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词条 Alarums and Excursions
释义

  1. History

  2. Contents

  3. Reviews

  4. References

  5. External links

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}}Alarums and Excursions (A&E) is an amateur press association started in June 1975 by Lee Gold which continues monthly to this day. It was the first publication to focus solely on role-playing games. The name "Alarums and Excursions" comes from a stage direction for the moving of soldiers across a stage, used in Elizabethan drama.[1]

History

In APA-L, the APA of Los Angeles's SF Fandom, usually collated at the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, Bruce Pelz felt that discussion of Dungeons & Dragons was taking up too much space.[2] Gold began the publication of Alarums and Excursions at the request in June 1975.

The initial aim of the publication was to prevent the playing styles to become so divergent that people couldn't participate in games together.[3][4]

It was a four-time winner of the Charles Roberts/Origins Award, winning "Best Amateur Adventure Gaming Magazine" in 1984,[5] "Best Amateur Game Magazine" in 1999,[6] and "Best Amateur Game Periodical" in 2000[7] and 2001.[7]

The June 2017 collation of Alarums and Excursions was #500, with a color cover drawn by Lee Moyer and printed by Rob Heinsoo.

Contents

Each issue is a collection of contributions from different authors, often featuring game design discussions, rules variants, write-ups of game sessions, reviews, and comments on others contributions.

Although game reports and social reactions are common parts of many A&E contributions, it has also, over the years, become a testing ground for new ideas on the development of the RPG as a genre and an art form. The idea that role-playing games are an art form took strong root in this zine, and left a lasting impression on many of the RPG professionals who contributed. The 1992 role-playing game Over the Edge was inspired by discussions in A&E.[8]

Over the years, contributors have included: {{div col|colwidth=18em}}

  • Wilf K. Backhaus
  • Greg Costikyan
  • John M. Ford
  • E. Gary Gygax
  • David A. Hargrave
  • Rob Heinsoo
  • John Eric Holmes
  • Robin Laws
  • Stephen R. Marsh
  • Phil McGregor
  • Dave Nalle
  • Mark Rein·Hagen
  • John T. Sapienza, Jr.
  • Edward E. Simbalist
  • Jonathan Tweet
  • Erick Wujcik
  • John Nephew
  • Spike Y Jones
  • Doc Cross
  • Scott Bennie
  • Ken Rolston
  • Nicole Lindroos
  • Terry K. Amthor
  • Wes Ives
{{div col end}}

Reviews

  • Dragon #50

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/alarums+and+excursions|title=alarums and excursions|work=Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary}}
2. ^Bretts RPG Magazine and Zine Index {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024220743/http://www.arielarchives.com/Brett/magazines/alarumsandexcursions.html |date=October 24, 2006 }}, entry on Alarums & Excursions, retrieved September 2007
3. ^{{cite news| last = Mason| first = Paul| date = 2012| title = A history of RPGs: Made by fans; played by fans| url = http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/444/350| work = Transformative Works and Cultures| volume = 11| access-date = 2016-06-19| issn = 1941-2258| doi = 10.3983/twc.2012.0444}}
4. ^{{cite book| last1 = Mason| first1 = Paul| date = 2004| title = In Search of the Self: A Survey of the First 25 Years of Anglo-American Role-Playing Game Theory| page = 2| editor1-last = Montola| editor1-first= Markus| editor2-last = Stenros| editor2-first= Jaakko| contribution = Beyond Role and Play| location = Helsinki| publisher = Ropecon ry| url = https://nordiclarp.org/w/images/8/84/2004-Beyond.Role.and.Play.pdf| access-date = 2016-06-19| isbn = 952-91-6842-X}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.gama.org/OriginsAwards/OriginsAwardsWinnersThe1980s/The1984OriginsAwards/tabid/3227/Default.aspx|title=The 1984 Origins Awards - Presented ad Origins 1985|publisher=GAMA|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007022304/http://www.gama.org/OriginsAwards/OriginsAwardsWinnersThe1980s/The1984OriginsAwards/tabid/3227/Default.aspx|archivedate=7 October 2014|access-date=22 April 2016}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.gama.org/OriginsAwards/OriginsAwardsWinnersThe1990s/The1999OriginsAwards/tabid/3243/Default.aspx|title=The 1999 Origins Awards - Presented ad Origins 2000|publisher=GAMA|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006174818/http://www.gama.org/OriginsAwards/OriginsAwardsWinnersThe1990s/The1999OriginsAwards/tabid/3243/Default.aspx|archivedate=6 October 2014|access-date=22 April 2016}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.gama.org/OriginsAwards/OriginsAwardsWinnersThe2000s/The2000OriginsAwards/tabid/3245/Default.aspx|title=The 2000 Origins Awards - Presented ad Origins 2001|publisher=GAMA|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007005721/http://www.gama.org/OriginsAwards/OriginsAwardsWinnersThe2000s/The2000OriginsAwards/tabid/3245/Default.aspx|archivedate=7 October 2014|access-date=22 April 2016}}
8. ^{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons: The '90s|publisher=Evil Hat Productions|year=2014|edition=2|volume=3|ISBN=978-1-61317-084-7|p=55}}

External links

  • Alarums and Excursions page
  • Lee Gold's index of APA-L's pre-A&E D&D-related content
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