Or: Nathan does quick reviews of two zines to remind you that he has a zine of his own coming out this month...
I think the idea to do something like a zine first came in to my head when I saw
Vacant Ritual Assembly, the zine that
Clint Krause produces under his
Red Moon Medicine Show banner. I've picked up all five of the issues from this volume and loved them all. There's a good amount of playable material in every issue and the latest was no different. Combine that with short interviews with other creators, artwork, news and ideas about Clint's future releases - every issue is a great little package. And it's only $4 in print including postage!
Go check it out. (
issue 1 is PWYW on DriveThru)
Something Stinks in Stilton arrived through the letterbox yesterday. I've not bought
The Undercroft by
Daniel Sell before, but I'm going to pick up some of the back issues when I have a little spare cash.
Stilton is kind of a special issue, and
Oli Palmer's adventure is statted for
LotFP, but it wouldn't take much to run in another system. Adventurers are asked to go and investigate mysterious circumstances, which will lead them to a horrific situation in the cheese-making town of Stilton. The adventure and description resonates with the themes and horror in so many of
LotFP's official releases. It's creepy and unsettling - as is the cover, in a good way - a feature I particularly loved is the possible timeline of events: nothing binding or railroad-y, just super-useful to the DM. The art supports the text pretty well and it was interesting that the zine was printed full colour throughout: important adventure details are picked out in bold red text. The cover has a real tactile quality with slightly raised print, and it feels special. You can find it
here.
For a prospective maker and publisher I haven't read many zines before: what others should I check out?
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