Wyrd Science returns for another exploration of the strange worlds and new horizons of tabletop games and in this, our sixth and final issue of volume 1, we have for you... Author Dan Abnett speaks to us about The End & The Death, the recently released capstone to the nearly two decade long Warhammer - The Horus Heresy series In an exclusive extract from MIT Press' new book Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons, Dimitra Nikolaidou looks at the influence that D&D has had on fantasy literature over the years. CJ Eggett looks at the sword & whiskers roleplaying game Mausritterand speaks to its creator Isaac Williams and one of its most prolific creators and champions Matthew Morris. Rob Wieland goes in search of courtly intrigue and chivalric adventures with Pendragon and speaks to those behind the new edition and thoise who have been influenced by it over the years. We speak to the Modiphius crew about AI apocalypses and their new roleplaying game, Machines & Dreams. Walton Wood speaks to Marcia B. about the legacy of Dungeons & Dragons, the OSR and Fantastic Medieval Campaigns, Marcia's recent revision of Gygax's original 1974 ruleset. Tomek Kreczmar takes on a guided tour through the history of Poland's tabletop game scene. CJ Eggett returns to look at the importance of the third party scene and speaks to the likes of Chaosium's Mike Mason, MORK BORG's Johan Nohr, Mothership's Sean Adams and Shadowdark creator Kelsey Dionne. All that plus our quickstart section, taking you on a whirlwind trip around the gaming world, our expanded reviews section, more features to be revealed and original artwork comissioned for this issue from the likes of Flops, Łukasz Kowalczuk & Mat Pringle!
