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Originally Posted by HorseSoldier
I also like Twilight Soldier. It's more evocative of the classic Escape from Kalisz, squad (-) trapped behind the lines, than names associated with .mil staff work and products.
I'd also suggest that rather than a 'zine with electronic issues, a better format might be a website hosting collaboratively hosting stuff written by various fans. That way, nobody has to worry about rushing to deadlines and such, and also rather than organizing by issue number, there could just be sections dedicated to adventure ideas, equipment, NPCs, source books, etc etc etc. Would (at least the way my mind works) make for easier finding of things of interest.
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I think this would be a very good idea. Go in advance I’m not wishing to discourage anyone about the idea of a fanzine. I would be more than happy to contribute to such an initiative. But, based in past experiences, websites have their own advantages. I had been implied in a missed fanzine some time ago. Not about T2K, but about roleplaying games in general. Deadlines and the need to have a good number of materials before the “publication” of each number can be discouraging. As an example, in my own case, I failed to finish my work in time (I know, I have a personal problem with deadlines when not in my job). But now I’m able to keep updated my own website weekly, without the need to gather an important number of good playing materials for each update.
Some more advantages: The published materials are not “fixed”. If somebody has a good drawing inspired in a published content, you can add it. You can discover a new forum member with an interesting map about a published campaign and take advantage of it. You can arrange possible mistakes or upgrade the text based in the feedback received in this same forum. As everything, it is a learning process. I often discover that a page in my website that I thought was good enough back in its day, can be upgraded because I’ve learn a better way to put a photograph or to write the text. You can change the structure of the site to change the organization if needed. And, above all, you can update the site at your own rhythm. You can publish a new, brief, houserule one day while working in adapting somebody else long campaign. And it is possible to attach downloable “ready to print” recompilations with the “very best”
Some websites have not the feedback of a blog. But I’m sure this would not be the case, thanks to this forum.
Well, just my humble opinion. Anyway, fanzine or website, people must have a good time while contributing in the project. It's the only way that these initiatives work.