When Laughing Jackal announced the first title in their line of licensed Fighting Fantasy gamebook adaptions, I was a bit confused, because I had never heard of the title they had picked, Talisman of Death. It was the eleventh title in the series (of which there are almost sixty). Most previous conversions of Fighting Fantasy [...]

Laughing Jackal’s upcoming Mini is as mysterious as a giraffe being hungry—because we don’t know what a giraffe feels when it’s hungry. Kidding aside, Laughing Jackal sent us an update on Hungry Giraffe. Honestly, I can’t really pin down what kind of game this Mini is. It’s like a Snake/Pac-Man hybrid that I can’t understand. [...]

We knew their next Mini was going to be giraffe-themed, but I can’t imagine anyone expected this, Hungry Giraffe. According to the announcement:
Our giraffe is hungry: feed him! Yes, you can help this poor giraffe grow his neck high enough to eat the tastiest food by collecting all the snacks you can.
Slightly more detail [...]

If, like me, you grew up watching reruns of Bewitched, you’d know that besides being marvelously flamboyant, warlocks are notoriously unreliable. So it perhaps is not surprising that Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain from Laughing Jackal has been delayed a week in Europe, from November 2nd to November 9th.
The second Fighting Fantasy [...]

Laughing Jackal’s second Fighting Fantasy game, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, just passed testing and has gotten a date. October 26th in Europe, and November 1st in North America. Prices will be £3.49, €3.99 or $4.99.
Warlock was the first game in the original Fighting Fantasy line of gamebooks and as such is basically a dungeon [...]

Laughing Jackal, as they promised, announced their newest entry to the Minis program, Orbit, today. No further information on what kind of game this is, price or release date. What we only have are the image above and the teaser (in text form) below, after the break. Expect additional details for this Mini, as well [...]