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Post by scalydemon on Dec 9, 2012 20:56:05 GMT -6
Still on track to have AFS#2 out by Dec 20th 2012. Pre-ordering should allow you to recieve by Christmas with any luck (depending on where you live). The cost is only $6 (includes shipping to the USA), OR $11 international. Please PM me if you are in Canada and have interest. To pre-order you can paypal me at srmoberly @ yahoo.com or send me a check or folded up $6 to AFS zine/Scott Moberly 23733 SE 277th Pl, Maple Valley WA 98038. I will post more info and pics of the completed product when it is finished..thanks for your support Table of Contents:  |
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Post by jasonzavoda on Dec 9, 2012 21:31:04 GMT -6
Any chance of doing a subscription for future issues?
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Post by cadriel on Dec 10, 2012 7:59:31 GMT -6
Awesome. Preorder sent.
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Post by Ghul on Dec 10, 2012 18:23:24 GMT -6
Excellent. I just put the final touches on my 3,600 word piece. Inspired by Benoist Poire, and with some able suggestions from Colin Chapman, I put together the CRYOMANCER subclass, a sorcerer who masters the control and manipulation of snow, ice, and arctic winds. This new class is intended for use with AS&SH, but is easily adapted to other traditional fantasy RPGs. The article contains the class, 15 new spells, 1 new monster, and 1 new magic item. I had a lot of fun with this.
My word, I've been acting as a printer, shipper, and spread sheet jockey for too many months now, and it felt good to get typing on some fresh RPG material with a tight deadline. Special thanks to RJK for alerting me to AFS, and thanks to Scott for welcoming me aboard. ~Cheers, Jeff T.
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Post by rjkuntz on Dec 10, 2012 18:39:18 GMT -6
@ Ghul - Does the "Cry"-omancer shed tears of ice?  Sounds "cool".  Hope to read it while eating a "berg"-er Joking aside, it really sounds neat, Mr. J. Ghul! Looking forward to it! |
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Post by scalydemon on Dec 10, 2012 21:50:10 GMT -6
Any chance of doing a subscription for future issues? Hi, would like to do that, but the publishing schedule has been erratic enough thus far that I wouldn't want to commit. On another note, I believe AFS #2 will have 67 weight cardstock (illustrated) front and back covers which will be a cosmetic improvement (ivory, non -gloss) . Also the pages will be double sided. Awesome to have Ghul's submission |
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Post by rjkuntz on Dec 10, 2012 21:51:23 GMT -6
@ SD: Nice touches.
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Post by grodog on Dec 10, 2012 22:30:50 GMT -6
Order placed yesterday, will receive the magazine in NJ while I'm there visiting for the holidays  |
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Post by Ghul on Dec 11, 2012 6:55:52 GMT -6
@ Ghul - Does the "Cry"-omancer shed tears of ice? Sounds "cool". Hope to read it while eating a "berg"-er I should suspect you'd be an expert in all things cold, seeing as how you were born in the Ice Age! Zing! ;D Indeed, and looking forward to it. I was going through some of my stuff a few nights ago and I bumped into Black Festival. I read the first few pages so far and look forward to reading more tonight. |
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Post by rjkuntz on Dec 11, 2012 12:49:52 GMT -6
@ Ghul - Does the "Cry"-omancer shed tears of ice? Sounds "cool". Hope to read it while eating a "berg"-er I should suspect you'd be an expert in all things cold, seeing as how you were born in the Ice Age! Zing! ;D Indeed, and looking forward to it. I was going through some of my stuff a few nights ago and I bumped into Black Festival. I read the first few pages so far and look forward to reading more tonight. I see you missed your "Punning" save! Such ultramundane sorceries are welcome on my part. They are very *N(ice).* It's like magic *Cubed* to to tell the truth. Others will not stand a *snowball's* chance in southern Hyperboria! As for Black Festival, it's my one contribution to Swords & Sorcery, though I had other stories outlined for Wolfar. I much preferred writing in the weird vein ala 'Smith. I wrote "The Flight of Marloc" many moons ago, but then the story was lost along with many other literary artifacts in a combination fire/thievery episode in 1989. Cheers Ghul! |
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Post by scalydemon on Dec 11, 2012 18:44:00 GMT -6
Editors note: AFS Issue#1 is now sold out (last 2 copies I had went to Irvine CA & Madison WI). Also, got the covers printed today for AFS issue#2 on 67weight cardstock, non-glossy ivory. I am happy with the way they turned out . Not sure if the pic will do it justice..  |
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Post by grodog on Dec 11, 2012 19:26:23 GMT -6
Very nice, Scott: is the cover art by Dore?
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Post by rjkuntz on Dec 11, 2012 20:01:11 GMT -6
Yeah. He "adores" Dore. |
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Post by scalydemon on Dec 11, 2012 20:13:10 GMT -6
Yeah. He "adores" Dore. Yes, yea verily My favorite magazine is the now defunct Weirdbook. (The Etelven Thios story featured in AFS #2 was originally printed in Weirdbook #15 from 1981, the author has given me permission to re-print it here, (thanks to him for that) What I am hoping to do in some small fashion is to have this zine emulate it's look & feel. At least its a direction I am striving for |
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Post by Ghul on Dec 12, 2012 7:05:56 GMT -6
I see you missed your "Punning" save! Such ultramundane sorceries are welcome on my part. They are very *N(ice).* It's like magic *Cubed* to to tell the truth. Others will not stand a *snowball's* chance in southern Hyperboria! Cold hearted rob that rules the night, removes the colors from our sight! It's a veritable whitewash, I say. He seeks to wake me from hibernation, to engage me in silly punnery, but that is a slippery slope I refuse to sled down. |
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Post by Ghul on Dec 12, 2012 7:18:06 GMT -6
Yeah. He "adores" Dore. Well, I happen to think that Dore is a jar. |
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Post by rjkuntz on Dec 12, 2012 12:26:49 GMT -6
When is a door not a jar? When it's *clothed*... |
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Post by rjkuntz on Dec 12, 2012 12:36:04 GMT -6
I see you missed your "Punning" save! Such ultramundane sorceries are welcome on my part. They are very *N(ice).* It's like magic *Cubed* to to tell the truth. Others will not stand a *snowball's* chance in southern Hyperboria! Cold hearted rob that rules the night, removes the colors from our sight! It's a veritable whitewash, I say. He seeks to wake me from hibernation, to engage me in silly punnery, but that is a slippery slope I refuse to sled down. Didn't you mean. "Hyborea-Nation"? Cold--harted deer steals through iced nite, Making less its plight. For it is less a pun, To wander so soon, Rather than when noon, And under the gun. |
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Post by Ghul on Dec 14, 2012 10:52:16 GMT -6
Cold hearted rob that rules the night, removes the colors from our sight! It's a veritable whitewash, I say. He seeks to wake me from hibernation, to engage me in silly punnery, but that is a slippery slope I refuse to sled down. Didn't you mean. "Hyborea-Nation"? Cold--harted deer steals through iced nite, Making less its plight. For it is less a pun, To wander so soon, Rather than when noon, And under the gun. Naught did it cervid him well, The silly "bone head" To run like hell To avoid being bled! For in the road Was he struck by Big Bill Boread's Rusty old ice truck |
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Post by scalydemon on Dec 15, 2012 21:11:07 GMT -6
Editor's notes: 1. AFS Issue #2 layout is complete! Hoping to get the printing and binding done by Monday or Tuesday and start shipping the pre-orders. Pretty stoked at the content & look of it  2. The zine is coming in at a Big 46 pages with a cardstock front & back cover, thus I have figured out I am going to need to charge $6.00 ($11.00 International) includes zine + shipping moving forward to make sure I at least break even more comfortably. Those that have already pre-ordered at $5 ($10 International') no problem no worries at all, that's the advantage of pre-ordering. 3. I ended up printing a handful more of Issue #1 and there is an option to order both (total for this would be $11 domestic, $21 International) Thanks for your support and I will look to post a pic of the completed product soon Orders can be placed via paypal by sending the appropriate amount to srmoberly @ yahoo.com |
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Post by rjkuntz on Dec 15, 2012 23:57:06 GMT -6
hibernation Didn't you mean. "Hyborea-Nation"? Cold--harted deer steals through iced nite, Making less its plight. For it is less a pun, To wander so soon, Rather than when noon, And under the gun. Naught did it cervid him well, The silly "bone head" To run like hell To avoid being bled! For in the road Was he struck by Big Bill Boread's Rusty old ice truck (Ah, missed this) Dear North Easterly Ghul, Lord of unchallenged vaunts and eventual haunts. Having deciphered the recent Deery Declination, and this in relation to the aforementioned truck, I have deduced a parallel realty which produced said side-swiped buck-aroo. It seems that the adjoining land that produced it was in fact Big Bill Boread's Brother's, who in a fit of epilepsy attendant upon his over-swilling ponderous amounts of the self-named 'shine, was caught unaware by the horned intruder in a veritable state of ecstatic hallucination; and having interpreted the event as the coming of Lucifer, took to all methods possible to vex the visitor, this after pulling his pants up amid many other less frightful gesticulations. Afrightened, our intrepid intruder leapt before its puissant pursuer and onto said bypass whereat Bill was at that time bringing in another load of swill, thus clobbering both the truck and dear deery. Both BB's were later arrested for multiple reasons relating to the matter overall. Cheers! El Raja Kook. |
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Post by Ghul on Dec 16, 2012 7:13:23 GMT -6
Naught did it cervid him well, The silly "bone head" To run like hell To avoid being bled! For in the road Was he struck by Big Bill Boread's Rusty old ice truck (Ah, missed this) Dear North Easterly Ghul, Lord of unchallenged vaunts and eventual haunts. Having deciphered the recent Deery Declination, and this in relation to the aforementioned truck, I have deduced a parallel realty which produced said side-swiped buck-aroo. It seems that the adjoining land that produced it was in fact Big Bill Boread's Brother's, who in a fit of epilepsy attendant upon his over-swilling ponderous amounts of the self-named 'shine, was caught unaware by the horned intruder in a veritable state of ecstatic hallucination; and having interpreted the event as the coming of Lucifer, took to all methods possible to vex the visitor, this after pulling his pants up amid many other less frightful gesticulations. Afrightened, our intrepid intruder leapt before its puissant pursuer and onto said bypass whereat Bill was at that time bringing in another load of swill, thus clobbering both the truck and dear deery. Both BB's were later arrested for multiple reasons relating to the matter overall. Cheers! El Raja Kook. Dear me! This Randy Jay Koot has got me on the ropes, so I am forced to concede en Español, quoting the great Roberto Durán when I say, "No musth!" |
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Post by scalydemon on Dec 16, 2012 13:52:07 GMT -6
Order now and roll %dice for chance to receive by Christmas ;D
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Post by Ghul on Dec 16, 2012 14:06:33 GMT -6
Order now and roll %dice for chance to receive by Christmas ;D Scott, I'd like to plug the new issue at my AS&SH FB page and so forth. Should I use your blog for a link? Last time I checked, it wasn't updated to issue #2 and was still showing #1 . . . |
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Post by rjkuntz on Dec 16, 2012 15:55:37 GMT -6
(Ah, missed this) Dear North Easterly Ghul, Lord of unchallenged vaunts and eventual haunts. Having deciphered the recent Deery Declination, and this in relation to the aforementioned truck, I have deduced a parallel realty which produced said side-swiped buck-aroo. It seems that the adjoining land that produced it was in fact Big Bill Boread's Brother's, who in a fit of epilepsy attendant upon his over-swilling ponderous amounts of the self-named 'shine, was caught unaware by the horned intruder in a veritable state of ecstatic hallucination; and having interpreted the event as the coming of Lucifer, took to all methods possible to vex the visitor, this after pulling his pants up amid many other less frightful gesticulations. Afrightened, our intrepid intruder leapt before its puissant pursuer and onto said bypass whereat Bill was at that time bringing in another load of swill, thus clobbering both the truck and dear deery. Both BB's were later arrested for multiple reasons relating to the matter overall. Cheers! El Raja Kook. Dear me! This Randy Jay Koot has got me on the ropes, so I am forced to concede en Español, quoting the great Roberto Durán when I say, "No musth!" Aw shucks. It was just becoming fun, Jethro! |
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Post by scalydemon on Dec 16, 2012 20:49:05 GMT -6
Order now and roll %dice for chance to receive by Christmas ;D Scott, I'd like to plug the new issue at my AS&SH FB page and so forth. Should I use your blog for a link? Last time I checked, it wasn't updated to issue #2 and was still showing #1 . . . Hey, thanks Ghul, any help spreading the word would be appreciated. I was waiting to update my blog, until I had an actual zine copy produced and printed so I could show the actual product. I have tomorrow off so my hope is to have that accomplished by then or possibly Tuesday (and then the pre-orders will ship also). As MLK once said, how long? not long.... |
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Post by scalydemon on Dec 17, 2012 12:40:46 GMT -6
 AFS Magazine Issue #2 is released! and available for purchase. It is 46 pages long, contains a cardstock cover & will be sent by parcel mail. Each copy costs $6.00 for stamp/shipping, ink, paper,mailing envelope, PayPal fees, and a small investment in the binding machinery I purchased. It includes old school gaming modules, adventures, tables, and articles with a nod to the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, Jack Vance, Robert E Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith. This is old school grass roots publishing produced in the spider filled ruins of my basement, ring bound in the style of Chainmail(1971 Gygax/Perren). This magazine is available in print only. If you are located anywhere within the USA then shipping is included in the cover price. International orders to all countries except Canada are $11.00 (includes shipping). Canada please PM me or respond here for price to where you are. You can either roll up $6 cash , or check payable to Scott Moberly/AFS Zine and mail it to Scott Moberly 23733 SE 277th Pl Maple Valley WA 98038 - or paypal is accepted, just go to www.paypal.com and my paypal is srmoberly at yahoo.com. Please ensure the address paypal has on file for you is accurate. Thanks for your support I printed up the first copy and it turned out awesome.  AFS Magazine #2 - Table of Contents New Monsters - 1. Ziege Men 2. Giant Yellow Toads 3. Resin Constructs by Scott Moberly Article – Advent of the Elder Ones: Mythos vs. Man in the Lake Geneva Original Campaign, 1973-1976 by Robert J Kuntz Fiction – The Other Murder of Etelven Thios by Darrell Schweitzer (1981) Adventure – Cliff Warrens of the Corvid Birdmen by Scott Moberly New Monsters – 1. The Zombastodon 2. Leiber Ghuls by Chris Kutalik Table – The Big Table of Semi-Mundane Items – 100 items Variant Class – Cryomancer: A new magician subclass for use with AS&SH and other traditional fantasy role-playing games by Jeff Talanian New Monster – The Muyoss (aka Cosmos Creature): Mythos Monster from the Lake Geneva Original Campaign by Robert J Kuntz Table – The Big Table of Minor Magic Items Variant Class - The Templar by Vargr1105 |
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Post by cadriel on Dec 18, 2012 6:20:59 GMT -6
I've been meaning to ask: why exactly is it called AFS? I don't see any explanation in any of the blog posts or threads here or elsewhere.
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Post by scalydemon on Dec 18, 2012 9:42:26 GMT -6
I've been meaning to ask: why exactly is it called AFS? I don't see any explanation in any of the blog posts or threads here or elsewhere. Note: All pre-orders will be shipped today! The more recent batch of orders I have recieved will ship Wednesday or Thursday. Hi cadriel. To answer your question: I had originally started this magazine in collaboration with another friend in Houston. We both had an interest in history, war history and political history as well as old school gaming. The original concept for the zine was for it to be old school gaming content and also feature a few articles on events in history. AFS stands for Anti-fascist gaming society. ie. we had an article on the death and hanging of Mussolini, the Spanish civil war and the fascist falange etc. (Nothing to do with current politics). We ended up bagging the idea but the name stuck. The magazine has shifted to it's current focus on old school gaming and pulp literature which seems to fit better |
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Post by cadriel on Dec 18, 2012 9:53:20 GMT -6
I've been meaning to ask: why exactly is it called AFS? I don't see any explanation in any of the blog posts or threads here or elsewhere. Note: All pre-orders will be shipped today! The more recent batch of orders I have recieved will ship Wednesday or Thursday. Hi cadriel. To answer your question: I had originally started this magazine in collaboration with another friend in Houston. We both had an interest in history, war history and political history as well as old school gaming. The original concept for the zine was for it to be old school gaming content and also feature a few articles on events in history. AFS stands for Anti-fascist gaming society. ie. we had an article on the death and hanging of Mussolini, the Spanish civil war and the fascist falange etc. (Nothing to do with current politics). We ended up bagging the idea but the name stuck. The magazine has shifted to it's current focus on old school gaming and pulp literature which seems to fit better Fun story - have an exalt for shipping the preorders! |
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