when they lost the licence. Australian game developers Tin Man Games have since published several iOS and Android versions of Fighting Fantasy books, including Blood of the Zombies, House of Hell, Forest of Doom, Island of the Lizard King and Starship Traveller, and an iOS version of the first part of the Sorcery! series was released by Bright Al Ltd in 2010. Inkle's Sorcery! series is available on iOS, Android, Windows and Mac. Reception In March 1983, the top three entries of the Sunday Times bestseller list were occupied by Fighting Fantasy books. The series sold 20 million copies in the 80s and 90s. Fighting Fantasy was ranked 47th in the 1996 reader poll of Arcane magazine to determine the 50 most popular roleplaying games of all time. The UK magazine's editor Paul Pettengale commented: "To say that it is basic would be a huge understatement – Fighting Fantasy has just a couple of stats from which a character is created, and combat is a simple case of rolling six-sided dice, pitching one creature's stats against another. It's fun, quick and easy, which explains its popularity." Moral panic The books were published with illustrations from Games Workshop which, though something Puffin was resistant to accept, Ian Livingstone credits as part of the series' success. However, partially as a result of the covers, the game, along with Dungeons & Dragons, became subject to a moral panic. The Evangelical Alliance issued a warning that the books would lead to players interacting with the devil, while parents reported that after reading their children developed supernatural powers, including one mother who reported that her child started to fly. When asked about the controversy, Jackson replied that they were very grateful for it, as it helped their sales figures. Reviews Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine See also List of Fighting Fantasy gamebooks F.I.S.T. – telephone-based single-player roleplaying game developed by Jackson and similar in many ways to Fighting Fantasy References External links Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks - the official website Scholastic homepage - current publisher of the range Fighting Fantasy Collector - website with all cover versions for entire original series Fighting Fantasy: An Illustrated Bibliography at SFandFantasy.co.uk Fantasy gamebooks Games Workshop Role-playing game systems Puffin Books books