Gnat the Beggar wrote:Three questions.
What Do the letters AFS stand for?
Is AFS issue #1 also still available?
Where did you originally find that quote?

bbarsh wrote: ...  Just ordered both! Thanks "Thunderdave!"  :lol:

Gnat the Beggar wrote:Scott: Scalydemon

Thank you for posting your blog link.
Just requested copies of both issues...
Looking forward to reading your magazine.

Still do not know what AFS stands for.

Scalydemon wrote:

Gnat the Beggar wrote:Three questions.
What Do the letters AFS stand for?
Is AFS issue #1 also still available?
Where did you originally find that quote?

Thanks to Ghul/Jeff for his contribution to the magazine and for supporting this.

Hi Gnat, here is a link to my blog which should answer most of your questions including what Issue#1 contains and looks like. Both issues are available. Total if you live in the USA would be $11.00 for both zines (includes shipping). http://hallsoftizunthane.blogspot.com/

Cheers, and happy holidays

      
• Introduction (brief introduction to game)
        
• Dice Conventions (how to use dice)
        
• Character Creation (steps to creating a character)
        
• Attributes (strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, charisma)
        
• Races (Common, Amazon, Atlantean, Esquimaux, Hyperborean, Ixian, Kelt, Kimmerian, Kimmeri-Kelt, Pict, Pict Half-Blood, Viking)
        
• Physique (height, weight, age determination, etc.)
        
• Classes (fighter, magician, cleric, thief)
        
• Subclasses (Fighter) (barbarian, berserker, cataphract, paladin, ranger, warlock)
        
• Subclasses (Magician) (illusionist, necromancer, pyromancer, witch)
        
• Subclasses (Cleric) (druid, monk, priest, shaman)
        
• Subclasses (Thief) (assassin, bard, legerdemainist, scout)
        
• Alignment (Law / Civilization vs. Chaos / Barbarism; Lawful Good, Lawful Evil, Chaotic Good, Chaotic Evil, Neutrality)
        
• Other Statistics (armour class, fighting ability, hit dice, hit points, movement, saving throw)
        
• Background (secondary skills, languages)
        
• Weapon Skills (favoured weapons, adding new weapon skills, weapon mastery, melee attack rate / missile rate of fire)
        
• Money (gold, electrum, silver, copper; exchange rates; starting gold)
        
• Equipment (armour, shields, melee weapons, missile weapons, general equipment, provisions, religious items, clothing, livestock, tack and harness, vehicles, services)
        
• Spells (starting spells, acquiring spells, spell memorization, spell casting)
        
• Spell Tables (seven disciplines of magic: magician, cleric, druid, illusionist, necromancer, pyromancer, witch)
        
• Spells A--Z (over 400 spells)
        
• Adventure (adventuring party, hirelings, henchmen, loyalty and morale, base of operations, adventure preparation, adventure actions and procedures, non-standard action resolution, etc.)
        
• Time (10-second round, 10-minute turn)
        
• Movement (dungeon movement, wilderness movement, transportation methods, getting lost, encumbrance, etc.)
        
• The Encounter (encountering beasts, monsters, and men; reaction and evasion rules)
        
• Combat (melee, missiles, magic, movement; attack roll, combat matrix, attack modifiers, combat steps, action resolution, morale)
        
• Combat Actions (charge, flaming oil, holy oil / water, magic, melee, missiles, mounted combat, movement, turn undead, unarmed combat)
        
• Advanced Combat (Optional) (22 advanced combat actions, critical hits)
        
• Saving Throw (saving throws, spell resistance, item saving throws)
        
• Damage (wounds, death and dying, healing, falling damage)
        
• Special Damage (energy drain, lycanthropy, madness, poison)
        
• Experience Points (gaining XP, gaining levels of experience)
        
• Aerial Combat (rules for aerial melee, missile, spell casting, etc., covering a variety of flight methods)
        
• Waterborne Expeditions (vessels, weather, wind, icebergs, whirlpools, getting lost at sea, and sea encounters; naval combat is discussed, including rules for catapults, ballistas, grappling, oar shearing, and ship repair; underwater combat)
        
• Castles and Strongholds (castle and stronghold construction, costs, personnel, resources, and of course: the angry villager!)
        
• Warfare and Siege (rules for handling mass combat using a calculator system that accounts for a variety of circumstances from troop types, to locations, to PC / NPC involvement, siege weaponry, troop movements, provisions, etc.)
        
• Cooperative Gaming (closing advice for all participants of the game)