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ISS3007 Arcane Lore: Heroquests & Heroquesting (2003)

Arcane Lore reveals a vast treasure trove about heroquesting. Collected from almost 30 years of questing, this book explores the philosophy, mechanics, and practice of heroquesting from a multitude of viewpoints and angles. Although much of the material was written for the old RuneQuest game, and other parts were used in the development of Hero Wars and HeroQuest, all of it is useful in understanding heroquesting and developing your own heroquests.

In addition to extensive sections on Heroquesting, God and Mortals, The Worlds, and The Mythic Ages, Arcane Lore contains over 40 pages detailing heroquests. From the Hill of Gold to The Quest for Knowledge, from the Jackal’s Path to the Westfaring, these quests provide details of Glorantha and the Hero Planes that have never been published anywhere. It also includes over a dozen maps and diagrams of the Hero Planes and Otherworlds.

Although much of the contents are speculative and subject to change as development of HeroQuest continues, Arcane Lore is a book no serious fan or heroquester will want to miss.


Details

  • By Greg Stafford
  • with Sandy Petersen, Steve Marsh, Roderick Robertson, Bill Keyes, and David Hall
  • Product Number: ISS3007
  • ISBN: none.
  • Price: $30.00.
  • 108 pages, 8.5″ x 11″ format, with maps.

Editions

As with all of Greg’s Work’s in Progress, many versions were printed with the date of the printing inside and often a colorful name. There are also likely to be unique versions of a single printing for individuals. Those that were printed in copy shops also varied depending on paper, cover and colour. In a few cases Greg even gave photocopies. Eventually they became formalised printings.

SKUNameYearPublisherNotes
Heroquests & Heroquesting2003IssariesPreliminary Release Version for Tentacles 2003, without cover, most maps, footnotes and index. 104 pages. Unbound.
Arcane Lore2004IssariesPrefinished Work #6.
Arcane Lore2006Moon Design & IssariesStafford Library – Volume VII
Orange cover, ring bound
Arcane Lore2007Moon Design & Issaries Stafford Library – Volume VII
Light blue cover, bound.
ISS3007-PDFArcane Lore2015Moon DesignPDF
ISS3007-PODArcane Lore2015Moon DesignPOD

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Other Pages

  • ISS3007 Arcane Lore: Heroquests & Heroquesting (2006) – Table of Contents

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