Issue #2 Table of Contents

[calithena]

This is what y'all are waiting on lulu for:

Table of Contents:
Dedication to Dave Arneson…………………………….1
The Tower of Birds (Gabor Lux)………………………..3
The Devil’s in the Details (Kesher)……………………....6
The Penguin as Player Character (Patrick Farley)………...8
The Dragon-Blooded (Calithena)……………………….12
Knights & Knaves (Karen Collins)……………………...13
The Monster Machine (Vincent Baker)…………………14
The Darkness Beneath (Hackman)…………………..….19
Tables for Fables (Age of Fable)……………………..…26
The Seven Swords (Jacob “Badelaire” Boucher)……...…27
Shields Shall Be Splintered (J. Brian Murphy)………...…28
Panicked Mounts and Falls (Geoffrey O. Dale)…………30
The Entourage Approach (David Bowman)………….…31
Ye Olde Magic Shoppe (Jeff Rients)……………………32
Unusual & Magical Spirits (Max Davenport)……………35
Random Inn Generator (James Edward Raggi IV)…...…36
Adventure Flowchart (Dan Eldredge)………….……….44
Education of a Magic User (Douglas Cox)…………...…45
The Outdoor Map (James Maliszewski)……………...…46
The Wilderness Architect (Victor Raymond)………...…52
Barbarian Magic Items (Baz Blatt)…………………...…58
Handgonnes & Cannons (L. William Schneider)……..…59
The First Dungeon Adventure (Greg Svenson)……...…60
Dave Arneson, Blackmoor, & Me! (Robert Lionheart)…62
Interview with Dave Arneson………………………..…63
The Red Gem of High Cartography (Edsan)………...…64
The Magic of Mistworld (Steve Marsh)…………………82
Oceanian Legends (Del L. Beaudry)………………….…84
Finish the City! (Andrew Reyes)…………………...……86
Creepies & Crawlies (Jeff Rients)…………………….…87
Artifacts, Adjuncts, and Oddments (Gabor Lux)……..…88

Index of Illustrations & Cartography: Front Cover by Kevin Mayle (http://kevinmayle.netaidz.com/main.php); Fight On! logo by Jeff Rients. Back cover by Del L. Beau-dry. Dave Arneson photo by Madeline Ferwerda. Interior art by Gabor Lux (3, 4, 5); Kesher (4, 7, 25, 71); Andrew Reyes (6, 27, 31, 36, 45, 86); Justine Shaw (www.nowhere-girl.com, 8, 10, 11); Otherworld Miniatures (9); Peter Seckler (12, 14); Adele Lorienne (www.meadowhaven.net, 13); Vincent Baker (16, 18, 22); Robert S. Conley (20, 48); David Bowman (23); Age of Fable (26); Lee Barber (29, 34, 83); Anthony Stiller (33, 59); Santiago L. “Zulgyan” Oría (43); Dan Eldredge (44); Douglas Cox (45); Kevin Mayle (61); “Murdock” (63); Seskimo (65, 69, 72, 80); and Edsan (74, 77, 81). We also used public domain clipart from www.karenswhimsy.com (30, 39, 40, 46, 49, 50, 54, 55, 57, 88) and wpcclipart.com (52).

[Zulgyan]

[grodog]

Looks great, Sean: I can't wait to order this one

[blackbarn]

It looks to be jam-packed with cool stuff. Nice job, guys.

[ant]

Awesome! That's a chock-full issue and then some. Can't wait to order this.

[Deleted]

I'm new here, so I may have missed it. When is the new Fight On! coming out? I ordered the PDF a week or so ago (of Issue #1) and was very, very pleased.

[Melan]

A promising array of articles. How many of these are adventures?

Robo: the print version should theoretically be available very soon; the PDF a few months afterwards.

[calithena]

Welcome, Robo!

Melan, there are four articles I would categorize as 'adventures' in the broad sense: Tower of Birds, The Darkness Beneath Level 1: The Upper Caves, The Outdoor Map, and The Red Gem of High Cartography. In addition there are many adventure seeds etc. strewn about other articles. But I'm going to try to do four adventures (at least in the broad sense, including wilderness descriptions like The Outdoor Map and campaign setups like Space Wizards!) every issue.

In retrospect I think #2 could have used a little more 'ideological' material (editorials, etc.) but on the other hand doing it the way we did it memorializes the flood of support that was still out there for the old ways once we got this thing going. But what I consider the core of every issue is monsters, spells, magic items, and adventures. That's what DMs actually rip out of third party projects in my experience - at least, that's the stuff I'm always stealing - plus we live in an age of rules and systems glut and creativity drought, or at least that's the way I see it.

[calithena]

Those four adventures also cover about 34 pages of the issue, so that's a good percentage.

[calithena]

...and lulu tells me my proof copy has shipped, so it's wending its way here...

[Zulgyan]

Did any of my "small goodies" got into the mag?

[calithena]

One pic and the Sword of the Thief. I am expecting battle robots from you next issue, sir!

[Zulgyan]

I lost that in a computer crash

Did "Caminaru" made it?

I'm just curious, not demanding anything.

[calithena]

Caminaru didn't make it this time, but he's in there to be used sooner or later.

I'd love it if you'd do that battle robots article, Zulg. But if your creative juices are somewhere else right now, send that stuff in instead!

[Deleted]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!! What a TOC!!!