The quali As soon as I heard about the Kickstarter project to create this book I was on board instantly For me this is a validation of my youth A way to explain how I became the person I am today I imagine my face was a little like those o...I need to get some things out of the way First things first I m a huge Fighting Fantasy fan I ve been reading them since 1983 and it was the game that got me into the tabletop gaming hobby I got myself wrapped up in the worlds of Fighting Fantasy, especially Titan, and I played the books, the RPG, the boardgames and the computer games I was first in line at the UK Games Expo a few years ago to get my 25th Anniversary book signed by Jackson and Livingstone, and I can quite easily attribute I need to get some things out of the way First things first I m a huge Fighting Fantasy fan I ve been reading them since 1983 and it was the game that got me into the tabletop gaming hobby I got myself wrapped up in the worlds of Fighting Fantasy, especially Titan, and I played the books, the RPG, the boardgames and the computer games I was first in line at the UK Games Expo a few years ago to get my 25th Anniversary book signed by Jackson and Livingstone, and I can quite easily attribute my love...This is a big book telling the history of the Fighting Fantasy game books Curious things, in years to come they will probably end up being regarded as a proto app but for those of us there at the beginning they were like an incandescent lamp.Reading through this brought back a lot of memories, I had forgotten owning and playing many of these books, I had, well, not all, but a lot of them.To be honest I was bad at Fighting Fantasy, I didn t have the patience or disciple to map properly I thin This is a big book telling the history of the Fighting Fantasy game books Curious things, in years to come they will probably end up being regarded as a proto app but for those of us there at the beginning they were like an incandescent lamp.Reading through this brought back a lot of memories, I had forgotten owning and playing many of these books, I had, well, not all, but a lot of them.To be honest I was bad at Fighting Fantasy, I didn t have the patience or disciple to map properly I think I genuinely tried a number of times, I have clear memories of getting my pencils and paper and dice and trying to get through the island of the lizard king.I have no idea how many I managed to finish properly but eventually I descended permanently into the sad role of a cheater and stayed there till the end It started easily enough with leaving fingers in pages, folding back corners and fudging dice rolls, but eventually I fell into permanent shame and just did whatever the fuck I li...This was better than I imagined The book is massive, full of photos, illustrations, cover to cover with details and insights to the Fighting Fantasy world and each and every book in the collection I adored these as a kid, this book makes me want to go back and read them all again.After reading about the founding of Games Workshop in Designers Dragons The 70s, I wasn t sure I neededsource material about the company s decisive product, the Fighting Fantasy series However, after Allen Varney of Bundle of Holding fame told me about YOU Are the Hero, an entire book dedicated to the best selling series by the founders of Games Workshop, I couldn t resist Now, I don t read a lot of books with break out features and lots of illustrations It s probably hypocritic After reading about the founding of Games Workshop in Designers Dragons The 70s, I wasn t sure I neededsource material about the company s decisive product, the Fighting Fantasy series However, after Allen Varney of Bundle of Holding fame told me about YOU Are the Hero, an entire book dedicated to the best selling series by the founders of Games Workshop, I couldn t resist Now, I don t read a lot of books with break out features and lots of illustrations It s probably hypocritical because a lot of the design of YOU Are the Hero is like a well designed magazine and I love magazines But that may be the problem When I read magazines, I usually read an article here and an article there I don t read them straight through and when I m distracted by something interesting, I don t feel guilty about leaving the magazine and coming back to it Yet, I feel diffe...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here YOU ARE THE HERO is a A4 format non fiction book detailing the history of the Fighting Fantasy gamebook, which first came to prominence at its inception in 1982 This book is written as a tribute and Jonathan Green is a good choice of author to write it, given that he himself wrote some of the original adventures during the early 1990s.The story begins with Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, obviously enough Their humble origins are explored before their world changed with the release of THE WA YOU ARE THE HERO is a A4 format non fiction book detailing the history of the Fighting Fantasy gamebook, which first came to prominence at its inception in 1982 This book is written as a tribute and Jonathan Green is a good choice of author to write it, given that he himself wrote some of the original adventures during the earl...Like many readers my age, the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series beginning in 1982 with The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, holds a special nostalgic place in my heart An attempt by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone to simplify the mechanics of roleplaying games such as DD and package them with single player adventure, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain was a massive hit for Puffin books in the UK and worldwide I read and played and cheated my way through all 59 of the gamebooks which followe Like many readers my age, the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series beginning in 1982 with The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, holds a special nostalgic place in my heart An attempt by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone to simplify the mechanics of roleplaying games such as DD and package them with single player adventure, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain was a massive hit for Puffin books in the UK and worldwide I read and played and cheated my way through all 59 of t...As a huge Fighting Fantasy fan and collector, I couldn t wait to read this book Now i ve finished I am gushing about how good it was, whilst also wishing it was even better.The posiitives are that every book and related item is discussed, all of the authors and artists are interviewed, and the artwork is phenomonal The casual style of the prose, along with the views from everyone from the authors to the fans, makes this book a huge success I would personally have liked to have seenwords As a huge Fighting Fantasy fan and collector, I couldn t wait to read this book Now i ve finished I am...As someone who has fond memories of discovering The Warlock of Firetop Mountain as an inquisitive book loving twelve year old, I ve grown up with the Fighting Fantasy books, and so to have such an exquisitely researched and presented history of them at my fingertips is every bit as satisfying as that first run through Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson s revolutionary undertaking.Of course, as a huge fan, it does make it a littl...

• English
• 02 January 2017
Jonathan Green
• Paperback
• 272 pages
• 1909679364
• Jonathan Green
• You are the Hero