- Aslan (fanzine)
Aslan was a
role-playing game fanzine published inBrighton and laterYork , UK in the late 1980s that ran to 13 issues. The title refers to both a character inThe Chronicles of Narnia and an alien race in theTraveller (role-playing game) . The fanzine grew out of a long-running fantasy role-playing game which took place at theUniversity of Sussex , UK. The editor and publisher wasAndrew Rilstone , who was assisted byMartin Wykes initially. Rilstone later went on to edit "Interactive Fantasy", a journal that took his ideas further. "Interactive Fantasy" ran for four issues in 1994-95; the first issue was titled "Inter*action" but this was changed for subsequent issues because of trademark difficulties.Aslan became known for its intellectual analysis and its anarchic humour.Fact|date=April 2008 It took a stance opposed to much of the role-playing games industry of the day, which at the time was concentrating on expanding into the children’s games market. As a reaction against the use of heavily pre-plotted scenarios in many commercial game products Aslan promoted the concept of player-centred narrative. This allowed the actions of the players to determine the course of the narrative rather than requiring the story to follow a predetermined plot.
The magazine has been credited with popularising
freeform role-playing game s in the UK.Fact|date=April 2008
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