Volume #0: "The Shape of Things to Come"

Author(s): Oliver Cass, Jim Clunie, David M. Fitzgerald, Derek Holland, Shane O’Connor, Clinton J. Staples, Michael J. Varhola

Artist(s): Carter Dippold, Melissa Dowell, Andy Hopp, Bradley K. McDevitt, Alejandro Melchor, Russell Prime, Phillippe St. Gerard, William T. Thrasher

Pages: 18

This is a free PDF preview of d∞ (“d-Infinity”), a new multi-platform gaming supplement that covers a wide variety of rules systems and includes content that can be universally applied to many different sorts of table-top, live-action, and role-playing games. It is jointly published by Armorcast, Dark Threads, 5th Epoch, Flying Buffalo Inc., Mindgame Productions, OffWorld Designs Inc., Skirmisher Publishing LLC, Sonic Legends, and the United States Marine Space Corps.

The most enjoyable gaming periodicals are not just devoted to single games or even the products of a single company, but also include content that makes a reader interested in other games, material that can be applied to all or many sorts of games, and items that are self-standing and which can be played on their own. For that reason, this publication includes many voices and exclusive material compatible with many rules systems and the products of many different companies.

Features of each issue will include a self-standing game; new rules, stats, and bonus content tying in with several different game systems new rules; free paper miniatures; interviews with the luminaries of the gaming industry; and more! Rules systems supported include 4th Edition D&D, Pathfinder, OGL v.3.5, “Basic” system, Labyrinth Lord, Mutant Future, Tunnels and Trolls, and Cthulhu Live.

The first full-sized, 64-page copy of the publication, Volume #1: The Adventure Begins, will be released at Gen Con in August 2010.