The premier fanzine for the old-school renaissance rolls on, jam-packed with 88 pages of fantastic content. Features an interview with Dave Arneson, co-creator of the original Dungeons & Dragons... More > game, as well as articles from Steve Marsh, Vincent Baker, Patrick Farley, Geoffrey O. Dale, Gabor Lux, Kesher, Calithena, Jeff Rients, James Maliszewski, Victor Raymond, Andrew Reyes, Kevin Mayle, James Raggi, and many, many more! This issue features four full adventures - including a long one for the original Empire of the Petal Throne game - new fantasy worlds, monsters, magic, rules, character options, NPCs, maps, tables, and many other things you crave to bring your fantasy adventures to life on the tabletop. Come unlock your imagination, and keep Fighting On!< Less
Chess tactics explained in English: the website www.chesstactics.org in book form. This volume is the first in a two-part set. The two books together contain over a thousand examples organized in... More > unprecedented detail. Every position is accompanied by a commentary describing a train of thought that leads to the solution; these books thus are the ideal learning tool for those who prefer explanations in words to long strings of notation.
This first volume provides an introduction to tactics and explains forks and discovered attacks. (Book II covers pins and skewers, removal of the guard, and mating patterns.) A hardcover version is also available.< Less
This is the PDF version of Issue #3. The premier fanzine for the old-school renaissance comes out swinging with a +5 vorpal claymore of disintegration! Produced in honor of Bob Bledsaw and in... More > cooperation with Judges Guild, we have new material for the Wilderlands of High Fantasy by James Mishler and Rob Conley and a new circle of Inferno by Geoffrey O. Dale! Also features art and/or articles by David Bowman, Jason Morningstar, Gabor Lux, Len Cain, Jeff Rients, Patrick Farley, Vincent Baker, Baz Blatt, Max Davenport, Steve Zieser, Kevin Mayle, Lee Barber, Del Beaudry, John Miskimen, Age of Fable, Calithena, and many, many more! Whether you started in 1974 or 2008, you won't want to miss this issue. Unlock your imagination, and keep Fighting On!< Less
Scenario Designer's Handbook (ISBN 978-0-9782646-8-0) is intended as a reference for those interested in designing historical scenarios for the Advanced Squad Leader game system. The book features... More > 216 full-colour pages with a variety of information to assist in force and terrain selection, including company, battalion and divisional break-downs of the major armies that participated in the Second World War. Additional chapters deal with scenario lay-out, publishing, researching, walk-throughs of the design process and discussion regarding the various components of ASL scenarios. Scenario Designer's Handbook is not an official publication of Multi-Man Publishing or Hasbro and neither the author nor canadiansoldiers.com/tacticalwargamer.com are in any way affiliated with MMP. A full preview is available at http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/publications/sdh.htm< Less
