PZF '24: Illunis Press & Zine It Together

Josephine Jaye is a game designer, collage artist, and journalist. Josephine publishes tabletop roleplaying game zines as Illunis Press. She loves the agency that roleplaying games provide players in letting them create their own stories. Her game "The Magic Earth" is about characters who create and harness magic powers in a modern world, all while pushing back against the shadowy and oppresive forces who want to control that power.

Together with printmaker Timothea Haider (Little Patch of Hell), she produced the podcast Zine It Together, a show made to encourage people to start making zines and stop being perfectionists.

"I primarily make tabletop roleplaying game zines as Illunis Press. These are complete games, with rules for creating characters and running those characters through adventures:

• The Magic Earth is a game about creating characters who have magic powers in a modern day world.
• Under Secret Skies is a roleplaying game printed on a set of five 1.5 by 2 inch micro zines.
• The Pit is an adventure inspired by 80's scifi horror about arctic explorers delving into a mysterious pit.

I also make the podcast Zine it Together with Timothea Haider. The show is a series of interviews with Arizona zine creators. We sell CDs of the podcast. Last year, we recorded an episode at Phoenix Zine Fest, showcasing the work from the community. For Phoenix Zine Fest this year, we're thinking about transitioning the podcast into a semi-regular printed zine release."

Find Illunis Press & Zine It Together at the fest on Sunday and follow them here:
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