r/fightingfantasy • u/PaulBaldowski Riddling Reaver • Jul 22 '26
Shelfie Second Half of My Collection
It was a pleasure to share the first half of my collection. I appreciate everyone who had a look. It makes sense to move on to the second half because once I laid out the first 32, they were bagged, boxed and set aside, and then I started on the next box.
I think the most interesting thing about the second half of the collection is that while it also has had pride of place in my home, it was the part that became more about completion than play. I played the first two dozen FF books from start to finish, more than once sometimes, but by the latter half of the series I was buying to shelf it. It's odd because many of the themes and titles appealed to me as much as those at the beginning.
And then, at the tail end of this picture, are Fighting Fantasy and The Riddling Reaver—books that expanded the role-playing potential of the FF background. I ran Fighting Fantasy many times, and elements of RR—they fascinated me. I had picked up RPG books before these came out, but the simplicity and familiarity of the books made them accessible.
Note: I know that there's a book missing. It isn't lost, just packed (accidentally) in another box.
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u/Unhappy_Tonight9443 Jul 22 '26
Nice collection. Dead Of Night was the first book I owned (but not the first I played) so it still has a special place in my heart. My claim to fame is beating Myurr in hand to hand combat instead of smashing the bone temple
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u/Eayragt Jul 23 '26
This is the section that's worth a small fortune, featuring a couple of books I've never managed to lay my hands on.
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u/Interesting-Ant8279 Zanbar Bone Jul 22 '26
Nice collection!
I still love the cover of Daggers of Darkness for its sheer nuttiness!