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Oddly enough, I never heard of Fighting Fantasy books as a kid.
Here in the U.S., Fighting Fantasy was essentially unknown. In high school, I read the Sorcery! series and absolutely loved it, but I had no idea there were any more books besides those four.
As far as I know, Dungeoneer and Out of the Pit weren't available in the U.S. I ended up making up my own “Sorcery game” RPG to play with my friends. Kind of similar to AFF, as it turned out.
Decades later, I found a copy of Forest of Doom in a used bookstore and thought, “Hey, this looks like those Sorcery books!”
I had no idea what I was getting into. Now I'm addicted.
It takes weeks to get a new book, because I have to have them shipped overseas, but it's worth it. I didn't get to play these books as a kid, but now I can appreciate them as an adult.
Unbelievably enough, here in the U.S., I've never met anyone -- even lifelong gamers -- who have ever heard of Fighting Fantasy. So I get a kick out of introducing others to the books through the AFF RPG.
What's your story?
Statistics: Posted by Laurence — Thu Sep 29, 2016 8:58 pm
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