Well, we made it three issues before we missed a deadline. Then Real Life decided to interfere. Brett, our Editor in Chief and the driving force behind getting the previous issues published on time, took some severe blows to his life in December and has temporarily left his duties with the 'zine. The rest of us didn't learn about this until after the deadline, and it took us a couple weeks to clear our own schedules and assess the situation. Despite that, we've put together an issue I think you'll like.

While being late with the first issue of the year doesn't seem to bode well, I think the crisis has energized the staff and we're working together as a team in a way we never have before. So we have a team of editors, writers and technical people ready to crank out another issue on time. Except we're not sure we have enough articles. We haven't given up on Fudge Factor, and I hope you haven't either. Keep those articles coming, folks!

If you've submitted an article recently and haven't heard back lately, please send an email to editor@fudgefactor .org to inquire after it.

I think 2002 is going to be a good year for Fudge. The Fudge List is going gang-busters, Grey Ghost Games has a nice line-up scheduled, Rogue Publishing has started releasing Fudge e-books. Maybe I'll even finish the new Gramarye magic system this year.