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From: robert@fear.UUCP (Robert Plamondon)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Modules (Flame, really) and a 'Zine
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Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 16:40:23 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  9 16:40:23 1985
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In article <896@nmtvax.UUCP>, pickle@nmtvax.UUCP writes:

> I've been thinking of starting up a 'zine that focuses on improving the
> quality of play by providing articles on how to structure campaigns and give
> meaning to the events that take place in them.  There might also be some
> creative fiction, some interviews with writers and game developers, and
> stuff like that.  Most of the gamers I respect play a Morrow
> Project/Aftermath cross, so there would probably be something on that.
> Perhaps there would be something on strategies for Diplomacy and other games
> that use the grey stuff. No monsters.  No modules.  No munchkins.

> Is there anyone out there who would be interested in something along those
> lines (better yet, willing to write the above material)?  Are there any
> 'zines around that fit the above description (I like much of the stuff in
> Abyss).

Most 'zines have a readership that's too open-minded for the "No monsters,
no modules, no munchkins" rule, so if you insist on straightjacketing
yourself that way, you'll have to start your own.  ABYSS is indeed the best
magazine if your main goal is to insult people whose gaming style you
disagree with.  ALARUMS & EXCURSIONS and THE WILD HUNT (edited by Lee Gold
lcc!barry and Mark Swanson panda!bromu!mas, respectively) are the best
role-playing APA's that I know of (APA = Amateur Press Association, usually
a collection of unedited submissions reproduced as received from the
authors.  Much like USENET in many ways).

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		Robert Plamondon
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