Advanced Fighting Fantasy — The RPG of the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks

"SKILL, STAMINA, and LUCK — the legendary gamebooks become a full RPG."

Free

Dice2d6 (roll-under SKILL)

Players2–6

Prep~20 min

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What is this system

Advanced Fighting Fantasy is the RPG of the classic Fighting Fantasy and Sorcery! gamebooks (Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone). A simple 2d6 system: three stats — SKILL, STAMINA, and LUCK — plus MAGIC in 2nd edition. Published by Arion Games and set in the beloved world of Titan (the continent of Allansia). Nostalgia and a living system in one.

Setting

Titan — the fantasy world of the cult 1980s gamebooks: the continent of Allansia, the port-city of Port Blacksand, the Icefinger Mountains, and the sorcerers of Kakhabad. Decades of lore across dozens of gamebooks. The tone is heroic adventure with monsters, traps, and grim humor in the spirit of the original Warlock of Firetop Mountain.

What it looks like at the table

Your adventurer enters an orc's lair. A SKILL test: 2d6 against your SKILL, rolling equal or under. Combat begins — both sides roll 2d6 plus SKILL; the higher result wounds, draining STAMINA. LUCK is running low — spend it for a killing blow, or save it to survive? The classic gamebook experience, at the table.

Playstyle

Combat Exploration Fantasy

Key mechanics

SKILL, STAMINA, LUCK

The three legendary Fighting Fantasy stats, plus MAGIC in 2nd edition. Tests are 2d6 against SKILL. Instantly familiar to anyone who leafed through the gamebooks as a kid.

Opposed 2d6 combat

In a fight, both sides roll 2d6 + SKILL; the higher result lands a hit on STAMINA. Fast, tense, and deadly — just like the original gamebooks.

Special Skills

Broad SKILL is refined by Special Skills (Sword, Magic, Awareness). Fine-tune a hero without bloating the system.

The world of Titan

A ready-made setting from the beloved gamebooks: Allansia, Sorcery!, and dozens of adventures and monsters. Nostalgia backed by a cohesive, light RPG system.

What people say

There's more than enough to run a game or campaign from just the core book, which is how I prefer to run the solo game.— Duncan Thomson, RandRoll

Advanced Fighting Fantasy is a role-playing game with simple mechanics that still provide ample detail, set in an interesting fantasy world.— T. Kurt Bond, Lacking Natural Simplicity

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