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To The Slaughter is a great zine with engaging content and a strong point of view. 

An old comrade's farm is the target of corporate espionage threatening his retirement. The players are tasked with shutting down Cyclops and their Industial assets. The campaign included consists of three different facilities featuring various livestock.

The missions include dangerous Cyclops operatives and their minions, but I found that the real standout NPCs were the livestock. They (mostly) don't have stats blocks but the writing makes clear that this story is about them and their life trajectory. 

The content warning is not used frivolously, these are not happy farms. The peek behind the curtain of the realities of industrial animal farming set a dark and grounded tone. There may be cosmic dark forces at play in the F.I.S.T universe but you don't have to look beyond out own creations to find true evil.

Included at the beginning of the Zine is the RNPM, and mishmash of psychological theories tied together to make a system for creating and defining NPCs. The thematic combination of advanced psych and it's visualization creates something that looks aestheticlly occult. It's a very interesting tool to play with and may help refrees provide realistic portrayals of the human condition.

You should read this.