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A [[Fanzine]] is a kind of periodical produced by fans. Fans of [[Traveller]] in this case. | A [[Fanzine]] is a kind of periodical produced by fans. Fans of [[Traveller]] in this case. | ||
* Please see the [[Periodical]]s article for more information. | * Please see the [[Periodical]]s article for more information. | ||
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) == | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == | ||
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# [[Parasec]] | # [[Parasec]] | ||
# [[Pegasus]] | # [[Pegasus]] | ||
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# [[Security Leak]] | # [[Security Leak]] | ||
# [[Shadis]] | # [[Shadis]] | ||
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* Please see the article on [[Copyright]] for more information. | * Please see the article on [[Copyright]] for more information. | ||
| − | == References & Contributors (Sources) == | + | == See also == |
| + | ---- | ||
| + | Please see the following ''[[Traveller RPG Wiki]]'' [[Library Data]] articles for more information: <br> | ||
| + | '''[[Traveller]]:''' (Where it all started...) | ||
| + | * [[Artifact]]s (Objects) | ||
| + | ** [[Miniature]]s | ||
| + | ** [[Publication]]s | ||
| + | *** [[Bibliography]] (books) | ||
| + | **** [[Classic Traveller Bibliography]] | ||
| + | **** [[Cryptobibliography]] (lost books) | ||
| + | **** [[Generic Bibliography]] | ||
| + | *** [[Ludography]] (games) | ||
| + | **** [[Cryptoludography]] (lost games) | ||
| + | *** [[Periodicals]] (magazines, journals, etc.) | ||
| + | **** [[Challenge|Challenge Magazine]] | ||
| + | **** [[Journal of the Travellers Aid Society]] | ||
| + | **** [[Travellers' Digest (meta)|Travellers' Digest]] | ||
| + | **** [[Fanzine]]s | ||
| + | ** Metastory (Metadata) | ||
| + | *** [[Canon]] | ||
| + | *** [[Game Mechanic]]s | ||
| + | *** [[Manual of Style]] | ||
| + | *** [[Master Abbreviation List]] | ||
| + | *** [[More Reading]] | ||
| + | *** [[Versions of Traveller]] | ||
| + | ** Talents-Personage (Cast) | ||
| + | *** [[Plaza of Heroes]] ([[Galidumlar Dadaga]]) | ||
| + | **** [[Imperial Honor Guard]] (The Extant) | ||
| + | ***** [[Traveller Artist]]s | ||
| + | ***** [[Traveller Author]]s | ||
| + | ***** [[Traveller Publisher]]s | ||
| + | ***** [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] | ||
| + | *** [[Wall of Heroes]] (Our Fallen) | ||
| + | ** Universe Hallmarks (Background) | ||
| + | *** [[Charted Space Articles]] (overview articles) | ||
| + | *** [[Characters|Charted Space Characters]] (people, personage, & VIP's) | ||
| + | *** [[Master Timeline]] (periodicized chronology) | ||
| + | *** [[Milieu]] (chronological setting/s) | ||
| + | *** [[Rules]] (game) | ||
| + | *** [[Setting]] (background-setting/s) | ||
| + | *** [[Theme]]s (motifs) | ||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | |||
| + | == References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == | ||
{{Intermediate}} | {{Intermediate}} | ||
{{Sources | {{Sources | ||
|S1= 1982 [[GDW]] [[Understanding Traveller]] pamphlette | |S1= 1982 [[GDW]] [[Understanding Traveller]] pamphlette | ||
|S2= Author & Contributor: [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] | |S2= Author & Contributor: [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] | ||
| − | |S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[ | + | |S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] |
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 00:06, 15 April 2022
A Fanzine is a kind of periodical produced by fans. Fans of Traveller in this case.
- Please see the Periodicals article for more information.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Fanzines are fan-produced magazines.
- They are often inexpensive (...a few dollars or pounds an issue) or even free.
- In their original form they would often be hand written, hand copied, and mailed to a small subscriber list.
- Current fanzines are most often produced through desktop publishing software and distributed as PDFs through the internet.
- In many cases the older fanzines, though no longer publishing new issues, are also available as PDFs scanned from the originals.
Fanzine Listing[edit]
Some of the many fanzines produced for Traveller have included:
- AAB Proceedings (AABP)
- Alien Realms (fanzine)
- Alien Star
- Between Worlds
- Continuum
- Coreward (fanzine)
- Dark Star I
- Dark Star II
- Far and Away
- Freelance Traveller
- Frontier Report
- Guildsman
- Imperial Lines (fanzine)
- Imperial News Service
- Imperium Staple
- Into the Deep (fanzine)
- Jumpspace (fanzine)
- Kfan Uzangou
- Le Mercenaire
- The Meshan Saga
- Morgonstjärnan (fanzine)
- Parasec
- Pegasus
- Security Leak
- Shadis
- Signal-GK
- Starburst
- Starfarer's Gazette
- Starships, Starports & Vehicles
- Stellar Reaches
- Third Imperium (fanzine)
- Tiffany Star
- Traveller Chronicle
- Traveller Times
- Variant
- Vanrex
- Voyages
- Working Passage (fanzine)
- Worlds Beyond
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Traveller's fanzines have been produced since the early Classic Traveller days.
Meta-history & Background[edit]
The publishers of Traveller have been extremely generous allowing fans of produce a wide variety of fanzines and homebrew products. Even today FFE is very generous with the Traveller franchise and has a very permissive copyright.
- Please see the article on Copyright for more information.
See also[edit]
Please see the following Traveller RPG Wiki Library Data articles for more information:
Traveller: (Where it all started...)
- Artifacts (Objects)
- Miniatures
- Publications
- Bibliography (books)
- Ludography (games)
- Cryptoludography (lost games)
- Periodicals (magazines, journals, etc.)
- Metastory (Metadata)
- Talents-Personage (Cast)
- Universe Hallmarks (Background)
- Charted Space Articles (overview articles)
- Charted Space Characters (people, personage, & VIP's)
- Master Timeline (periodicized chronology)
- Milieu (chronological setting/s)
- Rules (game)
- Setting (background-setting/s)
- Themes (motifs)
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- 1982 GDW Understanding Traveller pamphlette
- Author & Contributor: Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science