Editing Fighting Fantasy (section)

===Puffin Books (1982–1995)===
The result was ''[[The Warlock of Firetop Mountain]]'' and, after several rewrites, the book was accepted and published in 1982 under Penguin's children's imprint, Puffin Books. Following the success of this title,<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.fightingfantasy.com/fffaq.htm#sold |title=Fighting Fantasy FAQ |date=2005-11-27 |access-date=2011-12-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127132716/http://www.fightingfantasy.com/fffaq.htm#sold |archive-date=November 27, 2005 }}</ref> Jackson and Livingstone began writing individually to create additional ''Fighting Fantasy'' gamebooks.

This series was published under Puffin's newly-created ''Adventure Gamebooks'' banner, which eventually would hold not only the ''Fighting Fantasy'' series, but ''[[The Cretan Chronicles]]'' trilogy, the ''Starlight Adventures'' series, and the individual role-playing game ''[[Maelstrom (role playing game)|Maelstrom]]'' as well.<ref name="Imagine26">{{cite journal | last = Davis |first = Graeme |author-link = Graeme Davis (game designer) | title =Notices | type = review | journal = [[Imagine (game magazine)|Imagine]] | issue = 26| pages =40| publisher = TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. |date=May 1985}}</ref>

In 1983, ''[[The Citadel of Chaos]]'' and ''[[The Forest of Doom]]'' were published, by Jackson and Livingstone respectively. Four more titles quickly followed: ''[[Starship Traveller]]'' (the first title with a [[science fiction]] setting), ''[[City of Thieves (gamebook)|City of Thieves]]'', ''[[Deathtrap Dungeon]]'', and ''[[Island of the Lizard King]]''; Jackson writing one and Livingstone writing three. In 1984, a decision was made to hire additional writers to expand the series more quickly: Steve Jackson (the U.S.-based founder and owner of [[Steve Jackson Games]]) was the first, followed by others such as Andrew Chapman, [[Carl Sargent]] (aka Keith Martin), [[Marc Gascoigne]], and [[Peter Darvill-Evans]]. Jackson and Livingstone, however, continued to be involved and approved all cover and internal illustrations within the UK.<ref name="archive1">{{cite web|url=http://www.fightingfantasy.com/fffaq.htm#version |title=Fighting Fantasy FAQ |date=2005-11-27 |access-date=2011-12-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127132716/http://www.fightingfantasy.com/fffaq.htm#version |archive-date=November 27, 2005 }}</ref>

Jackson wrote a self-contained four-part series titled ''[[Steve Jackson's Sorcery!]]'' (1983-1985), which combined the use of combat and sorcery, and introduced the continent later known as the Old World. These featured dice images at the bottom of each page, making it possible for the player to randomly flip through the pages for the equivalent of a dice roll (the ''Fighting Fantasy'' titles published by Wizard Books used the same device).

Andrew Chapman and Martin Allen also wrote a two-book, two-player adventure titled ''[[Clash of the Princes]]'' (1986). There were also [[List of Fighting Fantasy gamebooks|several supplemental books]] produced that provided more information about the ''Fighting Fantasy'' universe, including a comprehensive bestiary of monsters and a sample adventure.

Although the ''Fighting Fantasy'' titles had successful sales<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fightingfantasy.com/fffaq.htm#Concept|title=Fighting Fantasy FAQ|date=2005-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127132716/http://www.fightingfantasy.com/fffaq.htm#Concept|archive-date=November 27, 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=2011-12-12}}</ref> the increasing dominance of video games in the 1990s caused a gradual decline. The series was scheduled to conclude with ''[[Return to Firetop Mountain]]'' (book 50, Livingstone, 1992), but due to strong sales of that volume, ten more books were scheduled. Nine were published,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/steve-jackson-ian-livingstone-283-v16n12/|title=Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone|website=Vice.com|date=2 December 2009 }}</ref> the series ending with ''[[Curse of the Mummy]]'' (1995). ''[[Bloodbones]]'', the tenth scheduled title (meant to have been book 60 in the series) was cancelled, but was eventually published by Wizard Books as part of their later reprinting efforts.