Fighting Fantasy - The Introductory Role-Playing Game Steve Jackson
Publisher: Puffin / Penguin Books

When you get right down to it, Warhammer Quest is a fairly straightforward action-RPG that's set in a generic fantasy world. In any event, being ever on the lookout for an interesting game or system, I came across the 'Advanced Fighting Fantasy' RPG during my online browsing at one of my favorite second retailers, and ordered it amongst a few other things a couple of As I began reading various sections, my fears were eased somewhat though and the very basics of the game are covered in two-and-a-half pages before giving an introductory dungeon adventure spanning another seven. OneMetal ARTICLE: Game On – An Introduction to Roleplaying and Wargaming With the continuing rise of gaming, OneMetal's Peter Allison explores the diverse genres and formats available for games. My path to gaming ran something like: Avid Reader > The Hobbit > Fighting Fantasy > The Lord of the Rings > MERP. Publisher: Crescent Moon Games Price: $12.99/£8.99 Genre: Open-World Fantasy RPG Mac App Store Link Rating Pros: Ambitious in concept. What do you want in an introductory RPG today? This adventure, titled “The Well†, was the first adventure in the original Fighting Fantasy role-playing game (also from 1984, not a solo game book) and I have played it a few times with people just for kicks. Fighting Fantasy role-playing gamebooks were a phenomenon of the eighties, but dwindled in popularity with the rise of video games. However, with the introduction of tablets, iPhones and Kindles many titles have been re-released in attempt to revive them specifically for this market. So, since there is no need to create characters, a group can just pick up these rules, read through the basic explanation of combat and tests and then start playing the introductory adventure included. Roleplaying adventure books also have branching points but incorporate a separate manual or handbook for the roleplaying rules and aspects, allowing the reader to roleplay without needing a gamemaster. Following the success of the first roleplaying games, Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone developed a series of books that combined the best in high-fantasy with the interactive nature of roleplaying called Fighting Fantasy. Introduction Unlike most RPG gamers in existence I didn't come to roleplaying via D&D.