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Welcome to the second News Roundup in February. ZineMonth is going strong, and, like always this time of year, the below entries will be heavy on ZiMo projects currently funding. It's not a release, but if you're a creator the TTRPG for Trans Rights -- Ohio Game Jam is currently accepting...

Welcome to the first news Roundup in February as well as the first Roundup for ZineMonth2025. I don't usually share links to blogs, podcasts, or other such releases, but I was asked nicely, so I wanted to plug The Jeweler's Sanctum, a neat little solo play game on YouTube. Also, in observance...

In honor of ZineMonth, Sabre Games is having a sale on all in-stock zines, including a number from previous ZiMos! All are 30% off for the entirety of February.

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In honor of ZineMonth, Sabre Games is having a sale on all in-stock zines, including a number from previous ZiMos! All are 30% off for the entirety of February.

Welcome to the last news Roundup for January and the first before the start of ZineMonth. I do not think I'll be as active with interviews as I have been in previous years; my day job has been more time consuming than normal, and while I have sent out some interview questions, I haven't really...

I would suggest stocking up on some zines. They've got a relatively low price point and are eye-catching. Plus, you can get a simple spinner rack and display a bunch of titles at once. We sell far more zines and indie labels than WotC product. One of our best selling titles is Goblin Errands.

I had mentioned over the summer that author (of both fiction and game material) Howard Andrew Jones was sick with terminal cancer. In addition to being a great writer, Howard was incredibly encouraging to me when I started writing, and his infrequent emails in support of my projects really gave...

Keystone is when a retailer marks up products 100% instead of using the MSRP. For an FLGS (I'm not familiar with other retailers) we typically pay around 55-60% of a product's msrp, so the profit on each sale is around 40-45%. Keystone prices are marked up 100%, so the retailer gets 50% of the...

I wouldn't ordinarily suggest charging keystone for product in a normal circumstance, but I could see doing it in the OP's situation, especially if they brought in a bunch of indie zines and similar that a) are harder to get and b) have a lower price point.

Howdy! As a general rule, you'll be paying between 50-60% of MSRP when you purchase at a wholesale rate. So, in other words, if a thing sells retail for 10.00, your cost will be between 5.00-6.00. There are two ways to sell product: the first is to sell MSRP, which will reduce in lower margins...

Welcome to the second OSR News Roundup for the new year. For the next month or so I will be annoying probably about half of y'all with ZineMonth updates, and I've got a couple quick ones to go over right now. Luke, of AetherCorp Games, has taken over the mantle of maintaining a community...

Welcome to the first News Roundup of 2025. As I write this we're staring down the barrel of a winter storm that is promising to dump a bunch of snow on this tonight and tomorrow; hopefully I'll be able to post this before that hits. Last week's releases were pretty light, so let's take a look...

Welcome to the last news Roundup for both December and 2024. There've been a lot of great new releases this year, and I'm curious to see what peoples' favorites were. Looking forward to 2025, we've got ZineMonth coming up, and I'd love to get more interviews in with folks looking to launch...

Welcome to the OSR News Roundup for December 23rd, 2024. We're getting within spitting distance of the new year, and for those who celebrate Christmas is just days away. I had seen Undelved, the author of Cave of Cowardice, post works in progress pics of the project over the past few months...

The first OSR News Roundup was December 20th, 2021, and for three years I've been able to maintain a regular posting schedule, with a break here and there. I started doing this as a way to create a blogging "habit" and have kept going for about 150 of these. I hope y'all have found some fun and...

Let's jump right in and see what new releases there are for this week's edition, shall we? In what is likely a Roundup first, there's an rpg release on Ko-fi. Entitled Space Cairn, it's a hack of the popular Cairn 2e ruleset for sci-fi gaming. I know I've plugged artists on ko-fi before, but I...