Root's Ramblings Issue 7
ZINE MONTH 2022 HYPE TRAIN!
ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION!
Hype train has arrived! If you don’t want to miss all the fun, then get onboard! The train will start chugging along tomorrow (although some projects started already) so be ready for all the amazing zines to pop up and grab your attention. There are so many that I could not even think of covering ‘em all. I’m no Pokemon master, although I do kick ass in Pokemon Blue/Red games!
Here we goooooooo.
ZINE MONTH HYPE TRAIN PART ONE
Self explanatory here. Check out the video for some project highlights!
MORE ZINE MONTH PROJECTS
Lucid: Sea of Dreams is an indie RPG for a GM and 1-6 players coming out in time for Zimo. A game about dreams and ideas, players are given freedom to unleash their imaginations and creativity. The system and setting are both designed to be simple, easy, and hackable. Freely add on to your favorite system/setting or play as a standalone game.
Launch date: February 1st.
Signal to Noise is an interstellar epistolary game that chronicles the relationship between two individuals as one of them departs the solar system forever on a generation ship. As the distance between them increases and errors creep into their messages they must come to terms with the knowledge that they will never see each other again and eventually answer the question of how long they can maintain the connection they once had.
Players take turns to draw prompts and compose a message for their counterpart. Each card provides a personal prompt (the value) and progresses a unique major societal event (the suit). Before sending their message players must introduce noise through letter replacements driven on the cards they have drawn. As the distance increases so too does the noise, until messages are finally rendered unreadable.
Launch date: February 8th
Signal to Noise Campaign on Game on Tabletop
MORIAH is a simple role-playing game of ordinary people facing the extraordinary. It is a game of sacrifice, where people living quiet lives at the base of a holy mountain must attempt to ascend it in order to ask for the mercy of the gods. It is a meditation on what it means to give for others, inspired by LISA, Soul Sacrifice, and Blessed Messiah and the Tower of AI.
Paying for Moriah means you will have access to both the initial ashcan plain text/HTML product, as well as the final DIGITAL product inclusive of layout, character sheet, and illustration!
Launch date: February 1st
What if carousing were an adventure all its own?
Barkeep on the Borderlands is a system-neutral adventure set in the pubs and taverns of a distant Keep. It also introduces new procedures for running pubcrawl adventures and simple rules for drinking and inebriation.
Barkeep on the Borderlands is a 52-page zine with full-color illustrations on every page and handcrafted by the master of deluxe, handcrafted zines, L.F. OSR.
Launch date: February 8th
Barkeep on the Borderlands Kickstarter Campaign
"Esther and the Queens" is a Purim-themed Jewish tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) featuring Queen Esther, carnival games, and lots of drama. Inspired by the Firebrands framework and Oceans 8, you will roleplay Esther and fellow queens on a mission to defeat Haman, an advisor to the King who ordered the extermination of all Jewish people. Both Jewish and non-Jewish players will learn about and experience a revolutionary feminist and queer retelling of the Purim story, play carnival games typically seen during Purim, and roleplay dramatic scenes at a masquerade party.
Launch date: February 21st
Follow Esther and the Queens on Kickstarter
MORE ZINE MONTH PROJECTS???
Yes, you can find numerous projects on Zine Month website! Check it out and support as many amazing projects as you can. This includes backing financially, share on your social media platforms, or even directly with your friends. Let’s make this a successful movement and become something much bigger!
Now, it’s time to watch the dollar bills grow wings and fly away! In the pockets of awesome people!
Cheers,
Root