Nathalie Lawhead zine and ephemera collection

Collection — Box: A-001, Folder: 07

Identifier: EPHEMERA-LAWHEAD

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of zines and ephemera donated to the Video Game History Foundation by Nathalie Lawhead. Lawhead collected these zines from events they attended between roughly 2016–2018.

Dates

Publication: Majority of material found within approx. 2016–2022

Conditions Governing Access

Several items in this collection, such as gamebooks for role-playing games, are still commercially available. These items are not digitally available through VGHF's library; links to purchase these items are included on individual records.

Extent

12 Items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Nathalie Lawhead is an independent game designer known for titles such as bluesuburbia, Tetrageddon Games, and Everything is going to be OK. Lawhead collected zines and ephemera from independent game events they attended, such as the A MAZE. festival in Berlin.

Appraisal

Non-electronic gaming materials, such as rulebooks for role-playing games, are included in this collection as a representation of the events and communities Lawhead was part of. Under other circumstances, VGHF does not collect these types of materials.

Separated Materials

Items that fit into other collections, such as Game Workers Unite zines and issues of E3 Show Daily, were separated into their respective collections with credit to Nathalie Lawhead as the donor. Duplicate copies of these materials were debound for scanning or deaccessioned.