THE FASA SPECIAL The fanzine devoted to Doctor Who Gaming „IN THE MUDS OF EDEN‰ ADVENTURE MODU ISSUE # 19 A COMPLETE LOOK AT THE FASA DOCTOR „PLASTERED IN PARIS‰ ADVENTURE MODULE GENCON 2012 CON REPORT - NEW NPC FEATURE and MORE... LE - „TIMEQUAKE‰ ADVENTURE MODULE WHO RPG - FASA WRITER INTERVIEWS 1 EDITOR’S NOTES CONTENTS Wow. This issue has been a big project for our staff. We are sure that many of you have wondered what EDITOR’S NOTES 2 the delay was all about for this issue, but it was simply REVIEW: Doctor Who: AiTS (11th Doctor Edition) 4 about getting you the best fanzine that we could. Our Cubicle 7 Product News– More Who on the Way 6 approach this issue was more investigative reporting and Defending the Earth is Set for Release 7 historical research than it was writing role‐playing re‐ A Complete Look at the FASA Doctor Who RPG 8 sources and adventure modules. For this issue we really Differences in the Editions of the FASA Who RPG 12 wanted to put together a fanzine that was as deeply in‐ FASA Doctor Who RPG Supplements 15 formative and complete as possible. Not just as a fanzine The Unpublished FASA Supplements 17 but as a research document about the FASA Doctor Who Researching the Existence of the Unpublished 18 role‐playing game. And that simply means that it took us More Research Method Information 19 longer than we hoped. However, our staff also feels like FASA Doctor Who Adventure Modules 20 this issue was worth the wait. We hope you do too. The Cardstock Stabilizer 23 The initial research for this issue began as early as The Unpublished FASA Adventure Modules 24 1996 as a graduate school project that I was embarking FASA Solo Play Adventure Game Books 25 on. At one point my master’s thesis was going to be Contemporary FASA Supporting Materials 26 about role‐playing games, and what better obsession to A Complete Look at the FASA Miniatures 39 write about than the Doctor Who games that had been INTERVIEW: Guy W. McLimore Jr. 46 released. In turn, I had done a number of in‐depth inter‐ More on Stan And Tabby 58 views with some of the writers of the games. These in‐ The FASA GenCon Experience 61 terviews never ended up being part of my academic INTERVIEW: Greg Poehlein 62 work, as eventually the master’s thesis found itself inves‐ INTERVIEW: Patrick Larkin 64 tigating the Cyberpunk subculture, of which some RPGs INTERVIEW: L. Ross Babcock III 68 were a part. My research took me to other places, but More About FASA 77 the transcripts and files of my interviews were kept until I INTERVIEW: William H. Keith Jr. 78 could find a use for them. Other FASA Doctor Who Writers and Contributors 81 Memories of the FASA Doctor Who RPG 83 Flash forward another 15 years. I find myself at the helm of a somewhat popular fanzine that tries to pro‐ (continued Next Page) vide the best articles for those in the Doctor Who gaming community. I’m sitting on some detailed interviews about the creation and authorship of the games that my readers love so much. And after hearing that one of our feature writers (Neil Riebe) arranged an interview with FASA Doctor Who RPG writer Willaim H. Keith Jr. , I real‐ ize that the time has come to pull the trigger and put to‐ gether the issue that I have been hoping to do for a long time: A comprehensive issue on the FASA Doctor Who role‐playing game, which led the field in the Whovian gaming universe. And what better time. Doctor Who role‐playing DIARY OF THE DOCTOR WHO ROLE-PLAYING GAMES - A DOCTOR WHO FANZINE is published by the Earthbound TimeLords © 2012. Issue #19 published 09 October 2012. The fanzine is published for the pur- pose of review and enhancement of the Doctor Who television program and its related Doctor Who role-playing games and is FREE. ‘Doctor Who’ and related photos are copyright to the BBC, and no infringement of their (or anyone else's) copyrights is intended. Articles are copyright of their respective authors. Support the BBC and the program. Contact the Earthbound TimeLords at [email protected] . Print Run is Electronic. This issue of the fanzine is dedicated to Isabel Murphy, the daughter of contributor Pete Murphy and the sister to contributor Joseph Murphy. We appreciate her giving her dad and brother time to do some Doctor Who gaming from time to time (and contribute to our fanzine) and look forward to her own involvement in gaming someday soon! 2 EVENT REPORT: GenCon 2012 89 might be more popular than ever right now with the REVIEW: 40 Years of GenCon 101 introduction of Cubicle 7’s stellar Doctor Who‐ Doctor Who Cosplay at GenCon 102 Adventures in Space and Time RPG. New Doctor Who Please Help us With Our Research 103 gamers are joining the fold and discovering table top MODULE: “In the Muds of Eden” 104 gaming every day! What an exciting time and a chance More Doctor Who RPG On‐Line Resources 107 to be a part of this new wave of interest is so wonder‐ Gamer Etiquette 108 108 ful. And what better way to celebrate the hobby than MODULE: “Timequake” 110 try to give the most historical and accurate issue to our The Underrated Companions: Sarah and Harry 114 readers which includes those rare interviews we had EVENT REPORT: MTL Summer Picnic 118 waiting for the right day. EVENT REPORT: MTL July 4 Fireworks 118 But the staff at DDWRPG did not just sit back to EVENT REPORT: Cogs and Roses II Picnic 119 simply publish those old interviews. We also worked to EVENT REPORT: Doctor Who Night at Frank’s 120 get some new interviews with others who worked on EVENT REPORT: MAGE Doctor Who Viewings 120 the game,. We did some extensive research on the full NPC FEATURE: Umar Tanvir 121 line of FASA releases as well as spin‐off materials such MODULE: “Plastered in Paris” 124 as supporting articles that were written for the game GM TIPS: More Modules to Fold into your RPG 126 and so on. An overview of every FASA Doctor Who edi‐ Looking for an Online Game? Try Phoenix RPGing 128 tion, each supplement, each adventure module, each The TARDIS Technical Index 129 miniature set, and even information on scheduled but Awesome Dice Bags 129 unreleased products and supplemental materials fill this Thriller Theater on the Festival Circuit 130 issue of our fanzine. We aimed to make it the single CARTOON: Xue Who 130 best source of information on the FASA Doctor Who GAMER POLL: Best Doctor Who RPG 131 RPG. So… welcome to our “FASA Special” issue . CARTOON: Our UNIT 131 But just because it is a FASA issue does not mean BACK COVER: Coming Next Issue 132 that there isn’t other game coverage included as well. The hardcopy box of the 2nd Edition of Cubicle 7’s Doc‐ tor Who‐Adventures in Time and Space game has arrived and we lead off with our review of the set in this issue. We are very excited to finally get this one in our hands! Next issue will also give you a review of the Doctor Who Card Game by Cubicle 7, which we were lucky enough to get our grubby little protuberances on at GenCon. On top of that, we have a new Non‐Player Character column by Pete Murphy that will become a feature in each is‐ sue. There are still great Game Master advice columns and adventure modules for players to enjoy as well! I want to give a particularly large nod of thanks and appreciation to Neil Riebe who collected other infor‐ mation and data for us, and did some of our contemporary interviews (in 2012). His work and motivation has been invaluable to our research and work for this issue. This issue of DDWRPG took a bit longer to “get to press” than our previous issues due to the huge amount of effort our staff had to put in to get new interviews (and to get responses back from those kind enough to give us their time). Add the effort and time needed to transcribe the archival interviews and information and it was simply a herculean effort. In the end, we hope to have brought you the definitive work on the FASA Doctor Who RPG. And we hope you enjoy it. ‐Nick “Zepo” Seidler [Editor, DDWRPG] LIKE us on facebook to get updates on our fanzine: Download our fanzine online at: www.facebook.com/ddwrpg http://homepages.bw.edu/~jcurtis/modules.htm THANKS TO OUR ARTICLE STAFF CONTRIBUTORS: Neil Riebe, John Curtis, Pete Murphy, Lance Ducker, Michel “Siskoid” M. Albert, and Jeff Miller. ALSO SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR OTHER CONTRIBUTORS, INTERVIEWEES, AND THOSE THAT PROVIDED ASSISTANCE THIS ISSUE: Angus Abranson, L. Ross Babcock III, Roger Boyes, Bob Brinkman, Dave Burkowitz, Walt Ciechanowski, Peter De Palma, Steven Heller, Alli‐ son Haas, Steve Hill, Adrian Jones, William H. Keith Jr., Bob Kohlmetz, Patrick Larkin, Matt Lininger, Dominic McDowall‐Thomas, Guy W. McLimore Jr., Stan Miller II, Isabel Murphy, Joseph Murphy, Mike Olson, Andrew Peregrine, Greg Poehlein, Chris Poff, Anthony Preece, Todd S., Silent Hunter, Al Sumner Jr., Brian Swift, Tierra Tank, Paul Vnuk Jr., Rob Warnock, and all the GenCon players. 3 REVIEW: DOCTOR WHO—ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE (11th DOCTOR EDITION) ••••½ of ••••• ROLE‐PLAYING GAME (2nd Edition) CUBICLE 7 (2012) ‐ PRODUCT #CB71109 ISBN 978‐0‐85744‐038‐9 MSRP £39.99 / $59.99 There are very few role‐playing games that get released in which the second edition is better than the first.