Talk:Fighting Fantasy/Archive 1

message: I'm going to remove the wikilink to the non-existent 'List of Fighting Fantasy monsters' unless it's created within a few days. It seems out of place having a link to a non-existent article in a 'see also ' section. (EvilRedEye 18:56, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: See also

message: Hi everyone. At the moment I'm working on the individual entries for the series. I've been adding publishers blurb (in italics) to the articles to give a general feel of what the books are about without wandering into spoiler area. I also added a list of Wizard releases to the List of Fighting Fantasy books because with new releases etc. I felt it was neccessary as with new books apparently going to appear on a regular basis I thought it was about time they were listed on their own. I've changed a few minor things like changing 'Titan' or 'Allansia' in the infobox to 'Allansia, Titan' or 'Old World, Titan' for clarity. I hope this doesn't cause any problems. Thanks. (EvilRedEye 00:05, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  General format and editing stuff 

message: Well, since Eye of the Dragon and Bloodbones have been released, doesn't that mean there is 61 books?
I suppose it means 61 have been released in total, although there are still 59 if you refer to the Puffin series. I suppose it depends on the context, I'd need to read the main article more thouroughly to be more helpful. (EvilRedEye 00:07, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  59 books. 

message: Is anyone still working on the individual FF articles? I'm doing as much as I can! The Bloodbones article needs to be updated as the book is released now !! FlamingStarPress 10:40, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anyone? 

message: Following my comments on Talk:Beneath Nightmare Castle, I think it's worth discussing this subject.
Whereas the text and cover art of FF books is pretty consistent, the cover art varies to some extent.  I've been thinking how to deal with this, and my feeling is that it's best to credit only the "interior" illustrator in the main text, and in the "illustrators=" section of the infobox.  So, for example, the intro text,
:Title (ISBN xxxxxx) is a single player roleplaying gamebook written by author, illustrated by illustrator and originally published in 19xx.
... should include only the interior illustrator.
The infobox does of course include a cover image, and a caption to that image, and it's in this caption that we shoud credit the cover artist, e.g. "The 'gold dragon' cover of Beneath Nightmare Castle, with illustration by Terry Oakes."
In some ways this is very unfair as the cover artists made a major contribution to the original FF series, but I don't think we can credit them in a stronger way when the covers vary, not only between early Puffin editions, but also between the Puffin and Wizard books. —WebDrake 01:03, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Crediting cover art

message: fix teh formatting - i have to scroll down three pages worth to get to the "Overview" section. too many images / tables up near the top. Space it out or soemthing please --Nerd42 18:47, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  messy 

message: I've changed the infobox image from the Wizard line's Deathtrap Dungeon to the original cover of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain; generally speaking, I believe it's more representative of the series as a whole and more fans would recognise it. If anyone has any objections, leave a note. Battle Ape 06:09, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox image 

message: Anybody else notice that fightingfantasy.com was recently swallowed up to redirect to the Wizard Books website? It must have been sometime around January or February, because I remember seeing the old site as late as November or December in 2005. It's a pity; it hadn't been updated in a while, but there was still a lot of info there, and I was using it to find details about the original publications. Battle Ape 02:57, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added a link to the original FightingFantasy.com, stored at the Internet Archive.  I've also rearranged the external links a little to sort between official and amateur websites.  —WebDrake 00:57, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  www.fightingfantasy.com 

message: Was the Appointment With F.E.A.R. game ever released?  As far as I can tell, it only ever appeared upcoming in a catalogue. Pseudo Intellectual  (Edit: rumours abound of a Spectrum "Sword of the Samurai" also.)
Yes. I've bought a translated version of Appointment With F.E.A.R. here in São Paulo, Brazil in the early 90s. It was my first FF book :)
Bpfurtado 23:15, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but that's the book. Pseudo Intellectual was asking about the computer game based on it. 86.143.48.14 16:12, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  in other media 

message: I wouldn't mind compiling a list of creatures for the fighting fantasy series - at least for that in the main setting, like that which has been done for D&D, etc... I'm currently obtaining more of the series, so I'll compile it as I go.
What information should probably make it into such a listing if it is to be done? At the very least, a reference to what books they make appearances in would be a good call, methinks. Noble Kale 00:29, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In 1985 a complete Fighting Fantasy bestiary was released, Out of the Pit - I got that when it came out, and I remember that there were a few monsters in there that hadn't been used up to that point (I think they all were later on). I'd say you want books they appeared in and Skill and Stamina values (or ranges); everything else is secondary. 86.143.48.14 16:15, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you do go ahead with this, a bit of fluff text to distinguish one monster from the next would be a good idea, otherwise it'll just be a very boring list of numbers. Euchrid 02:18, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creature list