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100 issues, woo-hoo!

Variable Pig is a long-standing and varied play-by-mail zine covering many different games. It currently has a circulation of about 50 - mostly from the UK, with a few from Australia, Scandinvia and the USA. Subscription is free, but donations of stamps are welcome to offset production costs. The editor and main GM is Jim Reader.

A typical issue is 52-58 pages long containing loads of games from Jim and outside GMs, plus a lively letters page. The zine currently has a bimonthy turnaround (6 issues in 2005 and 2006).

The following zines are available to view / download in PDF format:

Latest Issue (May 2008): VP# 113 (1040K)   Back Issues Below:

VP# 112 (Mar 2008) (1270K) VP# 111 (Dec 2007) (1550K) VP# 110 (Oct 2007) (1100K)
VP# 109 (June 2007) (1350K) VP# 108 (April 2007) (940K) VP# 107 (Feb 2007) (1080K)
VP# 106 (Dec 2006) (780K) VP# 105 (Oct 2006) (840K) VP# 104 (July 2006) (880K)
VP# 103 (May 2006) (740K) VP# 102 (Mar 2006) (780K) VP# 101 (Jan 2006) (610K)
VP# 100 (Nov 2005) (780K) VP# 99 (Sept 2005) (1040K) VP# 98 (July 2005) (870K)
VP# 97 (June 2005) (850K) VP# 96 (April 2005) (730K) VP# 95 (Jan 2005) (850K)
VP# 94 (Oct 2004) (960K) VP# 93 (Aug 2004) (840K) VP# 92 (July 2004) (790K)
VP# 91 (May 2004) (710K) VP# 90 (Feb 2004) (850K) VP# 89 (Nov 2003) (860K)
VP# 88 (Aug 2003) (750K) VP# 87 (May 2003) (720K) VP# 86 (Mar 2003) (530K)
VP# 85 (Jan 2003) (580K) VP# 84 (Oct 2002) (710K) VP# 83 (July 2002) (880K)
VP# 82 (May 2002) (480K) VP# 81 (Feb 2002) (580K) VP# 80 (Dec 2001) (370K)