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| − | Games Unplugged was a bimonthly magazine published in the USA dedicated to the tabletop gaming industry. It was produced by Fast Forward Entertainment Inc. and featured news along with upcoming releases of a variety of role-playing games, card games, board games, and miniature wargames | + | '''Games Unplugged''' was a bimonthly magazine published in the [[w:USA|USA]] dedicated to the tabletop gaming industry. It was produced by [[Fast Forward Entertainment Inc.]] and featured news along with upcoming releases of a variety of role-playing games, card games, board games, and miniature wargames. It ran for 34 issues, from June 2000 until May 2004. The original price per copy was $3.99 in 2000 and rose to $4.99 by 2003. The company also had a website, GamesUnplugged.com, which is now defunct. |
| − | + | In later issues the magazine featured an official regular [[Classic Battletech]] slot with a foreword by [[Randall N. Bills]] along with short stories, sneak peeks at new releases and artwork including a series showing all variants of a single 'Mech. This article focuses on the magazine's BattleTech-related content. | |
| + | ==Canonicity== | ||
| + | According to author Randall Bills, then the [[BattleTech Line Developer]], in his first BattleTech article in the Games Unplugged magazine, the articles are fully [[canonical]] for the BattleTech setting. This was confirmed in an official thread on the [[BattleTech forum]] on 06 January 2014.<ref>In [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,36229.0.html this thread] on the [[BattleTech forum]], also archived on [[Talk:Games Unplugged|this article's talk page]].</ref> | ||
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| + | Fast Forward Entertainment Inc. was the distributor for [[FanPro US]] when they held the BattleTech license, which arguably makes the Games Unplugged magazine a "house magazine" tied to the BattleTech licensee at the time. | ||
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| + | ==BattleTech content== | ||
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===Issue 28=== | ===Issue 28=== | ||
* [[The Ties That Bind (short story)|The Ties That Bind]]. | * [[The Ties That Bind (short story)|The Ties That Bind]]. | ||
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* [[Tale of the Green Ghosts (short story)|Tale of the Green Ghosts]]. | * [[Tale of the Green Ghosts (short story)|Tale of the Green Ghosts]]. | ||
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[[Category:Magazines]] | [[Category:Magazines]] | ||
Revision as of 16:28, 6 January 2014
| Games Unplugged | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Magazine |
| Development | Dynasty Presentations Tony Lee (Editor-in-Chief) |
| Pages | ca. 64 |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Timothy Brown Fast Forward Entertainment Inc. |
| First published | 2000-2004 |
| MSRP | $3.99 - $4.99 |
| Content | |
Games Unplugged was a bimonthly magazine published in the USA dedicated to the tabletop gaming industry. It was produced by Fast Forward Entertainment Inc. and featured news along with upcoming releases of a variety of role-playing games, card games, board games, and miniature wargames. It ran for 34 issues, from June 2000 until May 2004. The original price per copy was $3.99 in 2000 and rose to $4.99 by 2003. The company also had a website, GamesUnplugged.com, which is now defunct.
In later issues the magazine featured an official regular Classic Battletech slot with a foreword by Randall N. Bills along with short stories, sneak peeks at new releases and artwork including a series showing all variants of a single 'Mech. This article focuses on the magazine's BattleTech-related content.
Canonicity
According to author Randall Bills, then the BattleTech Line Developer, in his first BattleTech article in the Games Unplugged magazine, the articles are fully canonical for the BattleTech setting. This was confirmed in an official thread on the BattleTech forum on 06 January 2014.[1]
Fast Forward Entertainment Inc. was the distributor for FanPro US when they held the BattleTech license, which arguably makes the Games Unplugged magazine a "house magazine" tied to the BattleTech licensee at the time.
BattleTech content
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Issue 28
- The Ties That Bind.
- Sneak peek at the Colossus-class DropShip.
- Artwork for the Hatamoto-Chi BattleMech.
Issue 29
References
- ↑ In this thread on the BattleTech forum, also archived on this article's talk page.