Fight On! #12 Released in Print and PDF!

[calithena]

Mutants! Androids! Robots! Pure Strain Humans! Fight On! is back, with another 88 pages of gut-wrenching, laser-pulsing, fist-pounding action! Rules variants, tables, adventures large and small, science fiction and fantasy, races, classes, monsters, spells, magic items, NPCs, history, opinion, and lore can be found herein! Featuring art and articles by Mark Allen, Ian Baggley, Lee Barber, Erin "Taichara" Bisson, Daniel Boggs, David Bowman, Simon Bull, David Coleman, Fat Cotton, Michael Curtis, Liz Danforth, Ndege Diamond, Ron Edwards, Kelvin Green, Tim Kask, John Larrey, John Laviolette, Lester, Gabor Lux, Heron Prior, Jeff Rients, Chris Robert, Zak S., Alex Schroeder, Jason Sholtis, Tim "Sniderman" Snider, Jennifer Weigel, and this issue's dedicatee James M. Ward, alongside many others! If want to take your FRP experience to the next level, don't delay - buy this issue and Fight On!

The print version is available here: www.lulu.com/product/16258333

and the PDF is available here: www.lulu.com/product/16258563

To encourage you to check us out, we have put two other products on SALE along with the release of Issue 12. These prices won’t last forever! The Fight On! Compiled Compilation +4, combining our first four fabulous issues under one cover, can currently be purchased for $19.99; and Roll the Bones, our well-reviewed collection of fantastic fiction, is available for just $14.99. We’d be honored if you checked one or both out!

The compilation is available here: www.lulu.com/product/15712103

and Roll the Bones is available here: www.lulu.com/product/14939306

If you buy by the end of the day TOMORROW (July 15), you can save even more on all of these – lulu is offering a site-wide discount of 20% off everything with the coupon BIG (BIG305AU, BIG305UK for some foreign readers), making this one of the best times to check us out for the first time or check back in if you’ve missed a few issues! While you’re at it, check out some other lulu gaming products – there is a ton of good stuff on there from all kinds of producers.

Thanks for your interest, and whether you pick up an issue or not, keep fighting on!

Table of Contents
Champions of ZED (Daniel Boggs) 3
Fast Company II – Nonhumans (Schroeder & Shieh) 11
It’s All in the Cards (Michael Curtis) 12
The Tomb of Kaman-Doh Rey’d (David Coleman) 17
The Apen (Andrew “The Venomous Pao” Trent) 20
Geologians (Tim “Sniderman” Snider) 22
The Witch Doctor (Scott Moberly) 24
Knights & Knaves (Barber, Green, Rients, & Cal) 25
Grognard’s Grimoire (Erin “Taichara” Bisson) 27
The City State of Dusal Dagodli (Gabor Lux) 28
The Darkness Beneath (Heron Prior & David Bowman) 32
Education of a Magic User (Douglas Cox) 44
Doxy, Urgent Care Cleric (J. Linneman & K. Green) 45
Sir Tendeth (Tim “Sniderman” Snider) 46
Creepies & Crawlies (T. Snider and Jeffrey P. Talanian) 60
Monstrous Ecology (Ron Edwards) 63
Random’s Assortment (Peter Jensen & Random) 64
Curses Gone Wild! (John Laviolette) 65
Artifacts, Adjuncts, & Oddments (Jason Sholtis) 67
Treasure Types (Simon Bull) 68
Dungeon Modules: The Rondo Rooms (Jeff Rients) 69
Pigdivot! (Chris Robert) 72
Where the Action Is (Zak S.) 80
Merlyn’s Mystical Mirror (Gabor Lux & Jo Kreil) 84
Notes from a Master (James M. Ward & Tim Kask) 86

Front cover by Mark Allen (marjasall.com). Back cover by Kevin Mayle. Fight On! logo by Jeff Rients. Jim Ward photos by John Sapienza, Jr. and Breck Ward. Interior art and cartography by Jason Sholtis (4,9,21,67), OSRCon (osrcon.ca: 6), Fat Cotton (7,80), karenswhimsy.com (10), Anthony Stiller (12,64), Black Blade Publishing (blackblade publishing.com: 13), Liz Danforth (15), Hudson Bell (16), David Coleman (17), Netherwerks (netherwerks.blogspot. com: 18,42), Lawrence Raymond (18), Ndege Diamond (19,33,40,47), Lester (22,60,61,86), Centers for Disease Control (24), Kelvin Green (25,45,65), Lee Barber (26,51, Creepies & Crawlies logo, Knights & Knaves logo), Alex Schroeder (27,34), Gabor Lux (28,29,30), Antonio Sant’ Elia (31), Robert S. Conley (batintheattic.com: 32), Heron Prior (37,48,51,52,53,57), Bronze Age Miniatures (bronze agemin.com: 41), Douglas Cox (44), Tim “Sniderman” Snider (46), DEI Games (deigames.com, 46), John Larrey (54,63), Ian Baggley (62), Jennifer Weigel (69,74,79), Matthew Howerter (70), Kevin Mayle (72), Greengoat (75), Peter Schmidt Jensen (83), Henchman Abuse (henchman abuse.blogspot.com: 84), and F. Douglas Wall Publishing (fdouglaswall.blogspot.com: 85).

[kesher]

Now THAT is a kick-ass cover!

[scalydemon]

Looks awesome, nice job!

When are contributors copies being sent out? Thanks

[kabuki]

Now, this cover wants to be bought really, really bad. Awesome indeed, plus the content sounds very cool. Kudos!

[calithena]

Thanks guys! Mark may have even out-done the stirges with this cover. Contributors should have an email...

[kelvingreen]

Email received and blurb blogged!

[terrex]

Looks great, as usual!

Which dungeon level of the Darkness Beneath is featured?

[calithena]

Level 8, the Deep Caves. It's a monster...and it's not even all detailed. Dave and I wrote most of the overview and Heron wrote the rest of the overview and almost all of the two scenarios. Simon helped. There are actually more open spaces to contribute to Darkness Beneath now if people want, since lots of the Deep Caves are left to be fleshed out.

[Deleted]

Awesome, just got mine. That cover is BOSS!

How does one submit material? I've had some Post-Apoc and Sci-fi/space opera stuff that I've been looking to publish for a while....

[apeloverage]

I didn't get an email ([e-mail])

[calithena]

Jay - just send it to calithena and/or iggyumlaut, at gmail. Thanks for your interest! We'd love to check out your stuff.

Apeloverage - I will get Ig to send you one now.

[apeloverage]

Thanks, received.

[Ghul]

Looks great! Beautiful colors on the cover. So many great articles and adventure resources to read. I've plugged the issue at the AS&SH Facebook Page. Great job editors and contributors!

[calithena]

Thanks Ghul!

Mark really outdid himself on that front cover, I agree. Nice to have Kevin with us again on the back too.

If Ian ever has any color work he wants to share he'd be great for a cover, front or back. His B&W stuff is so good I've even thought about putting that on the cover...

It is awesome the way artists have stepped up to help make this 'zine, and highly appreciated.

[moonlapse vertigo]

this looks great. looking forward to reading through tonight.

[ant]

I'm not really into the sci-fi fantasy but I think this issue may convert me. Utterly fantastic job everybody!

[Melan]

Darkness Beneath this issue is some really strong material. I like it.

[Deleted]

There seems to be a problem trying to buy the print version. It's not listed in the Fight On! Lulu store, and trying to buy it from the direct link gets the error "this product is not available for sale".

[moonlapse vertigo]

Jul 17, 2011 23:57:30 GMT -6 Melan said:

Darkness Beneath this issue is some really strong material. I like it.

Thank you, that’s great to hear. Hopefully, someone will be inspired to fill in other areas of the Deep Caves. I know Simon Bull still has a big tie-in adventure waiting in the wings, and I’ve got one minor thing I’d still like to detail, but there’s a ton of empty space there.

I’ve been skimming through this issue, but haven’t read it all yet. It was great to see something from Jim Ward. I liked Zak’s editorial (although I think it needs a different forum…here he’s preaching to the choir), and Jeff R. has a way of writing that always makes me smile. I also liked that we had not one, but two supernaturally long-lived pack mules in this issue…hopefully it will start a new trend in mule-centric gaming material.

[crusssdaddy]

Got my hard copy today. I dig the matte cover and stapled binding - brings back fond memories of getting Dragon in the mail.

Looks really good.

[talysman]

I should be getting my own hard copy pretty soon: got an email yesterday or the day before saying it had shipped.

I should also note here that I posted errata on my blog for my contribution, "Curses Gone Wild!" Somehow, I edited out an important bit about shrapnel damage, which might not have mattered, except that the random target effect refers to the shrapnel rules as a method to determine which target is affected. Sorry about that.

[kevinmayle]

Arrived today. Looks great!

[calithena]

Good to hear from all of you! I think this is an especially strong issue and am glad people are grooving on the Darkness Beneath material.

Rafial, it went down briefly because of a lulu problem, but it is back up and doing well again now.

[calithena]

If people like the issue, please feel free to mention it in appropriate corners of the internet or elsewhere. Blog mentions, facebook links, etc. are very welcome if people have the time and inclination. This magazine still is running as a community nonprofit and I hope contributors and readers think of it is 'ours', that's the point of it.

[calithena]

Another crack at big savings - TIME305, TIMEUK305, TIMEAU305 all get 25% off any order up to $400!

[moonlapse vertigo]

Jul 25, 2011 8:38:05 GMT -6 calithena said:

If people like the issue, please feel free to mention it in appropriate corners of the internet or elsewhere....

I'm always a bit surprised there's not more discussion in places like Dragonsfoot, as it's a large community one would think would have similar interests and goals. I realize that forum tends to be either hostile to or ignorant of old school blogs and releases, though.

Have there ever been instances where you've offered one or two of the older issues as a free download to increase exposure? I know I wouldn't have found NOD if not for that.

[calithena]

There are lots of people at DF who buy and like FO!, but I agree that it's not discussed as much there as it might be. I am planning on offering a free PDF as a promotion soon, probably #5 or #8. That's a good idea - maybe even have it as a permanent freebie. Right now the #11 PDF is half price, but maybe after that one ends I will try that out.

I am a big fan of Dragonsfoot and have been on there for years. This board actually grew in part out of Fin trying and failing to get a specially dedicated OD&D board over there, if I recall correctly! But I don't think there are any hard feelings on this end and even though some of us might favor different places to talk about the old games (here and K&K being two obvious examples), those guys were carrying the torch before any of the rest of us.