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b> This special bundle product contains the following titles. Hippogryph Issue Five
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Welcome to Issue Five: Quaranzine Part 2 If you haven't read Issue Four¸ I need to tell you that this is not an issue packed with advice converting the classic board game Pandemic in to a tabletop roleplaying scenario¸ nor is it a devoted to Max Max-style post-apocalyptic settings. Sorry. It's the second of three issues that I've put together in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. I've needed to spend the time normally devoted to creating this zine taking making arrangements for my mental and physical health. Trust me¸ I'd rather have been working on this. I still need to make a living¸ though¸ which requires that I put out some sort of content. Thankfully the very nature of a zine is that it can be anything you want or need it to be. While I love the format of the early...
Hippogryph Issue Four
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Welcome to Issue Four: Quaranzine Part 1 A bit of clarification before we begin: This is not an issue packed with advice on running modern-day medical thrillers¸ developing post-apocalyptic fantasies¸ or rules for deadly viruses. Sorry. It's the first of three issues that I've put together in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. During this period of social distancing and self-isolation¸ I still need to make a living. Yet this situation has required me to spend some extra time tending to my mental and physical health. I've needed to spend some time helping others as well. All of which has taken away from the time normally spent working on this zine and related projects. The nature of a zine¸ though¸ is that it can be anything you want or need it to be. While I love...
Hippogryph Issue One
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in this issue: fandom as religion - In the past decade fandom has become contentious and un-fun. With the mainstreaming of things formerly relegated to the fringes¸ is there any reason to continue supporting an increasingly toxic fan culture? novel-style character profiles - A character sheet is only good for the game system it was created for¸ but a character profile is truly universal. Learn how to create character guides the way fiction writers do. worldbuilding basics - Create a setting from scratch by starting with the most important information ‐ the things the players need to know at the beginning of the campaign¸ and what the gamemaster requires to run it. supplication: a different type of adventure - What happens when the player characters are downtrodden and persecuted¸ and h...
Hippogryph Issue Seven
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In This Issue: The Soft Reboot Revisiting the Black Box Movement RPG Manual Cost as Barrier to Entry Game Design: The Man in the Arena Do What You Can Black Box: Everything is a Remix Politics in Roleplaying Settings Black Box and Remix Culture Freebies¸ Trolls¸ and What Have You Guide Instead of Gamemaster System Rather Than Rules Why "Player" Is In But "Game" Is Out Dancing Lights Press Forums Current Print-on-Demand Problems Making Alignment Useful Opposing Character Death Writing a Fantasy Heartbreaker A hippogryph is the poster child for two things that¸ by all logic¸ should not go together. Yet somehow¸ they merge into a new entity that not only works¸ but elevates both components. It's a strange hybrid creature¸ combining elements of a giant eagle with a horse. Various...
Hippogryph Issue Six
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Welcome to Issue Six: Quaranzine Part 3 If yo