Tales of the Reaching Moon
Encyclopedia
Tales of the Reaching Moon was a British
fanzine
dedicated to the fantasy world of Glorantha
and producing material for fantasy role-playing games
based there. The editor, David Hall, published 20 issues from 1989 to 2002 (2/yr until 1994, then annually). The magazine was originally published with a monochrome cover but had a full colour cover from issue 12 onwards. Most of the later issues had a central theme fleshed out through a variety of related articles by different authors. A list of issues with themes is given below:
The fanzine printed gaming material for a variety of rule-systems, including RuneQuest
and Pendragon Pass. In addition to this it also had fiction, news and a Rumours section based on the format of the RuneQuest supplements.
United Kingdom
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fanzine
Fanzine
A fanzine is a nonprofessional and nonofficial publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest...
dedicated to the fantasy world of Glorantha
Glorantha
Glorantha is the Fantasy world created by Greg Stafford and since used as the background for several role-playing games, including RuneQuest , Hero Wars and HeroQuest , as well as several works of fiction and the computer strategy game King of Dragon Pass...
and producing material for fantasy role-playing games
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
based there. The editor, David Hall, published 20 issues from 1989 to 2002 (2/yr until 1994, then annually). The magazine was originally published with a monochrome cover but had a full colour cover from issue 12 onwards. Most of the later issues had a central theme fleshed out through a variety of related articles by different authors. A list of issues with themes is given below:
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #1 (1989)
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #2 (1989)
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #3 (1990)
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #4 (1990) Australian Special!
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #5 (1991) Humakti Special!
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #6 (1991)
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #7 (1992) Hero Quest Special!
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #8 (1992) The Chaos Feature
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #9 (1993)
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #10 (1993) Sea Special
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #11 (1994) Pamaltela: Great Southern Land
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #12 (1994) Bumper Colour Special!
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #13 (1995) Go West!
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #14 (1996) Praxian Special
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #15 (1996) Prax Part Deux
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #16 (1997) Lunar Special
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #17 (1998) Catch-up Special
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #18 (1999) Sartar Special
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #19 (2000) Upland Marsh Special
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #20 (2002) Farewell Issue!
The fanzine printed gaming material for a variety of rule-systems, including RuneQuest
RuneQuest
RuneQuest is a fantasy role-playing game first published in 1978 by Chaosium, created by Steve Perrin and set in Greg Stafford's mythical world of Glorantha. RuneQuest was notable for its original gaming system and for its verisimilitude in adhering to an original fantasy world...
and Pendragon Pass. In addition to this it also had fiction, news and a Rumours section based on the format of the RuneQuest supplements.