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Each year in February, Kickstarter highlights TTRPG zines with an event known as Zine Quest.

What are zines?

“RPG zines emerged in the early 1970s, and were hugely influential in the early days of role-playing game fandom and publishing. These self-published projects included discussions of games, rules variants, reviews, interviews, game supplements, and even new RPGs. Today, RPG zines live on via a thriving community of DIY publishers from around the world.” -Kickstarter.com

What is Zine Quest?

“Zine Quest is our celebration of RPG zines and the community of people who make and love them. To participate, simply launch a project in February for an RPG zine. In the past, creators have used maps, comics, and more to create new or elevate existing RPGs.” -Kickstarter.com

So here are a number of excellent Zine Quest projects from my fellow indie creators:

WHAT IS COCAGNE?

Cocagne is a 28 pages wacky medieval social game, where you and your friends play as Lieges trying to conquer the fabled lands of Cocagne… in a group chat! You will play as the Liege of a kingdom constantly stuck between war, peace, and questionable negotiations with your friend’s lands. The game is played via group chat messages, and all you need to play Cocagne is at least 3 players, a copy of Cocagne, a messaging app where to create a Group Chat, a Kingdom Sheet, and a 20-sided die, often called a d20.

WHAT’S IN COCAGNE?

• A rules light system to get in action right away, playable entirely with a d20.
• Rules for creating fully customizable Lieges, with traits, quirks and heritages.
• Rules for creating your own Kingdom with its resources.
• Random background tables to make unique (and annoying) Lieges.
• Artworks from Novecento, and super talented artists Emanuele Parascandolo, Martina Chilardi, and V.A. Metheio.

Cocagne is funding now!

A black tide of Blood & Night crashed down on Faelborg Keep an age ago and wiped away the people there. Now their cursed treasure returns home, and it’s up to you to stop it. Cursed treasure, tribal feuds, plentiful undead abound!

A micro-gazetteer of Sudrland and adventure zine for Old School Essentials. Explore the ruins of Faelborg Keep, the wilderness of Sudrland, and the dread mists of haunted Barrowmounds.

Songs of the Northlanders: Against the Dark launches Feb 13th!

Shadow over Gloomshire is an adventure for Dragonbane that revolves around the remote village of Gloomshire, located in a dark forest valley with a terrible history. It is written by Robin Fjärem who is known for The Frozen Temple of Glacier Peak and Salthaven among other works.

Much is awry in Gloomshire. Find out what the deal is with the mansion on the hill, shop for your very own tombstone at Odd Ends, or go treasure hunting in the graveyard. But no matter what, do not enter the temple!

Shadow over Gloomshire is funding now on Kickstarter!

Seelie Court is a 3 player courtroom RPG about court cases brought against fantasy creatures from Scots folklore. Players build their case as a team, and then take on the roles of the prosecution, defense, and judge when the trial begins!

Seelie Court is funding now on Kickstarter!

Fantastical Classes: Blobs vs. Blades is a collection of brand-new character classes for old-style fantasy roleplaying adventure games. Specially designed for use with Old School Essentials, this book contains six exciting character classes that you didn’t even know you needed! Play as a doughty swordmage, an enchanting dancer, a pugnacious blob, and more! All of them are lovingly written and illustrated by Joshua LH Burnett, the guy who brought you Crepuscular, Draugr & Draculas, and Them’s Monsters

Fantastical Classes: Blobs vs. Blades is funding now!

Fast Action Hero is an exhilarating, rules-lite, tabletop RPG experience using the Black Hack system that captures the essence of the golden era of action movies. It is designed to deliver fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled gameplay, where players become larger-than-life heroes in a world of explosions, high-speed chases, and epic showdowns that pay homage to the iconic action movies of the era, celebrating their style, tropes, and unforgettable moments. Fast, furious, and full of adrenaline-pumping moments, it delivers high-octane experiences that will have you uttering classic one-liners and taking down bad guys with style.

Fast Action Hero is live now!

January 1945 the writing is on the wall, and it is clear that the Nazis are going to surrender. The Thule society, through mysticism and technology, send all members they found relevant, back in time to the year 865 England. Their goal to ally themselves with the Great Heathen Army whom they idolize. Their presence is met with harsh resistance, and a new war breaks out.

Funding now!

H2O-Pocalypse: Surf Piracy in a Drowned World, a DCC–compatible zine where you play surf punk pirates in a post-apocalyptic future where the ice caps melted and drowned the earth; the rich saw it was coming and took advantage of the situation, leaving everyone else to fend for themselves. So naturally, you travel around, looking for remnants of the old world, raiding elite supply ships, and having surf-offs.

Grab a ship, grab a band, and get in the pit!

Did I miss an awesome Zine Quest project? Link it in the comments below! I’ll be posting more projects each week, so be sure to tune back in periodically throughout the month!

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