Alarums and Excursions (A&E) is an amateur press association started in June 1975 by Lee Gold (at the request of Bruce Pelz, who felt that discussion of Dungeons & Dragons was taking up too much space in Apa-L, the APA of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society).Bretts RPG Magazine and Zine Index, entry on Alarums & Excursions, retrieved September 2007 It was the first publication to focus solely on role-playing games.