Games Unplugged
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| Games Unplugged | |
|---|---|
| Product information | |
| Type | Magazine |
| Development | Dynasty Presentations Tony Lee (Editor-in-Chief) |
| Pages | ca. 64 |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Timothy Brown Fast Forward Entertainment Inc. |
| First published | 2000-2004 |
| MSRP | $2.99 - $4.99 |
| Content | |
Games Unplugged was a bimonthly magazine published in the USA dedicated to the tabletop gaming industry. It was produced by Fast Forward Entertainment Inc. and featured news along with upcoming releases of a variety of role-playing games, card games, board games, and miniature wargames. It ran for 34 issues, from June 2000 until May 2004. The original price per copy was $2.99 in 2000 and rose to $4.99 by 2003. The company also had a website, GamesUnplugged.com, which is now defunct.
In later issues the magazine featured an official regular Classic BattleTech slot with a foreword by Randall N. Bills along with short stories, sneak peeks at new releases and artwork including a series showing all variants of a single 'Mech. This article focuses on the magazine's BattleTech-related content.
Canonicity
According to author Randall Bills, then the BattleTech Line Developer, in his first BattleTech article in the Games Unplugged magazine, the articles are fully canonical for the BattleTech setting. This was confirmed in an official thread on the BattleTech forum on 06 January 2014.[1]
Fast Forward Entertainment Inc. was the distributor for FanPro US when they held the BattleTech license, which arguably makes the Games Unplugged magazine a "house magazine" tied to the BattleTech licensee at the time.
BattleTech content
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Issue 27
- Product Release schedule
- Preview of Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition
- Artwork for the Hunchback BattleMech.
Issue 28
- The Ties That Bind.
- Sneak peek at the Colossus-class DropShip.
- Artwork for the Hatamoto-Chi BattleMech.
Issue 29
References
- ↑ In this thread on the BattleTech forum, also archived on this article's talk page.