[Zine Librarians] Gaming Zines?
Dear Colleagues,
I'm writing to inquire if anyone can recommend individual zines and
zinesters or distros for zines about video games. I handle our zine
acquisitions, and I'm not encountering anything in our usual channels,
which are more focused on other topics. We have some technology zines, but
we've received so many requests from students and faculty specifically
about gaming (e.g., character development). Apart from telling folks, "Go
make your own?" or trying to interest them in our comix or analog games, do
you have any recommendations? Off-list responses are fine.
With all good wishes,
Jenny
--
JENNY SWADOSH, MLS [Hear Name] https://namedrop.io/jennyswadosh
(SHE/HER)
Associate archivist
THE NEW SCHOOL
The New School Archives and Special Collections (INCLUDES Kellen Design
Archives)
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U703 (University center Library), New York, NY 10011
U.S.A.
swadoshj@newschool.edu
T 212.229.5942
my office hours ARE 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday. I DO NOT CHECK
MY EMAIL OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS.
https://archives.newschool.edu/
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Hey Jenny,
A good place to find gaming zine makers is the Zines feed on Bluesky.
We only have two at Barnard
https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog?commit=search&q=%22Game+zines.%22&search_field=subject
so far. (In the results, Em's predates game zines and doesn't follow the
same conventions)
Maybe also < site:itch.io game zines >. There is probably way more
expertise on this topic in the Zines & GLAM Discord.
Jenna
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM Jenny Swadosh swadoshj@newschool.edu
wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
I'm writing to inquire if anyone can recommend individual zines and
zinesters or distros for zines about video games. I handle our zine
acquisitions, and I'm not encountering anything in our usual channels,
which are more focused on other topics. We have some technology zines, but
we've received so many requests from students and faculty specifically
about gaming (e.g., character development). Apart from telling folks, "Go
make your own?" or trying to interest them in our comix or analog games, do
you have any recommendations? Off-list responses are fine.
With all good wishes,
Jenny
--
JENNY SWADOSH, MLS [Hear Name] https://namedrop.io/jennyswadosh
(SHE/HER)
Associate archivist
THE NEW SCHOOL
The New School Archives and Special Collections (INCLUDES Kellen Design
Archives)
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U703 (University center Library), New York, NY 10011
U.S.A.
swadoshj@newschool.edu
T 212.229.5942
my office hours ARE 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday. I DO NOT CHECK
MY EMAIL OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS.
https://archives.newschool.edu/
[image: THE NEW SCHOOL]
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make an appointment https://barnard.libcal.com/appointments/jenna-freedman
| https://is.gd/jennacalendar
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As of March 10, 2026, I am back at work. My response time may be slow while
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Maybe in the kickstarter zine quest project?
https://updates.kickstarter.com/zine-quest-2026-create-your-own-rpg-adventure
Here is the zine quest collections page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/tags/zine-quest?ref=updates.kickstarter.com
From: ZineLibrarians zinelibrarians-bounces@lists.zinelibraries.info on behalf of Jenna Freedman jfreedma@barnard.edu
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2026 10:35 AM
To: Jenny Swadosh swadoshj@newschool.edu
Cc: ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info
Subject: Re: [Zine Librarians] Gaming Zines?
Hey Jenny,
A good place to find gaming zine makers is the Zines feed on Bluesky.
We only have two at Barnardhttps://clio.columbia.edu/catalog?commit=search&q=%22Game+zines.%22&search_field=subject so far. (In the results, Em's predates game zines and doesn't follow the same conventions)
Maybe also < site:itch.iohttp://itch.io/ game zines >. There is probably way more expertise on this topic in the Zines & GLAM Discord.
Jenna
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM Jenny Swadosh <swadoshj@newschool.edumailto:swadoshj@newschool.edu> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
I'm writing to inquire if anyone can recommend individual zines and zinesters or distros for zines about video games. I handle our zine acquisitions, and I'm not encountering anything in our usual channels, which are more focused on other topics. We have some technology zines, but we've received so many requests from students and faculty specifically about gaming (e.g., character development). Apart from telling folks, "Go make your own?" or trying to interest them in our comix or analog games, do you have any recommendations? Off-list responses are fine.
With all good wishes,
Jenny
--
JENNY SWADOSH, MLS [Hear Name]https://namedrop.io/jennyswadosh
(SHE/HER)
Associate archivist
THE NEW SCHOOL
The New School Archives and Special Collections (INCLUDES Kellen Design Archives)
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U703 (University center Library), New York, NY 10011 U.S.A.
swadoshj@newschool.edumailto:swadoshj@newschool.edu
T 212.229.5942
my office hours ARE 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday. I DO NOT CHECK MY EMAIL OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS.
https://archives.newschool.edu/
[THE NEW SCHOOL]
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make an appointmenthttps://barnard.libcal.com/appointments/jenna-freedman | https://is.gd/jennacalendar
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I second Jenna's suggestion to look at itch.io. I can also make a post on
BlueSky and ask some video game-related people to boost it.
Here's a link to the Zines & GLAM Discord server
https://discord.gg/edXQUfk2JT if anyone would like to join.
There were definitely more video game zines in the '90s and some of the
gaming magazines back then actually had zine reviews.
(I recently saw an online "game" thing where someone made a fake video '90s
game zine https://itch.io/t/5882685/zine-library-find-super-r-u.)
I'll mention a recent one that I really liked: Why is Forza Horizon 5
Misgendering Me????? by Beatrice Tollison
https://www.instagram.com/btollison.art/p/DApP0eORG7R/ I don't know if
Beatrice has a webstore, but you could try sending a message.
I have some Yakuza (and maybe Final Fantasy Tactics?) zines by Laurissa
Hughes https://laurissahughes.com/. I can't find them online,
unfortunately! I have more gaming zines around somewhere, but can't find
them right now.
I've also made a few zines about video games that you can download and
print if you want.
- Games On My Shelf (I Have Not Played Yet)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jt5njtXjEpoV7Bd9DXlJwVdZXA9w2bfp/view?usp=sharing - Games On My Shelf (I Have Not Finished Yet)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13qQiiqKui52dIBIBNmQS8kvcfdNBCX_z/view?usp=sharing
I should really get around to putting those up on my itch page...
Best,
Matthew
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 at 11:37, Jenna Freedman jfreedma@barnard.edu wrote:
Hey Jenny,
A good place to find gaming zine makers is the Zines feed on Bluesky.
We only have two at Barnard
https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog?commit=search&q=%22Game+zines.%22&search_field=subject
so far. (In the results, Em's predates game zines and doesn't follow the
same conventions)
Maybe also < site:itch.io game zines >. There is probably way more
expertise on this topic in the Zines & GLAM Discord.
Jenna
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM Jenny Swadosh swadoshj@newschool.edu
wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
I'm writing to inquire if anyone can recommend individual zines and
zinesters or distros for zines about video games. I handle our zine
acquisitions, and I'm not encountering anything in our usual channels,
which are more focused on other topics. We have some technology zines, but
we've received so many requests from students and faculty specifically
about gaming (e.g., character development). Apart from telling folks, "Go
make your own?" or trying to interest them in our comix or analog games, do
you have any recommendations? Off-list responses are fine.
With all good wishes,
Jenny
--
JENNY SWADOSH, MLS [Hear Name] https://namedrop.io/jennyswadosh
(SHE/HER)
Associate archivist
THE NEW SCHOOL
The New School Archives and Special Collections (INCLUDES Kellen Design
Archives)
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U703 (University center Library), New York, NY
10011 U.S.A.
swadoshj@newschool.edu
T 212.229.5942
my office hours ARE 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday. I DO NOT CHECK
MY EMAIL OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS.
https://archives.newschool.edu/
[image: THE NEW SCHOOL]
ZineLibrarians mailing list
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make an appointment
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https://is.gd/jennacalendar
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As of March 10, 2026, I am back at work. My response time may be slow
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Zine Quest (and RPG Zine Month https://iwanttoplay.games/zinemonth) are
both focused on tabletop RPGs.
Best,
Matthew
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 at 12:01, Peté, Sara sara.pete@sos.wa.gov wrote:
Maybe in the kickstarter zine quest project?
https://updates.kickstarter.com/zine-quest-2026-create-your-own-rpg-adventure
Here is the zine quest collections page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/tags/zine-quest?ref=updates.kickstarter.com
From: ZineLibrarians zinelibrarians-bounces@lists.zinelibraries.info
on behalf of Jenna Freedman jfreedma@barnard.edu
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2026 10:35 AM
To: Jenny Swadosh swadoshj@newschool.edu
Cc: ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info <
ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info>
Subject: Re: [Zine Librarians] Gaming Zines?
Hey Jenny,
A good place to find gaming zine makers is the Zines feed on Bluesky.
We only have two at Barnard
https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog?commit=search&q=%22Game+zines.%22&search_field=subject so
far. (In the results, Em's predates game zines and doesn't follow the same
conventions)
Maybe also < site:itch.io game zines >. There is probably way more
expertise on this topic in the Zines & GLAM Discord.
Jenna
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM Jenny Swadosh swadoshj@newschool.edu
wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
I'm writing to inquire if anyone can recommend individual zines and
zinesters or distros for zines about video games. I handle our zine
acquisitions, and I'm not encountering anything in our usual channels,
which are more focused on other topics. We have some technology zines, but
we've received so many requests from students and faculty specifically
about gaming (e.g., character development). Apart from telling folks, "Go
make your own?" or trying to interest them in our comix or analog games, do
you have any recommendations? Off-list responses are fine.
With all good wishes,
Jenny
--
JENNY SWADOSH, MLS [Hear Name] https://namedrop.io/jennyswadosh
(SHE/HER)
Associate archivist
THE NEW SCHOOL
The New School Archives and Special Collections (INCLUDES Kellen Design
Archives)
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U703 (University center Library), New York, NY 10011
U.S.A.
swadoshj@newschool.edu
T 212.229.5942
my office hours ARE 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday. I DO NOT CHECK
MY EMAIL OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS.
https://archives.newschool.edu/
[image: THE NEW SCHOOL]
ZineLibrarians mailing list
ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info
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--
Jenna Freedman | she, her
Director of the Barnard Zine Library
make an appointment
https://barnard.libcal.com/appointments/jenna-freedman |
https://is.gd/jennacalendar
https://linktr.ee/barnardzinelibrary
As of March 10, 2026, I am back at work. My response time may be slow
while I catch up with two months of email and other tasks!.
ZineLibrarians mailing list
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Website: thematthewmurray.weebly.com
Pronouns: He/They
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Oh jeez - of course - sorry about that! At my library a lot of my colleagues are very deep into TTRPG projects in libraries so my brain always goes there when I see "gaming" even though the original question obviously says video games. Apologies!
From: Matthew Murray thematthewmurray@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2026 11:55 AM
To: Peté, Sara sara.pete@sos.wa.gov
Cc: Jenna Freedman jfreedma@barnard.edu; Jenny Swadosh swadoshj@newschool.edu; ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info
Subject: Re: [Zine Librarians] Gaming Zines?
Zine Quest (and RPG Zine Monthhttps://iwanttoplay.games/zinemonth) are both focused on tabletop RPGs.
Best,
Matthew
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 at 12:01, Peté, Sara <sara.pete@sos.wa.govmailto:sara.pete@sos.wa.gov> wrote:
Maybe in the kickstarter zine quest project?
https://updates.kickstarter.com/zine-quest-2026-create-your-own-rpg-adventure
Here is the zine quest collections page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/tags/zine-quest?ref=updates.kickstarter.com
From: ZineLibrarians <zinelibrarians-bounces@lists.zinelibraries.infomailto:zinelibrarians-bounces@lists.zinelibraries.info> on behalf of Jenna Freedman <jfreedma@barnard.edumailto:jfreedma@barnard.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2026 10:35 AM
To: Jenny Swadosh <swadoshj@newschool.edumailto:swadoshj@newschool.edu>
Cc: ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.infomailto:ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info <ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.infomailto:ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info>
Subject: Re: [Zine Librarians] Gaming Zines?
Hey Jenny,
A good place to find gaming zine makers is the Zines feed on Bluesky.
We only have two at Barnardhttps://clio.columbia.edu/catalog?commit=search&q=%22Game+zines.%22&search_field=subject so far. (In the results, Em's predates game zines and doesn't follow the same conventions)
Maybe also < site:itch.iohttp://itch.io/ game zines >. There is probably way more expertise on this topic in the Zines & GLAM Discord.
Jenna
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM Jenny Swadosh <swadoshj@newschool.edumailto:swadoshj@newschool.edu> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
I'm writing to inquire if anyone can recommend individual zines and zinesters or distros for zines about video games. I handle our zine acquisitions, and I'm not encountering anything in our usual channels, which are more focused on other topics. We have some technology zines, but we've received so many requests from students and faculty specifically about gaming (e.g., character development). Apart from telling folks, "Go make your own?" or trying to interest them in our comix or analog games, do you have any recommendations? Off-list responses are fine.
With all good wishes,
Jenny
--
JENNY SWADOSH, MLS [Hear Name]https://namedrop.io/jennyswadosh
(SHE/HER)
Associate archivist
THE NEW SCHOOL
The New School Archives and Special Collections (INCLUDES Kellen Design Archives)
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U703 (University center Library), New York, NY 10011 U.S.A.
swadoshj@newschool.edumailto:swadoshj@newschool.edu
T 212.229.5942
my office hours ARE 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday. I DO NOT CHECK MY EMAIL OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS.
https://archives.newschool.edu/
[THE NEW SCHOOL]
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No worries, Sara. I'm always happy to add anything related to role play or
games generally into Special Collections. We receive a lot of loosely
formulated requests around the concept of play.
Thank you, everyone, for your excellent suggestions. I am going to immerse
myself in your links in the next few weeks.
With all good wishes,
Jenny
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM Peté, Sara sara.pete@sos.wa.gov wrote:
Oh jeez - of course - sorry about that! At my library a lot of my
colleagues are very deep into TTRPG projects in libraries so my brain
always goes there when I see "gaming" even though the original question
obviously says video games. Apologies!
From: Matthew Murray thematthewmurray@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2026 11:55 AM
To: Peté, Sara sara.pete@sos.wa.gov
Cc: Jenna Freedman jfreedma@barnard.edu; Jenny Swadosh <
swadoshj@newschool.edu>; ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info <
ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info>
Subject: Re: [Zine Librarians] Gaming Zines?
Zine Quest (and RPG Zine Month https://iwanttoplay.games/zinemonth) are
both focused on tabletop RPGs.
Best,
Matthew
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 at 12:01, Peté, Sara sara.pete@sos.wa.gov wrote:
Maybe in the kickstarter zine quest project?
https://updates.kickstarter.com/zine-quest-2026-create-your-own-rpg-adventure
Here is the zine quest collections page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/tags/zine-quest?ref=updates.kickstarter.com
From: ZineLibrarians zinelibrarians-bounces@lists.zinelibraries.info
on behalf of Jenna Freedman jfreedma@barnard.edu
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2026 10:35 AM
To: Jenny Swadosh swadoshj@newschool.edu
Cc: ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info <
ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info>
Subject: Re: [Zine Librarians] Gaming Zines?
Hey Jenny,
A good place to find gaming zine makers is the Zines feed on Bluesky.
We only have two at Barnard
https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog?commit=search&q=%22Game+zines.%22&search_field=subject so
far. (In the results, Em's predates game zines and doesn't follow the same
conventions)
Maybe also < site:itch.io game zines >. There is probably way more
expertise on this topic in the Zines & GLAM Discord.
Jenna
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM Jenny Swadosh swadoshj@newschool.edu
wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
I'm writing to inquire if anyone can recommend individual zines and
zinesters or distros for zines about video games. I handle our zine
acquisitions, and I'm not encountering anything in our usual channels,
which are more focused on other topics. We have some technology zines, but
we've received so many requests from students and faculty specifically
about gaming (e.g., character development). Apart from telling folks, "Go
make your own?" or trying to interest them in our comix or analog games, do
you have any recommendations? Off-list responses are fine.
With all good wishes,
Jenny
--
JENNY SWADOSH, MLS [Hear Name] https://namedrop.io/jennyswadosh
(SHE/HER)
Associate archivist
THE NEW SCHOOL
The New School Archives and Special Collections (INCLUDES Kellen Design
Archives)
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U703 (University center Library), New York, NY 10011
U.S.A.
swadoshj@newschool.edu
T 212.229.5942
my office hours ARE 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday. I DO NOT CHECK
MY EMAIL OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS.
https://archives.newschool.edu/
[image: THE NEW SCHOOL]
ZineLibrarians mailing list
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Director of the Barnard Zine Library
make an appointment
https://barnard.libcal.com/appointments/jenna-freedman |
https://is.gd/jennacalendar
https://linktr.ee/barnardzinelibrary
As of March 10, 2026, I am back at work. My response time may be slow
while I catch up with two months of email and other tasks!.
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--
JENNY SWADOSH, MLS [Hear Name] https://namedrop.io/jennyswadosh
(SHE/HER)
Associate archivist
THE NEW SCHOOL
The New School Archives and Special Collections (INCLUDES Kellen Design
Archives)
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U703 (University center Library), New York, NY 10011
U.S.A.
swadoshj@newschool.edu
T 212.229.5942
my office hours ARE 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday. I DO NOT CHECK
MY EMAIL OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS.
https://archives.newschool.edu/
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I missed that detail, too, and was wrong about the history of games zines!
Regardless, it's interesting to know more about these other zine genres.
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM Jenny Swadosh swadoshj@newschool.edu
wrote:
No worries, Sara. I'm always happy to add anything related to role play or
games generally into Special Collections. We receive a lot of loosely
formulated requests around the concept of play.
Thank you, everyone, for your excellent suggestions. I am going to immerse
myself in your links in the next few weeks.
With all good wishes,
Jenny
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM Peté, Sara sara.pete@sos.wa.gov wrote:
Oh jeez - of course - sorry about that! At my library a lot of my
colleagues are very deep into TTRPG projects in libraries so my brain
always goes there when I see "gaming" even though the original question
obviously says video games. Apologies!
From: Matthew Murray thematthewmurray@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2026 11:55 AM
To: Peté, Sara sara.pete@sos.wa.gov
Cc: Jenna Freedman jfreedma@barnard.edu; Jenny Swadosh <
swadoshj@newschool.edu>; ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info <
ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info>
Subject: Re: [Zine Librarians] Gaming Zines?
Zine Quest (and RPG Zine Month https://iwanttoplay.games/zinemonth)
are both focused on tabletop RPGs.
Best,
Matthew
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 at 12:01, Peté, Sara sara.pete@sos.wa.gov wrote:
Maybe in the kickstarter zine quest project?
https://updates.kickstarter.com/zine-quest-2026-create-your-own-rpg-adventure
Here is the zine quest collections page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/tags/zine-quest?ref=updates.kickstarter.com
From: ZineLibrarians zinelibrarians-bounces@lists.zinelibraries.info
on behalf of Jenna Freedman jfreedma@barnard.edu
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2026 10:35 AM
To: Jenny Swadosh swadoshj@newschool.edu
Cc: ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info <
ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info>
Subject: Re: [Zine Librarians] Gaming Zines?
Hey Jenny,
A good place to find gaming zine makers is the Zines feed on Bluesky.
We only have two at Barnard
https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog?commit=search&q=%22Game+zines.%22&search_field=subject so
far. (In the results, Em's predates game zines and doesn't follow the same
conventions)
Maybe also < site:itch.io game zines >. There is probably way more
expertise on this topic in the Zines & GLAM Discord.
Jenna
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM Jenny Swadosh swadoshj@newschool.edu
wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
I'm writing to inquire if anyone can recommend individual zines and
zinesters or distros for zines about video games. I handle our zine
acquisitions, and I'm not encountering anything in our usual channels,
which are more focused on other topics. We have some technology zines, but
we've received so many requests from students and faculty specifically
about gaming (e.g., character development). Apart from telling folks, "Go
make your own?" or trying to interest them in our comix or analog games, do
you have any recommendations? Off-list responses are fine.
With all good wishes,
Jenny
--
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THE NEW SCHOOL
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Archives)
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U703 (University center Library), New York, NY
10011 U.S.A.
swadoshj@newschool.edu
T 212.229.5942
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(SHE/HER)
Associate archivist
THE NEW SCHOOL
The New School Archives and Special Collections (INCLUDES Kellen Design
Archives)
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U703 (University center Library), New York, NY 10011
U.S.A.
swadoshj@newschool.edu
T 212.229.5942
my office hours ARE 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday. I DO NOT CHECK
MY EMAIL OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS.
https://archives.newschool.edu/
[image: THE NEW SCHOOL]
--
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Director of the Barnard Zine Library
make an appointment https://barnard.libcal.com/appointments/jenna-freedman
| https://is.gd/jennacalendar
https://linktr.ee/barnardzinelibrary
As of March 10, 2026, I am back at work. My response time may be slow while
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I think Matthew Murray wrote a zine about games/gaming, and he might be a good resource. I think? He is on this listserv.....
From: ZineLibrarians zinelibrarians-bounces@lists.zinelibraries.info on behalf of Jenna Freedman jfreedma@barnard.edu
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2026 1:34 PM
To: Jenny Swadosh swadoshj@newschool.edu
Cc: ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info
Subject: Re: [Zine Librarians] Gaming Zines?
I missed that detail, too, and was wrong about the history of games zines! Regardless, it's interesting to know more about these other zine genres.
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM Jenny Swadosh <swadoshj@newschool.edumailto:swadoshj@newschool.edu> wrote:
No worries, Sara. I'm always happy to add anything related to role play or games generally into Special Collections. We receive a lot of loosely formulated requests around the concept of play.
Thank you, everyone, for your excellent suggestions. I am going to immerse myself in your links in the next few weeks.
With all good wishes,
Jenny
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM Peté, Sara <sara.pete@sos.wa.govmailto:sara.pete@sos.wa.gov> wrote:
Oh jeez - of course - sorry about that! At my library a lot of my colleagues are very deep into TTRPG projects in libraries so my brain always goes there when I see "gaming" even though the original question obviously says video games. Apologies!
From: Matthew Murray <thematthewmurray@gmail.commailto:thematthewmurray@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2026 11:55 AM
To: Peté, Sara <sara.pete@sos.wa.govmailto:sara.pete@sos.wa.gov>
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Subject: Re: [Zine Librarians] Gaming Zines?
Zine Quest (and RPG Zine Monthhttps://iwanttoplay.games/zinemonth) are both focused on tabletop RPGs.
Best,
Matthew
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 at 12:01, Peté, Sara <sara.pete@sos.wa.govmailto:sara.pete@sos.wa.gov> wrote:
Maybe in the kickstarter zine quest project?
https://updates.kickstarter.com/zine-quest-2026-create-your-own-rpg-adventure
Here is the zine quest collections page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/tags/zine-quest?ref=updates.kickstarter.com
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Sent: Friday, March 13, 2026 10:35 AM
To: Jenny Swadosh <swadoshj@newschool.edumailto:swadoshj@newschool.edu>
Cc: ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.infomailto:ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info <ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.infomailto:ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info>
Subject: Re: [Zine Librarians] Gaming Zines?
Hey Jenny,
A good place to find gaming zine makers is the Zines feed on Bluesky.
We only have two at Barnardhttps://clio.columbia.edu/catalog?commit=search&q=%22Game+zines.%22&search_field=subject so far. (In the results, Em's predates game zines and doesn't follow the same conventions)
Maybe also < site:itch.iohttp://itch.io/ game zines >. There is probably way more expertise on this topic in the Zines & GLAM Discord.
Jenna
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM Jenny Swadosh <swadoshj@newschool.edumailto:swadoshj@newschool.edu> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
I'm writing to inquire if anyone can recommend individual zines and zinesters or distros for zines about video games. I handle our zine acquisitions, and I'm not encountering anything in our usual channels, which are more focused on other topics. We have some technology zines, but we've received so many requests from students and faculty specifically about gaming (e.g., character development). Apart from telling folks, "Go make your own?" or trying to interest them in our comix or analog games, do you have any recommendations? Off-list responses are fine.
With all good wishes,
Jenny
--
JENNY SWADOSH, MLS [Hear Name]https://namedrop.io/jennyswadosh
(SHE/HER)
Associate archivist
THE NEW SCHOOL
The New School Archives and Special Collections (INCLUDES Kellen Design Archives)
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U703 (University center Library), New York, NY 10011 U.S.A.
swadoshj@newschool.edumailto:swadoshj@newschool.edu
T 212.229.5942
my office hours ARE 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday. I DO NOT CHECK MY EMAIL OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS.
https://archives.newschool.edu/
[THE NEW SCHOOL]
ZineLibrarians mailing list
ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.infomailto:ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info
http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info
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Director of the Barnard Zine Library
make an appointmenthttps://barnard.libcal.com/appointments/jenna-freedman | https://is.gd/jennacalendar
https://linktr.ee/barnardzinelibrary
As of March 10, 2026, I am back at work. My response time may be slow while I catch up with two months of email and other tasks!.
ZineLibrarians mailing list
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Pronouns: He/They
MLIS 2015, School of Library, Archival & Information Studies (SLAIS), UBC
Listen to Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasthttp://bookclub4m.libsyn.com/!
--
JENNY SWADOSH, MLS [Hear Name]https://namedrop.io/jennyswadosh
(SHE/HER)
Associate archivist
THE NEW SCHOOL
The New School Archives and Special Collections (INCLUDES Kellen Design Archives)
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U703 (University center Library), New York, NY 10011 U.S.A.
swadoshj@newschool.edumailto:swadoshj@newschool.edu
T 212.229.5942
my office hours ARE 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday. I DO NOT CHECK MY EMAIL OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS.
https://archives.newschool.edu/
[THE NEW SCHOOL]
--
Jenna Freedman | she, her
Director of the Barnard Zine Library
make an appointmenthttps://barnard.libcal.com/appointments/jenna-freedman | https://is.gd/jennacalendar
https://linktr.ee/barnardzinelibrary
As of March 10, 2026, I am back at work. My response time may be slow while I catch up with two months of email and other tasks!.
ZineLibrarians mailing list
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