'Fighting Fantasy' Announces New Brand Manager'Fighting Fantasy' Announces New Brand Manager

Steve Jackson and Sir Ian Livingstone, the co-creators of “Fighting Fantasy,” have recruited Marc Gascoigne as a brand manager for the bestselling gamebook series. The classic series of adventure gamebooks, which began in 1982 with “The Warlock of Firetop Mountain,” continues to thrive with new titles being published by Scholastic U.K., alongside digital and audio editions, role-playing and board games, miniatures and a growing range of licensed merchandise. 

With more than 20 million books sold in over 30 languages, “Fighting Fantasy” remains a global phenomenon. The series will be returning to U.S. bookstores in mid-2025 with 10 titles being published by Steve Jackson Games. 

Gascoigne will support existing “Fighting Fantasy” licensees and seek out appropriate partners for new ventures. Long-time fans might already be familiar with some of Gascoigne’s work, such as the sourcebook “Titan–the Fighting Fantasy World,” the Fighting Fantasy monster collection, “Out of the Pit,” the gamebook, “Battleblade Warrior” and two “Fighting Fantasy” novels. He was also the series’ consultant editor in the ‘90s for Puffin Books, before building a career in fantasy fiction as publisher of Games Workshop’s Black Library range of “Warhammer” novels and later with his own award-winning imprint, Angry Robot. 

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“We are delighted to have Marc join us to further promote and build Fighting Fantasy worldwide,” says Livingstone. “A respected expert of the genre. He will be an invaluable member of the ‘Fighting Fantasy’ team. May his stamina never fail!”