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bombadil
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:03 pm

Welcome, DanZ.

Be sure to check out the thread on most memorable D&D moments. It would be interesting to hear how that woodgrain set was used!

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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:31 pm

rosenkav wrote: and also late editor of the first italian free role playing games magazine - Rune - that I published for seven numbers with a bunch of friends (and I lost a ton of money in the process

I can't believe it!

Are you Francesco Rivoira? The one that followed the old staff after the first five (six?) issues of Rune magazine?

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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 3:25 am

Yes Ciro, this is a little world after all :P

The Rune magazine went bust as we were preparing a very cool number 13 - about demons. I myself designed the cover - and it's still in electronic format on my Mac.

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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:55 am

rosenkav wrote:Yes Ciro, this is a little world after all

The Rune magazine went bust as we were preparing a very cool number 13 - about demons. I myself designed the cover - and it's still in electronic format on my Mac.

would be interested in seeing the magazines, providing they are not in italian

Are we nearly there yet?

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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:08 am

Sadly, as our audience was located in Italy, the mags are all in Italian. The interesting part is that it has been the first indipendent italian magazine - not connected or tied with the hobby industry in any way except for the ad pages. It was really a fan-magazine, but professionally executed and printed. Ciro-Sotterraneo has worked on its first six issues, then after a controversial number 7, I took the reins of the mag from its previous publisher, and published other six issues.

If someone here is interested, I could part from some numbers of it - with great difficulty of course. LOL :lol:

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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:47 am

rosenkav wrote:Ciro-Sotterraneo has worked on its first six issues, then after a controversial number 7, I took the reins of the mag from its previous publisher, and published other six issues.

I just wish to point out that I didn't simply 'work on' the first six issues, I was the editor :D . I am really pleased when people here write to me and tell me how fondly remember the magazine!

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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:56 am

Sorry Ciro, you're right. The publisher was Sintagma, and you were what or english speaking friends call the editor-in-chief (head honcho, high mogul, resident evil wizard and such...) :lol:

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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:04 pm

What was so controversial about issue #7? Was the theme 'Sex and D&D' or similar? Being an Italian mag I can't imagine that would have got the editor into hot water...

Regards

Mike

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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:16 pm

Well, no Sex and D&D, but it was a very slim issue - half the others in pages - and it had two comic stories inside. Lots of the D&D people were sadly disappointed - and some instead said they were a good idea - the comics were made to illustrate the basics of D&D, with all the stats, characters and such.

It was the last of the line for the old publisher, and he didn't want to spend much on it, I guess - then I and my other friends came and published from number 8 to 12.

Continuing with the comics, but keeping a good deal of adventures as well - and finely illustrated ones, too.

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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:34 pm

bclarkie wrote:Wow, I just realized that there were 38 new members to this forum just in February alone. That is a 10% increase in forum membership in just one month. That is incredible. Welcome all

Hi, I'm one of the newbies. Just joined very recently. I've known about The Acaeum for quite a long time, but never visited the forums.

Recently, though, I caught a nostalgia bug and decided to look up some old Judges Guild stuff. Now I'm hooked! Dang it. As if the new gaming stuff wasn't enough of a drain on my wallet!

(oh, and I'm old too.)

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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:46 pm

We're all oldies but goldies here I'm afraid, Diablo... and that RPG addiction sure is a bad thing to have. Luckily here we can get some fix for it :lol:

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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:47 pm

El Diablo Robotico wrote:
bclarkie wrote:Wow, I just realized that there were 38 new members to this forum just in February alone. That is a 10% increase in forum membership in just one month. That is incredible. Welcome all

Hi, I'm one of the newbies. Just joined very recently. I've known about The Acaeum for quite a long time, but never visited the forums.

Recently, though, I caught a nostalgia bug and decided to look up some old Judges Guild stuff. Now I'm hooked! Dang it. As if the new gaming stuff wasn't enough of a drain on my wallet!

(oh, and I'm old too.)

greetings! nice to see you here

another who likes JG stuff...cool! good man!

Are we nearly there yet?

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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:58 pm

Introduction time.

Names Jeff.
I am a 30 year old gamer, got into the hobby when I was a well aged 12. I learned the game from, of all people, a Catholic priest (thank you Father Dennis o'Donnel).

I basically collect anything RPG, my main focus now is the early days for the hobby, but I don't stick to just TSR or just DnD (which has the effect of spreading my money a little thin).

Prize of my collection(as of Feb 2005)...it's a toss up between my ratty Mechanoid Invasion set, The OCE box and my copy of Metamorphasis Alpha.

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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:50 pm

rosenkav wrote:We're all oldies but goldies here I'm afraid, Diablo... and that RPG addiction sure is a bad thing to have. Luckily here we can get some fix for it

Yay for the old guys! I started gaming in '79 right after graduating from high school.

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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:53 pm

killjoy32 wrote:greetings! nice to see you here another who likes JG stuff...cool! good man!

Yeah, for whatever reason, the JG stuff really pushes the ol' nostalgia button. I remember going into the nearby game and hobby store and just staring at all the RPG stuff. D&D, T&T, JG, C&S, Traveller, etc. My friend worked at the store, so I just went there and hung out all the time, and of course, spent all sorts of money.

The JG stuff really sticks out in my mind and now I wanna grab up as much as I can.

killjoy32
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:20 pm

i will always like the JG stuff more than anything else. just used to like the "rough" way the items used to look.

i think some of the material in their stuff stands up there amongst the best RPG stuff about imo.

Are we nearly there yet?

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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:51 am

killjoy32 wrote:i will always like the JG stuff more than anything else. just used to like the "rough" way the items used to look.

i think some of the material in their stuff stands up there amongst the best RPG stuff about imo.

I have some. Dark Tower, the Maltese Clue, all the Island, Castle, Village, Temple supplements, War Cry and Battle lust and The first fantasy campaign by Arneson. All in pristine condition. Sure the "feel" of the material was rough, but looks like it's more durable than the TSR counterparts.

Sorry this is off topic, but sometimes I love to brag LMAO

killjoy32
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:31 am

well thats ok, i have all of them and much more so :P

Are we nearly there yet?

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