The Wyrm's Footnotes Index

Version 1.55: Issues 1-14, RQC, WFP, 15

by Shannon Appelcline

History: 1976-2002

The story of Wyrm's Footnotes begins with White Bear and Red Moon (1975) a wargame created by Greg Stafford that was set in the mythical world of Glorantha. Though Stafford had originally hoped to find a publisher for his game, he eventually published it himself at a brand-new gaming company: Chaosium.

Stafford began publishing Wyrm's Footnotes (1976-1982+) the next year to support his new game. Wyrm's Footnotes #1 (1976) included not just new rules for White Bear and Red Moon, but also some of the fiction and myth that underlay the unique world of Glorantha. Stafford promised the 'zine would thereafter appear irregularly, and meanwhile work on the game continued with a second edition (1976) appearing prior to the publication of Wyrm's Footnotes #2 (1977).

In its original lifespan, which lasted seven years, Wyrm's Footnotes went through several changes. The first issue, edited by Greg Stafford, was a stapled fanzine, with a print run rumored to be as low as 25 copies. The mimeographed pages allowed the use of colored paper and ink, giving an extra dimension to the amateur publication. But, it wouldn't be amateur for long. Wyrm's Footnotes #4 (1978) had a real saddle-stiched binding, but at the cost of becoming digest sized. Wyrm's Footnotes #5 (Summer 1978) was again full sized, and circulation had clearly improved considerably. With Wyrm's Footnotes #8 (1980) Charlie Krank took over editorship of the magazine, for Chaosium was growing as well. Finally, Wyrms Footnotes #11 (Spring 1981) completed the march to professionalism. The 'zine now had a full-color cover and was marked as "Volume II, No. 1".

Perhaps more importantly, the content of Wyrm's Footnotes was changing as well, also due to the continued growth of Chaosium. In Wyrm's Footnotes #3 (1977), Chaosium began advertising other games they were producing, beginning with the Elric board game (1977), and even published an article on Dave Hargrave's Arduin Grimoire (1977), which at the time they expected to publish. (They never did, and Hargrave went his own way.)

In subsequent issues, articles proliferated on other Chaosium games such as Elric, Troy (1977), Lords of the Middle Sea (1978), and others. More importantly, material on Glorantha began to multiply as well. Some of this was material on the second Gloranthan game, Nomad Gods (1978), and some of it was more universal material revealing the background of the world, such as the "Gods & Goddesses of Glorantha" series that debuted in Wyrm's Footnotes #4.

However, the most important addition to Wyrm's Footnotes was material for Chaosium's brand-new Gloranthan roleplaying game, RuneQuest (1978). It began appearing in Wyrm's Footnotes #5 (1978) with "Geedunk Dungeon", the first adventure for the new game system. By Wyrms Footnotes #11 what had once been the White Bear and Red Moon 'zine officially became "The RuneQuest Magazine".

Shortly after the publication of Wyrm's Footnotes #6 (1979), Chaosium began publishing their second magazine, Different Worlds (1979-1987). Unfortunately by 1982 it had become too expensive for Chaosium to publish both magazines. Different Worlds continued on, while Wyrm's Footnotes' publication came to an end with Wyrms Footnotes #14 (April 1982), also labeled "Vol. III, No. 4" in reocognition of its second year of magazine-style publication.

Originally Chaosium planned to publish a series of RuneQuest Companions. These books were to be 96-page supplements that would contain assorted information on Glorantha, as Wyrm's Footnotes once had. The first RuneQuest Companion (1983) appeared as planned, but it would be the last Gloranthan supplement that Chaosium published for 9 years due to a failed licensing deal with Avalon Hill that resulted in the publication of RuneQuest 3 (1985) ... and later the death of the line.

Since the first RuneQuest Companion was, in many ways, "Wyrms Footnotes #15", it has been included in this index. It would turn out to be just the first of three epilogues to the magazine, which together would demonstrate the longevity of the Gloranthan setting.

The second epilogue came with the release of Wyrms Footprints (1995), an anthology produced & published by Reaching Moon Megacorp, also the publishers of the groundbreaking Gloranthan fanzine Tales of the Reaching Moon (1989-2002). It was printed with Chaosium's branding and ISBN, with 3,000 copies of the 4,500-copy running going to Chaosium for sale. Wyrms Footprints contained reprints of many old Wyrm's Footnotes articles, some of them newly annotated or expanded. It addition, they was a small amount of new material in that volume, as well as new art by Dan Barker. It too is included in this index.

The third epilogue came with the publication of an actual Wyrms Footnotes #15 (Summer 2012) by Moon Design Publications, a descendent of Reaching Moon Megacorp who would soon become the inheritor of the entire Chaosium legacy. It was labeled "Vol. IV No. 1". There was talk of more issues, but Moon Design eventually turned instead to the bigger task of resurrecting the entire RuneQuest game as RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha (2018).

Meanwhile, following the initial finale to Wyrm's Footnotes in 1982, Gloranthan periodical support continued first in Heroes (1984-1986), which was Avalon Hill's house organ, and then in a variety of Gloranthan fanzines, the first of which was Pavic Tales (1987-1989).

For more on Wyrm's Footnotes, see pages 33-37 of MIG III: The Meints Index to Glorantha, plus page 23 for Wyrms Footprints.

Theme Issues

About the Game System

Originally, Wyrm's Footnotes was the fanzine of White Bear and Red Moon and Chaosium's other early games. However, as more issues were published, this emphasis began to change. By issue eleven, "The RuneQuest Magazine" was emblazoned on the cover of every issue of the magazine.

This index follows that later emphasis. It focuses in its main body on articles about roleplaying in Glorantha (mostly using the RuneQuest system) and on universally usable Gloranthan background material. Appendices following the main index cover "Other Gloranthan Games" (I), "Non-Gloranthan RuneQuest" (II), "Other Chaosium Games" (III), and "Other RPGs" (IV).

Issue #15 bears the HeroQuest logo, but all of the content is system-neutral.

About the Contents

Besides the 15 issues of Wyrm's Footnotes, this index also covers RuneQuest Companion (1983), which was a new compilation of Gloranthan content following the end of Wyrm's Footnotes, and Wyrm's Footprints (1995), which was largely a reprint of old content. They are labeled "RQC" and "WFP" in the index.

This index has been checked against the Wyrms Footnote Bundle which contains OCRed reproductions of the original issues. The pagination remains the same.

About the Title

Based on the contents and indicia, the official name of this magazine was "Wyrm's Footnotes" from issues #1-10 and then "Wyrms Footnotes" from issues #11-15. But, even for issues #1-10, the use of an apostrophe was inconsistent on the cover (and in fact issues #2-3 just call themselves "WF"). The apostrophe-less name was also used for Wyrms Footprints.

Obtaining the Magazines

Digital copies of issues #1-14 are available in a bundle, while a digital #15 or if you prefer a POD #15 is available standalone. The issues were all originally available hardcopy, but the early issues are now rare and the later issues are somewhat rare. The RuneQuest Companion also exists as a high-quality remastered PDF. Wyrms Footprints is thus the only item not available digitally, but it's easy to find on used marked for a reasonable price thanks to its large print run (though you may prefer the original 14 issues, which have much more content).


This index is © Copyright 1994-2024 by Shannon Appelcline. It is released under a cc-by-4.0 license, allowing reuse with attribution. Map background is courtesy of Chaosium, used per their fan material policy.

πŸ—ΊοΈ Accessories

Title System Author # Pgs
Forms
Character Sheet Reverse RuneQuest 2e Mark J. Lukens 9 20
Foes Monster Sheet RuneQuest 2e Mark J. Lukens 9 21
Personal History Sheet RuneQuest 2e Mark J. Lukens 9 19
A Revised RQ Character Sheet & Monster Sheets RuneQuest 1e John Sapienza 6 32-39
Miniatures
Archive RuneQuest Miniatures Rick Meints 15 7-10
Tables
Armor RuneQuest 2e Mark J. Lukens 9 18
Battlemagic Spells RuneQuest 2e Mark J. Lukens 9 17
Character Creation Charts RuneQuest 1e 6 39
Rune Identities Corrections RuneQuest 2e 11 32
Rune Identities RuneQuest 2e Mark J. Lukens 9 18
Standard Rune Spells RuneQuest 2e Mark J. Lukens 9 16

πŸ§™ Advice

Title System Author # Pgs
Designers
Reflections on the Structure of RPGs Stephen Lortz 5 14-15

πŸ•οΈοΈ Adventures: Geographic, Genertela

Title System Author # Pgs
Prax, Pavis, Big Rubble
Geedunk Dungeon1 2 RuneQuest 1e Warren James 5 16-19
Sartar
Sartar High Council LARP Greg Stafford 7 10-17
  1. Labeled "RuneQuest Scenario Pack #0". BALASTAR's BARRACKS (Chaosium, 1978) was "Scenario Pack #1", APPLE LANE (Chaosium, 1978) was "Scenario Pack #2" and then the numbering was retired before the release of SNAKEPIPE HOLLOW (Chaosium, 1979).
  2. Reprinted as "A Ruined Tenement" in BIG RUBBLE (Chaosium, 1983).

🌱️️️ Adventures: Seeds, Misc

Title System Author # Pgs
Misc
Mini-Scenarios RuneQuest 2e Dennis Sustare 9 8-9

🎨 Background: Misc

Title System Author # Pgs
Misc, Jonstown Compendium
A Portion of the Jonstown Compendium Greg Stafford RQC 8-9+
Calendars
Time Greg Stafford 4 20-24
Chaos
Why Chaos is Bad Sandy Petersen 15 80
Food
Walktapus Cooking Bill Johnson 2 39-41
Walktapus Cooking (reprint) Bill Johnson RQC 14-15
Walktapus Cooking (reprint) Bill Johnson WFP 6-7
Organizations, Misc
Sample Guilds & Societies Anthony F. Ferrucci 9 26-29
Organizations, Armies
Magical Regiments in the Hero Wars1 Greg Stafford, Jeff Richard & Ray Turney 15 73-77
Sartar Magic Regiments2 Ray Turney & Greg Stafford 7 29-30
Warfare
War in Glorantha Greg Stafford & Jeff Richard 15 58-62
  1. Parts of this article previously appeared as "Sartarite Magic Regiments" in WYRMS FOOTNOTES #7 (CHAOSIUM, 1979).
  2. Included in "Magical Regiments in the Hero Wars" in WYRMS FOOTNOTES #15 (Moon Design, 2012).

🌐️ Background: Geographic, Glorantha

Title System Author # Pgs
Dragon Pass, Misc, Introduction
Introduction to the Surface World Greg Stafford 4 12-14
Introduction to the Surface World (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 26-27

πŸ–ΌοΈ Background: Geographic, Genertela, Central1

Title System Author # Pgs
Dagori Inkarth
The Lightless Forest, Sporewood Greg Stafford 6 31
Dragon Pass
Campaigns of Dragon Pass2 Greg Stafford & Jeff Richard 15 49-57
Dragon Pass, Misc, Famous Sites of Dragon Pass
Number 1: A Village Near Alone Greg Stafford 5 20
Number 1: A Village Near Alone (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 11
Number 2: The Shaker Temple WFP 23
Number 3: The Dragon's Eye WFP 39
Number 4: Boldhome WFP 70
Dragon Pass, Misc, Language
Languages of Dragon Pass Greg Stafford 6 45-48
Dragon Pass, Towns, Dragon's Eye
Number 3: The Dragon's Eye WFP 39
Dragon Pass, Towns, Far Place
The Far Place Greg Stafford & Jeff Richard 15 40-48
Dragon Pass, Wilds, Mount Kerofin
The Shaker Temple WFP 23
Dragon Pass, Wilds, Stinking Forest
Aram-ya-Udram Greg Stafford & Tadashi Ehara 3 14
The Ivory Plinth Greg Stafford 3 15
The Ivory Plinth (reprint) Greg Stafford RQC 59
Dragon Pass, Wilds, Upland Marsh
Delecti the Necromancer Greg Stafford, Sandy Petersen, David Hall, Michael O'Brien, Rick Meints & Jeff Richard 15 28-29
Upland Marsh Locations Greg Stafford, Sandy Petersen, David Hall, Michael O'Brien, Rick Meints & Jeff Richard 15 15-27
Holy Country
Holy Country Greg Stafford RQC 16-25
Lunar Empire
Lunar Empire, Misc, Historic
History: Zero Wane3 Greg Stafford 10 8-16
History: First Wane3 Greg Stafford 11 16-19
History: Second Wane3 Greg Stafford 12 22-25
History: Third Wane3 Greg Stafford 13 22-23
History: Fourth Wane3 Greg Stafford 14 28-31
Red Moon in Prax Greg Stafford 4 46-48
Red Moon in Prax (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 8-10
Lunar Empire, Misc, Maps
Map of the Lunar Empire Greg Stafford 7 23
Lunar Empire, Misc, Names
Lunar Name Generator Jennell Jaquays 11 10-11
Prax
Red Moon in Prax Greg Stafford 4 46-48
Red Moon in Prax (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 8-10
Prax, Misc, Plants
Skullbush Sandy Petersen RQC 32
Sartar
Tribes of Sartar Greg Stafford 15 30-32
Sartar, Misc, Historic
The Cult of Wilms Greg Stafford 15 87
History of Sartar (1470-1611)4 Greg Stafford 11 12
History of Sartar (1470-1613)4 Greg Stafford 12 10
History of Sartar (1611-1613)4 Greg Stafford 13 20
History of Sartar (1470-1613)4 Greg Stafford WFP 87-88
Prince Argrath's Entry into Boldhome Ron Nance 2 32
Prince Argrath's Entry into Boldhome (reprint) Ron Nance RQC 33
Songs of the House of Sartar Greg Stafford with Jeff Richard 15 33-34
Sartar, Misc, Organizations, Armies
Sartar Magic Regiments5 Ray Turney & Greg Stafford 7 29-30
Sartar, Sun Dome County
Sun Dome County Greg Stafford & Jeff Richard 15 35-39
Sartar, Towns, Alone
A Village Near Alone Greg Stafford 5 20
A Village Near Alone (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 11
Sartar, Towns, Boldhome
Boldhome WFP 70
Sartar, Towns, Wilmskirk
The Cult of Wilms Greg Stafford 15 87
Tarsh
Tarsh, Misc, Historic
The Carving of Tarsh Greg Stafford 2 14-17
The Carving of Tarsh (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 22-24
  1. Central Genertela is defined primarily as the area in the middle of Genertela where most cultures are polytheistic. It is bordered to the east by the wastes of Prax and Pent and to the west by the Rockwood and Mislari mountains. The primary areas are: Dragon Pass, the Grazelands, the Holy Country, the Lunar Empire, Maniria, Pent, Prax, and Sartar.
  2. A previous version of this article appeared in DIFERENT WORLDS #28 (Chaosium, 1983).
  3. The History of the Lunar Empire was reprinted in HEROES magazine. The zero wane appeared in VI.1, the first and second wane in VI.2 and the third and fourth wane in VI.5. In addition, the fifth wane, which did not appear in Wyrm's Footnotes, appeared in VI.6.
  4. This information was originally published in DRAGONS PAST #3, which was included in THE WILD HUNT #38 (APAzine, 1979). Each of these articles contains the same basic information, but the later ones (WF12, WF13 and WFP) contain expanded information on the years 1611 to 1613. The last article, in WFP, is comprehensive, containing all previous information.
  5. Included in "Magical Regiments in the Hero Wars" in WYRMS FOOTNOTES #15 (Moon Design, 2012).

πŸ–ΌοΈοΈ Background: Geographic, The Seas

Title System Author # Pgs
Jrustela
The God Learners Greg Stafford 5 33
The God Learners (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 25
Seas
The Sea of Neliom Charlie Krank 11 20-22
The Sea of Neliom (reprint) Charlie Krank WFP 19-21

βŒ› Background: Historic

Title System Author # Pgs
Ages, First Age, World Council of Friends
Aram-ya-Udram Greg Stafford & Tadashi Ehara 3 14
Ages, First Age, God Project
The Battle of Night and Day Greg Stafford 15 63-72
The Storm War WFP 30
Ages, First Age, Sun Stop
The Last Song of Horned-Ulf WFP 28-30
Ages, Second Age, God Learners
The God Learners Greg Stafford 5 33
The God Learners (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 25
Ages, Third Age, Lunar Empire
The Carving of Tarsh Greg Stafford 2 14-17
The Carving of Tarsh (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 22-24
History: Zero Wane3 Greg Stafford 10 8-16
History: First Wane3 Greg Stafford 11 16-19
History: Second Wane3 Greg Stafford 12 22-25
History: Third Wane3 Greg Stafford 13 22-23
History: Fourth Wane3 Greg Stafford 14 28-31
Ages, Third Age, Resettlement of Dragon Pass
The Cult of Wilms Greg Stafford 15 87
History of Sartar (1470-1611)2 Greg Stafford 11 12
History of Sartar (1470-1613)2 Greg Stafford 12 10
History of Sartar (1611-1613)2 Greg Stafford 13 20
History of Sartar (1470-1613)2 Greg Stafford WFP 87-88
Songs of the House of Sartar Greg Stafford with Jeff Richard 15 33-34
Ages, Third Age, Hero Wars
Campaigns of Dragon Pass1 Greg Stafford & Jeff Richard 15 49-57
A History of My Black Horse Troop Greg Stafford 1 19-25
A History of My Black Horse Troop (reprint) Greg Stafford RQC 54-58
Prince Argrath's Entry into Boldhome Ron Nance 2 32
Prince Argrath's Entry into Boldhome (reprint) Ron Nance RQC 33
Starbrow's Rebellion3 Greg Stafford WFP 86-94
Temple of the Wooden Sword4 Greg Stafford WFP 12-18
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Dragon Pass
Campaigns of Dragon Pass1 Greg Stafford & Jeff Richard 15 49-57
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Lunar Empire
The Carving of Tarsh Greg Stafford 2 14-17
The Carving of Tarsh (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 22-24
History: Zero Wane3 Greg Stafford 10 8-16
History: First Wane3 Greg Stafford 11 16-19
History: Second Wane3 Greg Stafford 12 22-25
History: Third Wane3 Greg Stafford 13 22-23
History: Fourth Wane3 Greg Stafford 14 28-31
Red Moon in Prax Greg Stafford 4 46-48
Red Moon in Prax (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 8-10
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Sartar
History of Sartar (1470-1611)2 Greg Stafford 11 12
History of Sartar (1470-1613)2 Greg Stafford 12 10
History of Sartar (1611-1613)2 Greg Stafford 13 20
History of Sartar (1470-1613)2 Greg Stafford WFP 87-88
Prince Argrath's Entry into Boldhome Ron Nance 2 32
Prince Argrath's Entry into Boldhome (reprint) Ron Nance RQC 33
Songs of the House of Sartar Greg Stafford with Jeff Richard 15 33-34
Starbrow's Rebellion4 Greg Stafford WFP 86-94
Temple of the Wooden Sword4 Greg Stafford WFP 12-18
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Tarsh
The Carving of Tarsh Greg Stafford 2 14-17
The Carving of Tarsh (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 22-24
Geographic, The Seas, Jrustela
The God Learners Greg Stafford 5 33
The God Learners (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 25
Peoples, Trolls
History of the Race of Trolls5 Greg Stafford 6 6-13
  1. A previous version of this article appeared in DIFERENT WORLDS #28 (Chaosium, 1983).,
  2. This information was originally published in DRAGONS PAST #3, which was included in THE WILD HUNT #38 (APAzine, 1979). Each of these articles contains the same basic information, but the later ones (WF12, WF13 and WFP) contain expanded information on the years 1611 to 1613. The last article, in WFP, is comprehensive, containing all previous information.
  3. The History of the Lunar Empire was reprinted in HEROES magazine. The zero wane appeared in VI.1, the first and second wane in VI.2 and the third and fourth wane in VI.5. In addition, the fifth wane, which did not appear in Wyrm's Footnotes, appeared in VI.6.
  4. These are compilations of a number of earlier articles from Wyrm's Footnotes 9-14. See notes (4) and (5) under FICTION.
  5. A small portion of the "History of the Race of Trolls" was reprinted in WYRMS FOOTPRINTS (Chaosium, 1995) as "Famous Dark Trolls of the Hero Wars"

🐾 Creatures

Title System Author # Pgs
Misc, Accessories
Foes Monster Sheet RuneQuest 2e Mark J. Lukens 9 21
Identical Monster Sheet RuneQuest 1e John Sapienza 6 37
Major Monster Sheet RuneQuest 1e John Sapienza 6 35
Minor Monster Sheet RuneQuest 1e John Sapienza 6 36
Snake Sheet RuneQuest 1e John Sapienza 6 37
Cults, Pantheons, The Earth Goddesses
The Serpent Guardians RuneQuest 1e Steve Perrin 7 7
The Serpent Mother RuneQuest 1e Steve Perrin 7 8
Cults, Pantheons, The Lightbringers
The Birth of the Minotaur RuneQuest 2e Greg Stafford 12 9
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Prax
Unicorns RuneQuest 2e Sandy Petersen RQC 26-28
Type, Animals
Unicorns RuneQuest 2e Sandy Petersen RQC 26-28
Type, Chaos
Goblins RuneQuest 1e Steve Perrin 7 9
Type, Insects
Giant Bees RuneQuest 2e Sandy Petersen 11 29
Type, Spirits
Rune-Glitch RuneQuest 2e Tom Holsinger 13 24-28
Type, Trolls
Goblins RuneQuest 1e Steve Perrin 7 9

πŸ™ Cults & Myths: Misc

Title System Author # Pgs
Misc, Charts
A Reference for Referees Doug Lenat, Greg Stafford & Charlie Krank 9 22
Misc, Charts, Cult Compatibility
An Expanded Cult Compatibility Chart RQC 6
Misc, Myths
Myths of Pre-Creation Greg Stafford 4 36-39
Myths of Pre-Creation (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 32-34
Misc, Prosopaedia
The Greater Deities Greg Stafford 6 24-31

πŸ™ Cults & Myths: Pantheons

Title System Author # Pgs
The Celestial Court
The Celestial Court Greg Stafford 5 26-32
The Celestial Court (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 35-39
The Celestial Court, Glorantha
Glorantha Greg Stafford 5 28
Glorantha Greg Stafford WFP 36
The Celestial Court, Prime Mover
It: The Cosmic Unity Greg Stafford 4 36-37
The Celestial Court, Time
Time Greg Stafford 4 20-24
The Celestial Court, Uleria
How Uleria Adopted the Boggles Greg Stafford 5 29-30
How Uleria Adopted the Boggles (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 37-38
The Twins Greg Stafford 4 38-39
The Twins (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 33-34
Chaos
Why Chaos is Bad Sandy Petersen 15 80
Darkness
Deities of Darkness Greg Stafford 7 24-28
Deities of Darkness (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 40-43
The Earth Goddesses
Gods of the Earth Greg Stafford 9 3-7
Gods of the Earth (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 50-53
The Earth Goddesses, Glorantha
Glorantha Greg Stafford 5 28
Glorantha Greg Stafford WFP 36
The Earth Goddesses, Mostal
The Twins Greg Stafford 4 38-39
The Twins (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 33-34
The Earth Goddesses, Uleria
How Uleria Adopted the Boggles Greg Stafford 5 29-30
How Uleria Adopted the Boggles (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 37-38
The Twins Greg Stafford 4 38-39
The Twins (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 33-34
The Lightbringers
Gods of Storm Greg Stafford 12 4-9
Gods of Storm (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 64-70
The Orlanthi Pantheon Greg Stafford 13 4-11
The Orlanthi Pantheon (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 71-82
The Lightbringers, Stormbull
The Birth of the Minotaur RuneQuest 2e Greg Stafford 12 9
The Lightbringers, Vingkot
Vingkot WFP 29
Sky
Gods of Fire & Light Greg Stafford 10 20-25
Gods of Fire & Light (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 54-58
Sky, Yelm
Yelm Greg Stafford 11 24-27
Yelm (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 59-63
Water
Spirits of the Sea Greg Stafford 8 25-32
Spirits of the Sea (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 44-49

πŸ™ Cults & Myths: Peoples

Title System Author # Pgs
Dragonewts
The Dragon Pantheon RuneQuest 2e Greg Stafford 14 14-26
The Dragonewt Creation Myth Greg Stafford 4 37
The Dragonewt Creation Myth (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 33
Dwarves
Dwarves, Mostal
The Twins Greg Stafford 4 38-39
The Twins (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 33-34
Humans
Humans, Sartarites
The Cult of Wilms 15 87

βš”οΈ Equipment: Combat

Title System Author # Pgs
Armor, Dragonewts
A Note on Dragnewt Armor Greg Stafford 14 26
Weapons, Dragonewts
Weapons of the Dragonewts RuneQuest 2e Greg Stafford 14 22-23

πŸͺ„️ Equipment: Magic

Title System Author # Pgs
Plunder1
Lead Crosses Rudy Kraft 11 8
Swords of Sharpness RuneQuest 2e Rudy Kraft 11 7-8
Thunderous Comb Rudy Kraft 11 8
Tin Compasses RuneQuest 2e Rudy Kraft 11 8-9
Uleria's Charms RuneQuest 2e Rudy Kraft 11 9
  1. This is entirely new material, but in the same format as PLUNDER (Chaosium, 1980), also by Rudy Kraft.

🧢️ Fiction

Title System Author # Pgs
Misc, Vignettes
The Halfbird WFP 83
The Harlot of Alone Ron Nance 2 18
The Harlot of Alone (reprint) Ron Nance RQC 10
Cults, Pantheons, The Lightbringers, Lhankor Mhy
The Smell of a Rat1 Alan LaVergne RQC 34-53
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Sartar
The Harlot of Alone Ron Nance 2 18
The Harlot of Alone (reprint) Ron Nance RQC 10
Prince Argrath's Entry into Boldhome Ron Nance 2 32
Prince Argrath's Entry into Boldhome (reprint) Ron Nance RQC 33
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Sartar, Misc, Dragon's Past
The Crown-Test of Leika Ballista Greg Stafford 14 8-10
The Crown-Test of Leika Ballista (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 104-106
The Founding of the Wooden Sword2 Greg Stafford 11 13
The Great Raid on the Temple of the Wooden Sword2 Greg Stafford 9 23-25
Humakt's Hall of Shame2 Greg Stafford 11 14
In the Defense of Orlanth2 Greg Stafford 12 11
Skirmish at the Wind Temple3 Greg Stafford 12 11-15
Starbrow's Rebellion4 Greg Stafford WFP 86-94
Temple of the Wooden Sword2 Greg Stafford 11 14
Temple of the Wooden Sword5 Greg Stafford WFP 12-18
The Travels of Redbird Greg Stafford 13 20-21
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Tarsh
The Dispatch of Fadabius Jim McCormick 3 35
The Dispatch of Fadabius (reprint) Jim McCormick RQC 29
The Fadabius Letters Jim McCormick 5 10-13
The Fadabius Letters Jim McCormick 6 40-41
Historic, Ages, First Age, God Project
The Battle of Night and Day Greg Stafford 15 63-72
Historic, Ages, Third Age, Hero Wars
A History of My Black Horse Troop Greg Stafford 1 19-25
A History of My Black Horse Troop (reprint) Greg Stafford RQC 54-58
Prince Argrath's Entry into Boldhome Ron Nance 2 32
Prince Argrath's Entry into Boldhome (reprint) Ron Nance RQC 33
Historic, Ages, Third Age, Hero Wars, Misc, Fadabius Letters
The Dispatch of Fadabius Jim McCormick 3 35
The Dispatch of Fadabius (reprint) Jim McCormick RQC 29
The Fadabius Letters Jim McCormick 5 10-13
The Fadabius Letters Jim McCormick 6 40-41
  1. A sequel, "Things that Love Night" appears in TALES OF THE REACHING MOON #12-14 (Reaching Moon Megacorp, 1994-1996).
  2. Reprinted in WYRMS FOOTPRINTS (Chaosium, 1995). See note (5).
  3. Reprinted in WYRMS FOOTPRINTS (Chaosium, 1995). See note (4).
  4. This reprints "Skirmish at the Wind Temple" (from WF12), along with all the supporting documentation in that article, and also includes a "Recent History of Sartar" which is expanded from the one in WF11-13.
  5. This reprints "The Founding of the Wooden Sword" (from WF11, as "The Founding of the Temple of the Wooden Sword"), "Temple of the the Wooden Sword" (from WF11, as "Londra's Saga"), "Humakt's Hall of Shame" (from WF11), "In the Defense of Orlanth" (from WF12), "Assault on the Isle of the Dead" (from ToTRM5 and DP8), "The Great Raid on the Temple of the Wooden Sword" (from WF9) and "The Dissolution of the Temple of the Wooden Sword" (from ToTRM5 and DP9)

πŸͺ„ Magic

Title System Author # Pgs
Divine Magic
Divination & Divine Intervention RuneQuest 2e Greg Stafford 12 19-21
Illusion Magic RuneQuest 2e Greg Stafford RQC 30-31
Runes
Runes Greg Stafford 3 17-26
Shamanism
Rune-Glitch RuneQuest 2e Tom Holsinger 13 24-28

⬆️ Meta

Title System Author # Pgs
History, Companies, Archive
Archive RuneQuest Miniatures Rick Meints 15 7-10
Index, Cults
An Index to RuneQuest Cults RuneQuest 2e Sherman Kahn RQC 7
Index, Magazine
Wyrms Footnotes 1-14 Index 15 81-87

πŸ—£οΈ NPCs

Title System Author # Pgs
Misc
Count Felagga's Mystic Menagerie Sandy Petersen 15 3-5
Some Beginning Characters RuneQuest 1e Warren James & Greg Stafford 5 34-37
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Misc
Character Statistics Arduin Dave Hargrave 2 27-31
Character Statistics (reprint) Arduin Dave Hargrave WFP 107-110
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Dragon Pass
Personalities from the Dragonewt March RuneQuest 2e Greg Stafford 14 27
Special Dragon Pass Encounters Greg Stafford & Jeff Richard 15 11-14
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Dragon Pass, Wilds, Upland Marsh
Delecti the Necromancer Greg Stafford, Sandy Petersen, David Hall, Michael O'Brien, Rick Meints & Jeff Richardd 15 28-29
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Prax, Pavis
Rurik Runespear RuneQuest 2e 13 19
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Sartar
Fazzur Wideread RuneQuest 2e Greg Stafford & Charlie Krank 12 16-18
Fazzur Wideread RuneQuest 2e Greg Stafford & Charlie Krank 12 16-18
Londra of Londros RuneQuest 2e Ken Kaufer 11 15
Geographic, Seas, East Isles
Count Felagga's Mystic Menagerie Sandy Petersen 15 3-5
Historic, Ages, Third Age, Hero Wars
Character Statistics Arduin Dave Hargrave 2 27-31
Character Statistics (reprint) Arduin Dave Hargrave WFP 107-110
Peoples, Dragonewts
Personalities from the Dragonewt March RuneQuest 2e Greg Stafford 14 27
Peoples, Trolls
Famous Dark Trolls of the Hero Wars4 Greg Stafford WFP 95

🧌 Peoples

Title System Author # Pgs
Agimori
The Agimori1 RuneQuest 2e John E. Boyle 12 26-31
Dragonewts
The Dragon's Eye WFP 39
Morokanth
Men and Morokanth RuneQuest 2e Elizabeth A. Wolcott 9 10-14
Trolls
More on Trolls2 RuneQuest 2e Sandy Petersen RQC 46-47
Trolls, Misc, Historic
Famous Dark Trolls of the Hero Wars3 Greg Stafford WFP 95
History of the Race of Trolls3 Greg Stafford 6 6-13
Trolls, Sports
Troll Ball4 RuneQuest 2e Greg Stafford & Friends 7 31-36
  1. This article was reprinted in BORDERLANDS (Chaosium, 1982) and RIVER OF CRADLES (Avalon Hill, 1992).
  2. An expansion on TROLLPAK (Chaosium, 1982).
  3. A small portion of the "History of the Race of Trolls" was reprinted in WYRMS FOOTPRINTS (Chaosium, 1995) as "Famous Dark Trolls of the Hero Wars"
  4. This article was rewritten for TROLLPAK (Chaosium, 1982) and thus reprinted in TROLLPAK (Avalon Hill, 1988).

πŸ“œ Rules

Title System Author # Pgs
Misc, Official Errata
Clarifications & Changes RuneQuest 2e Chris Kurzadkowski 10 17-19
Changes & Additions (reprint mostly) RuneQuest 2e Chris Kurzadkowski RQC 60-61
Misc, Official Errata, RuneMasters
Corrections, Additions, & Clarifications RuneQuest 2e Steve Perrin 10 7
Misc, Official Questions & Answers
Advice from Rurik RuneQuest 2e Steve Perrin 11 6
Advice from Rurik RuneQuest 2e Steve Perrin 12 2
Advice from Rurik RuneQuest 2e Steve Perrin 13 2
Advice from Rurik RuneQuest 2e Steve Perrin 14 6-7
The Rambling Rune RuneQuest 1e Steve Perrin 6 17-22
Rambling RuneQuestions RuneQuest 2e Steve Perrin 8 17-24
Misc, Official Questions & Answers, Cults of Prax
Rambling RuneQuestions RuneQuest 2e Steve Perrin 8 17-24
Character Creation, Misc, Forms
Character Creation Charts RuneQuest 1e 6 39
Character Creation, Names
Lunar Name Generator Jennell Jaquays 11 10-11
Combat
Rune-Glitch RuneQuest 2e Tom Holsinger 14 11-13
Cults, Rune Level
What It Takes to "Convince the Examiners" Greg Stafford 13 30-31
What It Takes to "Convince the Examiners" (reprint) Greg Stafford WFP 84-85
Skills
Training System RuneQuest 2e Lee Gold 11 4-6

πŸ”Ž Previews

Title System Author # Pgs
A-Sharp
The Making of King of Dragon Pass 2.0 David Dunham 15 78-79
Chaosium
RuneQuest RuneQuest 1e Steve Perrin 4 34-35

Appendix I: Other Gloranthan Games

🏰 The Battle of Dunstop Castle1

Title System Author # Pgs
Rules
The Battle of Dunstop Castle Board Game 3 27-34
  1. Prototype for a game that was never published.

🐲 Dragon Pass1

Title System Author # Pgs
Rules, Misc
New Rules for Dragon Pass Dragon Pass Robert Corbett 8 6-14
  1. DRAGON PASS (Chaosium, 1980) is effectively the fourth edition of WHITE BEAR & RED MOON (Chaosium, 1975, 1976, 1979).

πŸ‚ Nomad Gods

Title System Author # Pgs
Magic, Deities
Exotic Abilities in Prax Nomad Gods Bob Corbett 5 8
Magic, Shamanism
Expanded Shaman Rules Nomad Gods Glenn Williams 7 20-21
Rules, Misc, Official Errata
NG Errata Nomad Gods 4 15-19
Rules, Misc, Official Questions & Answers
More on Nomad Gods Nomad Gods 5 7
Wanderlore Nomad Gods Greg Stafford 3 10
Rules, Adaptations, White Bear & Red Moon
Footsteps Nomad Gods John Coffey & Greg Stafford 4 26-30
Rules, Units
Bad Omen Nomad Gods 5 6
Book of Dale Nomad Gods Greg Stafford 4 49
Mask Nomad Gods 5 6
Spider Nomad Gods 5 6
Twin Sister Stars Nomad Gods Greg Stafford 4 49
Watchdog of Corflu Nomad Gods Greg Stafford 4 49

πŸ»β€β„οΈ White Bear & Red Moon

Title System Author # Pgs
Magic, Runes
Runes WB & RM Greg Stafford 3 17-26
Rules, Misc, Official Errata
Changes to Second Edition WBRM WB & RM Greg Stafford 2 19-25
Rules, Misc, Official Questions & Answers
Wanderlore WB & RM Greg Stafford 1 6-9
Wanderlore WB & RM Greg Stafford 2 6-9
Wanderlore WB & RM Greg Stafford 3 9-10
Rules, Adaptations, Nomad Gods
Footsteps WB & RM John Coffey & Greg Stafford 4 26-30
Rules, Combat
Combat Results Table #2 WB & RM Greg Stafford 1 15-16
Combat Results Table #3 WB & RM Mark Colborn 2 13
Combat Results Table #4 WB & RM Jeff Pimper 3 13
Movement after Combat WB & RM Greg Stafford 1 14
Physical Combat Rule Variants WB & RM Steve List 1 5-10
Prisoners WB & RM Greg Stafford 1 13
Rules, Movement
Movement after Combat WB & RM Greg Stafford 1 14
Random Direction WB & RM Greg Stafford 2 43
Rules, Setup
Where the Puppeteer Troup Starts WB & RM Greg Stafford 1 17, 29
Rules, Units
The Arrolian School of the Red Moon WB & RM Burt Medley 5 9
Hungry Jack WB & RM Greg Stafford 1 27
Hydra WB & RM Greg Stafford 1 28
Keener Than WB & RM Greg Stafford 1 26
Masters of Magic WB & RM Greg Stafford 1 28
The Mountain Peoples WB & RM Burt Medley 5 9
Sons of the Red Moon WB & RM Burt Medley 5 9
Sisters of Mercy WB & RM Greg Stafford 3 38
The TSEDDE WB & RM Glenn Williams 7 18-20
Walktapus WB & RM Greg Stafford 2 42
Rules, Variants
Moving On ... WB & RM 1 10-12
Moving On ... WB & RM 2 10-12
Moving On ... WB & RM 3 11-12

Appendix II: Non-Gloranthan RQ Articles

β›Ί Adventures: Misc

Title System Author # Pgs
Misc, Solo
The Maze of Shaxry Oborok RuneQuest 2e Alan LaVergne RQC 11-13+

🌐️ Background: Other Worlds

Title System Author # Pgs
Questworld
Questworld1 Lynn Willis & Greg Stafford 13 12-18
  1. Also printed in DIFFERENT WORLDS #17 (Chaosium, 1981) and included as part of QUESTWORLD (Chaosium, 1982).

🐾 Creatures

Title System Author # Pgs
Type, Chaos
Athgors RuneQuest 2e Andrew Williamson 11 28
Type, Chaos, Demons
Demons RuneQuest 2e John Boyle 10 29-30
Sembrak RuneQuest 2e John Boyle 11 29-30

Appendix III: Other Chaosium Games

🍷 Elric Board Game

Title System Author # Pgs
Rules, Misc, Official Questions & Answers
Elric Questions and Suggestions Elric BG Greg Stafford 5 21-23
Rules, Variants
Elric Suggestions Elric BG Mark Colborn 5 24-25
Elric Variants Elric BG Art Turney 4 43-44

🚁 Engage & Destroy

Title System Author # Pgs
Rules, Misc, Official Questions & Answers
Changes, Clarifications & Additions Engage & Destroy Chris Kurzadkowski 10 26-28

πŸ‘‘ King Arthur's Knights

Title System Author # Pgs
Rules, Misc
Holy Person Encounter Chart Knights 8 15
Pagan Clans Knights Stephen Abbott 8 16
Rules, Misc, Official Questions & Answers
King Arthur's Knights Expansions Knights 8 15

βš“ Lords of the Middle Sea Board Game

Title System Author # Pgs
Background, Historic
Notes on the Physical Rationale Lynn Willis 5 15
Rules, Misc, Official Errata
Errata LotMS BG Steve Lortz 6 43
Errata LotMS BG 9 15

🐍 Perilous Encounters

Title System Author # Pgs
Rules, Misc, Official Errata
Errata Perilous Encounters Steve Lortz 5 40

😈 Thieves' World

Title System Author # Pgs
Advice, Players
Outworld Characters Eric Goldberg 13 29

🏺 Troy

Title System Author # Pgs
Rules, Misc, Official Errata
Troy Questions and Answers Troy Don Dupont 4 31
Rules, Misc, Official Questions & Answers
Troy Questions and Answers Troy Don Dupont 4 31-33
Wanderlore Troy Greg Stafford 3 9

Appendix IV: Other Games

πŸ”Ž Previews: Other Games

Title System Author # Pgs
Dave Hargrave
Arduin Grimoire Arduin Tadashi Ehara 3 8

⭐ Reviews: Other Games

Title System Author # Pgs
FGU, Misc, Board Games
Lords & Wizards Roland Wong 4 11
Little Solder Games, Knights of the Round Table
Knights of the Round Table KotRT Steve Lortz 6 44
Steve Jackson Games, The Fantasy Trip
Melee TFT David Paul Helmbold 4 25
Steve Jackson Games, Ogre
Ogre Ogre Roland Wong 3 41

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