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.
| SKU | Name | Year | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroquests & Heroquesting | 2003 | Issaries | Preliminary Release Version for Tentacles 2003, without cover, most maps, footnotes and index. 104 pages. Unbound. | |
| Arcane Lore | 2004 | Issaries | Prefinished Work #6. | |
| Arcane Lore | 2006 | Moon Design & Issaries | Stafford Library – Volume VII Orange cover, ring bound | |
| Arcane Lore | 2007 | Moon Design & Issaries | Stafford Library – Volume VII Light blue cover, bound. | |
| ISS3007-PDF | Arcane Lore | 2015 | Moon Design | |
| ISS3007-POD | Arcane Lore | 2015 | Moon Design | POD |
Other Pages
Related Pages
- ISS3001 King of Sartar (1992, 2015)
- ISS3002 The Glorious Reascent of Yelm (1993)
- ISS3003 The Fortunate Succession (1995)
- ISS3004 The Entekosiad (1996)
- ISS3005 The Missing Lands (1998)
- ISS3006 Revealed Mythologies (2001)
- ISS3008 Takenegi’s Muster: The Imperial Army
- ISS3008 The Middle Sea Empire (2006)
- ISS3009 History of the Heortling Peoples (2007)
- ISS3010 Esrolia: The Land of Ten Thousand Goddesses (2008)
- ISS3011 The Book of Heortling Mythology (2009)
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