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August 27th

More samples are now available for Issue 24:

Crossing the Lynsk
A Fistful of Rat Tails
Cold Warriors

La Gazette de Nuln.

The French fansite "La Gazette de Nuln" has released the 1st volume of the Gazette, the site's e_zine. (66 page pdf). Check it out here, although you do need to register.

The 66 pages e_zine deals with Nurgle and a Nurgle cult in Nuln, a cult of Slaanesh travelling to Middenheim, a new critical hits table, a big scenario and many many more things.

August 25th

Warpstone 24 is Out Now!

Subscribers should be receiving their copy any time now. Also, as promised, the complete reviews of v2 can be found here.

July 19th

ALover Lost

Mike Hill has updated his scenario A Lover Lost (WS Issue 15) to WFRP2 in addition to rewriting some parts. We are pleased to offer it here as a download.

Heraldo de Altdorf

Issue 3 of the Spanish WFRP e-zine is now out and can e found at http://www.igarol.com.
Contents are
Article: About lands of Nehekhara.
Adventure: By the River with the Dead Ones
Article: Dangers of the desert
New career: Nehekeptologo
Bestiary: Camels
Short Story: Laredj
Background: Invasion of Diamanterra
Short Story: Death in the Sand of Arabia

Denizens of the Empire

The explosion in fan material for WFRP2 continues with this collection of NPCs by Steve Darlington & Jody MacGregor.

Warpstone On Way

Warpstone 24 has shipped from the printers and is on its way to the warehouse as we speak.

July 14th

WFRP2 Website

Andrew Law's website is fast becoming one of the premier WFRP2 sites. Much of his work has also appeared at the fan section of the Black Industries site. Check it out in its original home http://www.hapimeses.com/Warhammer/.

June 26th

BaltiCon

Crimson Empire Convention: Chris Loziou has announced a South Coast convention. Chris has said “The plan is to have our local curry house (Southampton) as the venue where they will close the restaurant for the weekend providing we have enough numbers. There are 30 places available based on first come first served (literally) ... The restaurant has a fully licenced bar and an excellent selection of Indian dishes for all tastes (hot and not so hot). We will have a buffet on the go providing food for Saturday lunchtime and eve and Sunday lunchtime for the really brave. Cost should be around about 20 gbp pp. but we will confirm as this will be based on numbers.” Chris has asked for replies by the 10th July 2005. A 50% deposit will also be required on booking to cover any cancellations.

Liber Fanatica

The first two volumes of Liber Fantica have been translated into French. It has been undertaken by the team of the French website "La Gazette de Nuln". The translation has been very successful, drawing attention from the wider French RPG community.
Liber Fanatica I
Liber Fanatica II

WFRP2 in Poland

News of the Polish edition can be found here.

June 12th

Issue 24

Issue 24 of Warpstone has now gone to the printers. Check out previews here:
Cover
Contents
Cold Warriors

June 11th

Marienburg: Sold Down the River

Warpstone is selling a signed copy of this rare supplement on ebay. For those who are interested check it out at ebay.

Liber Fanatica

The acclaimed Liber Fanatica is now available in French. Check it out at:
Liber Fanatica I
Liber Fanatica II

IGARol

We have come across the following Spanish WFRP site.

A Spanish page about WFRP, with a large amount of articles, aids for GMs and players, forums, etc. If you are looking for something about the game in Spanish here is it.

Pagina dedicada a Warhammer Juego de Rol, con una gran cantidad de documentos, ayudas a los directores de juego, a los jugadores, foros, etc. Si buscas algo acerca del juego en español, aquí lo encontrarás.
Web:
Forum:
Email:

May 9th

WFRP Scenarios and Webpage

Over recent years Alfred Nunez Jr (author of Dwarfs : Stone & Steel and the WFRP2 GM Screen scenario Pretty Things) has written and run many WFRP convention scenarios. Alfred has now made these available from his Website. Among these is The Witch-Hunter Cometh (co-written with Tim Eccles), one of the best WFRP scenarios to date. If you haven’t checked out Alfred’s work we strongly recommend you visit this excellent resource. (We do hope to make some of these scenarios available as PDFs soon).

April 30th

Warpstone Price Changes

We have increased the prices of all future issues of Warpstone. For details of the new prices see Ordering Warpstone. This change is mostly to cover the increase in page count that will take place from next issue. If you have any questions, then drop John Foody a line.

Grim & Perilous is online!

Steve Moss has announced the launch of his WFRP site http://www.babylonia.nl/wfrp/gpindex.htm. There are articles on herbalism, a cameo of Sweaty Olaf (innkeeper of the Rusty Barnacle), the Witch career, the Liber Fanatica pdfs and a funky Flash map of the Empire (WFRP1). Steve is looking for contributors, so if you'd like to see your stuff published on the web, contact babylonia@gmail.com

April 12th

Help Needed

We are looking for a bit of help and advice from a Spanish WFRP player. If that is you, then drop John Foody a line.

Liber Fanatica

Accompanying the offical release of WFRP2 is a series of unofficial fan material called Liber Fanatica. This has been written by WFRP-fans that were involved in WFRP 2 playtesting. They have come up with a whole batch of useful material including:
- Variants for chargen
- Tips for roleplaying your character
- A conversion guide to get characters from WFRP1 to WFRP2
- Conversion of WFRP1 magic spells to WFRP2
- Old WFRP1 careers converted to WFRP2
- Additional rules to make magic more flexible and dangerous
- Narration in combat.

Strike to Stun is one of the sites where you can download the pdf files:
Liber Fanatica I: Character Compendium
Liber Fanatica II: The perilous Arts

Issue 11

We have only 3 copies of issue 11 now left. So if you want one, you had better move quickly.

WFRP2 Out Now!

Yes, the long awaited second edition of WFRP is now out. For more information check out Black Industries.

March 21st

Liber Fanatica

During the last twenty years, quite a bit of fan support has appeared for WFRP1, in the form of adventures, settings, careers, optional rules, and so on - up to complete epic campaigns, and monographs on special subjects (Bretonnia, life at sea, and so on). These materials were often of high quality and well appreciated.

This tradition will continue. When the playtests for the new game ended, a number of playtesters had ideas for writing material to support the game. A few of them joined forces and set out to develop their ideas and deliver it to the WFRP community for free, in return for all the stuff that that community has given them. Under the name of Liber Fanatica, two PDFs will be offered for free download from March 29.

March 3rd

Flagship 112

The latest issue of Flagship is out now. Among the articles is one by Warpstone editor John Foody looking at WFRP and an interesting article by Robert Rees (based on his booklet) about starting your own zine. There’s also a good article on the Middle Earth PB(e)M, a game we know the Warpstone Ed is rather fond of. For more details on Flagship check out www.flagshipmagazine.com.

February 19th

Timcon III

TimCon III is a third "mini-convention" for WFRP players by WFRP players. It will be held in London on Saturday 26th March 2005. TimConIII info.

February 11th

Warpstone 23 Out Now!

The new Warpstone will be appearing in shops in the forthcoming days. All subscriber copies went earlier this week. If anyone does not receive them, let the editor know.

WFRP Previews

In addition to the preview in Warpstone 23, Black Industries have some available from their website. This also contains information on the first releases from the second edition.

February 1st

German Scenarios

We are pleased to bring you two WFRP scenarios from Karl-Heinz Zapf. More information can found at www.spielespieler.de.
Let us know what you think.

January 30th

The Origin of Tree Worship

Tim Eccles reclines respendent in the chi-chi lounge bar of the Snodgrass Hotel in Knightsbridge. He flicks back an errant dark lock while absently fingering his Chateau Briand. He looks plaintively at me, somehow finding the patience to indulge my petty, ignorant questions. A man of such greatness shouldn't have to 'face the press' but he does so, and with amazing good grace.

"I have just taken my articles out the issues, and worked them together," he confides. The atmosphere is electric. I feel the zeitgeist has been captured. You can find it here. Next week I discuss his Tilean adventure and new undead monster with Jasper Conran.

Warpstone Charity Auction

The e-bay auction for Warpstone issue 23 proofs were sold for £63.50 (inc. postage). This amount has been donated to the disaster appeal fund. Many thanks to the winner for his generosity.

Bretonnia Project

Check out the Bretonnia-Project. It focuses on non-arthurian background for WFRP in keeping with the description in the original WFRP rulebook. It is a dark swashbuckling setting based on renaissance France. After some time in hibernation, we have decided to launch new websites in 2005. Since the release of the free Bretonnia-Sourcebook in 2003, we been working mainly on play-aids and a collection of inspiration material for Bretonnia-Sourcebook. Bretonnia-Project is a reasonably active Internet project, which is open to contributions. We currently also run occasionnal one-off wfrp-bretonnia games in Newcastle, UK.

January 10th

Warpstone Charity Auction

The printing proofs for Warpstone issue 23 have been put up for auction. All money raised from this auction will be sent to the Tsunami Appeal: Check it out

December 12th

Warpstone 23 at Printers

The latest issue of Warpstone is currently at the printers. If all goes well then it will be out in January. This issue includes an exclusive preview of second edition WFRP.

November 30th

Warpstone at Dragonmeet

For the third year running Warpstone will be on the fanzine table at Dragonmeet.
We will be joined by Carnel who will have two new issues for the convention. Issue 28 is dedicated to the WFRP Lustria and issue 29 is a modern British World of Darkness setting and campaign based on the Call of Cthulhu supplement "Goatswood". They Will also be selling The Fluxus Collection, The Best of Delusions of Grandeur, Tetsubo and more.
And Flagship: The Magazine for Gamers. Not just Play-by-mail anymore.
And IRM: A new magazine launching at Dragonmeet. Created by joint venture between Team8 and Stealthbrothers.com and aimed at the general roleplaying market.

We hope to see some of you there.

November 25th

Warpstone Review

Check out this review of Warpstone, which appears on the d20 Magazine Rack site. The site describes itself; "The d20 Magazine Rack is dedicated to making available the very best in eMagazines, reviews and other game-related resources." If you wish to enhance both the DM's and the player's gaming experiences, visit d20 Magazine Rack.

November 20th

WFRP2 Releases

The latest copy of SFX contains a Black Library sponsored calendar containing BL releases for the next year. For Black Industries and WFRP2 there is;
Mar 18: WFRP, Character Pack, Plundered Vaults
April 22: GM Pack, Empire Bestiary
May 20: Paths of the Damned Vol 1: The Ashes of Middenheim
Jun 24: Old World Armoury: Misillania and Miltaria
July 15: Sigmar's Heirs: A Guide to the Empire
August 19: Paths of the Damned Vol 2: The Spires of Altdorf
Oct 21: Karak Azgal: Dragon Krag
Nov 18: Realms of Sorcery

October 1st

Subscriber Copies Out!

All subscriber copies of Warpstone have now been posted. If you don't receive in the next couple of weeks then please let the team know. A couple of points regarding the Talabheim competition: follow the usual subscriber guidelines and there is a maximum of three entries per person. We look forward to hearing some feedback on issue 22. We recommend heading to Strike-to-Stun if you want to make any comments on-line.

September 26th

Warpstone 22 Out Now! (sort of)

Issue 22 of Warpstone is now out. Copies are on the way to subscribers in the USA and most shops now have theirs. However, the copies for subscribers outside the USA (including UK & Europe) are lost somewhere in the English countryside. As soon as they arrive at Warpstone UK we will get them in the post.

September 1st

Timcon II

TimCon II is a second "mini-convention" for WFRP players by WFRP players. It will be held in London on Saturday October 23rd. Read all about it.

Thar she blows

Warpstone 22 approaches. She's so close you can almost smell her.

August 30th

Journey into Darkness

Another exclusive to the Warpstone website. This scenario by Paul “Wiggy” Wade-Williams is the first of two sequels to “The Missing Children of Regensdorf”, which first appeared in Warpstone issue 8 and then in Corrupting Influence: The Best Of Warpstone Volume One. Many thanks to Wiggy for allowing Warpstone to publish this on our website. Go to the scenarios section.

August 26th

Black Library Press Release

Go here for the latest Black Library press release.

Critical Hit Forums Close

The news that Critical Hit forums, centre of the WFRP community for many, had closed. The message on the site stated; "It is my sad duty to inform everyone that the Critical Hit Forums have been closed. The major factor in this decision has been the increasing amount of time it takes to administrate it, time which we cannot now afford. We have tried to give the best support possible to Warhammer Fantasy Role-play, Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 but feel we have taken the CH forums as far as they can go. Certainly there are no shortage of forums dedicated to these games. We'd like to thank all those members, especially the hardworking moberators, who have given us their support and have been dedicated to the forums for so many years." It is a sad loss and thanks go to Andrew for all the hard work he has done over the years. The Critical Hit site is still up and running with plenty of good Warhammer material.

tOoTW

The latest issue of Tim Eccles' The Origin of Tree Worship fanzine is now out. Issue 7 contains articles on the Old Faith (by Alfred Nunez), character generation ideas for a new WFRP edition (by Robin Low), apothecaries (by the Dark Knight), a review of the new WFB Bretonnia army book (by Clive Oldfield) and thoughts on Language in WFRP and Ice Wizardry by Tim. Price is £2.00 by cheque to the UK, £2.50 via Paypal to the UK, £2.75 to the EU and £3.50 to the US and RoW. Full details at http://www.shadow-warriors.co.uk.

Warpstone Questionnaire II

Back in issue 19, we asked you for your thoughts on Warpstone. Many thanks for all those who took the time to respond. It is much appreciated. Particular Apologies for the time it has taken to publish the replies. Here is a summary of those replies.

Das Geheimnis der Krähe

A treat for all those of you who can read German. A Karl-Heinz Zapf scenario is now available for download in the scenarios section. Let us know what you think.

Grovod Forest

We are pleased to announce the addition of Alfred Nunez's convention scenario to the scenarios section. Let us know what you think, too.

Dragonlords

We thought that some Warpstone readers may be interested in playing Dragonlords. Based to some degree on the Warhammer world, it is an Internet based strategy game and is free to play. Here's what the Game Moderator said about it.

Welcome to Kharne, a world modelled closely after Warhammer and Tolkien's Middle Earth, when mighty Kings ruled by fire and sword. Send forth thy regiments of soldiers, or even legendary beasts to conquer thy empire. This is a play-by-email strategy game, where each player rules an Orcish Tribe, Elven Lordship. Dwarven Clan or one of many other Players of strategic games such as Diplomacy, Axis&Allies and Risk will also find many familiar elements in the game. There is a detailed player program that depicts the forces of all realms as miniatures on a giant game board. To stay on your throne, you will need to use well-planned tactics, clever scheming, and ruthless determination. It is completely free to play, and new games begin regularly. We have a community of over 200 active players, and positions are open for both new blood and veterans. Everyone is welcome to sign up for a game at: http://www.lordsofconquest.com/dragon. Hope to see you on the battlefield! Here is why it is similar to Warhammer Dragonlords has been strongly influenced by the Warhammer universe, and inspired use to create a gritty, dark world of incessant warfare. The races on the map board are similar to those of Warhammer, such as the Border Princes (similar to the Empire), Dwarves, Orcs, and so forth. The trooptypes include creatures such as fearsome Swamp Trolls, Siege Giants, and many types of Dragons. The game allows a great deal of depth in role-playing. Here, you forge alliances, wage war and perhaps engage in the politics of the knife as well. Thus, rather than an adventure party, or general, each player takes the role of a King or Emperor. If you have ever desired to actual conquer the realms of Warhammer, rather than fight individual battles, then this game is worth a closer look - after all, its free! - Andrew, Game Moderator

April 4th

TimCon - Only a week to go. The first all WFRP con for many years is taking place next week and there are still a few places left. It is being held on day Saturday in London. It would be great to see a few of you there. Details available here.

Warpstone now accepts Euro cheques. More details on the ordering page.

March 22nd

Legion 4 - Issue 4 of our occasional newsletter is now available (and you can get a copy in PDF format here). The centre-piece is an article by Steve Gerke on using some of Games Workshop's Chaos baddies.
You can find some more information on these at http://uk.games-workshop.com/warhammerworld/warhammer/chaos/chaos.htm.

Tim Eccles released the full and final details of TimCon 01, available here.

March 9th

Issue 21 Out Now - All subscribers should now all have received their copy of issue 21. If you haven't then drop me a line and let me know. Issue 21 is also available in shops world-wide - although some may have difficulty finding.
Subscribers have also been send Legion Issue 4, our occasional newsletter. This will appear on the website in the near future.

Competition Extended - Due to the late arrival of issue 21, the deadline for taking part in the Dwarf competition on page 6 has been extended to June 1st.

USD Cheques now Accepted - Warpstone can now accept US Dollar cheques. We hope to sort out Europe cheques soon (more details on ordering page).

UK 'zines - At Dragonmeet 2003, Warpstone appeared as part of the Fanzine table. Editor John Foody, also took part in the Fanzine Editors Q&A panel. There was an impressive, both in number and diversity, turnout of 'zines. Check out a list here and see if anything seems interesting. If you do order one, tell them were you saw it.

Find a Game of WFRP - Glen Sharman has begun an on-line database of WFRP games. So if your after a game or player check it out here.

February 16th

Warpstone is very pleased to announce that Critical_Hit have started up a dedicated Warpstone_forum. Many thanks to Andrew at Critial Hit for this. I hope all our readers will use this to discuss and debate what appears in Warpstone.

TIMCON 01 - Tim Eccles has now released the full details for the London WFRP convention on the 10th April.

January 26th

Tim Eccles's WFRP fanzine The Origin of Tree Worship issue 5 is out now. Articles include the nature of chaos, fortifications, the future of WFRP with GW and a letters column.
Full details at www.shadow-warriors.co.uk

November 24th

A review of Warpstone issues 16 to 20 has appeared on RPG.NET.

October 5th

We think that Warpstone uses some of the finest artists in gaming. Three of them have got new websites up and running, so check them (and some others) out here.

Warpstone at Dragonmeet 2003
The editors of The Black Seal, Carnel and Warpstone will again be hosting a table at Dragonmeet 2003. They have now been joined by Flagship. In addition to selling issues of their publications, they are hoping to promote the essential role that fanzines pay. Other fanzines editors are welcome to join them at Dragonmeet. Whether this is by selling their own zine, or leaving leaflets on the table. They should get in touch with me directly. The following will be available on the day:

• The Black Seal - The Magazine of Modern Horror Gaming
  Issue 2 will be available to buy, and the forthcoming issue 3 can be previewed at DM and pre-orders for issue 3 placed.
• CARNEL / Metazine
• Flagship: The Magazine for Gamers
• Various Tim Eccles' fanzines (Lac Ta, Origin of Tree Worship & Private War Campaign)
• Warpstone - The WFRP Magazine
  WS are hoping to launch issue 21 at DM.

August 31st

The latest issue of Warpstone is out now and we think it’s the best yet. By now, most subscribers should have their copy although there has been in delay in getting some US subscribers their copies. Apologies for this but these will be arriving in next few days.
Issue 20 has been widely distributed to Game Shops. If you are having trouble getting a copy then check out the list of distributors who have taken copies [link]. Else, drop us a line.
Many subscribers will have found they have also received a copy of Tim Eccles ‘A Players Guide’, a version of which was found in his WFRP scenario, ‘A Private War’. Unfortunately, we didn’t have enough copies for everyone, so apologies if you were one of the unlucky few who did not get a copy. However, copies of ‘A Private War’ and issue four of Tim’s fanzine ‘The Origin of Tree Worship’ is now available.
Issue 20 of Warpstone was a long time coming, mainly due to Hogshead demise, which found the editor learning how to do all the things that Hogshead did. However, we are back on track now and issue 21 should be out in plenty of time for Dragonmeet 2003. Warpstone will be there on the Fanzines table, which we are running with Carnel and The Black Seal.

We are also pleased to announce that we have found a few copies of issue 11 in the back of our metaphorical cupboard.

Apologies if you’ve written to us recently and not had a reply. Things have been hectic recently but we’re getting through the backlog now.

We would like to apologise to Warpstone artist Eric Fessard who illustrated pages 13 and 18 of issue 20. However, we forget to credit him. Look out for his cover on issue 21 of Warpstone.

Gen Con 2003
Warpstone sponsored this Alfred Nunez WFRP games at Gen Con. The two winners were Brian Kirby and Karl Keesler who we are told were very pleased with their Warpstone booty.

List of Distrubitors:
Excelsior Entertainment
Esdevium
Blackhawk Hobby Distrubitors
Centurion Hobby Distributors
Dynamic Distribution
Four Aces
Lion Rampart
Mindsports
Pegasus Spiele
RPV
Ulisses Spiel und Medien Distribution
Walrus & Carpenter
Welt der Spiele D.M. TmbH
Wright One

July 21st

Issue 4 Tim Eccle’s WFRP fanzine “The Origin of Tree Worship” is now available. It contains a discussion on the demise of Hogshead featuring Dwarf Sourcebook author Alfred Nuñez Jr, Carnel editor Robert Rees and Warpstone editor John Foody among others. Alfred also contributes an article giving background on Skaven.
The cost including P&P is a straight £2 anywhere. Check out the Shadow-Warriors site for more details.
You will also be able to pick up a copy (not to mentions Warpstone) at Conjuration. Robert Rees of Carnel will have a store there selling fanzines.

July 14th

The latest of Warpsone has arrived at Excelsior Entertainment's warehouse. We hope to have subscriber copies very soon with the shops obtaining soon after. More news in the near future.

May 14th

We are pleased to announce that issue 20 of Warpstone will be published in July 2003, with a Gencon release. At 64 pages it will be largest issue to date. It will be distributed through Esdevium in the UK and Excelsior Entertainment in the USA. We are currently looking at distribution outside these countries.
Since the demise of Hogshead Publishing (as we knew it), the Warpstone team have not been idle. In addition to continuing to work on the issues themselves we have been looking to ensure the Warpstone continues to be made available in the same way as under Hogshead. This meant arranging companies to undertake the distribution of the magazine not to mention printers. Although we had undertaken these duties in the early days of Warpstone, this was on a much larger scale. Everything is now in place and Warpstone should appear three times a year as before.
With the increase in size and extra costs occurred because of the self-publishing of Warpstone, we have had to increase the cover price of the magazine. It is now GBP4.95 and USD7.50.

Warpstone would like to thank all those who have helped get Warpstone back on its feet and those readers who have sent us their support. Much appreciated.