About Us

Welcome to Odyssey!

The idea for Odyssey came to the zine's founder when he was still publishing issues of Free Radicals. Free Radicals, another independent zine (now defunct), began as a literary zine, with three (3) issues published. Free Radicals later evolved into a speculative writings, world-building, and gaming publication, but COVID, life, the economy, and mental health issues got in the way.

After the OGL fiasco and the recent release of Dungeons & Dragons, our zine's founder, G. Michael Rapp, decided there need to be an independent zine dedicated to all things tabletop gaming, with a special focus on independent games, their design, and their communities: And, thus, Odyssey was born.

The hope is this: Odyssey will explore independent tabletop gaming to show what is out there and what opportunities and challenges exist for independent games, their designers, and their communities. Odyssey is a free, semi-monthly publication, and it is available on this website (and on Itch in PDF form) for free. Odyssey's first issue will release in late October or early November 2024, depending on content and time constraints.

If you'd like to support a community-centric and independent-gaming-minded publication, consider checking out our Submissions page (above and linked here) or sign up for updates, which are free and spam-free as well.

If you wish to learn more about this new project, please reach out to our editor-in-chief, G. Michael Rapp ([email protected] or @gmichaelrapp [Threads]).

If you wish to support Odyssey with a tip, you can do so here.