The Publishing Company of Warpstone Magazine.

The History of Warpstone

Warpstone began back in 1996, when editors John Foody and John Keane decided that WFRP needed a fanzine to support it. Little did they realise (they hadn't been paying attention really) that Hogshead had taken over the licence. Thus they were there as the game was being brought back into print. Issue one was A5 size and put together on the kitchen table, so to speak. Around one hundred and fifty copies were printed, the initial few numbered. These were mostly sold through adverts in Arcane magazine, who also gave us some good reviews. The magazine was written by John Foody, with John Keane doing the art. Both took on the layout tasks, learning how to use Publisher the hard way.
One lesson learnt was that lesson that "kitchen table" work was not fun, so issue two was sent to a printers. Meanwhile, Martin Oliver had come abroad to help out with the editing and Steven Punter to help with the art. Martin became involved after being the only person to write us a letter about issue one. On such good fortune did Warpstone grow. Issue two also contained an interview with Hogshead Supremo James Wallis.
Issue three saw us going to A4 and generally making us look as we do now. Issue nine was a Marienburg special which saw Sold Down the River author Anthony Ragan come aboard as guest editor. This issue had a print run of 400 issues, our largest to date. It was also the last we would print ourselves. These early issues are now all sold out, going for up to 300% original cover price on ebay. If only we had keep some more ;-) During this time Mel Tudno-Jones came abroad to do some proofing and we gained a couple more regular artists.
We disappeared for a few months, to reappear with issue ten. This was to be printed and distributed by Hogshead Publishing - although we remained an independent magazine. We gained a host of new artists, and many writers. Two thousand issues were printed, and for the first time we were truly being sold around the world. We now print towards 3000 copies, and the Best Of Warpstone is on the way. And there's much more to come.