Tag: Magazine

RPG Review (2008-2009)

A general RPG zine / journal with articles on a variety of games, interviews with designers, and news and reviews. Editor: Lev Lafayette ISSN 2206-4907 PDF issues here RPG Review 1 (September…

Gryphon (1980)

Early US ’80s gaming magazine published by Baron Publishing Company. 4 issues Gryphon 1 (1980) Providing Background Information on the Religions in Runequest – a review of Cults of Prax by M.A.R….

Game Trade Magazine (2006, 2010)

Alliance Game Distributors publishes Game Trade Magazine. https://www.gametrademagazine.com/ Game Trade Magazine #078 (2006) Creating an Adventurer! Sample pages from Mongoose Publishing’s Runequest RPG! by Mongoose Publishing Game Trade Magazine #119 (2010) RuneQuest…

Fantasy Gamer (1983-1984)

Steve Jackson Games began Fantasy Gamer in 1983, as a fantasy-themed counterpart to Space Gamer‘s sci-fi focus. Fantasy Gamer lasted for six bimonthly issues, from August/September 1983 to June/July 1984. Fantasy-related content folded back into Space…

Demon’s Drawl (GBR 1983-1985)

First launched in July 1983 and produced for a couple of years before transforming into Telegraph Road. Editor: Jeremy Nuttall

Black Sun (GBR 1984-1985)

The Black Sun, or sometimes just Black Sun, was an irreverent short magazine included with White Dwarf mail-order subscriptions for two short periods in the 1980s. The Black Sun‘s contents blended humour with reviews and…

Tatou (FRA 1988-1996)

The house magazine from Oriflam. Focussed mainly on RuneQuest, Hawkmoon and Stormbringer, with a few other games included. Issues

Ian Thomson Pavis Series (2000-2004)

Ian Thomson, assisted by several other authors, wrote five supplements expanding the Pavis and Big Rubble supplements: Volume 2 – Masks of Pavis (2001) Tentacles Press 2001 Volume 3 – The Legacy of Pavis (2002) Chaos Society 2002,…

Hearts in Glorantha (2008-2018)

A licensed fanzine for Glorantha, which aims to produce a diverse set of articles in each issue, written by fans old and new of the setting. The emphasis being on material usable…

Wyrd

Neither RuneQuest or Gloranthan, it was a fanzine often edited and contributed to and by Greg Stafford with adverts appearing in Wyrm’s Footnotes. Included here for completeness.

Ares (1980-1981)

Ares was a science fiction wargame magazine published by SPI (Issues 1-11), and then TSR (Issues 12-17), between 1980 and 1984. Each issue contained a wargame and articles. Ares #1 (1980) Runequest…

Fantasy Chronicles (GBR 1986-1987)

A Irish Fantasy Role-Playing magazine which was published published by Fantastic Publications Ltd. Sold on the news stands in the UK. Nine issues:

DragonLords (GBR 1980-1983)

DragonLords was an early RPG non-fiction zine published in the UK. It features articles about D&D, AD&D, Runequest, Traveller, and Warhammer. 22 issues.

SpaceGamer / FantasyGamer

The Space Gamer was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine…

Adventurer (GBR 1986-1987)

Subtitled “The Superior Fantasy & Science Fiction Games Magazine”, this independent role-playing magazine published adventures and articles related to a number of different RPGs. The magazine was published from 1986 to 1987…

The Zin Letters (FIN 2003-2010)

The Zin Letters is an English-language magazine published by Kalikos – The Finnish Gloranthan Association. The magazine is dedicated to the fantasy world of Glorantha and especially to roleplaying in that world with…

Interregnum (1994)

Interregnum rose in response to the passing of The Wild Hunt, which may have been the second of the early roleplaying gaming related amateur press associations, after the more famous Alarums & Excursions.

Dragon Magazine (1976-2007)

Dragon was an official D&D magazine running 1976-2007 with 359 printed issues. It had occasional RuneQuest and Gloranthan content along with reviews. The first RuneQuest material was in issue #40.