Games magazines Games magazines Alarums and Excursions (A&E), started in 1975 by Lee Gold, was one of the first fanzines to focus on role-playing games. Each issue consists of contributions from different authors, often featuring game design discussions, rules variants, write-ups of game sessions, reviews, and comments on others contributions. As one might guess, the quality varies; but with a no advertising policy and a huge range of viewpoints on display, A&E often makes for interesting reading. It was a three time winner of the Charles Roberts/ Origins Award for best amateur magazine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alarums and Excursions"
Battle Games in Middle Earth Magazine (BGiME) is a fortnightly magazine published by DeAgostini in conjunction with British games manufacturer Games Workshop. Unlike White Dwarf, which is dedicated to the three core systems of miniature wargaming produced by Games Workshop, BGiME is exclusively about the Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game. ...more on Wikipedia about "Battle Games in Middle Earth (magazine)"
Berg's Review of Games (aka BROG) is a publication started by game designer Richard Berg. The magazine, which debuted in 1991 and recently went virtual, features reviews of wargames. ...more on Wikipedia about "Berg's Review of Games"
Dragon, first issue 1976, is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.It was a follow up to the early TSR newsletter The Strategic Review." ...more on Wikipedia about "Dragon (magazine)"
Dungeon Adventures, commonly called simply Dungeon, is a magazine targeting people who play role playing games, particularly Dungeons & Dragons. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dungeon (magazine)"
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GAMES Magazine is a United States-based magazine devoted to games and puzzles, and is published by GAMES Publications, a division of Kappa Publishing Group. It was originally published by Playboy (debuting with the September/October 1977 issue), was briefly out of business in the late 1980s, and was bought and brought back to life by the mail-order company Bits & Pieces in 1990. The magazine was based in Manhattan until Kappa acquired it in 1996 and moved the Games office to Kappa's headquarters in Pennsylvania. The magazine is published ten issues a year; monthly, except January and June. Each issue contains reviews, articles, the Pencilwise section (pencil puzzles), Wild Cards (short text puzzles), and a contest. Hidden among the advertisements is usually a fake ad, which readers must spot. The cover of the magazine itself is usually a puzzle of some kind. Periodically, the magazine also has a "Hidden Contest," wherein the rules are concealed somehow in the issue. Annually, the December issue includes a compilation of new and noteworthy games in its GAMES 100 list, somewhat akin to an American version of the German Spiel des Jahres. ...more on Wikipedia about "GAMES Magazine" Be happy with www.shortopedia.com
GAMES World of Puzzles is a spinoff of Games Magazine focusing solely on puzzles. A centerpiece section contains a feature puzzle or puzzles, such as puzzles from the World Puzzle Championship or the annual Lt. Nodumbo puzzle mystery. It debuted in 1993. ...more on Wikipedia about "GAMES World of Puzzles"
GamesMaster International, or GMI, was a roleplaying game magazine in the UK published by Newsfield Limited starting in July 1990 ...more on Wikipedia about "GamesMaster International"
InQuest Gamer is a prominent monthly gaming magazine. Originally, the magazine was named InQuest and focused solely on collectible card games; InQuest, along with its competitor Scrye, were the two major CCG magazines. Later, the magazine changed its focus to cover a wider range of games, including role-playing games, computer and video games, collectible miniature games, board games, and others. The magazine is published by Wizard Entertainment (not to be confused with Wizards of the Coast, which produced its own collectible card gaming magazine, The Duelist). ...more on Wikipedia about "InQuest Gamer"
Journal of the Travellers Aid Society is a role-playing game magazine devoted to Traveller, commonly abbreviated JTAS. The first issue was published by GDW in 1979 and the last of the first run was #24 in 1985. It was superseded by the magazine Challenge, which took up its numbering scheme and ran from issue 25 onwards with a broader role-playing game focus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Journal of the Travellers Aid Society"
Kappa Publishing Group, Inc. is an Ambler, Pennsylvania based publishing company concentrating on adult puzzle books and magazines as well as children's magazines. It is a private company founded in 1955 with $11.5 million in annual sales. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kappa Publishing Group"
LeveL is a magazine about computer and video games in Turkey and the Czech Republic; these two brother divisions occasionally exchange content. In addition to publishing the magazine, LeveL also organizes many yearly gaming competitions for Turkish players; it is one of the biggest Turkish sponsors of international gaming contests (such as WCG). ...more on Wikipedia about "LeveL"
Polyhedron was a magazine which started out as the official publication of the RPGA (Role Playing Gamers Association). Publication began in the year 1981, and the target audience was players of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. Articles were written by gamers for other gamers in the style of the Dragon magazine, and information was included on RPGA membership and events. The magazine was issued six times per year and for the most part was available only to RPGA members; for some, joining the RPGA essentially amounted to a subscription to Polyhedron. ...more on Wikipedia about "Polyhedron (magazine)"
Polymancer, first issue in 2004, is a magazine covering roleplaying games and related hobbies such as miniatures, wargaming, and LARPs. The magazine is published in Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Polymancer (magazine)"
Pyramid is a gaming magazine, publishing articles primarily on role-playing games, but including board games, card games, and other sorts of games. It began life in 1993 as a print publication of Steve Jackson Games for its first 30 issues, though it has been published on the Internet since March 1998. Print issues were bimonthly; the online edition publishes new articles each week. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pyramid (magazine)"
Retro Gamer is a British magazine, published worldwide, covering retrocomputing, with a particular emphasis on games. It was the first commercial magazine to be devoted entirely to the subject. Athough launched (in January 2004) as a quarterly publication, Retro Gamer's great popularity soon led to the magazine becoming a monthly. ...more on Wikipedia about "Retro Gamer"
Retro Survival ( www.retrosurvival.co.uk ) is a commercial CD retrogames magazine put together by the freelance writers of Retro Gamer when Live Publishing collapsed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Retro Survival"
Shadis was an independent gaming magazine that published articles on role-playing games. It began as an independent gaming fanzine in 1990, and was later transformed into a quality small-press magazine in 1993. Each issue contained a variety of articles covering many different aspects of ...more on Wikipedia about "Shadis"
The Courier was until recently the oldest game magazine in existence. Started in 1968 by wargaming enthusiasts Dick Bryant and Bob Beattie as a newsletter of the New England Wargamers Association, The Courier underwent a glossy reboot starting in 1979. Dubbed "America's Foremost Miniatures Wargaming Magazine," The Courier featured regular columns and articles on how to collect, assemble, paint, play with, and make historically accurate miniatures. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Courier (magazine)"
The Duelist (or simply Duelist which it later was officially known) was originally a quarterly magazine produced by Wizards of the Coast to accompany the increasingly popular Magic: The Gathering trading card game, beginning in late 1994, but later as a monthly gaming magazine with simply a focus on the collectible card game and trading card game industry. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Duelist"
The Sideboard was a magazine published by Wizards of the Coast that covered Magic: The Gathering tournaments and expert play. After six years of publication, it ceased its print activities and much of the content from The Sideboard (along with the content from its website) was folded into magicthegathering.com . ...more on Wikipedia about "The Sideboard"
The Space Gamer started out as an in-house publication of Metagaming. Metagaming was a small gaming publisher in the late 70's that developed an innovative packaging design. This was used to publish a number of inexpensive Microgames that competed with the better known, but more expensive Avalon Hill. The Space Gamer promoted these games, was well as supporting products of other companies. Many of Metagaming's games would go on to become classics, including Ogre, Melee and Warp War. They would also make Metagaming's best known game designer Steve Jackson into a star. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Space Gamer"
Valkyrie is a current UK role-playing magazine published by Partisan Press and edited by Jay Forester. ...more on Wikipedia about "Valkyrie (magazine)"
White Dwarf is a magazine published by British games manufacturer Games Workshop. Initially dedicated to all kinds of role-playing games, the magazine is now dedicated exclusively to the wargames produced by Games Workshop, mainly the core systems of Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game. ...more on Wikipedia about "White Dwarf (magazine)"
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