Free Hack issue 1 - September 2008

 In a further effort to reduce my reading backlog, we are looking at Free Hack issue 1 today.

Free Hack is the irregularly published magazine by Ganesha Games (from the Song of... series), and the first issue was a 27 page magazine.

Beginning with the editorial, they introduced us to the magazine and what the goals where of it, bringing FAQ's, experimental and official rules, and more along those lines as company made magazines tended to do.  I as such starts as a first article with a questionnaire about Song of Blades and Heroes.  This is quite a long FAQ article going over all the phases of the game and any ammends and clarifications that might be needed.

Afterwards, we get some cool houserules, like variations on the summoner, necromancer and such, and what if you can't recoil due to lack of space.  

In the following article, they take a look on the release plans for 2009, before going with an article to convert your movement to hex based movement.

In an article about new units, the Frogfolk make their appearance in this issue, complete with a fully fleshed out army list, and their own scenario to face the Silva who raided their homeland and stole their totem.

In Dispatches from the Rad-Zone, we get errata, rulings and FAQ's for MDRG due to their newest released expanion, Assault on Neo Tokyo.

That concludes this very first magazine, which was okay to read (the FAQ's long being outdated, that happens when you read something 16 years after release) but the Frog People where an epic article!

It's freely downloadable from Wargame Vault, so check it out if you like!