you have to play cards???

this is an outrage!!

I honestly had no idea about that. I got III before II and was like WTF? How do I get the second one then!?

Glad this mystery was solved though.

Which one is that? I got them all without knowing that. Is it the one in Dollet?

Yeah.. you have to search the magazines in the special card room of the pub manager several times to find it. If it won't work go out en in again and search the books again till you receive it..

hmm,.. how do you get occult fan III?.. i think i missed it forever... :9

hmm,.. how do you get occult fan III?.. i think i missed it forever... :9

Its tricky. You can get it when you first arrive with the garden at Fishermans Horizon. You must go to where the old fisher master is. Before you walk to the lift that takes you down to FH search for a ladder (down the ladder on the third screen when you come from the garden). Here talk to the old man. You can answer with 2 options.

I'm sorry.. It's our fault
... What are you talking about?

Choose the first one and he will give you the occult fan.

yeah i missed it... :9

yeah i missed it... :9

start a new game again :-P

start a new game again :-P

Cheers to that.

*starts FFVIII game one hundred*

start a new game again :-P

too lazy to do that... >_>>..

I will probably still be playing FFVIII till my dying days.

Here's a listing of where every magazine in the game can be found.

Occult Fan Magazine Listing

Occult Fan I - Bookcases inside the Balamb Garden Library
Occult Fan II - Dollet; Challenge the Pub manager to cards
Occult Fan III - First Arrive at Fisherman's Horizon, find the Master Fisherman
Occult Fan IV - Presidential Aide in Esthar's Presidential Palace.

Pet Pals Magazine Listing
Pet Pals Vol.1 - Train bound for Timber
Pet Pals Vol.2 - Rinoa's bed in the Forest Owl's base
Pet Pals Vol.3 - Purchased at the Timber Pet Shop
Pet Pals Vol.4 - Purchased at the Timber Pet Shop
Pet Pals Vol.5 - Purchased at the Timber Pet Shop
Pet Pals Vol.6 - Purchased at the Timber Pet Shop

Combat King Magazine Listing
Combat King 001 - Bottom floor of the D District Prison
Combat King 002 - Given to you after Fujin and Rajin in Balamb
Combat King 003 - Girl who has a crush on Zell, Balamb Hotel
Combat King 004 - Second visit to Esthar, from Esthar Soldier
Combat King 005 - While exploring Lunatic Pandora as Squall

Weapons Monthly Magazine Listing
Weapons Monthly 1st Issue - Lunatic Pandora in the past with Laguna
Weapons Monthly March - Battle with Elvoret at the Dollet Comm. Tower
Weapons Monthly April - Squall's Dorm room after graduation
Weapons Monthly May - Sewers in Deling City
Weapons Monthly June - Battle with BGH251F2 at the Galbadian Missile Base
Weapons Monthly July - Balamb Garden Training Centre after Galbadia Garden
Battle
Weapons Monthly August - In front of gargoyle statue in Trabia Garden

Timber Maniacs Magazine Listing
Balamb Station - Near the train signal
Balamb Hotel - Inside the Guest room
Timber Maniacs - On the floor in the office
Timber Hotel - On a table in the Guest room
Fisherman's Horizon - In the Grease Monkey's house
Fisherman's Horizon Hotel - Inside the Guest room
Trabia Garden - In the graveyard
Dollet Pub - On a table in the Pub
Dollet Hotel - Inside the Guest room
Shumi Village - Artisan's house
White SeeD Ship - On the floor in the bridge
Edea's House - On the ground inside the house

And of course, most of those can be got at the Esthar book shop.

Also another note about Timber Maniacs, there are actually 11 and not 12 as the two Balamb ones are actually the same one. You can get it at either the hotel OR train station, but once you get one, the other disappears.