Secret Passages #4: A Retro TTRPG and Warhammer Zine

A project in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK by James Hoare
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Packed with interviews and illustrations covering Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer 40,000, Fighting Fantasy, and the art of John Blanche.
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Average Daily Pledges: £456
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Funding: £8,210 of £6,200
Dates: Oct 22nd -> Nov 21st (31 days)
Project By: James Hoare
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Latest News

A Tribute to John Blanche: First Look

November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
This afternoon Paul at Battlefield Design put the finishing touches to the cover of A Tribute to John Blanche, although its future doubtless includes further tinkering. You know what it's like: there’s that old saying about magazines, that they're... (Read More)

New Add Ons: A Tribute to John Blanche Giclée Art Prints

November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
It's no great secret that if you're an artist in the tabletop scene, the long shadow of John Blanche is perpetually fluttering across your sketchpad like some bird of ill omen. It's therefore no great surprise that A Tribute to John Blanche has... (Read More)

Behind the Scenes: British Paperback RPGs

October 28th - via: kickstarter.com
The success of Fighting Fantasy in the 1980s spawned an unexpected cottage industry in paperback RPGs, bringing the hobby to the high street at pocket-money prices. It was a short-lived phenomenon, but one with outsized influence on the British... (Read More)

Secret Passages Makes It to #ProjectsWeLove

October 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Secret Passages Issue 4 has been chosen as one of the #ProjectsWeLove by the shadowy crowdfunding Illuminati. I read a blog by a breathless ‘crowdfunding consultant’ claiming that only around 10–15% of projects ever get chosen — and this is... (Read More)

Behind the Scenes: Huargo

October 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Huargo is one of an elite group of artists entrusted with embellishing classic gamebooks with their own defiantly old-school illustrations, starting with J.H. Brennan’s GrailQuest and continuing with Steve Jackson’s Sorcery!. He explains why... (Read More)

Behind the Scenes: Gorkamorka

October 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Under pressure to deliver a big-box blockbuster for Christmas 1998, Games Workshop rushed out the ill-fated Gorkamorka, an anarchic game of green-skinned road rage for scratchbuild speedfreaks. Is it time to give it another chance? Find out only in... (Read More)

Behind the Scenes: Prince August

October 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Ireland’s venerable Prince August are not only keeping the faith when it comes to lead casting, but have been bringing The Lord of the Rings to the gaming table since 1988. Like Durin’s Folk, they punch well above their weight… Learn more, only... (Read More)

Behind the Scenes: Warhammer 40,000 Live

October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Was the live-action Warhammer 40,000 footage screened at Games Day ’94 a Hollywood pitch, cut scenes for a cursed first-person shooter, or a promotional stunt for the embryonic Black Library? Maybe all three… Find out, only in Secret Passages... (Read More)

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