Editor: Clive Booth
Issues 1 – 102 (June 1975 – July 1983)
Zine Poll: 1976 1st; 1977 1st; 1978 3rd; 1979 =3rd; 1980 =5th; 1981 4th; 1982 10th; 1983 23rd
Straight in at No.1 in the Zine Poll, from the modest beginnings of a small spirit duplicated zine, Chimaera soon took the hobby by storm. Clive always intended to run more games than just Diplomacy, though it took a few months for games other than Dip to get started. In issue 6 Clive published rules for postal Soccerboss and by issue 9 the zine included a 9 page Soccerboss report. After that the football gameszines have developed a lot, but Clive got there first. Within a year of starting up, Chimaera was a massive mimeo zine, with lots of different games on offer and plenty of chat, including a postal D&D subzine. Clive could be pretty sharp in print and enjoyed mixing in with all the hobby politics of the time (often revolving around the NGC and Richard Sharp). The fact that the zine was run very efficiently put the seal on its success, wining the Zine Poll twice, and staying in the Top 5 for a further four years. For nearly all of its life Chimaera was a very successful zine indeed, though towards the end Clive’s enthusiasm was on the wane. Clive folded the zine very tidily, passing it all on, lock, stock and barrel, to Richard Morris to run under the name Boojum. Very much a ground-breaker.
Issue 1; Issue 2; Issue 3; Issue 4; Issue 5; Issue 6; Issue 7; Issue 8; Issue 9; Issue 10;
Issue 11; Issue 12; Issue 13; Issue 14; Issue 15; Issue 16; Issue 17; Issue 18; Issue 19; Issue 20;
Issue 21; Issue 22; Issue 23; Issue 24; Issue 25; Issue 26; Issue 27; Issue 28; Issue 29; Issue 30;
Issue 31; Issue 32; Issue 33; Issue 34; Issue 35; Issue 36; Issue 37; Issue 38; Issue 39;
Issue 40; Issue 41; Issue 42; Issue 43; Issue 44; Issue 45; Issue 46; Issue 47; Issue 48; Issue 49;
Issue 50; Issue 51; Issue 52; Issue 53; Issue 54; Issue 55; Issue 56; Issue 57; Issue 58; Issue 59;
Issue 60; Issue 61; Issue 62; Issue 63; Issue 64; Issue 65; Issue 66; Issue 67; Issue 68; Issue 69;
Issue 70; Issue 71; Issue 72; Issue 73; Issue 74; Issue 75; Issue 76; Issue 77; Issue 78; Issue 79;
Issue 80; Issue 81; Issue 82; Issue 83; Issue 84; Issue 85; Issue 86; Issue 87; Issue 88; Issue 89;
Issue 90; Issue 91; Issue 92; Issue 93; Issue 94; Issue 95; Issue 96; Issue 97; Issue 98; Issue 99; Issue 100;