Welp, first issue of R&R #1 is out. Guess I should start writing on #2.
I've got 16 topics in my list... maybe I'll talk about the time my brother Wished for Lolth (Queen of the Demonweb Pits, spider goddess of the dark elves) in a hot tub.
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Back from #sjgeekfest , tired but not broken.
Not the response I'd hoped for, but not so little to be a disappointment. Had a few good conversations and am glad for the experience. Now to start promoting my zine to the local game stores.
(Haven't counted the remainder to know how many I handed […]
Middle aged guy (me!) in retro dice shirt, standing next to the Roleplay & Reflection zine display. In a horse stall.
It's happening!
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A 3x4 ft project board like you'd see in a kid's science fair presentation. It says "The Making of a Retro-Zine" at the top and is covered with text and photos, all in black and white, explaining how I created the first issue.
How we used to show our process back before YouTube.
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A chipboard box containing folded pages of Roleplay & Reflection #1, bound in rubber bands.
The new zines are here! The new zines are here!
(And the back side of the page is oriented correctly! My big fear was zero guidance on how to impose a double-sided master for this print shop.)
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My hand holding up a finished copy of Roleplay & Reflection #1. My plant shelf and scanner are behind it.
Haha! Guess who scanned in the paste-ups, concatenated them into a PDF, and then realized the pages weren't in the proper order for printing a booklet. 😆
A little cutting up scans and rearranging and I have a 12-page booklet.
Shipped it off to the printer. 🤞
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All the pages of Roleplay & Reflection zine #1, layed out in a stack to show off the titles I've pasted on, letter. by. letter.
It's done! Nobody is allowed to find typos or grammatical errors at this point. Not good enough for the times, but I think I did a pretty good job with the tools I have.
All I have to do is scan it in and ship it off to the printer.
(Yes, I recognize […]
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