ISSUE NO. 1 ARRIVES BEFORE THE
SUPER BOWL

The inaugural issue of Gridiron Aficionado — a large-format, limited-edition, collector-grade football magazine — will be in the hands of founding subscribers before Super Bowl LXI. This is Issue No. 1 of a numbered print run. It will not be reprinted.

To receive it, you need to be a subscriber before it goes to print.

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The specs.

Large Format
Oversized pages designed to be opened wide and read slowly.
Issue No. 1
The first issue of a numbered collector print run. Once it's gone, it's gone.
Twice Per Year
Two issues annually — each fully loaded and built to keep.
Arrives Before Super Bowl LXI
Founding subscribers receive Issue No. 1 before the biggest game of the season.
Premium Materials
Heavyweight paper, refined typography, and a cover worthy of display.
No Filler
Less advertising, more editorial. Built around stories, not sponsor pages.
Coffee-Table Quality
Designed to live on a shelf, not disappear in a pile.

Inside the inaugural issue.

Gridiron Aficionado Issue No. 1 is built around the full world of football — not last week's scores, but the game's culture, strategy, history, and the people who shaped it. Expect long-form stories, exclusive interviews, coaching insight, football history, rivalry pieces, great football towns, stadium atmosphere, and the culture that makes Saturdays and Sundays feel like something more than a TV schedule.

This is the issue that establishes what Gridiron Aficionado is — and founding subscribers will have it in their hands at the most significant moment in the football calendar.

“There will never be another Issue No. 1.”

Founding subscribers are not just receiving a magazine. They are holding the first collector's edition of a premium football publication that is being built to last. Numbered print run. Arrives before the Super Bowl. Built for the shelf, not the recycling bin.

Built for the aficionado.

This is for the coach who still draws plays on napkins. The collector with shelves of old football programs. The fan who can tell you the score of a game played twenty years ago. The football lifer who wants to slow the game down and actually read about it.

If football is a way of life — not just a season — Gridiron Aficionado was built for you. And Issue No. 1 was built to be the beginning of something you keep for years.

Founding subscribers receive Issue No. 1 before the Super Bowl.

Once the print run closes, that's it. There is no second printing of Issue No. 1.

Founding subscribers are securing the first collector’s edition of a premium football publication built to last.

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