Foreign Fighting Fantasy Series deals with publication of the series outside the UK.
The Fighting Fantasy gamebooks have been translated into many different languages and published in a number of different countries. Some of the associated series, such as Sorcery! have also been published in locations foreign to the United Kingdom.
Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks[]
The 25th Anniversary Edition of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain stated that Fighting Fantasy had been published in 24 countries.[1] It then went on to name the countries in the "Foreign and Foreign Language Editions" section.[2] Interestingly, it named 26 countries in this section as initially the early gamebooks of the range were published in Australia and Canada before later simply taking exported stock from the UK.
- Germany[3] - FantasyAbenteuerSpielbücher[4]
- France[3] - Défis fantastiques[4]
- Italy[3] - Serie di avventure[4] and Dimensione avventura[4]
- USA[3] - Fighting Fantasy[4]
- Holland[3] - Fantasy Avonturenboeken[4]
- Denmark[3] - Sværd og trolddom[4]
- Norway[3] - Fantastiske farer[4]
- Sweden[3] - Fighting Fantasy[4]
- Spain[3] - Lucha ficción[4] (and reissues[4])
- Portugal[3] - Aventuras fantásticas[4]
- Israel[3] - [5]כישוף
- Japan[3] - ファイティング・ファンタジー
- Bulgaria - Bitki Bezbroy (Битки безброй)[4][6]
- Hungary - Fantázia harcos and Kaland, játék, kockázat[4][6]
- Czech Republic - Fighting Fantasy[4][6]
- Iceland - Leikjabók[4][6]
- Finland - Taistelupeli[4][6]
- Estonia - Võitlus-fantaasiad[4][6]
- Brazil[6] - Aventuras fantásticas
- Greece[6]
- South Korea[6]
- Poland[6]
- South Africa[6]
- Thailand[6]
Notably, New Zealand was missed from the list, but this will have been because the country would have been treated as the same market as Australia.
In further addition to the countries listed in 25th Anniversary Edition of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain was the following, which was listed in the Warlock Issue 4:
Additionally, Demian's Gamebook Web Page mentions:
- Russia - Boi Kniga (Бой Книга)[4]
Sorcery![]
The list below is derived from Demian's Gamebook Web Page:
- Germany - Die Analand Saga
- Portugal - Artes mágicas!
- Spain - ¡Brujeria!
- Spain - Brujos y guerreros
- Hungary - Kaland játék varázslat
- Czech - Magie
- Bulgaria - Magosnichestva (Магьосничества)
- Denmark - Sagaen om den magiske krone
- France - Sorcellerie!
- Italy - Sortilegio
- Israel - כישוף! (Kishuf!)
- Japan - ソーサリー
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References[]
- ↑ 25th Anniversary Edition of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain - p.223
- ↑ 25th Anniversary Edition of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain - p.240
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 Warlock Issue 4 - "Fighting Fantasy News"
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 Name derived from Demian's Gamebook Web Page
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 It is interesting to note that although this particular translation was listed in Warlock Issue 4 , the name of the series is not listed on the comprehensive Demian's Gamebook Web Page for Fighting Fantasy.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 This country was NOT listed in Warlock Issue 4
- ↑ The 25th Anniversary Edition of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain does not list this as one of the countries in which Fighting Fantasy was published although Warlock Issue 4 does.