Ok, interesting question that I (@johnpower.bsky.social to put a real name to an opinion) have, perhaps obviously, thought about quite a lot So apologies for what might end up being a long thread but I'd like to, at least, try & explain my thoughts on this and how/if Wyrd Science fits into it... - ThreadSky

wyrdscience.bsky.social • 30 days ago

Ok, interesting question that I (@johnpower.bsky.social to put a real name to an opinion) have, perhaps obviously, thought about quite a lot

So apologies for what might end up being a long thread but I'd like to, at least, try & explain my thoughts on this and how/if Wyrd Science fits into it...

Reposted from Tim Clare

Tabletop folks: with Dicebreaker & Polygon gone, & the industry facing very tough times, what would you like to see more of in tabletop games journalism & media? Imagine every most rosy scenario came true - what do you love & what do you want that you don't get enough of? I'd love to know.

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timclare.bsky.social•30 days ago

Your TLDR is going to be 'Tim Clare gets a £10k a month Patreon to make a tabletop podcast called Every Tim, Every Clare, All At Once' isn't it

cjeggett.co.uk•30 days ago

Would back this.

wyrdscience.bsky.social•30 days ago

And seriously it will probably be long, like the length of one of our features. But I'll try and sweeten the deal by dropping some awful financial details here and there for you to enjoy and a glimpse at what our next, maybe final, roll of the dice might look like...

wyrdscience.bsky.social•30 days ago

First, a quick primer of who/what Wyrd Science is in case this escapes the confinement of our 'followers' (& even then lets be honest most people following us haven't actually bought an issue of the mag - not a dig, just a statement of fact)

wyrdscience.bsky.social•30 days ago

So, Wyrd Science is, primarily*, a print magazine focused on tabletop games - mainly RPGs but my personal belief is that most tabletop games whether that's RPGs, wargames or boardgames exist on a spectrum and its (bad) weird to put things in discrete little silos

wyrdscience.bsky.social•30 days ago

* you may notice a theme start to emerge here, I have a somewhat -let's say - squirrelly brain and I'm painfully bad at focusing on just one thing

wyrdscience.bsky.social•30 days ago

Anyway, to give it some focus I generally try and keep it limited to stuff that feels reasonably related to each other, so more stuff with a more fantasy/sci-fi/horror feel

But that's not a hard & fast code, more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules

wyrdscience.bsky.social•30 days ago

More importantly what I was not interested in was publishing a magazine filled with new rules or exciting barbarian sub-classes etc.

perplexingruins.bsky.social•30 days ago

this thread was very interesting and great to read.

the whole magazine XP, from landing in the mail, tactility of pages, the curated and illuminating directions it can take you in, the slow pace encouraged by an atlas of words, art, layout.

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