The rumors are true: Doug Kovacs has a smash-hit self-publishing zine, and now you can finally buy it through the Goodman Games online store.
From the fantastical games run at his late-night Doug Con sessions comes The Hobonmicon. Issues #0, #1 and #2 are now available in limited quantities while supplies last—buy now before they’re gone!
Bursting with art and untamed imagination, these zines will give you a glimpse inside the mind behind the visual look and feel of DCC RPG—and a chance to emulate the legendary Doug Con and Wayne Con events in your own home.
Let’s look at the issues.
Hobonomicon #0
The Hobonomicon contains material for use with the DCC RPG game as well as comics, including Death of a Reaver, the story of DCC’s band.
24 pages teeming with art, spawning from the imagination of the Artist Doug Kovacs (known for his on going work on the DCC RPG) as well as numerous other contributors, including Stefan Poag, also of DCC illustration fame and James MacGeorge creator of DCC’s Black Sun Death Crawl. This premier issue contains Escape from Planet Punjar, the after hours DCC Gen Con Game of 2018.
Escape from Planet Punjar provides an open ended framework to play out the last hours of the grim far future city/planet PUNJAR before it is destroyed by the rogue DOOM planet. Gangs, Cults and Cops…Chaos reigns from gutter to upper hive.
Hobonomicon #0 also contains the beginning of the Comic Death of a Reaver, the epic tragic saga of the DCC band members.
Hobonomicon #1
The Hobonomicon contains material for use with the DCC RPG game as well as comics, including Death of a Reaver, the story of DCC’s band.
36 pages overflowing with art, spawning from the imagination of the artist Doug Kovacs (known for his on going work on the DCC RPG) as well as numerous other contributors, including Stefan Poag, also of DCC illustration fame, and Wayne Snyder, father of the Doom Gong. This issue contains Meat Planet the after hours DCC Gen Con Game of 2019. Meat Planet can be used as a sequel to issue number zero’s Escape from Planet Punjar or as a stand alone adventure/world.
Hobonomicon #1 also contains the continuation of the comic Death of a Reaver, the tragic epic saga of the DCC band members, and Stefan Poag’s The Cube, a graphic tale of an artist’s torment in corporate America.
Hobonomicon #2
The Hobonomicon contains material for use with the DCC RPG game as well as comics, including Death of a Reaver, the story of DCC’s band.
36 pages bursting with art, spawning from the imagination of the Artist Doug Kovacs (known for his on going work on the DCC RPG) as well as numerous other contributors (including the legendary Jeff Easley), this issue contains Verses of Natraz, a selection of DCC spells, as well as other useful magical material to use in your games.
It also contains Stefan Poag’s Never trust a Wizard comic and the ongoing Saga of Ratface and the other DCC band members.
