Vintage UK RPG Fanzines: Update April 17th 2004
This ongoing project to alphabetically list all vintage UK RPG zines
has increased to about *245* different titles by last count. I say
"about", as I've included some important pro-zines, and there is still
some uncertainity on the existence of some zine titles.
Thanks to Brett Easterbrook, Tim Ellis, H. Barker and Paul Mason for
the recent additions they provided.
Again, I would like to thank everyone for their help so far, and would
appreciate any further corrections, additions, clarifications, helpful
advice, etc. that you can provide, especially for those titles for
which nothing is known other than their name.
As mentioned previously, I would especially like to invite those
former vintage UK RPG fanzine editors or collectors of such fanzines
to provide any descriptions or corrected descriptions of your zine(s)
so I can more accurately catalog them in further updates.
Finally, I'm always on the lookout for example fanzines (original or
photocopies) for personal review. If you can help out, please drop me
a line!
::Brian Misiaszek::
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**********Vintage UK RPG Fanzines*********
*******Updated as of April 17th, 2004*******
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The Acolyte [ed. Pete Tamlyn; initially Southhampton University
club-zine under the name The Apocalypse for the first 5 issues before
the name change; FRP and diplomacy zine; 60 issues (Jan 1980 – Aug
1985).
Adventurer's Anonymous [ed. Richard Stitson]
Aerial Servant
Alarums & Excursions [A&E] [ed. Lee Gold, aka "A&E", monthly US
APA-zine with many UK and other international contributors, started in
1975, and active as of 2004 having missed only *one* month during this
extremely lengthy run]
Alice [ed. Richard Campbell; re-launch of This Way Up]
Alien Star [ed. D.W. Hockham; Traveller zine; 8 issues beginning 1981]
Amulet [ed. Richard Henderson with Alex Bardy]
The Arbalest [ed. Paul Slusarewicz; Stormbringer, Call of Cthulhu, Dr.
Who RPG, and other RPGs covered; not to be confused with the anarchist
zine of the same name]
Aslan [ed. Andrew Rilstone & Martin Wykes,13 issues, with many
sub-zines; RPG theory philosophy, speculation & commentary; highly
regarded]
Atu XVIII [ed. Trevor Mendham; FRP, discussion and dip-zine]
Backstabbers United Monthly [BUM] [ed. Malcolm Cornelius; started off
as an En Garde and Diplomacy gamezine, with other RPGs added; 1988-]
Balrog Banter [ed. Paul Evens; hardware RPG zine with a supplement
each issue to accompany the scenario]
The Bat
Beaumains [ed. Gareth Jones; devoted to Pendragon RPG and things
Arthurian; 6 issues]
The Beholder [ed. Nicholas Scales; A4 format, very slick, 1979-?]
Black Freighter [ed. Paul Williams]
Black Mole [ed. Ian Creasey]
Black Knight [ed. Angela Times]
Black Rider
Blood Guts & Beer [ed.?; Runequest]
Blue Shaboo [ed. Brian Duguid; "rolegame" zine]
Bohemian Rhapsody [ed. Malcolm Smith; RPG and dipzine]
Bone of Contention [ed. Steven Rawlinson & Fergus Selby]
A Bolt from the Blue [ed. Ken Bain]
The Booklet of Many Things [ed. Mark Beresford]
Boris [ed. Dave Murray]
Borkelby's Folly [ed. Ray Gillham; Jorune RPG zine]
Brick in the Face [ed. Fergus Selby]
The Bubonic Plagiarist
Carnel [ed. Robert Rees, 1994-; one of very few active today]
Cassandra [ed. Anthony Bourke & Damien Maddalena; RPG chat zine with
diplomacy waiting lists; 8 issues, Sept 1985 - Aug 1986]
Centurian ["sequel" to Blue Shaboo #2]
Cerebreton [ed. Alex Bardy, mostly SF RPGs]
Chimaera [ed. Clive Booth; highly respected diplomacy zine that also
ran postal D&D; 103 issues, May 1975 to July 1983]
Citizens of Grenada [ed. Andrew Meek]
Codpiece [ed. Ralph Horsley, 10+ issues, originally Convert or Die]
Conflict of Chaos
Controversial Repertoires of an Alcoholic Prat [ed. Bob Topley;
1985-?]
Crimson Steel [ed. Andy Warner, one issue]
Cruel Worlds [ed. M. Donkersley; 1985-?]
Cult of Anubis [ed. N.J. Booth]
Cut and Thrust [ed. Derek Wilson]
Dagon [ed. Carl T. Ford; Call of Cthulhu; 27 issues, 19??-1990,
special revival issue pending]
Danse Macabre [ed. Rik Rowe, Horror RPGs]
Dark Elf
Dark Star [ed.?; Traveller zine; 5 issues]
Daughters of Dool [ed. Bob Jackson; RPG and perzine]
Dead Elf [ed. Andrew Fisher, hardware and ideas for an Asterix RPG;
also included "Isozine", a perzine]
Death's Dance Taken Slowly [ed. Brian Dolton,?13 issues, RPG theory]
Delusions of Grandeur [ed. Nathan Cubitt, with Mike Blake & Paul
Duncanson; 1988-1995, 4 issues plus a one shot, compilation "Best Of"
published in 2002 and edited Robert Rees of "Carnal"]
Demon Issue
Demon's Blood [ed.?; 5 issues]
Demons Drawl [ed. Jeremy Nuttall & others including Dave Robinson and
Nick Edwards; RPG & PBM, covered material about their campaign world
Galadra, later split away and renamed Telegraph Road]
Descending Darkness [ed.?; 3 issues, Call of Cthulhu]
Destiny [ed. E. Rackstraw; SF RPGs]
Dig My Dogma [ed. Mark Wisher]
Dimension Zero [ed. Bryn Thomas]
Dispatch It [ed.?; Windsor & Maidenhead RPG Groups clubzine]
DOOL [ed. Bob Jackson; formerly Daughters of DOOL]
Doombook of Chaos
Doomed Dwarves Journal [ed. Gavin White]
Dragonfire
Dragonlords [eds. Marc Gascoigne, Mike Lewis & Ian Marsh]
Dragonlore [Alexander Hildyard, at least 6 issues]
Dragon's Breath [ed. Warren Barnes]
Dross
Drune Kroll [eds. Justin Horrell and Iain Bowen, RPG hardware, 3
issues]
drunk & disorderly [ed. Pete Lindsay; RPG APA-zine; 33 issues,
1979-88]
The Dungeoneer [ed. Charles Anshell, early US prozine with wide UK
distribution]
Durin's Bane [ed.?, 1986-?]
Eh? [ed. Alex Bardy]
Eidolon [ed. Mark Jones; Cthulhu & PBM Sopwith, etc.; successor to
Sacrificing the Goat]
Elsewhere [ed. Mark Wadey; RPGs, PBMs, books, films & comics]
Exeunt [ed. Ben Goodale]
Explorer [ed. Brian Cowan, 1985-?]
Explosive Rune
Eye of All Seeing Wonder [ed. Dave Morris; Tekumel & Empire of the
Petal Throne]
Fantasia [ed. Gerard Birkhill; RPG reviews]
Fantasy Tomb [ed. Andrew Thompson; ?1 issue]
Fat Knite [ed. Steve Blincoe]
The Fiery Cross [ed. Tom Stacey; RPGs & films]
Fire and Water [ed. Andrew Hill]
First Strike [ed. M. Clarke]
FIST [ed.?; short for *F*anzine L*ist*]
Flames of Albion
Floating World [ed.?; FGU RPGs]
Fusions [ed. Warwick University SF&F Society, thoughtful RPG
discussion]
Games Gazette [ed. Chris Baylis]
Glamdring
Glarg [ed. Steven Hampson]
Grav Gauss and Pods Rifles [RPG clubzine of York U. SF&F club; renamed
"Grave Podes and Grouse Trifles" after issue 3]
Greatest Hits [ed. Pete Birks; 122+ issues; chat, review, games]
Grimlord
Grim Reaper [ed. Geraint Davies; Tunnels & Trolls]
Grimtooth's Friends [ed.?]
Green Goblin [ed. John Breakwell; chat zine]
Ground Zero
The Guilder
Hacking Times [ed. Dylan Harris]
Harvest Time [ed. Martin Veart]
Hellfire [ed. A.S. Lilly]
Hits To Kill [ed. Domenic de Bechi]
Hocus Pocus [ed. by Paul "Pum" Holman, three issues, starting #0]
Holy Avenger [ed.?, 1986-?]
Hopscotch [ed. Alan Parr]
Horse Manure [ed. S. Cooper, 1986-?]
Hounds of Avalar
Hyperactive [ed. Nick Edwards; APA Zine aimed at helping "Newcomers"
to zine editing]
I Don't Wanna go Back in the Box [ed. John J. Smith; ? first issue #5]
Illusionist's Vision
Imazine [ed. Paul Mason, ?-2003, and still published/available online;
game theory, reviews and thoughtful articles; archived at British
Library!]
Immoral Minority [ed. Peter Wilkinson]
The Impaler [ed. Mark Stockton; "systemless fanzine"]
Inflammatory Material [ed. ?, aka Flames]
Instant Karma [ed. James Wallis]
Intellect Devourer [ed. Dave Hughes]
Into the Darkness [ed. Nick Price]
Iron Orchid [ed. Nick Edwards, 8+ issues, RPG & PBMs]
Iskra [ed. Tom Conway, music and RPG zine]
IT
It's Clobbering Time [eds. Andrew de Salis, Steve Weekes; superhero
RPGs; 2 issues]
Ivory Tower [Geoff Dean, Yasser & Akram el Gabry, ? 8 issues, Golden
Heroes, Runequest, and Traveller hardware, modules and articles; issue
6 team up with "Sound and Fury" #5]
Ivory, Peacocks and Apes [eds. Pete Lindsay and Gavin Greig started
mid 1990s, 2 issues, on hiatus]
Journal of the Senseless Carnage Society [ed. Simon Hartley; 1983-?,
17+ issues]
Kirkwood [ed. Adam El-Badini]
Lac Ta (ed Tim Eccles; Farscape RPG Zine 2003)
Lankhmar Star Daily [LSD] [ed. Rob Nott; 28+ issues]
Lion & Lamb Chronicles [ed.?; Norwegian APA-zine with English
contributors]
Living the Orclife [ed. C.E. Nurse; less of a zine than a serialized
RPG]
Lokasenna [ed. Brian Dolton; long running zine, mostly dipzine; 22+
issues; 1982-?]
Mad Policy [ed. Richard Walkertin]
Making Moves [ed. ?; Warhammer FRP, Call of Cthulhu and other RPGs]
Manic Depressive [ed. Nick Edwards]
The Martian Chronicles [ed. M. Wall]
Miser's Hoard [ed. John McKeown; 6+ issues]
Monstrous Perversion
Moronica Ripsnore [ed. Gordon Mclennan, Scottish]
My Father Killed a Man [ed. Jez Keen; one off zine, contains the
Dreamscape-like RPG "Carnations and Razorblades"]
Mystic Crystal
Nemesis [ed. Tim Hyde]
New Beholder
New Fusions [University of Warwick SF & Fantasy Society clubzine]
News From Bree [Ed Hartley Patterson, 20+ issues, started as a Tolkien
fanzine in pre-D&D days]
Next Stop Jupiter [ed. Jez Keen; gaming and perzine]
Nightflyer [ed.?; Oxford University RPG Society clubzine]
NMR! [ed. Ken Bain and Brian Creese's; primarily a dipzine, but
articles about magic in D&D, postal D&D, etc.; very long running
1979-1992 and over 137 issues before being turned over into pure
dipzine Spring Offensive]
Norst Claw
Now Eat the Rabbit [NERTZ] [ed. William Whyte; mostly personal & PBM
Irish zine with some RPG famous for it's unusual formats (infamous
"Moebius strip" issue, and another one wrapped about a plastic spoon);
at least 76 issues, last issue ~1993]
Obscurity Inc [ed. Tony Keen to issue 6, then Alexei Macdonald]
Obsidian Rex Quarterly [ed. P. Adams]
Ode [ed. John Marsden; dipzine & gaming perzine]
Oracle of Almost All Knowledge
Orc's Revenge [alternatively ed. Gavin Cameron and/or M. Hanson]
Orc Torc
Origin of Tree Worship [ed. Tim Eccles; WFRP zine 2002-]
Out of the Mist [ed. Jason Kingsly; merger of Shadowfire/Mystic
Crystal]
Owl & Weasel [eds. Ian Livingstone & Steve Jackson; February
1975-1977, 25 issues, forerunner of "White Dwarf"; newsletter
published by Games Workshop for their mail order business, with game
reviews and notes]
Palantir
Pandemonium [ed. Matthew de Monti; horror, comics, roleplaying]
Pavic Tales [ed.?; Runequest 3rd edition fanzine]
perChance [ed. Jim Johnston; Irish]
Pink Elephant [ed. "one of the editors of Sacrificing the Goat"]
Polaris [ed. Simon Prest; 1 issue, 1987, Call of Cthulhu]
Prisoner's Of War [eds. Wallace Nicoll & Doug Rowling]
Protoplasm
Punt & Pass
Psychobabble [Irish]
Quasits & Quasars [ed. David Hulks]
Rage in Eden [ed. Richard Mumford]
Rapscallion
Raven (ed Gaven Ewing)
RCM [ed. Simon Ford, 1986-?]
Read Pheasant Throughout [ed. Nick Eden; Runequest, roleplaying and
comics; 2 issues]
Red Fox
Red Giant [eds. Thomas Haine & Toby Branfoot; mimeographed, RPG
modules and articles; not to be confused with the short lived RPG
prozine of the same name from the early 1990s that lasted a couple of
issues only]
Red Shift [ed. Jez Keen, more of a perzine with creative writing and
RPG ideas, one issue]
Roleplaying [? ed. Joe Deckchair]
Die Rubezahl [ed. Pete Blanchard, sequel to Monstrous Perversion)
Runeriter [ed. Neil Smith; Runequest RPG]
Runestone [ed. Bill Lucas and Nick Edwards]
Runezine [ed.?]
Sacrificing the Goat [ed. Mark Jones; succeeded by "Eidolon"]
Sarceen's Knowledge [ed.? 1 issue, Sky Realms of Jorune]
Sauce of the Nile [ed. Malcolm Smith; rebirth of Bohemian Rhapsody,
published in Antwerp Belgium]
SCAN
School for Scandal [ed. Trevor Mendham; RPG hobby-news zine]
Secrets of the Koan [ed. Trevor Mendham?; University of Warwick
clubzine]
Seventh Sin of the Salamander [ed. Jonathan Laidlow]
SEWARS [ed. Chris Baylis]
Shadowfire
Shatter [ed. Peter Wainwright; 1990-]
Shire Talk [ed.?]
Skullcrusher [ed. Richard Langrish and others; RPG hardware and other
crunchy bits]
Slave [ed. Sheldon Bayley; reviews other zines]
Snot Rag [ed.?, 1987-?]
Sound & Fury [ed. James Wallis, also a "Sound & Fury" #5/"Ivory
Tower"#6 team up issue]
Space Operations [ed. Brian Scott, Space Opera & other FGU games]
Spawn of Chaos
Spectral Vision [ed. Mark McLean]
Spit 4 [ed. D. Evens]
Spitting From the Battlements
Starquester [ed. Mark Oswin]
Starships, Starports and Vehicles [ed.?; Traveler zine, 12 issues]
Start up [ed. Ian Lacey, PBM zine]
Stielkrieg
Storm Lord [ed.?; 15 issues]
Storm Ruler [Storm Lord v.2]
Superhero UK [originally ed. Simon Burley, and later Jonathan Clark;
RPG articles and modules which covered mostly Golden Heroes (created
by Burley) and Champions; 20 issues]
Superzine [ed. Matt Williams; 1 issue?, super hero zine]
Swansea With Me [v1, ed. Matt Williams, sequel to "Tales from
Tanelorn", not to be confused with...Swansea With Me [v2, ed. Alex
Zbyslaw, chat zine, published at the same time as the above]
Swordplay
Take That You Fiend [ed. J. Harrington, Kevin Warne; Tunnels & Trolls]
Tales After Dark
Tales from Tanelorn [ed. Matt Williams]
Tales of the Reaching Moon [ed. David Hall; emphasis on Glorantha
rather than being a Runequest zine, 20 issues; 19??-2003]
Telegraph Road [ed. Jeremy Nuttall, formerly Demon's Drawl]
Tempestuous Orifice [ed. Chris Davies]
The Thing that Came from the Dungheap [ed. Michael Duggan]
This Way Up
Thunderstruck [ed. Tim Kalvis, RPGs & related media]
Thunderwind [ed. John Dalziel & Paul Dawson; first issue #0]
Tome of Horrors [ed. Gordon Moir]
Tortured Souls [ed. A & J Hickling and J Barrett, 12 issues, 1983-86,
adventure modules (D&D/AD&D/RQ) and solo adventures using unique
mapping system]
Tortured Souls [ed,?; small sized, 2 issues; not to be confused with
above Tortured Souls Mag 12 issues large size)
Torturers Apprentice
Totally Zane [ed. Linda Little, mostly perzine, with some PBM and
RPGs]
Tragsnart [ed. Jon ?; subzine in Dool, and others; and also an online
version with reviews of other vintage zines]
Trizine
Trojan Horse [ed. Andy Evans, diplomacy zine with D&D chat]
Trollcrusher [ed. David Row & John Baillie; APA-zine; 29 issues]
Tunnel Talk [ed. Simon Hanks, T&T Zine, Team up Tunnel talk 4 and
Pandemonium #14)
20 Years On [ed. Simon Billeness, Ian Shaw; reviews of many UK RPG
zines, dubbed "The Fanzine Buyer's Guide"]
Twinworld [ed. Mike Straaten, AD&D and Traveller]
Ultimatum [ed. Thomas Lynton]
Underworld Oracle
Utter Drivel [ed. Ben Goodale; chat postal RPG zine; #7 is a team up
with "Tome of Horrors #7 & "Moronica Ripsnore" #3; #12+1 is a team up
with "Moronica Ripsnore"]
Vacuous Grimoire [ed.?; more than one issue?
Verbal Diarrhoea
Vollmond [ed. Andre Paine]
Voom Vat
The Wanderer
Warlock
Warped Sense of Humor [ed. Julie Glig]
Wereman [ed. James Wallis; 9 issues, 1982-84, RPG hardware, first
published works by James Wallis & Spike Y Jones]
The Westron [ed.?, news of a D&D postal campaign]
White Dwarf [ed. Ian Livingstone et al.; early RPG prozine and GW
house-organ that grew out of the news-sheet Owl and Weasel; personal
ads were an early postal internet for the UK zine hobby until they
were unexpectedly stopped by editorial policy in 1987; issues 1-100
are considered to be canon to RPG enthusiasts as they stopped covering
RPGs and concentrated on covering their own miniatures games,
essentially turning the magazine into a monthly catalog]
White Elephant [ed.?; Irish, sequel to The Guilder]
White Rabbit [ed. Maurice Thomas]
White Shadow
The Wild Hunt [US APA-zine, with UK contributors]
Wolvesbane [ed. Jon French, AD&D]
"Wotsit" [ed. Paul Mason, nickname applied to a series of one off
titles that eventually evolved into Imazine by the seventh issue in
the series; previous titles included #1 'The Pete Tamlyn Fanclub
Newsletter', #2 'Brian Dolton's Book of Flower Pressing', #3 'Ian
Marsh's Adventure Gaming Ideas(Novice Edition)', #4 'Rolegaming', #5
'Wanderings of This Stupid Imbecilic Twit' (to take advantage of the
nickname), and #6 is the Imagine parody]
The Writings of a Converted Wraith
Wyrm's Claw [ed.?; Glorantha zine; at least 16 issues]
ZadragorZette [ed. Michael Jacobs; covered editor's "Zadragor" fantasy
campaign; ten year run]
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Abbreviations used:
APAzine=Amateur Press Association fanzine
Clubzine=games club fanzine
dip-zine=Diplomacy fanzine
perzine=personal fanzine
pro-zine=professional magazine
sub-zine= smaller submission inside a compilation zine
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