The first issue of Excavator Monthly is up for sale at rpgnow for the PDF ($3.50)and and lulu.com for the print copy ($9.99). We are also happy to report that we are on track to be releasing monthly issues on the 15th of each month, or around that date depending on external issues such as RPGnow and Drivethrurpg's issues over the last few days... which have been corrected.
I am a bit anxious to see the print proofs from lulu as far as the spine width and writing we have on there. If there are issues, but so far we have been very lucky with the print on demand service they offer. The print versions are in black and white, while the color pdf versions much more colorful and fully linked.
RPGnow
http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php? ... s_id=94024
Lulu
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/e ... f/center/1
Here is the sell copy we are using for issue 1. In the next post I am going to add some art highlights for eh 40 page magazine.
Welcome adventurer! This is the first issue of Outland Arts’ entirely The Mutant Epoch focused magazine, Excavator Monthly.
Included in this inaugural issue are articles on GM rewarded Experience Factors, another on how to handle multiple player characters, a character generation technique: the Double Barrel System, a word on some gaming blogs and podcasts, new relics: liquid flesh and the net gun, 2 NPCs and 3 mutant creatures: the creeping digester, jaw hog, and howling eviscerator. There is also a short story entitled Demon in the Depths, a write up on The Mutant Epoch website, preview of Pitford: Gateway to the Ruins, and a treasure table. Finally, an extensive article on Spiderborgs as NPCs, hostile foes, or player characters.
Excavator Monthly is the official magazine for The Mutant Epoch milieu, covering the TME RPG, fiction, art and more. Not using the Outland System? No worries, there is a ton here that any post apocalyptic GM can utilize.
This issue includes:
2 NPCs
3 New Creatures
2 new relics
1 new NPC or PC race (Spiderborgs)
1 short story
1 Treasure Table
1 Character generation system (Double Barrel)
19 illustrations
40 pages
