This is exciting news. I'd love to see a bit of a gamebook revival in the U.S. (not that they were ever as popular here as in the U.K.). I think that Steve Jackson games can probably do a good job with this. Steve Jackson (U.S.) has obviously already worked with Fighting Fantasy, and he is a games publisher, not a general or educational books publisher, just looking to buy up and republish old stuff. There could be some potential for new gamebooks and games, in the future, and that could be a lot of fun!
Interesting to see if this is just a reprint (most likely - since creating new art costs money) or whether this is a completely revamp. Either way I guess it brings the franchise to a new generation. Can't see them bettering a lot of the old art anyway.
So if there are now 70+ books, and this deal is only for 50, which ones don't make the cut? I'd say the Steve Jackson, other Steve Jackson, and Ian Livingstone books only - that must be getting on for 50 books, maybe if you include the 4 Sorcery books too, it should be pretty close. So, the most rare original books will probably stay rare. Apart from the 3 other Steve Jackson wrote (personally I think Scorpion Swamp is an essential buy, because it teaches you how to map out gamebooks, which helps with the rest of the series, and it includes multiple ending that all feel like proper endings). Although I do wonder about potential reprints of some of the more recent "other author" books that were not part of the original run - Blood Island being part of this deal suggests at least the Jackson & Livingstone books aren't tied to any particular publishing deal, but for the likes of Higson, or Rhianna Pratchet, I'm not so sure. I'd love a complete reprint series - all authors, from all publishers, with original art. But can't ever really see it happening.
50 reprints, so a few things here. Firstly there’s 70+ books. (Does this include the UK SJ Sorcery titles). Secondly the running order, which includes the Dungeon on Blood Island in the second release batch. I’d think if they prove popular it could well spawn a couple more new book titles, maybe towards the end of that 50 book run.
This is exciting news. I'd love to see a bit of a gamebook revival in the U.S. (not that they were ever as popular here as in the U.K.). I think that Steve Jackson games can probably do a good job with this. Steve Jackson (U.S.) has obviously already worked with Fighting Fantasy, and he is a games publisher, not a general or educational books publisher, just looking to buy up and republish old stuff. There could be some potential for new gamebooks and games, in the future, and that could be a lot of fun!
Interesting to see if this is just a reprint (most likely - since creating new art costs money) or whether this is a completely revamp. Either way I guess it brings the franchise to a new generation. Can't see them bettering a lot of the old art anyway.
So if there are now 70+ books, and this deal is only for 50, which ones don't make the cut?
I'd say the Steve Jackson, other Steve Jackson, and Ian Livingstone books only - that must be getting on for 50 books, maybe if you include the 4 Sorcery books too, it should be pretty close.
So, the most rare original books will probably stay rare.
Apart from the 3 other Steve Jackson wrote (personally I think Scorpion Swamp is an essential buy, because it teaches you how to map out gamebooks, which helps with the rest of the series, and it includes multiple ending that all feel like proper endings).
Although I do wonder about potential reprints of some of the more recent "other author" books that were not part of the original run - Blood Island being part of this deal suggests at least the Jackson & Livingstone books aren't tied to any particular publishing deal, but for the likes of Higson, or Rhianna Pratchet, I'm not so sure.
I'd love a complete reprint series - all authors, from all publishers, with original art. But can't ever really see it happening.
The only thing that is important… Will they use the original art. If not, there is no point.
50 reprints, so a few things here. Firstly there’s 70+ books. (Does this include the UK SJ Sorcery titles). Secondly the running order, which includes the Dungeon on Blood Island in the second release batch.
I’d think if they prove popular it could well spawn a couple more new book titles, maybe towards the end of that 50 book run.
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