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Post by thealmightymudworm on Feb 9, 2020 0:21:33 GMT
Where is this at at the moment, Alex? Are there contributions you're still hoping for from the likes of us on here?
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Feb 12, 2020 3:24:59 GMT
Where is this at at the moment, Alex? Are there contributions you're still hoping for from the likes of us on here? At the moment I'm waiting on the mini adventure and pics. Once I have that I'll have a better idea of how much space it yet to be filled. |
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phenix9
Squire
Writing, reading and editing !
Posts: 3 
Favourite Gamebook Series: Grail quest - J.H. Brennan
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Post by phenix9 on Feb 25, 2020 19:53:10 GMT
Hello, you can contact me if you need some help for the magazine. I'm sure I can help. Reach me anytime  |
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on May 27, 2021 4:20:54 GMT
Right. Update as of May 2021.
We're not dead. The fanzine isn't dead either! Get word out that we're still on the hunt for material etc.
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jul 3, 2021 2:19:24 GMT
Right now we're aiming for a late July release date - fingers crossed we achieve that. In the meantime, get in touch about submitting stuff for issues #18 & 19!
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Klea
Wanderer
Writing Lyssia Ulmer's marriage for Camp NaNoWriMo (based on King's Heir: Rise to the Throne)
Posts: 57 
Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy (Sorcery!)
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Post by Klea on Jul 19, 2021 13:02:42 GMT
Right now we're aiming for a late July release date - fingers crossed we achieve that. In the meantime, get in touch about submitting stuff for issues #18 & 19! Back in 2016 I decided to turn Caverns of the Snow Witch into a novel for my NaNoWriMo project. To my surprise, it worked. I managed to get approximately 60,000 words out of that adventure (my first NaNo win, after 9 years of trying!), though I changed and added some things, tweaked a couple of characters and now have plans to spin off Ash (Redswift's brother) into a short story, to deal with the back story I invented for Redswift. I noticed that the end of CotSW has the character ending up in the vicinity of Stonebridge, so I decided to have him send his treasure home to his family (come on, he wouldn't have abandoned the gold and other stuff; besides I gave this character a wife and son, living in Port Blacksand), and get involved in trying to find the warhammer. Again... I'm tweaking some things that didn't quite make sense, for the sake of a coherent story. This project got stalled, as I got sidetracked with a computer game (King's Heir: Rise to the Throne) and have been writing a series of novels about that for the past (almost) three years. Right now my CotSW novel is just sitting on one of my computers, unedited, since the only place I know of where I could share it would be one of the fanfic websites. It wouldn't be the first Fighting Fantasy story there, as I've read a couple of others (the one about daily life in Port Blacksand was a hoot). I've also got a story started that combines Selator's and Poomchukker's quests in a novelization of Scorpion Swamp (hey, if you're going to map the Swamp while looking for an Antherica berry, you might as well get paid for it). I've had decades to think up stories long and short about some of these gamebooks. I always give my characters names and backgrounds and a reason for adventuring other than "fame and fortune"; for instance, my Sorcery! character goes adventuring because she's trying to find her parents who disappeared 20 years earlier in a magical experiment that went haywire; she's sure they're alive, but has no idea where they might be, so in addition to retrieving the Crown of Kings, she's hoping to make progress on her search. |
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Post by knightmayor on Aug 18, 2021 17:35:23 GMT
I'm an illustrator with plenty of'zine worthy material knocking around. Certainly a few column inches.
What kind of stuff do you need?
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Aug 30, 2021 2:33:36 GMT
I'm an illustrator with plenty of'zine worthy material knocking around. Certainly a few column inches. What kind of stuff do you need? Usually I try and match art to the material rather than use generic fantasy art. But if you are keen to contribute get in touch via email (editor@fightingfantazine.co.uk). |
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Aug 30, 2021 2:35:15 GMT
Right now my CotSW novel is just sitting on one of my computers, unedited, since the only place I know of where I could share it would be one of the fanfic websites. 60,000 words is way too big for the magazine. Ideally you'd want to aim for something shorter (& original) of around 5000-6000 words. |
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Klea
Wanderer
Writing Lyssia Ulmer's marriage for Camp NaNoWriMo (based on King's Heir: Rise to the Throne)
Posts: 57
Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy (Sorcery!)
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Post by Klea on Aug 30, 2021 4:43:21 GMT
Right now my CotSW novel is just sitting on one of my computers, unedited, since the only place I know of where I could share it would be one of the fanfic websites. 60,000 words is way too big for the magazine. Ideally you'd want to aim for something shorter (original) of around 5000-6000 words. Those 60,000 words would be far less after editing. Winning NaNoWriMo depends on word count, so there are probably some sections that are a bit repetitious. When you're pressed for time and trying to write as much as you can as fast as you can to get that minimum of 1667 words/day, there's not always time to make sure each new day's worth of words gel seamlessly with what happened before. I suppose it might be a tradeoff between what can be edited out and the original material I added to flesh out the characters a bit. I developed a fondness for Redswift, and have been thinking of writing a much shorter story about Ash (his brother) and the aftermath of what happened in the game (I'm assuming Ash will go home at some point and tell everyone what happened to Redswift; there's a story there that's been hanging around in my head for all these years, so I'd like to get it written. I wasn't seriously asking if you'd consider this prose adaptation for the magazine, as it is indeed too long. Even the old pulps wouldn't publish a story that long in the same issue, or at least I don't recall reading that they did. But a story of 5000-6000 words about Ash and Redswift and their people would be doable. What I have in mind isn't part of any gamebook, other than the basic events of Redswift being enslaved, escaping, dying, and Ash's encounter with the CotSW character - a summary of that would only take a few paragraphs, and then on with the original material. Or maybe some vignette about another of some gamebook's characters to expand their story a little. I like RPG characters to be more than a list of stats and equipment and money. Granted, there are adventurers who just want to find treasure and spend it on living high until it's gone and they want more. But there are others who go adventuring for completely different reasons. I've written characters at both ends of the motive-scale and points inbetween. Writing original material to expand on the events of the gamebooks is why I've been desperate for information on a map of Stonebridge, if it exists. I've written some material that I intend as a bridge story between Caverns of the Snow Witch and Forest of Doom (I've no idea if they fit together in terms of official chronology, but they do in terms of location so I've decided to use the same character for both, and give him a bit of downtime in Stonebridge. After all, he did make friends with someone who lives there, and it's so soon after their friend Redswift died... anyway, if anyone's made a map or even some notes that go beyond the gamebook itself, it would really help. I'm not confident of how well I'd do in making it up myself, as I'm not very familiar with dwarven societies. |
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Post by philsadler on Aug 30, 2021 10:29:29 GMT
Right now my CotSW novel is just sitting on one of my computers, unedited, since the only place I know of where I could share it would be one of the fanfic websites. 60,000 words is way too big for the magazine. Ideally you'd want to aim for something shorter (& original) of around 5000-6000 words.
Couldn't he submit it in segments?
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sylas
Baron
"Don't just adventure for treasure; treasure the adventure!"
Posts: 1,678
Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy, Way of the Tiger
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Post by sylas on Sept 23, 2021 16:28:20 GMT
Still think the zine could do with a quiz/puzzle section.
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sylas
Baron
"Don't just adventure for treasure; treasure the adventure!"
Posts: 1,678
Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy, Way of the Tiger
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Post by sylas on Sept 24, 2021 23:58:16 GMT
Maybe include my Hidden Adventures puzzles? I could do a new one for each issue if there's any interest.
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Sept 25, 2021 21:04:53 GMT
Maybe include my Hidden Adventures puzzles? I could do a new one for each issue if there's any interest. You're welcome to send me a sample idea. |
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 29, 2021 3:02:33 GMT
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Post by philsadler on Oct 29, 2021 7:17:13 GMT
Strange. My browser says its a dangerous page...
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kieran
Baron
Posts: 2,453
Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy
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Post by kieran on Oct 29, 2021 16:56:37 GMT
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 31, 2021 2:06:08 GMT
Anybody willing to review Green's "Curse of the Vampire" or one of the Vulcan-verse titles recently published?
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Post by peasantscribbler on Nov 2, 2021 0:07:19 GMT
I know it doesn't work this way, but I nominate dragonwarrior8 to review Curse of the Vampire. I do so because: a) he has already posted that he has purchased the book; and b) I've been using the reviews on his site to guide my gamebook purchases, and he hasn't steered me wrong yet!
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Nov 5, 2021 19:22:55 GMT
I know it doesn't work this way, but I nominate dragonwarrior8 to review Curse of the Vampire. I do so because: a) he has already posted that he has purchased the book; and b) I've been using the reviews on his site to guide my gamebook purchases, and he hasn't steered me wrong yet! Dragonwarrior8 is too busy unfortunately. Anyone else willing to try? |
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Post by tyrion on Nov 6, 2021 17:19:19 GMT
How many words would you want for a review?
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Nov 6, 2021 20:43:37 GMT
How many words would you want for a review? Depends on what you are reviewing. It would be either 300, 500 or 1100 words. |
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Post by tyrion on Nov 6, 2021 20:56:35 GMT
How many words would you want for a review? Depends on what you are reviewing. It would be either 300, 500 or 1100 words. I can put together a review of course of the vampire if you like, depending on how soon you want it. |
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Nov 8, 2021 3:56:35 GMT
Depends on what you are reviewing. It would be either 300, 500 or 1100 words. I can put together a review of course of the vampire if you like, depending on how soon you want it. That would be fantastic. We'd like to have the issue out by the end of November, so basically ASAP! (1100 words) |
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Post by tyrion on Nov 8, 2021 12:07:36 GMT
I can put together a review of course of the vampire if you like, depending on how soon you want it. That would be fantastic. We'd like to have the issue out by the end of November, so basically ASAP! (1100 words) How do you want this sending? Email with an attachment? Gdoc? I've typed up a first draft. |
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Nov 8, 2021 18:56:37 GMT
That would be fantastic. We'd like to have the issue out by the end of November, so basically ASAP! (1100 words) How do you want this sending? Email with an attachment? Gdoc? I've typed up a first draft. .docx or .doc or .rtf or .txt or .pages are fine files to send as attachments. Send to: editor@fightingfantazine.co.uk |
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jul 11, 2022 3:26:20 GMT
Almost done! Finger crossed it'll be out before the FFFest!
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Aug 10, 2022 5:30:12 GMT
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Aug 27, 2022 8:01:35 GMT
Issue #17 is now published! Visit here to download. Print-on-demand copies will be available soon! |
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Post by stevendoig on Aug 27, 2022 12:46:31 GMT
A good read, great tae see it back. Page 88 a highlight |
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