MShipley88 wrote:I wonder why Britain produced so many fanzines?Smaller...closer community? (A Londoner might buy a fanzine made in Devonshire, for instance...while California is impossibly far away from Washington?)Was there already an established small-press market?I wonder....?
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faro wrote:MShipley88 wrote:I wonder why Britain produced so many fanzines?Smaller...closer community? (A Londoner might buy a fanzine made in Devonshire, for instance...while California is impossibly far away from Washington?)Was there already an established small-press market?I wonder....?Fanzines were certainly very well established in other fields over here (music, soccer, SF&F - including fanzine editors such as Arthur C. Clarke from the 1930s onwards, wargaming, etc.), so it was an obvious tradition to continue.Perhaps the surprise is that they took so long to become established for RPGs in the UK. In that context, it's difficult to determine whether TBH acted as a deterrant to others, or as an inspiration eventually (to challenge).Yes, I think geography is a factor. There were definitely local 'flavors' but the whole was sufficiently tightly-knit and had a ready co-ordinator in the form of Games Workshop/White Dwarf; not just for ads, but also on distribution.Of course, the prozines backstabbed us in the end.
killjoy32 wrote:i think another thing might have been that these kinda zines were established around the colleges and universities. as they are all pretty close together too, you always had a good "client" base so to speak and easy to sell them, whereas the US is far more spread and so zines prb couldnt be established to the same degree as they could in the UK.
MShipley88 wrote:I think distance had something to do with it. Gaming groups at the University of Washington and Washington State...even though in the same state...are hundreds of miles apart and large sections of regional culture apart. Oxford and Cambridge, by comparison, seem to almost share a campus (from an American point of view).What I have seen of British gaming products also leads me to suspect that UK consumers were more likely to buy amateur publications that were less professional and more open to content that seems wierd to Americans. I suspect that the slicker, professional publications just appealed more to American teenagers.Mark
faro wrote:And had the run been less complete you might've picked them up for a reasonable price: single copies of TBH are still going for a couple of pounds whilst other stuff has been getting silly; and many of these will be later reprint copies, too, judging by the #1.However, that run is nearly complete (judging by previous auctions, people pay a premium not a discount for that, as they might with Dragons, say!) and does have 26,28,29 which are rather sought after, regardless of condition.
Mars wrote:Not knowing much about these fanzines ... are reprints all that terrible? It seems to me that auctions for originals or reprints are rare. Is there a large difference in number printed or the actual printing dates (between the originals and the reprints)?
faro wrote:So long as the water damage and mustiness isn't anything more than that, those currently up will make good reading copies. And plenty of decent content therein.60-70 pounds would be about max. 'value', IMHO, despite those TBH/TAS issues being rarer.
killjoy32 wrote:i will prb only go for them from the perspective that it would be nice to have one of every issue and then i can spend all the time i need to get earlier prints in better condition.
faro wrote:killjoy32 wrote:i will prb only go for them from the perspective that it would be nice to have one of every issue and then i can spend all the time i need to get earlier prints in better condition.Yeah, and that's a problem since the prices do tend to be rather level, regardless of condition and printing.No particularly heavy premium, it seems, unless they're a drop-dead gorgeous set (a neat trick for a self-published fanzine).
killjoy32 wrote:faro wrote:Yeah, and that's a problem since the prices do tend to be rather level, regardless of condition and printing.No particularly heavy premium, it seems, unless they're a drop-dead gorgeous set (a neat trick for a self-published fanzine).yeah when i first saw them i though tthey looked pretty poxy to m, but there are about 6-7 items in there i REALLY would like. guess its like that for quite a few, so i guess whatever way it pans out, they aint gonna go cheap.Al
faro wrote:Yeah, and that's a problem since the prices do tend to be rather level, regardless of condition and printing.No particularly heavy premium, it seems, unless they're a drop-dead gorgeous set (a neat trick for a self-published fanzine).