IMAGINE No. 1 (1983)

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Title: IMAGINE Adventure Games Magazine, No 1 April 1983
Type: Magazine
Copyright: 1983, by TSR Hobbies (UK) Ltd.
Publisher: TSR Hobbies, UK Ltd.
Editor: Keith Thomson
Assistant Editor: Paul Cockburn
Editorial Assistant: Kim Daniel
Art Supervisor: Philip Kaye
Cover Art: Elric and Moonglum by Rodney Matthews
Contributing Artists: Ian Williamson, Jeremy Goodwin, Geoff Wingate, Simon Senior, Philip Kaye, Tanya Long, Dani Kaye, Pete Young
Place of Publication: Cambridge, UK
Format: 52 pgs. Stapled
ISBN:
Cover Price: £1.00
Mass: 132g
Dimensions: length 29.8cm, width 21cm, thickness .2cm

Contents:
Editorial. by Gary Gygax
Editorial. by Don Turnbull
The Beginner's Guide to Role-Playing Games.
Stirge Corner. by Roger Musson
QB-161-01: Antares. by John E. Black
Illuminations
Book Reviews
Illusionary Script
The Beacon at Enon Tor. by Mike Brunton
Players' Association News.
PAN Pipings
Turnbull Talking
Dispel Confusion
Rubic of Moggedon
Tavern Talk. by Pete Tamlyn
Games Reviews
Figure Painting. by Mike Brunton
Letters, Fanzine Reviews, Club News & Forthcoming Events
The Sword of Alabron. by Ian Williamson

Advertisements of Interest:
Flying Buffalo
Chronicles Miniatures
Southsea Models
Fantasy World (game shop)
Swordplay (zine)
Odyssey 7 (game shop)
Conan the Barbarian (zine)
Esdevium Games (game shop)
Northern Games Day (convention)
MiniFigs
Titan Distributors
Games Centre (game shop)
White Dwarf
Crasimoff's World
Games Weekend in Wales
The Games Gallery (game shop)
Tamworth Games Centre (game shop)
1829 by Hartland Games

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Musings:

Imagine is referred to as the sister publication to the Dragon Magazine in the states. I have noticed several re-printed articles by TSR luminaries first appearing in Dragon. Particularly, are the many Gygax articles. However, the introductory editorial in this issue is the first look at this Gygax effort.

Also important to gaming in UK at the time, are the various fanzines as they were widely referred to. In each issue of IMAGINE, there is an entire section featuring and dissecting various fanzines. I will attempt to add the titles in each of these headings for research and comparison to our lists in the Fanzine Research Forums.

Fanzines mentioned:

War Machine
Wargame News
20 years On (postal gaming)
Astradyne 57 (postal gaming zine)
Cerebo 16 (not gaming)
Acolyte 43
British Fantasy Newsletter
Dragonlords 14
Greatest hits 104 (diplomacy)
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