Fenix (No. 5, 2014 - English only)

From publisher blurb:

This issue goes Beyond the Road Most Taken

The Five Flowers Tangled
A Historical Geopolitics by Kenneth Hite. This article provides a game setting, beyond the road most taken when it comes to game settings.

Text: Kenneth Hite, Art: Lukas Thelin

Bernard the Barbarian shalt not
A Comic Strip

Text & Art: Åke Rosenius

Bernard the Barbarian in Sleeping Beauty Castle
A Comic Strip

Text & Art: Åke Rosenius

But this is Wondrous Strange
It is no secret that by far the greatest majority of roleplaying game settings are based in pseudo-medieval worlds full of European monsters and folk lore. Indeed, their ubiquity has become so staid that in some ways the game market has become rather boring. Why has this occurred and what can we do to change this bias?
In this issue’s article we shall take a break from providing gaming material and try to open your eyes to the wonders of less familiar societies to inspire your game worlds, and indeed the amazing diversity of human history itself.

Text: Pete Nash, Art: Kristoffer Engström