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359:(Issue #46), Oliver Dickinson thought that the material included was "entertaining stuff, but not as interesting or useful to newer players as reprints of the articles on the elemental pantheons would have been, for instance, or the thought-provoking articles on aspects of the rules by various authors in the last four issues." Dickinson concluded by giving this supplement an above average rating of 8 out of 10, saying it contained "a high proportion of useful or entertaining material and little that is totally peripheral. Production quality is good overall, with a few errors or misprints." 38: 506: 511: 346:, pointing out it was "edited and maintained according to Chaosium's usual high standards." Rolston concluded with a strong recommendation for 387: 141: 174:
magazine articles as well as new material to expand the game rules and setting. It received positive reviews in game periodicals including
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was initially publicized as the first in a projected series of Companion books. However, no other volumes were ever published.
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Johnson, Bill; Kahn, Sherman; Stafford, Greg; LaVergne, Alan; McCormick, Jim; Nance, Ron; Petersen, Sandy (1983).
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was solely dedicated to articles about Glorantha. However, the magazine was discontinued in 1982, and as
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ended, a most important source of detail, both epic and trivial, about Glorantha disappeared."
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In 1976, the year after Chaosium released their first product, the fantasy board game
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an errata sheet with corrections and additions to the second edition of
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excerpts from chronicles of notable and historical figures of Glorantha
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Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games
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a short story, "The Smell of a Rat", also by Lavergne
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that contained a collection of previously published
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Index


Designers
Sandy Petersen
Greg Stafford
Chaosium
Fantasy
Basic Role-Playing
ISBN
978-1-56882-520-5
tabletop role-playing game
RuneQuest
Chaosium
Wyrm's Footnotes
Dragon
White Dwarf
Fantasy Gamer
Different Worlds
Trollpak
Greg Stafford
Sandy Petersen
White Bear and Red Moon
Wyrm's Footnotes
Glorantha
Ken Rolston
Charlie Krank
Dragon
White Dwarf
RuneQuest Companion
ISBN
978-1-56882-520-5

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