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PRESS REVIEW: INQUEST MAGAZINE 16 (AUGUST 1996) ANNOUNCES THAT "TSR SELLS...
Inquest magazine issue 16When Magic the Gathering was first released in 1993 it generated the 'first wave' of collectible card games (CCGs) with the release in the following years of a huge number of...
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THE FRENCH EDITION OF DRAGON MAGAZINE: NOT JUST A TRANSLATION, BUT SOMETHING...
French Dragon magazine issue 18 France is one the best developed countries for role playing games, having seen the very first translations of Dungeons & Dragons in 1982 - this is now a very sought...
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TALES FROM THE FLOATING VAGABOND, AVALON HILL'S LAST (AND MOST ORIGINAL) ROLE...
Tales from the Floating Vagabond core rulebookAvalon Hill's Role Playing GamesIn the '80s of the last century Avalon Hill (AH), despite being no more the top company of adventure gaming (because TSR...
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FANZINE DEGLI ANNI '80: ORACOLO, "LA RIVISTA ITALIANA DI ROLE PLAYING"
Il primo e unico numero di OracoloNella seconda metà degli anni '80, in attesa che finalmente qualche editore si decidesse a pubblicare una 'vera rivista' dedicata al gioco di ruolo, in Italia...
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FANZINE DEGLI ANNI '80: BLUE BOOK, L'UNEARTHED ARCANA ITALIANO
La copertina del Blue BookAbbiamo scritto come nella seconda metà degli anni '80 si assistesse a una notevole vivacità tra gli appassionati italiani di giochi di ruolo, complice il grande allargamento...
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QUARANT'ANNI DE IL RICHIAMO DI CTHULHU: LE EDIZIONI ITALIANE DEL MANUALE BASE
Per celebrare i quarant'anni dell'uscita de Il Richiamo di Cthulhu Dungeon Master Magazine avvia una serie di articoli, in italiano e inglese, destinata a celebrare degnamente questo importantissimo...
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CALL OF CTHULHU 40TH ANNIVERSARY: THE 'ITALY ONLY' CALL OF CTHULHU BOOKS
To celebrate Call of Cthulhu 40th anniversary, Dungeon Master Magazine will feature a series of articles about this most great of games. In this installment we look at the Call of Cthulhu books...
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RICHARD HALLIWELL, WARHAMMER CO-DESIGNER, HAS PASSED AWAY
Richard Halliwell (1985)In a tweet Graeme Davis, a great British game designer, has announced that Richard Halliwell has passed away albeit there are no reasons given for his passing. Halliwell was a...
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TANTE NOVITA' CHE NON USCIRONO MAI: IL CATALOGO STRATELIBRI 1998
La copertina del Catalogo 1998Il 1998 è per molti versi l'ultimo anno di 'vera' attività editoriale della Stratelibri 'prima generazione', l'editore e distributore italiano fondato da Giovanni Ingellis...
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INTERACTIVE FANTASY: THE ONLY 'SCHOLASTIC' MAGAZINE COVERING RPGs
The entire run of Interactive FantasyMagazines about gaming and role playing games have been numerous, especially in the heyday from the beginning of the '80s to the middle of the '90s of the last...
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IAN LIVINGSTONE'S DICING WITH DRAGONS, A 1982 GUIDE TO RPGs
Dicing with Dragons, British 1982 editionIn the first half of the '80s the interest in RPGs was very high and the public was interested in them, not just gamers, so 'how to' guides started to appear in...
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CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN FOR KNOCK! MAGAZINE 2 LAUNCHED
Knock! issue 2 (digital rendering)Knock!, the old school mook (magazine + book) launched very successfully in 2020 is back with a new crowdfunding campaign for the launch of the second issue. The...
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NEED GAMES ANNUNCIA L'EDIZIONE ITALIANA DI KNOCK!
Il primo numero di Knock! Knock!è a nostro parere la migliore pubblicazione dedicata all'Old School attualmente in circolazione, se non altro dal punto di vista degli standard di produzione raggiunti...
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FANZINE DEGLI ANNI '80: THE SCROLL, "RIVISTA BIMESTRALE PER APPASSIONATI DI...
Il secondo numero di The Scroll, "speciale 92 pagine"Verso la fine degli anni '80 la scena italiana delle fanzine diventa sempre più effervescente con la comparsa di numerose iniziative in varie città...
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DISPONIBILE IL NUOVO MODULO AVVENTURA DELLA SERIE DANGERS & DEMONS
La copertina del moduloRiceviamo e molto volentieri pubblichiamo:"Il Chimerae Hobby Group è lieto di annunciare l'uscita di un nuovo modulo della serie Dangers & Demons. Si tratta del CHDDCM3...
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MASTER COLLANA DI PUBBLICAZIONI FANTASY: UN EDITORE DI SUPPLEMENTI...
Una selezione dei volumi della linea Master LA STORIA DELLA MASTERTra il 1990 e il 1993 sorse a Torino una etichetta editoriale, Master, che cominciò a pubblicare una serie di volumetti in formato A5 e...
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ANDREW HACKARD, MUNCHKIN CZAR AT STEVE JACKSON GAMES, HAS PASSED AWAY
Andrew Hackard (Steve Jackson Games photo) Andrew Hackard, longtime employee of Steve Jackson Games where he was the Munchkin Czar vaving designed or worked on tens of products for this mega...
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CALL OF CTHULHU 40TH ANNIVERSARY: LES ANNEES FOLLES, A FRENCH CAMPAIGN...
Les Annees Folles boxed setWe continue our celebrations of Call of Cthulhu 40th anniversary turning our sights to an outstanding product from France, the very first country that got a translated...
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INTERVIEW WITH THE MERRY MUSHMEN: "OVER 3.000 COPIES OF KNOCK! 1 SOLD!"
The first issue of Knock!: over 3.000 copies soldKnock! Magazine is one of the most successful projects in the OSR field ever, a digest sized publication entirely crowdfunded whose second issue has...
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A LOOK AT THE GAMES DAY 1984 PROGRAM BOOK
Games Day 1984 Program BookConvention season, Delta variant permitting, is upon us again this year and so we want to celebrate this return to normality with a close look to a convention of Ages Past:...
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