[#FanzineFocus XXXIX] The Beholder Issue 4

—A retrospective review of the fourth issue of the award-winning British fanzine for Dungeons & Dragons published in 1979.

https://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2025/05/fanzine-focus-xxxix-beholder-issue-4.html

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Ok here is a very early, completely un-playtested draft of my PbtA grubby fantasy hack GODWROT.

https://rg-wood.github.io/godwrot/

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[#FanzineFocus XXXV] The Beholder Issue 3—A retrospective review of the third issue of the award-winning British fanzine for Dungeons & Dragons published in 1979.

https://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2024/05/fanzine-focus-xxxv-beholder-issue-3.html

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[#FanzineFocus XXXIV] The Beholder Issue 2—A retrospective review of the second issue of the award-winning British fanzine for Dungeons & Dragons published in 1979.

https://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2024/03/fanzine-focus-xxxiv-beholder-issue-2.html

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Reading the old Pelinore setting that was serialised in Imagine magazine, and was the basis for the Oldhammer worldbuilding. It's really, really good. Just look at these maps.

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arcane magazine was a British-based TTRPG magazine that ran in the 90s, if you don't recall. I got hold of archived copies, and I'd forgotten just how good it was. Really punchy.

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I wrote a retrospective of the classic Dr Who episode, Remembrance of the Daleks, and what it means for British sci-fi:

https://grislyeye.com/blog/on-remembrance-of-the-daleks/

#doctorwho #dalek #scifi #sciencefiction #horror #bosr #Mothership

I posted a fond retrospective of the late-80s Doctor Who serial, Remembrance of the Daleks. Along the way, I winkled out some politics and learned a little about horror:

https://grislyeye.com/blog/on-remembrance-of-the-daleks/

#doctorwho #scifi #sciencefiction #horror #Mothership #BOSR