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A project in Manchester, UK by Stephen Coffey
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A monthly magazine for worldbuilding enthusiasts, writers, RPG gamemasters (GMs) and others who love to explore sci-fi/fantasy worlds.
Backers: 158
Average Pledge Per Backer: £20

Funded: £3,083 of £1,000
Dates: Feb 12th -> Mar 4th (21 days)
Project By: Stephen Coffey
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Latest News

Another 48... Pages | Ask the Letter Lich

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We have our second People's Hero backer just in time to match our 48 hour alert on the project's end; meaning that both issues 1 and 2 now have 48 pages to play with - rather more than the 36 we started out with!  We're buckling down and writing the... (Read More)

Excited About Layout and Typesetting?

February 25th - via: kickstarter.com
We are - we've just increased the size of the Zine by 12% without adding a single extra page. With our experience of printing on playing cards and small leaflets in our previous projects we've become well aware of the cost of wide borders, and the... (Read More)

The Contents of Issue 1

February 18th - via: kickstarter.com
With the changing numbers of pages we've been doing a bit of shuffling around, but we've worked out which of the pieces we've got written will be going in the first issue - and which are getting pushed back to issues 2 and 3. So here's the contents... (Read More)

Announcing the Fifth Article - Magpie's Nest

February 16th - via: kickstarter.com
With two Philanthropists we now have an extra eight pages to work with, and with that comes the room to explore a major aspect of Worldbuilding in more depth: Stealing from other worlds, and making what you steal into something new. In The Magpie's... (Read More)

Showing Some Love on Valentines Day

February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
We're 48 hours in, and we've been getting a lot of wonderful support - including a surprise email from Kickstarter informing us that we've been selected as one of the "Projects we Love" - which is kind of appropriate for today :-D Given that, we've... (Read More)

Funded in 12 hours with two superbackers!

February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
WOOOT! Thank you all I was honestly tempted to leave this update at just that, but I wanted to also say I'm very gladdened to see that our new style of superbacker level - the Philanthropist level where you add something good for everyone - has gone... (Read More)

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