Editing Alarums and Excursions (section)

==Contents==
Each issue is a collection of contributions from different authors, often featuring game design discussions, rules variants, write-ups of game sessions, reviews, and comments on others contributions.

Although game reports and social reactions are common parts of many ''A&E'' contributions, it has also, over the years, become a testing ground for new ideas on the development of the RPG as a genre and an art form. The idea that role-playing games ''are'' an art form took strong root in this [[zine]], and left a lasting impression on many of the RPG professionals who contributed. The 1992 role-playing game ''[[Over the Edge (role-playing game)|Over the Edge]]'' was inspired by discussions in ''A&E''.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons: The '90s|publisher=Evil Hat Productions|year=2014|edition=2|volume=3|isbn=978-1-61317-084-7|page=55}}</ref>

Over the years, contributors have included: {{div col|colwidth=12em}}
* [[Terry K. Amthor]]
* [[Wilf K. Backhaus]]
* [[Scott Bennie]]
* [[Greg Costikyan]]
* Doc Cross
* [[John M. Ford]]
* [[E. Gary Gygax]]
* [[Andrew Gelman]]
* [[David A. Hargrave]]
* [[Rob Heinsoo]]
* [[John Eric Holmes]]
* Wes Ives
* [[Robin Laws]]
* [[Nicole Lindroos]]
* [[Samuel Edward Konkin III]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Trammell|first=Aaron|year=2018|chapter=Representation and Discrimination in Role-Playing Games|editor-first1=José P.|editor-last1=Zagal|editor-first2=Sebastian|editor-last2=Deterding|title=Role Playing Games: Transmedia Foundations|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-63890-7|page=442}}</ref>
* [[Stephen R. Marsh]]
* Phil McGregor
* [[Dave Nalle]]
* [[Mark Rein·Hagen]]
* [[Ken Rolston]]
* John T. Sapienza Jr.
* [[Lawrence M. Schoen]]
* [[Edward E. Simbalist]]
* [[Jonathan Tweet]]
* [[Erick Wujcik]]
* [[John Nephew]]
* Spike Y Jones
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