Zine Report

Australian Zines

Damn the Consequences Published by Brendan Whyte.  Current issue: 233.  Runs Banbury Merton St (number game), Bonnie Brae (number game), Roborally, Pandemic (COVID variant), Railway Rivals, Where the #$%& on the Tube is Kendo Nagasaki?, Choice.  Current openings Banbury Merton St (number game), Bonnie Brae (number game), Beatlemania, Napoleonic Diplomacy, Wooden Ships & Iron Men, Café International, Backpacks and Blisters, Sopwith, Diplomacy, McMulti, NOMIC, Britannia, Air Charter, Dot Boom, Machiavelli, Poleconomy, Maneater, Railway Rivals, Bus Boss, Choice.

Western Front Published by Brad Martin.  Current issue: 212.  Currently running quizzes, Railway Rivals, Bus Boss, Puerto Rico, and Britannia.  Current openings for Britannia, Bus Boss, Hare & Tortoise, Railway Rivals, Settlers of Catan.

UK Zines

Dane's Games Published by Dane Maslen. Current issue: 236.  Runs Average Card Outpost, By Popular Demand, Choice, Dead Pool, Grand National, Reduced Randomness Railway Rivals, Where in the World is Kendo Nagasaki?, Word Puzzle.  Current openings for 6 Nimmt!, Bier Börse, Bourse, Choice, Grand National, Outpost,  Reduced Randomness Railway Rivals, Where is My Mind?, Word Puzzle.

Fury of the Northmen Published by Colin Bruce.  Current issue: 126.  Currently running Chess; Civilization; Diplomacy; Diplomacy, The Gathering.  Game openings for Diplomacy, Chess.

God Save the Zine Published by Stephen Agar.  Current issue: 12.  Currently running Diplomacy, Black Hole Diplomacy II, Bourse, Intimate Diplomacy Tournament.  Game openings for Diplomacy, Mercator XIV, Gunboat Hoplite Wars IV.

Variable Pig Edited by Jim Reader, published by Richard Smith. Current issue: 205. Currently running a song lyric quiz, By Variable Demand, Breaking Away, Bus Boss, Fair Means or Foul, Railway Rivals, Sopwith. Subzine Here Be Dragons, runs Let's Play Darts, Queuedo, Parkrun, Puerto Rico, and Rock, Paper, Scissors. Subzine The Celestial Steam Locomotive by Richard Smith runs Dilemmas, Where in the World is Kendo Nagasaki, Crystal Ball, Century Spice Road, Railway Rivals Partnership, Bus Boss, and Railway Rivals. Subzines offer By Variable Demand, Nearly the Best Game in the World, 6-NIMMIT!,  Feudality, Where in the World is Kendo Nagasaki (Temperature Control variant), Dilemmas, Dice Forge, Bus Boss. Note, Jim has announced that he is running it down to a fold, targeting issue 208 as the final issue. Website.

US Zines

Back of the Envelope Published by Tom Howell.  Current issue: #31.  Currently running Eat Me!, Love Letter, Railway Rivals, Snakes and Ladders, Where in the World is Kendo Nagasaki?, Jabba's Palace.  Current game openings:  Diplomacy, Dominion, Dream Mile, Fuzzy Borders, Railway Rivals, 6-Nimmit!, Breaking Away!, Golden Strider, Machi Koro.

Cheescake Published by Andy Lischett.  Current issue: 424.  Currently running Diplomacy.  Current game openings:  Escape from Cheesecake Island.

Eternal Sunshine Published by Doug Kent. Current issue: 176. Currently running Diplomacy. Subzine Out of the Way, by Andy York runs Gunboat Diplomacy, “Hangman, by Definition”. No current game openings.  Doug and Andy have both announced that they are currently running down to a fold.  All current games will finish, but no new games will start.  Website.