Game Development | Roleplaying Games

Build “Fighting Fantasy” Fan Works for the SKILL + STAM FAM JAM

At last your two day hike is done…

41 years ago this weekend, Puffin Books released The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. The book was built to show British readers what the burgeoning roleplaying game scene was — rather than explaining what it was — running them through a sample adventure game entirely contained within the book. Hell, today most large trpgs still include a statement explaining What ARE RPGs?

While the Fighting Fantasy books would mostly go on to inspire other gamebook series and solo play, there remains a strong vein of contemporary and current trpgs whose lineage draws directly from WOFM — many of whom still commission the same classic artists!

Starting this August and run by Chitin Press’ Sean F. Smith (EXUVIAE, Quarrel + Fable, Orc Borg (editor), the SKILL + STAM FAM JAM invites creators from around the world to create adventures and gaming materials for all these systems.

The jam runs until the end of December 2023.

Skill + Stam Fam Jam

Rumours

Wanting a spark to kick you off? Roll on these tables.

Adventure Title Format

1. CONCRETE of ADJECTIVE CONCRETE
2. CONCRETE of ABSTRACT
3. ADJECTIVE CONCRETE
4. ABSTRACT CONCRETE CONCRETE
5. CONCRETE VOCATION
6. ABSTRACT of the VOCATION

ABSTRACT

1. Strength
2. Secrecy
3. Wisdom
4. Legacy
5. Artistry
6. Infatuation

ADJECTIVE

1. Fire
2. Water
3. Wind
4. Wooden
5. Ancient
6. Chaos

CONCRETE

1. Sword
2. Ritual
3. Gem
4. Key
5. Port
6. Fen

VOCATION

1. Warrior
2. Wizard
3. Priest
4. Thief
5. Burgomeister
6. Assassin

Top Tip! Make the title sound more Fighting Fantasy by using a thesaurus to build in alliteration or assonance: Port of Secrecy → Seaport of Secrets.