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FANTASTIC FIGHTS

Episode 39 - Fangs of Fury

August 28, 2023

We’re saying goodbye to the 30s with Fangs of Fury by Luke Sharp with cover art and internal illustrations by David Gallagher. I’ve had a torrid relationship with Luke Sharp’s work but was cautiously in favour of his previous book Daggers of Darkness. Will his Fighting Fantasy swansong be his crowning glory? Listen along to find out.

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In podcast Tags fighting fantasy, luke sharp, Ian Livingstone, steve jackson, david gallagher, alan pugh, khul, allansia, fangs of fury, daggers of darkness, chasms of malice, puffin, rpg, roleplaying, nostalgia, retro, 1980s, gaming, advenure game book, adventure gamebooks, adventure game books, gamebook, game books, game design, review, actual play, playthrough
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Episode 35 - Daggers of Darkness

April 27, 2023

It’s a bumper sized episode of Fantastic Fights as HJDoom tackles Daggers of Darkness, the third book from Star Strider and Chasms of Malice scribe Luke Sharp. Neither of those books exactly tickled the fancy but perhaps third time is the charm. Listen along to find out. Daggers of Darkness features illustrations by a very young Martin McKenna and a cover art by Les Edwards. It was released by Puffin books in 1988.


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In podcast Tags fighting fantasy, luke sharp, chasms of malice, star strider, steve jackson, ian livingstone, fantasy, gamebooks, retro, nostalgia, gaming, rpg, khul, kazan, martin mckenna, les edwards, advenure game book, adventure gamebook, adventure game books, adventure game book, roleplaying, role playing

Episode 27 - Star Strider

August 20, 2022

Episode 27 of Fantastic Fights finds us back in science fiction territory with Star Strider. As a rogue tracer our hero is tasked with roguishly tracing a kidnapped politician on a future Earth that has become considerably weirder than our present day. Will the rogue tracer be able to dodge deadly androids and some brutally random dice based challenges and escape to save the galaxy from the wily Gromulans? Listen along to find out.


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In podcast Tags fighting fantasy, luke sharp, gary mayes, ian livingstone, steve jackson, puffin books, advenure game book, adventure gamebooks, gamebook, gaming, science fiction, sci, space, rpg, retro, nostalgia, hjdoom, 1987, r, roleplaying
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