A Random Encounter is an interview zine, featuring an extended interview with one person in each issue. So far all the interview subjects have been drawn from people in the UK who are engaging with OSR game design.
It’s written and edited by Nathan Ryder who has also created a weird fantasy take on the city of Liverpool called Oddpool.
The interview format is an interesting one, essentially the interviewer is responsible for having to tease some interesting or entertaining insight from the subject while at the some time providing a sense of the person and the motivations behind what they do.
Currently many of the subjects are essentially involved in similar creative endeavours and come from similar backgrounds but the sympathetic interviewing has allowed most of the subjects to reveal something meaningful of themselves.
Generally the topics covered include the subject’s gaming history, how they came to engage with OSR and their approach to creating, playing and testing their designs.
