I have a copy of 'Guildsman #5' (sponsored by Associated Students, UCal Riverside!) which I received as a gift from JimV after he began uploading his 'Harrison Chapters' fiction to an rpg newsgroup on the old UseNet. I was really drawn into the story & began a lengthy correspondence w/ him in which I critiqued his story. I now believe that the story was already complete when he uploaded it but, at the time, I thought it was a work in progress.

Here's the tables of contents;

Cover Jae Hoon Lee

A Blurb from the Bard

ROLE-PLAYING

Piles of Palpable Plots Aaron Sher

Magic Armor Tim Prestero

The Gods of Western Midway Tim Prestero

Traveller Tales Jim Vassilakos

Monsters Allan J Mikkola

FUNNIES

SEX in Gaming

Weirdies

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p.s. I would really, really like to read the article by Bertil Jonell (How the Imperium Really Fell) in 'Guildsman #6'. Bertil is from Sweden yet he is one of the few TML denizens that I have met in person. HIs family (father was a retired regular colonel in the swedish army) toured the US, way back when, & since they passed thru my city, I had the opportunity to spend an entire day with them thou mostly w/ Bertil (we went to all the game stores & a 1/2 doz book stores). He used to be a very regular contributor to the TML & also participated in that massive online rpg that ran, fitfully, back in the '90's.

Ahhh, 'The Good Old Days'(tm)! Didn't realize how good it was (pre-virus) till it was gone...

From: Timothy Collinson <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk>
To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 2:57 AM
Subject: Re: [TML] Looking for Jim Vassalikos

Hi there,

On 11 May 2018 at 02:48, Graham Donald (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:

He also published in the early 1990s a gaming zine called 'The Guildsman' (7 issues). The fifth issue of that has some home brewed Traveller material.

My notes suggest there was much more Traveller material, particularly if you count Jim's "Harrison Chapters" fiction and a bit of 2300AD material.

I've not seen these in the flesh as it were, so if anyone has copies of these in an attic and would be prepared to answer questions about them, I'd appreciate it.

cheers

The Guildsman 1

Spring 1990, 96 pages, US letter

The Harrison chapters – Jim Vassilakos [fiction]

The Guildsman 2

Fall 1990, 105 pages, US letter

The Harrison Chapters 3 & 4 – Jim Vassilakos [fiction]

An Interview with Michael Harrison – Jim Vassilakos [fiction]

Combat Vehicles for Striker – Brian Yip

2300AD

Advanced Character Generation for 2300AD – Shawn Dudley

Doubly Blind – Brian Yip [tweaks to Star Cruiser]

The Guildsman 3

Winter 1991, 118 pages, US letter

The Harrison Chapters 5 & 6 – Jim Vassilakos [fiction]

Interstellar, Intrastellar, and Space Travel List (How To Get There From Here) Version 1.2 – Jack De Winter. [books and their methods of FTL travel with entry on Traveller/MegaTraveller Jump drives].

The Guildsman 4

Spring 1991, 103 pages, US letter

The Harrison Chapters 7 & 8 – Jim Vassilakos [fiction]

Getting Out of the Doldrums – Jo Jaquinta [fiction – strictly, no mention of Traveller, but between ‘starport’, ‘power plant’ and other references, together with the author’s known Traveller connections, it feels like it]

Casual Encounters: Tymothie Crawford – Jim Vassilakos

The Guildsman 5

Fall 1991, 46 pages, US letter

Traveller Tales – Jim Vassilakos [campaign setting chronology & maps]

Advert: Traveller World Designer

Advert: Shadis Magazine

The Last Guildsman 6

Spring 1992, 55 pages, US letter

How the Imperium Really Fell – Bertil Jonell

Casual Encounters: Countess Adara von Talbot – Jim Vassilakos

2300AD

WHOOPS! – Brian Yip [task failure]

The Guildsman 7

Fall 2000, 60 pages, PDF only

Yori: World for Traveller – Peter Trevor

Zines! – Jim Vassilakos [review, includes online JTAS]

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