''High Passage'' was a gaming magazine first published in 1981, written and produced by Christopher Kupczyk, Scott Walschlager, Jim Cunningham and Craig Johnson.
Contents
''High Passage'' was a magazine that was approved to be used with ''
Traveller
Traveler(s), traveller(s), The Traveler(s), or The Traveller(s) may refer to:
People Generic terms
*One engaged in travel
*Explorer, one who searches for the purpose of discovery of information or resources
*Nomad, a member of a community withou ...
''.
Publication history
''High Passage'' was a digest-sized magazine created by Jim Cunningham's High Passage Group, and in August 1981
FASA came to an agreement to publish ''High Passage'', after financial issues prevented further independent publication of the magazine.
William H. Keith Jr.
William H. Keith (born August 8, 1950) is an American author mainly contributing to military science fiction and military fiction and related game design, who writes also under several pen names, such as Ian Douglas, Robert Cain and H. Jay Ri ...
started providing art for the magazine, while
Jordan Weisman and
Ross Babcock
L. Ross Babcock III is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career
When Jordan Weisman asked his friends in 1980 if anyone else would join him in starting a company to print adventures and deckplans for '' Traveller'', ...
did layout and editing; the first FASA issue was ''High Passage'' #2 (1981).
After a falling out between FASA and the High Passage Group, ''High Passage'' #5 (1982) was edited by
J. Andrew Keith
John Andrew Keith (August 31, 1958 – August 7, 1999) was an American author and games developer.
Career
J. Andrew Keith, and his brother William H. Keith Jr., responded to ads in ''Journal of the Travellers Aid Society'' for authors to wri ...
, and just before ''High Passage'' #6 went to press the High Passage Group ended the two companies' partnership and told FASA that they could not publish additional ''High Passage'' material. FASA replaced ''High Passage'' with a new J. Andrew Keith magazine called ''
Far Traveller
''Far Traveller'' was a gaming magazine published by FASA from 1982 to 1983. ''Far Traveller'' was a magazine approved to be used with the role-playing game ''Traveller'', published in place of the previous ''Traveller'' magazine ''High Passage' ...
'', which began publication in October 1982.
Reception
William A. Barton reviewed the first issue of ''High Passage'' in ''
The Space Gamer'' No. 40.
Barton commented that "Although there is room for improvement in future issues, ''High Passage'', based on its first issue, stands quite high among the many approved-for-''Traveller'' items now on the market."
References
Defunct game magazines published in the United States
Defunct role-playing game magazines
Magazines disestablished in 1982
Magazines established in 1981
Traveller (role-playing game)
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