Welcome to the first issue of HamsterSpeak, the new internet magazine dedicated to games designed with the OHR RPG Creation Engine.

This magazine carries on the tradition of the old OHR Monthly, whose final issue was way back in 2002. Back then, the magazine encouraged the creativity of the OHR community, which has now unfortunately fallen into a rather stagnant state. Our intention is to revive interest in OHR game creation, in former, current, and new users, by offering reviews and previews of the latest games, retrospectives of the classics, and articles that will both entertain and educate.

This Month's Articles

Review: Dwarvinity: Wrath of the Orcs
Calehay takes a look at Inspiration's newly released demo in which sassy dwarves thwart evil.

Review: Neo Tek Armano
KittenMaster reviews Chaotix's demo about a disembodied Sonic the Hedgehog clone fighting evil.

Review: Vikings of Midgard
A review of Fenrir-Lunaris' story of monks, tentacles, and an old Norse curmudgeon.

Retrospective Review: Time Flies
Aethereal takes a critical look back at one of the most well known OHR classics.

Retrospective Review: Wandering Hamster
The original OHR RPG. How well does James Paige's hamster centric epic stand up to today's games? 

Terrible Game Review: Dogworld
A savage journey into the mind of a man who thinks that the difference between dogs and pigs is negligible.

Previews
Upcoming OHR games are spotlighted. This month's titles are Bloodlust, Detelamane: Legacy of Scars, Magisteral, Spellshard: The Black Crown of Horgoth, and Stinkmace: The Legend of Dinosaur Triple.

Commentary: Query 1: Who am I?
Having recently released an anthology of all his OHR games, JSH takes a look back at where it all began.

Feature: Collaboration Game Contest Overview
Over the last few months, TwinHamster has hosted a contest of collaboration between members of the OHR game development community. Here, he looks back at what worked, what didn't, and the results of the contest. 

Feature: Terrible Game Contest History: Part I
In preparation for April's Terrible Games Contest, Iblis goes back and shows us how the contest began. Part 1 of 2.

Plotscript of the Month: Counter
This month's script is a counter, useful for timing events and count-down scripts.

Art: Hamster Comic #1
Rising from the grave of OHR Weekly, Fenrir-Lunaris' comics about robots, whales, and jerks makes its return.

Discuss this month's issue here. Come back next month for part 2 of the Terrible Game Contest History, a review of Bloodlust, part 1 in a series of articles on the history of the OHR, and more!

This month's contributors are Aethereal, Calehay, Fenrir-Lunaris, Joseph S Hall, Paul Harrington, Iblis, KittenMaster, Moogle1, TwinHamster, and Kingston C. Rockwell. Editing assistance by Becki Davis and Tom Laakso.

If you would like your work to appear in a future issue, contact bobsurlaw@yahoo.com