Posts Tagged ‘Steve Jackson’
  • Fighting Fantasy Classics – Announced

    Posted by on December 14, 2017 under Euro, Mac, News, Portables
    Tin Man Games are currently developing Fighting Fantasy Classics, a digital library app for iOS, Android, PC and Mac, that will collect many of the gamebooks from the ever-popular Fighting Fantasy series. The original adventures, written and presented by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, are being converted to a digital gamebook format. Combat and skill rolls will be resolved by rolling realistic... more.
  • Appointment with F.E.A.R. (Review) iPhone

    Posted by on December 1, 2014 under Portables, Reviews
    Ever wanted to be a secret super hero? Steve Jackson's Appointment with F.E.A.R. By Tin Man Games with the assistance of Screen Australia makes it possible. Appointment with F.E.A.R. is a Fighting Fantasy game book turned interactive comic that has many possible endings that make both success or failure a possibility. Your birth was looked upon with both eagerness and trepidation as your parent... more.
  • Appointment with F.E.A.R – Now Available

    Posted by on August 25, 2014 under Euro, Mac, News, PC, Portables
    Today Tin Man Games, the company best known for its Gamebook Adventures and Fighting Fantasy adaptations, has released Steve Jackson’s classic superhero gamebook, Appointment with F.E.A.R., in a new and exciting digital comic book format where the player gets to choose the path of the story. Designing their own super-powered defender of justice in Titan City, the player makes choices that gui... more.
  • Appointment with F.E.A.R. – Announced

    Posted by on July 23, 2014 under Euro, Mac, News, PC, Portables
    A new interactive comic book engine that allows the player to become the superhero and choose their own path via a stylized comic-like interface has been developed by Tin Man Games. The company, best known for its Gamebook Adventures and Fighting Fantasy adaptations, will soon be releasing Steve Jackson’s classic gamebook, Appointment with F.E.A.R., in a new and exciting digital comic book forma... more.
  • Gamebook Adventure: Curse of the Assassin (Review) iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad

    Posted by on December 3, 2013 under Portables, Reviews
    The Fighting Fantasy series has been around since the early 1980's. People old enough to remember this era will most likely remember these books, their authors and how they revolutionized paperback D&D gaming. Australian developer Tin Man Games remembers them quite well, and has revived The Fighting Fantasy series as digital interactive books on both tablets and smartphone devices. The Gameboo... more.
  • The Forest of Doom (Review) iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad

    Posted by on July 8, 2013 under Portables, Reviews
    Originally written by Ian Livingstone, The Forest of Doom is the third book in a series of paperback role-playing games called, 'The Fighting Fantasy Series'. These books were similar to 'Choose Your Own Adventures', but they offered the reader more flexibility by allowing them to build a character (i.e. by rolling dice to determine stamina, skill and luck), collect items and store them in a handw... more.
  • Fighting Fantasy: House of Hell (Review) iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad

    Posted by on February 7, 2013 under Portables, Reviews
    Imagine being lost on a dark, rainy night with no sense of direction. You're concerned about making an appointment scheduled for the next morning, and judging by the directions that an old man  gave you earlier, it would seem you are more lost than ever. You continue to drive on the unfamiliar road until a figure emerges from the darkness into your headlights. With quick reflexes, you swerve t... more.
  • The Warlock of Firetop Mountain: Lost Chapters – Receives Top Honors

    Posted by on April 16, 2012 under Euro, News, Portables
    ‘Fighting Fantasy’ creators Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson crown the winner of Make Something Unreal Live at Gadget Show Live 2012; all four ‘Fighting Fantasy’ iOS games to be supported by AppyNation publishing deal. Epic Games, and Train2Game announce that Commando Kiwi, developer of “The Warlock of Firetop Mountain: Lost Chapters,” is the winner of Make Something Unreal Live... more.