Marc Gascoigne joins Fighting Fantasy as Brand Manager

Steve Jackson and Sir Ian Livingstone, the co-creators of Fighting Fantasy, have recruited Marc Gascoigne as Brand Manager for the bestselling gamebook series.

The series of adventure gamebooks – which began in 1982 with The Warlock of Firetop Mountain – continues to thrive with new titles being published by Scholastic UK. The brand has also spawned digital and audio editions, role-playing and board games, miniatures, and a growing range of licensed merchandise.

Marc will be supporting existing Fighting Fantasy licensees, as well as seeking out appropriate partners for new ventures.

Marc is a veteran of the brand, having edited Titan – the Fighting Fantasy World and the Fighting Fantasy monster collection Out of the Pit. He also wrote the gamebook Battleblade Warrior and two Fighting Fantasy novels. He was also the series’ consultant editor in the 1990s for Puffin Books, before building a career in fantasy fiction as publisher of Games Workshop’s Black Library range of Warhammer novels – and later with his own award-winning imprint Angry Robot.

“We are delighted to have Marc join us to further promote and build Fighting Fantasy worldwide,” said Sir Ian Livingstone.

“A respected expert of the genre, he will be an invaluable member of the Fighting Fantasy team. May his STAMINA never fail!”