Fight On! Issue #2 Now Available!

[calithena]

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 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, 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! The issue can be purchased at lulu here.

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. Beaudry. 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.nowheregirl.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 karenswhimsy.com (30, 39, 40, 46, 49, 50, 54, 55, 57, 88) and wpcclipart.com (52).

Issue #1 is still available as well, in print and PDF:



Together the two issues give a pretty good sense of what we're up to. We hope you enjoy the magazine!

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Wow! Awesome covers. And up from 30 pages to 88 pages. There really shouldn't be any complaints about the price now.

[tank]

I just ordered my copy. I can't wait to read through!

[busman]

My copy came over the weekend, I haven't had a chance to do more than flip through it and briefly browse, but wow! That's a heck of a lot of content right there!

[coffee]

I got my copy last week and it's almost too much to digest in one sitting!

I've been flipping through it, idly, when I have the time. There's so much to love!

* The shields article was awesome, as is the art throughout.

* The penguin article made me laugh out loud, and that was just in the first three paragraphs!

* The interview with Dave Arneson was, as usual, illuminating.

* The first installment of "The Darkness Beneath" makes me want to plunk down my money for the whole dungeon, and most of it hasn't even been written yet. (It's gonna be torture waiting for each installment...)

And that's just the stuff I've read so far.

[doc]

Mine came yesterday. I've read the first 35 pages and have found it to be even better than the first isssue!

While I've yet to find anything I don't like, some of my favorite parts include:

The Tower of Birds: The vulture demon gemstone is definitely not only something that can be the focus of an adventure, but can lead to several others as well.

Penguins!: The drawings alone are worth the price of the magazine. This really made my day My only beef is why on earth would you prominantly show a penguin flashing 'chucks and NOT allow them to take the Monk class? I'd allow penguins to reach 8th level as Monks, and even establish a monastic fighting order, something like "The Enlightened Order of the Flightless Fowl." While they don't fit in to my sword & sorcery game, I'm definitely planning on having my Arduin group encounter a hard-fightin', hard-livin' bird called Magnum (as in Magnum Opus) whom they will run afoul (afowl?) of.

The Darkness Beneath: With location names like The Blasphemous Shrine of the Tentacled God, The Palace of Eternal Illusion, and (especially) The Tomb of the Black Lord of Nothingness, this adventure setting just screams Old School goodness! I really hope to see all of these areas detailed in later issues. Oh, one question about the Upper Caves: When you first encounter a crab man, does it give it's traditional salutation of "Hey, Earl?"

The Tables for Fables is really well done, epsecially the Major Dungeon Locations. This is something you can start a campaign around and have weeks, if not months, of adventures.

The Seven Swords: I like the whole concept of magical weapons being unique and very hard to come by, as opposed to the thousands of +2 Longswords that characters seem to find tucked away in unguarded chests or randomly inserted in treasure troves. That is how I play 'em in my own game; every magical item is a unique item with it's own history.

Well, I'll hopefully find the time to read some more tonight. I love it so far, and I'm not even halfway through it!

Great job to all involved!


Doc

[coffee]

Aug 12, 2008 13:07:03 GMT -6 doc said:

Oh, one question about the Upper Caves: When you first encounter a crab man, does it give it's traditional salutation of "Hey, Earl?"

Doc

Depends on the party, I would guess; sometimes it'll say "Hey, Randy."