Imperium Staple 1 - 10

[Richard]

All right - for auction, Issue 1 - 10 of the Imperium Staple magazine, in good condition. Certainly not easy to find - I have never seen a copy on sale.

Bidding starts at $15, not including postage (from the UK). Will end when there have been no new bids for 24 hours.

Richard Tongue

 

[T. Foster]

Do you accept paypal? If so, I'll start the bidding US$20 + s/h.

 

[T. Foster]

Also, with Swordy's Illustrated Bibliography still offline, can you (or anyone else) confirm whether or not this is the entire run of the 'zine?

 

[Richard]

I do accept Paypal. It is my understanding that Issues 11 and 12 were produced, but I'm not sure.

Richard Tongue

 

[T. Foster]

Cool. My bid stands as above.

 

[Swordy]

Originally posted by T. Foster:
Also, with Swordy's Illustrated Bibliography still offline, can you (or anyone else) confirm whether or not this is the entire run of the 'zine?

There were twelve issues.

 

[Loki]

Please excuse my ignorance but what is this magazine like? What articles does it contain and is there any art included?

Thanks!

 

[Ben W Bell]

And how long are they? Are they actually any good?

 

[Richard]

The magazines are each about 16 pages long, digest size. As for quality, they are fairly good for a fanzine. The cover art is of variable quality - there are some that are quite good but others that are not.

Quite a bit of content seems to be packed into the issues. There are reviews in each issue, and a selection of articles, including details on a few subsectors of Foreven, some detailed NPCs, a selection of rules articles, some deckplans, new careers, etc.

Richard Tongue

 

[Richard]

Well, congrats T. Foster. You've won, at $20 + s&h. I'll let you know how much shipping will be when I get to the post office on Monday, but I don't expect it to be too much. Send me an email at Methuslah@tongue.fsnet.co.uk

Richard Tongue

 

[Richard]

OK, I have information on s + h for this item. The total (inc P&P) will be $29, for surface mail. Send me an email at Methuslah@tongue.fsnet.co.uk and I will send you Paypal payment instructions.

Richard Tongue

 

[T. Foster]

Hi Richard, I just sent you an email. Mmmm, yummy new Traveller to devour...

But, in other news, anybody have (non-bootleg!) copies of issues 11 and 12 they're ready to part with?

 

[T. Foster]

I got these in the mail yesterday (I'd actually forgotten all about them so it came as a nice little surprise

) and spent the evening skim-devouring all 10 issues. Fun stuff, a great peek into 'pre-internet' Traveller fandom. I can't say there's much/any material I'll actually drop into my games but I'm still glad to have them. I'd love to see these (and the other Traveller 'zines -- Third Imperium, Jumpspace, Working Passage, etc.) posted to a website somewhere like was done with Security Leak.

So, thanks again Richard!