AMYLASE
Commercial?	No
URL	Internet Archive record of AMYLASE
Owner	John Stock
Available language(s)	English
Launched	2000
Current Status	Closed (October 26 2009)

AMYLASE - online resources for Fighting Fantasy gamebooks by Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone is a Fighting Fantasy-orientated website run by John Stock and launched in 2000 and disappeared in 2009 with the closure of GeoCities.^[1]

PurposeEdit

The introductory paragraph of the site reads thus:

“

Welcome to AMYLASE, a site dedicated to furthering the legacy of the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series.

”

ContentEdit

• Reviews
• Spin-Offs - A look at Advanced Fighting Fantasy and the Legend of Zagor board game
• Bloodbones Dossier - Information pieced together by John Stock about Bloodbones prior to the publication of the book in 2006
• Interview with Andrew Chapman posted January 3rd 2001
• Letter from Jonathan Green posted July 17th 2001
• Quiz
• Survey
• Easter Eggs - small things in the books that may be overlooked
• Mentions of, links to, or made available on the site several fan gamebooks available on the web:

• Forest of Dreams by Nathan Page
• The Horror of Craggen Rock by Nathan Page
• Fortress of Evil by John Stock
• Voice of the Sun by John Stock^[2]
• Outsider by Gavin Mitchell
• Passages of Peril by John E. Churchill

LinksEdit

• FightingFantasy.com - This used to be the ULTIMATE FF site on the web back in 2000, 2001. Unfortunately it's almost never updated - Mark J. Popp appears to have gone missing. Still, piles of interesting information though.
• Advancedfightingfantasy.com - The other big FF site on the Net. Managed by David A. Holt.
• Fightingfantasygamebooks.com - This is the official site of the 2001 and later reprints.
• WebRPG TownHall Forums - Discuss anything FF related here. I'm J. Stock in case you're wondering.
• The Black Tower - Jonny Hughson's site is VERY slick and contains a fair whack of info.
• The Oracle - An interesting site, with quite a few intriguing items.
• Enkyr's Emporium - VERY slick and well presented. Lots of meaty info as well.
• Yaztromo's Fighting Fantasy Site - Lots of scans of FF artwork
• The Fighting Fantasy Vault - Giles Belanger's site has recently reopened after confusing visitors with "Men's Wristwatch Info".
• The Fighting Fantasy Dungeon - Hhmmm... Visit if you want.
• The Fighting Fantasy World - Nice site, esp. the cover mosaic.
• The Shrine of Hamaskis - Great place for the budding FF Historian.
• sAgI's Fighting Fantasy Stuff - Another site brought to us by a personage named Sagi Hed and it features a new homegrown FF called "Vampire!".
• Karl's FF site - A fairly good FF site. You might like it.
• Yaztromo's Tales of Yore - Nathan Page's site contains two original homegrown FF adventures, both of which are featured in the Homegrown page on this site.
• Andrew Chapman's Home Page - Home page of an FF sub-author.
• Yahoo! FF Club - Alternative list, similar to Rebuilding Titan. I'm amylaseff there.
• The Book of Legends - Karl Hahn's FF site features an online petition to get FF back in print.
• Dungeoneer Club - A Yahoo Club for AFF.
• The Realms of Shabak - FF webmasters seem to be building homegrown gamebooks left right and centre (myself included). This person's offering is still under construction, and is named Shadows of Steel.
• The FF Project - This site contains more of a focus towards online FF gamebooks.

See AlsoEdit

• Fighting Fantasy on the Web

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External LinksEdit

• Internet Archive record of AMYLASE - online resources for Fighting Fantasy gamebooks by Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone

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