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AH8579 Runequest Standard Edition (1986)


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Runequest

Fantasy Roleplaying Adventure

With RuneQuest, players create adventurers who explore an ancient world rich in magic.

Everyone uses spells and anyone can be a warrior equipped with cold steel and stout armor. The gods provide fantastic powers to their mortal worshipers and can intercede on their behalf.

Each RuneQuest adventurer is unique, belonging to a definite culture and learning the crafts, trades, and skills of his or her parents.

RuneQuest is a fantasy roleplaying game for two or more players, ages 12 or older.

Unparalleled realism and flexibility are yours, supported by rules easily understood and enjoyable to play. Though the RuneQuest rules examples are set in the Dark Ages of fantasy Europe, the game system is playable within any fantasy world.

Included in this box: Rules Book (character generation, game system, combat, skills, creatures, gamemaster notes adventurer sheet); Spells Book (spirit magic, divine magic, sorcery); Dice (2D20, 1D8, 1D6).


Details

  • Authors: Steve Perrin, Greg Stafford, Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis, Charlie Krank, Ray Turney, Steve Henderson, Warren James, Sherman Kahn.
  • Editors: Charlie Krank, Yurek Chodak, Lynn Willis, Sherman Kahn, Sandy Petersen.
  • Production: Charlie Krank.
  • Rules Book (56 pages)
  • Spells Book (16 pages)
  • Character Sheets.
  • ISBN 0911605258
  • Standard RuneQuest was created and developed by Chaosium. Inc. Copyright ©1986 by Chaosium
  • Published by The Avalon Hill Game Company, DIVISION OF MONARCH AVALON, INC, 4517 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214


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  • AH8570 RuneQuest Deluxe Edition (Softback) (1993)
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  • AH85711 Gloranthan Bestiary (1988)
  • AH85712 Apple Lane (1987)
  • AH85713 Snake Pipe Hollow (1987)
  • AH85714 RuneQuest Cities (4th edition) (1988)
  • AH85715 Into the Troll Realms (1988)
  • AH85716 The Haunted Ruins (1989)
  • AH85717 Daughters of Darkness and the Chronicles of Santon (1990)
  • AH8572 Runequest Gamemaster’s Box (1985)
  • AH8573 Monster Coliseum (Box 1 – 1985)
  • AH8574 Human Adventurer Sheets (Box 2 – 1985)
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  • AH8576 Vikings (Box 4 – 1985)
  • AH8577 Gods of Glorantha (Box 05 – 1985)
  • AH8578 Griffin Island (Box 06 – 1986)
  • AH8584 Land of Ninja (Box 07 – 1986)
  • AH8585 Glorantha – Genertela, Crucible of the Hero Wars (Box 08 – 1988)
  • AH8586 Trollpak (Box 09 – 1988)
  • AH8587 Troll Gods: The Deities of Darkness (Box 10 – 1989)
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  • AH8589 Eldarad – The Lost City (1990)
  • AH85906 Sun County (1992)
  • AH8591 River of Cradles (1992)
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