Download Re-Roll Issue #1 the Backstage Digital Digest
September 11, 2016 by lloyd
This month we set ourselves an experiment, could we over the course of the 30 days create a beautiful digital digest of the hobby that month that could act as a central communique for all of us in Backstage.
We set out to come up with a name, design, layout and content and feel our way through the minefield that is digital publishing, with a hard deadline of the 1st of the following month.
What you are about to download is the result of that. (And yes it was a bit of a painful experience lol - but we half expected it would be all things considered.)
Anyway as an experiment we felt it worthwhile to give you the 'designers notes' on the what and the why of how we approached this, and that is in the video above.
Download Re-Roll
Re-Roll's future is now up for grabs, we have undertaken the experiment and now it's over to you as the core community of Beasts of War, to decide if the format has a future or not (and what shape that future may take).
As with all things, it's not been developed to appeal to everyone and our hardest core community members are not exactly the target of this format, but we'd be interested to see what all of you think of it (good or bad) as an additional viewpoint of your hobby and as a potential totem we can gather around each month.
We mentioned volunteering to be on the production team of Re-Roll, and if that's your thing and you feel you can dedicate the time to it, please send @warren a private message 🙂 Again we'd love to hear from folks to assist with Copy, Proofing and InDesign Layout - as well as content).
Here are a few guides on how to send the download to your tablet or device:
PM me @warzan if you fancy joining production if we move forward on this 🙂
@warzan Hi warren, I’m happy to help out with Re-roll. I’ve been running Irregular Magazine since 2009 (www.irregular-magazine.com). I understand the amount of graft that goes into a project like this, as we put Irregular together around our day jobs.
Love the concept and idea guys. About to head home now but I’ll down load and read it over a beer 🙂
Really great idea, I like what I’m seeing. Honestly it’s great for someone like me who might not get the chance to log in everyday and miss certain things. Nice to catch up on them.
I also like bringing in the community from the comments to showcasing members work and projects.
“I also like bringing in the community from the comments to showcasing members work and projects.” – Couldn’t agree more. 😀
Just had a quick flick through and looks like a nice look back at the previous month. With all the calls for ‘Justins & Dragons’ to become a regular feature on BoW I think we’ve found a potential home for it if it were to happen* 😉 I’d also like to see more community comments on news items (assuming your able to find them); there were a couple scattered throughout, but I think it’d be nicer to have seen a few more (not too many otherwise it’d become too cluttered). I also think it could have done with an extra… Read more »
Fixed – Thanks! We’ll definitely be in touch 🙂
‘Welcome 🙂
loving the idea chaps i would certainly download and read religiously, i would describe it as a Beast of Wars digital companion, and if you can get the collation and publishing down to an acceptable timescale and not drain your resources then it could be for me a cracking addition to the site. whenever i meet new gamers or youngsters i direct them to your site to see whats out in the wider world other than the games workshop they have usually found the hobby from. something like this gives a great simple overview which metephorically sells both the site… Read more »
We like the idea of letters too 🙂
a health warning is needed for the back page lol!
and woo am famous a quote of mine made it in 😛
Seriously spoilt with hobby mags this week, new WD now the re-roll 😀
Nothing i would particuarly change in terms of layout, would be happy to contribute any content i could as well…
By gawd..Justin does look creepy as a fortune teller!!
Suppose I’m too ‘hardcore’ to find any commercial news I’ve missed but I’m always keen to see what other community members are up to and it’s great to see some work from the WAYPN thread. I’d certainly like this to be featuring regularly! But not only painting related, maybe battle reports or conversion projects as well?? There’s a lot of stuff out there worth being mentioned I think.
Justin @dignity “the fortune teller” almost had me spitting my iced tea all over my cubicle at work. Co-workers are looking at me strangely now . . . 😐
Justin, you didn’t by any chance appear on the Eurovision Song Contest a few years back?
Loved it guys….. Although you need a “Mature content warning” for that ugly old witch on the back page. This is a great way to summarise all of the news articles and what’s been going on into an easy to down load format. Perfect for me because I don’t get as much time as I like to spend on the site.
What sort of content are you looking for members to provide? And will this be a back stage only publication moving forward?
Yep, this is exclusively for Backstage 🙂
Kinda like the old underground punk mag days 😉
Only with slippers, comfortable trousers, sensible hair and toy soldiers! Apart from that, it’s exactly like a pink mag lol 😉
Even punks can grow old gracefully 😉
when where, did i miss the memo?
I just took a quick look and it looks great. I really like it. Something I’d like to see added would be what have the BoW crew been up to hobby wise. Perhaps a snap shot or two of the games and/or game tables that have been played on or a before and after shots of miniatures just out of the box and where you’ve gotten to over the month. That sort of thing. I know that there is a tutorial by John in the mag but I was thinking less detail for the “What have the Beasts been up… Read more »
“what have the BoW crew been up to hobby wise”
Pictures of us up at 4am making Re-Roll 😉 lol
Its just as well your the beasts of war not gaming otherwise it would be the bogroll…
@warzan: so ‘BoW After Dark’ is less…adult… and more…uni student?
:p
BO Dwarf……..Sounds apt
Great idea guys. I will read it asap!
Take you time and chill – Re-Roll should be approached like a smooth sipping Irish Whiskey 😉
What a wee sip followed by the bottle?
That is exactly why I wait with the download until I am on the train to Essen (and maybe I will have a second one then)
Love it. Really loving it.
Probably not for me as I visit the site daily. The high res pics are a treat though, as I usually don’t click for closer looks on the news items.
Also, I got to the last page and thought “Oh, a pretty lady. Wait, she’s got a beard. Wait, it’s Justin.” I think I skim too much.
Looks really great guys!
Watching through the vid, i wouldnt want to see battle reports, simply because they are better done these days as vids.
As for interactive, talk to me about xamarin, ios,android and win phone from one code base, can also integrate existing actionscript based (flash) stuff into the run time….
Happy to proof too.
I like it! Very cool idea!!! 🙂
This is how you do a proper ‘next generation e-magazine’ 🙂
I think it could do with a section on all the weekender shows for easy reference.
Add a page for a cartoon or whatever funny pictures and you’ve got a finished product that manages to make ‘White Dwarf Visions’ look like an amateur product by comparison.
well that was a surprise today:-) i like the idea and the concept , not sure i will read it all the time though, funnily enough since i started subscribing to BoW i stopped getting my magazines …lol
This is pretty awesome guys, will pick this up on my phone so I can read it on the commute. Loving the eye candy… although I can feel my wallet starting the tingle. And you absolutely right hard to catch everything especially all the activity in the forums. Great work guys, I dont know what I can do to help but would be interested.
Well done
Martin
Awesome Guys, what a nice idea !!! So nice !
An interesting read, I did really enjoy johns paint guide and the community paining picks.
Whelp, that’s a new folder added to my “Gaming>Magazines” folder…
And a top bit of software for reading PDF’s (and other document files such as comic books) on iPad? ComicFlow. It will recognise damn near everything. My Mini currently has a bevy of sword manuals, the complete Battle Angel Alita, the first year of More Than Meets The Eye, all of the current Infinity rulebook downloads, Battletech Alphastrike and a few more besides. Never had a problem reading any of them
It’s a great idea and looks good. You are right some of us simply don’t have the time to keep up with everything and this does the job. But you are quite right, this is going to be terribly time consuming for you and just might not be worthwhile as a result.
I guess it is high time for a survey to see what part of your backstage base has IOS and Android and how interested they are in getting an enchanted version of it.
I guess there could be a possibility to see if beasts 2.0 could have the articles ready to be exported in PDF format to make your work easier.
Now is this product necessary? (in the resources vs usability scale) I think it will need something static and exclusive to make it really stand up.
Does not download for some reason
What are you trying to download it onto?
@templar5836 try and right-click the download link and pick “Save link as…” the PC should then ask where you want it.