Saturday 2 January 2016

Fighting Fantasy books going cheap...


Or free, even.

I've 'just' moved house. A modest 'international' move. From Wales to Yorkshire. The actual move started in the summer but we only moved into our new house in November, and for a number of reasons, not least of which I still work most weeks back in Wales, we've only just got round to unpacking some of our boxes. Including those containing my Fighting Fantasy gamebooks.

Now, I have a few duplicates, having slowly but surely added to my original collection and replaced (and replaced again) the tattier books as I buy 'job lots' from eBays, car boots, charity shops, etc. Being a rather unhealthy collector, I keep one of each cover variant - so for example I have 4 copies of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain on my shelf (plus Brett Schofield's adaptation to AFF2e). But even so, I have a few I'd like to pass on to a good home. And I'm guessing that the people reading my blog, or visiting here from Google+, are more likely to give these books a good home than the average Doncaster charity shop.

See here are what I have on offer.

[a] FF#4 Starship Traveller (Original Cover - pre-green spine) in fairly solid shape.

[b] FF#4 Starship Traveller (Original Cover - pre-green spine) a few creases on the cover but in otherwise good shape.

[c] FF#4 Starship Traveller (Jagged Green) with a some quite visible creases on the cover near the spine. OFFERED REFUGE


[d] FF#8 Scorpion Swamp (Gold Dragon) in pretty tatty shape. REHOMED

[e] FF#11 Talisman of Death (Jagged Green) solid condition, though quite yellowed pages. REHOMED

[f] FF#11 Talisman of Death (Gold Dragon) creases on the cover, but solid.


[g] FF#13 Freeway Fighter (Jagged Green) superficially tatty cover. ADOPTED

[h] FF#14 Temple of Terror (Jagged Green) a few creases on the cover. CLAIMED

[i] FF#14 Temple of Terror (Jagged Green) a really quite tatty cover.


[j] FF#15 The Rings of Kether (Jagged Green) solid, a few creases, not too yellowed. [REHOUSED]

[k] FF#17 Appointment with FEAR (Jagged Green) fairly solid shape, though a sharp crease on cover next to spine.


[l] FF#18 Rebel Planet (Jagged Green) a bit warped, superficially creased cover.

[m] FF#18 Rebel Planet (Jagged Green) solid shape though a prominent crease on the cover. ADOPTED

[n] FF#19 Demons of the Deep (Jagged Green) pretty tatty cover, but solid all the same. CLAIMED


[o] FF#25 Beneath Nightmare Castle (Gold Dragon) tatty cover with a bit of pen on it. REHOUSED

[p] FF#35 Daggers of Darkness (Gold Dragon) some creases on the cover, but none which obscure the coolest man on Titan! REHOUSED


[q] Wizard Books # 14 Armies of Death in very tatty shape, with some red ink having leaked onto the corners of the first three of so pages. Perfectly playable, with no loose pages.

[r] Wizard Books #28 Spellbreaker in as close to new condition as an unread second hand book can be. ADOPTED


And I also have a duplicate Lone Wold #4 The Chasm of Doom, with the original Sparrow Books Gary Chalk cover. Lovely, in pretty good condition. CLAIMED


THE OFFER: If you are in the UK, and want (or even need) one or more of these books, and promise to give them a good home, just get in touch on here or on Google+ and I'll post it to you. First come, first served, I'm afraid. But remember, a gamebook is for life, not just for Christmas!

8 comments:

  1. I'd love to finally finish the Lone Wolf adventures as I have the first three but have never come across a copy of the last one.

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    1. Do you want me to send you The Chasm of Doom?

      Incidentally, did you know that many (all?) of the Lone Wolf adventures are available on the web at Project Aon:

      http://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Home

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    2. Yes please! Didn't know about the website, will take a look.

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  2. Could I possibly have Temple of Terror and Demons of the Deep?

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    1. Yes, sure. Are you on Google+? You could send me your address on there.

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  3. Hello Dr! I can give a copy of Starship Traveller a loving home - any copy is fine but the green strip one preferred. I'm not on Google+ though...

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    1. I'll reserve it for you. You'll need to send me your address. Try aj_bartlett1977 at yahoo dot co dot uk... if I can just remember the password!

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  4. My girlfriend and I have recently started to play these again. I would gratefully receive any of these books. How much are you wanting for them?

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