Press Release: The First Issue of & is Now Out!

After months of hard work by a dedicated group of volunteers, today the & Publishing Group proudly announces the new & Magazine has launched! This free Dungeons and Dragons quarterly magazine is now available for download from the & web site: http://www.and-mag.com/

We provide you with different ideas and perspectives, along with entertainment and a view into how others play the game. Why do we call it "&"? Since there has been a Dragon Magazine and a Dungeon Magazine, it didn’t leave us much. But this name fits our philosophy – we’re looking to fill in the gaps in the original books and present other viewpoints and angles, all of which reflect the nature of the "&" as a character and concept.

Each issue is built around a theme with the majority of the articles and columns reflecting that subject. The theme for our premier issue? We have a new magazine so we thought it appropriate to look at new campaigns, choosing Low Level Adventurers as our theme. In this issue we:

* look at character survival from both sides of the DM screens;

* consider how heroic AD&D is;

* discuss alternatives for generating characters and starting campaigns;

* package pre-assembled equipment packs;

* introduce new monsters, magic items, and spells;

* offer two short adventures;

* present short fiction; and

* provide two maps to spur the DM imagination!

& is a magazine for AD&D. You don't play AD&D? You play a different version of our favorite game? Try reading & anyway. You will find that many of the ideas transcend edition and are useful to most players of "old school" D&D.

& Magazine ... filling in the Gaps for Old School Gamers ...