“The Fantasy Forum”—a fanzine

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Does anyone else remember this TFT fanzine?

Issue 1 is dated June 1987 with Lester Smith as editor and articles from him and Howard Trump.

I have Issues 1-6 from Lester, and 7- 10 from David Brannan with lots of content from Von Campbell including pages and pages of John Carter/Barsoom stuff.

Issue 10 is the last I received, dated May/June 1992.

Several issues included mini-Microquests.

Anyone else have these?

Cheeers,
Ed

[Steve Jackson]

I do not! Interesting.

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I can post the contents if you would like.

Ed

[Steve Jackson]

Not without permission of the editor - fanzines are copyrighted, too!

[Terquem]

Is there a "Museum of Role Playing" anywhere in the UK or US, a place where a lot of these old manuscripts, copies of early games, interviews, and other objects that we might be interested in are being collected and preserved, put on display, shared with the rest of the world?

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Originally Posted by Steve Jackson

Not without permission of the editor - fanzines are copyrighted, too!

Of course. I meant just listing the articles and authors. Is that acceptable?

Ed

[Steve Jackson]

That's bibliography, not plagiarism, and is perfectly fine. Thank you!

[Steve Jackson]

Originally Posted by Terquem

Is there a "Museum of Role Playing" anywhere in the UK or US, . . . ?

There are a few university collections that accept roleplaying and boardgame material - one of them is at UT Austin.

The Bromley collection of games, possibly the largest boardgame collection ever amassed, went to the National Museum of Play - http://www.museumofplay.org/

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1 June 1987
The Editor's Soapbox Lester W. Smith
Encounter Card Howard Trump
Rapier to Rapier: Fencing in The Fantasy Trip Joe Kaul and Lester W. Smith
In The Thorsz's Service: Ground Zero Howard Trump Programmed Adventure

2 August 1987
The Editor's Soapbox Lester W. Smith
Bazaar Item: Squib Howard Trump
Paper Wealth Howard Trump
Encounter Card Howard Trump
In The Thorsz's Service: Troll's Lair Von Campbell Programmed Adventure

3 September 1987
The Editor's Soapbox Lester W. Smith
Encounter Card Howard Trump
Armor, Weapon, and Spell Expansions Perrin D. Long
Bazaar Item: Megaphone Howard Trump
In The Thorsz's Service: Knight's Tour Howard Trump Programmed Adventure

4 January 1988
The Editor's Soapbox Lester W. Smith
Bazaar Item: Bolster Howard Trump
Temple of the Tesseract Lester W. Smith
Tales of Paegantancia Perrin D. Long
In The Thorsz's Service: Tree of Life Howard Trump Programmed Adventure

Double Issue 5/6 May 1988
The Editor's Soapbox Lester W. Smith
A Player's Guide to the Etan Campaign Erol K. Bayburt
More Than Meets The Eye Lester W. Smith
In The Thorsz's Service: Black Augur Howard Trump Programmed Adventure

7 July/August 1989
The Editor's Soapbox David Brannan
The Creation of Barsoomian Characters Von Campbell
More Uses For Experience in TFT Rick Smith
Tin Soldier Howard Trump Programmed Adventure

8 January/February 1990
The Editor's Soapbox David Brannan
Barsoom, Part II Von Campbell
Thought-Powered Spells Howard Trump
Acid Ice Flows, Their Ecologies, and Other Strangeness Rick Smith
Venture Capitol Howard Trump
Things to Come

9 September/October 1990
The Editor's Soapbox
Savage Creatures of Barsoom Von Campbell
Chimeras in TFT Rick Smith
Makings Solitaire Adventures Howard Trump
In The King's Service David Brannan
Things to Come

10 May/June 1992
The Editor's Soapbox David Brannan
Glyphs in TFT Rick Smith
Warlord of Mars Part IV Von Campbell
Articles on The Fantasy Trip Jeff Mirando
Armor and Shield Howard Trump
New Talents Craig Bowyer
Things to Come

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