Forty years, 26 different languages, and 20 million books sold. Fighting Fantasy’s stats paint an impressive picture; figures that are as impressive as rolling a fabled 12-24-12 score for skill, stamina and luck before setting off to give some orcs a damn good thrashing. There’s much more to the series’ legacy to gaming than sheer numbers though.

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Now, Fighting Fantasy celebrates its latest landmark anniversary with the release of two new books published by Scholastic this September. Warlock’s co-authors, and FF’s co-founders, have written a book each: Sir Ian Livingstone returns for his 17th main-series adventure, Shadow of the Giants, while Sorcery! author Steve Jackson returns for his first FF book in 36 years with Secrets of Salamonis, set in a walled, wealthy citadel on Titan’s continent of Allansia.