Ye Booke of Tentacles Index

Version 1.50: Issues 1-6

by Shannon Appelcline


History: 1998-2006

International RuneQuest fandom bloomed from two events: the publication of Tales of the Reaching Moon #1 (1989) and the debut of the first English-language RuneQuest convention, Convulsion of the Trillion Tentacles (1992). Many more magazines and conventions followed. Then the two trends came together, when fans began publishing fundraising books to support conventions, beginning with Questlines (1995), the fund-raiser book for RQ-Con Down Under (1996).

Enter the RuneQuest Society ("RuneQuest Gesellschaft e.V.") in Germany. They began running their own RQ-Cons even before Convulsions, in 1990. After many years of varied venues, in 1996 they found themselves at Castle Stahleck for RuneQuest Con VII. The location stuck and RuneQuest Con IX (1998) recognized something new was going on with its subtitle: "Tentacles over Bacharach". Tentacles soon became the official name for the Stahleck event, even retconning that title back to 1996.

Meanwhile, the German RQ Society was gaining experiencing publishing fanzines, starting with the German-language Free INT (1992-1999), then continuing on with the international Tradetalk (1996-2009). In 1998, the German RQ Society (and the associated international Chaos Society) decided also publish a fund-raiser book, for Tentacles over Bacharach.

They put out a call for contributions and then produced a hefty 112-page book, which they called Ye Booke of Tentacles (1998). When Ye Booke of Tentacles Volume 2 (1999) appeared the next year, to raise funds for Tentacles Reanimated (1999), it had the only full-color cover for the series, and it also made it clear that the fund-raiser had become a magazine of sorts. Four more volumes appeared, though they became erratic in the twenty-first century, with the two Scenario Specials both appearing in 2003, then the sixth and final issue in 2006.

The erratic publication of the later issues was in part due to the publication of Pavis & Big Rubble Companions as alternate fund-raisers, running from 2001-2004. However by 2004, a pending fan policy was hanging over the head of all of Gloranthan fandom, causing some magazines to be put on hiatus. It took until 2006 for the idea of a "Boldhome Press" to appear, which would allow then-Glorantha publisher Issaries to easily license official fanzines. Ye Booke of Tentacles Volume 6 (2006) was both the first magazine to appear under the new brand ... and the last issue of Ye Booke. (Boldhome Press and Issaries would both fizzle out around the same time.)

Fabian Küchler was the editor for almost the entire run of Ye Booke of Tentacles, with help early on from Christian Einsporn and in the last issue from John Hughes. All six issues were produced by the RuneQuest Society, but issues #4 and #5 additionally presented the logo of "Tentacles Press". #6 was instead credited to "The Chaos Society", the RuneQuest Society's branding for their international products; it also bore Issaries' new and short-lived "Boldhome Press" logo.

Tentacles too came to an end in 2009, to be replaced by the Kraken. The new convention has fund-raising books of its own, but they're singular chapbooks, the first of which was Sharper Adventures in HeroQuest Glorantha (2014), by Robin Laws. They continue to use the Tentacles Press brand.

Theme Issues

  1. "Tentacle over Bacharach" (1998)
  2. "Tentacles Reanimated" (1999)
  3. (2000)
  4. "Scenario Special #1" (2003)
  5. "Scenario Special #2" (2003)
  6. "10 Years of Tentacular Mayhem" (2006)

Obtaining the Magazines

Though most of Tradetalk become available in PDFs around 2009, Ye Booke of Tentacles has not yet been digitized. Though it was well-distributed at the time (for a fanzine) it's rarely available for sale now.

About the Game Systems

Ye Book of Tentacles gave some attention to all of Chaosium's games at the time, but Glorantha (via RuneQuest, Hero Wars, or HeroQuest) was the main focus, just like in Tradetalk. Those entries are detailed in the main body of this index. Everything else appears in appendices, with Call of Cthulhu given special attention.

This index is © Copyright 2021-2023 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.

Gloranthan Index

🏕️️ Adventures: Geographic, Genertela, Central

Title System Author # Pgs
Grazelands
Saddled with the Nightmare Hero Wars Simon Bray & Martin Hawley 4 32-54
Lunar Empire, Heartlands, Silver Shadow, Glamour
The House of Blades Hero Wars Simon Bray 5 5-19
A Rough Visit to Glamour1 RuneQuest 3e Ian Thomson 3 78-96
Prax
Ride for Your Wife Hero Wars Neil Smith 5 42-54
Sartar, Misc, Tribes, Black Oaks
Black Oaks, Black Magic Hero Wars Jeff Kyer 4 15-26
Sartar, Misc, Tribes, Cyrling
Sheepless Nights Hero Wars Jeff Kyer & Bryan Thextan with Fabian Küchler 4 6-8
Sartar, Tribes, Lismelder
Thanos' Treasure2 Hero Wars Simon Bray 5 23-41
  1. Written as a companion to A ROUGH GUIDE TO GLAMOUR (Reaching Moon, 1998).
  2. Set before the SARTAR RISING adventures of BARBARIAN ADVENTURES (Issaries, 2001), ORLANTH IS DEAD! (Issaries, 2002), GATHERING THUNDER (Issaries, 2004).

🧗Adventures: Heroquests

Title System Author # Pgs
Ernalda
Ernalda Initiation Jane Williams 3 97

🖼️ Background: Geographic, Genertela, Central1

Title System Author # Pgs
Grazelands
Jan-Karen's Knowledge Sheet Simon Bray & Martin Hawley 4 48-53
Holy Country
Holy Country, City of Wonders
The City of Wonders Simon Bray 1 74-79
Lunar Empire
Lunar Empire, Heartlands, Alkoth
The Hero Wars Cult of Eusibus Hero Wars Martin Laurie & Greg Stafford 3 98-99
"We Hate Darjiini Usurpers" Hero Wars Martin Laurie 3 100
Prax
Prax, Pavis, Misc
Pavis and Big Rubble Companion: Volume 1 Introduction2 Ian Thomson 3 35
Prax, Pavis, Misc, Organizations
The Cult of Flintnail2 RuneQuest 3e Ian Thomson 3 55-58
The Cult of Opili2 RuneQuest 3e Peter Johansson & Ian Thomson 3 40-41
The Cult of Pavis2 RuneQuest 3e Ian Thomson 3 36-39
The Dwarfs of Pavis2 RuneQuest 3e Ian Thomson 3 55-61
The Rubble Trackers2 Hero Wars Wesley Quadros & Ian Thomson 3 69
Prax, Pavis, Big Rubble
Holiday Glorantha: The 'Real City' of Old Pavis2 Hero Wars Ian Thomson 3 42-47
Mani's Fort2 Hero Wars Ian Thomson 3 70-76
The New Flintnail Temple2 R. Andrew Bean & Ian Thomson 3 62-68
The Flintnail Tunnels2 Ian Thomson 3 77
Zebra Fort and the Stockade2 Peter Johansson, Sten Åhrman & Ian Thomson 3 49-54
Prax, Sun County, Misc
Holiday Glorantha: The Men with the Golden Gun Michael O'Brien 2 36-39
How Rabbit Hat Got Its Name Gary R. Switzer 3 34
Pent Ridge: The Sun County Prison Michael O' Brien 1 44-47
Sartar
Sartar, Misc, Tribes, Black Oaks
Meet the Black Oaks Hero Wars Jeff Kyer 4 11-13
Sartar, Misc, Tribes, Cyrling
The Cyrlings Hero Wars Jeff Kyer 4 9-11
Sartar, Misc, Tribes, Lismelder
Adventuring with the Lismelder Clan David Hall & Nick Brooke 1 48-61
  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. Part of PAVIS AND BIG RUBBLE COMPANION VOLUME 1.

🖼️️ Background: Geographic, The Seas

Title System Author # Pgs
Misc, Organizations
The Wolf Pirates1 Jörg Baumgartner 2 32-34
Jrustela
Homeland Jrustela HeroQuest 1e David Dunham 6 55-57
The Lands of God David Dunham 6 49-54
  1. Linked to "The Wolf Pirates" article in TALES OF THE REACHING MOON #10 (1993).

⌛ Background: Historic

Title System Author # Pgs
Ages, Second Age, God Learners
Homeland Jrustela HeroQuest 1e David Dunham 6 55-57
The Lands of God David Dunham 6 49-54

🐾 Creatures

Title System Author # Pgs
Geographic, The Seas
The Otherside of the Oceans HeroQuest 1e Martin Hawley 6 58-65
Type, Animals
Paleo-Tentacles from Glorantha Gwendolyn Mott & Andreas Pittelkow 2 27
Type, Insects
Paleo-Tentacles from Glorantha Gwendolyn Mott & Andreas Pittelkow 2 27
Type, Spirits
The Otherside of the Oceans HeroQuest 1e Martin Hawley 6 58-65
Watcher Spirits and Brownies RuneQuest 3e Tal Meta 2 14

🙏 Cults & Myths: Misc

Title System Author # Pgs
Misc, Full Cult Writeups
The Cult of Opili1 RuneQuest 3e Peter Johansson & Ian Thomson 3 40-41
The Cult of Pavis1 RuneQuest 3e Ian Thomson 3 36-39
Misc, Spirit Cults
Spirit Cult Rules RuneQuest 3e Nick Brooke 2 11-13
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Grazelands
Deities and Major Spirits of the Grazers Martin Hawley & Duncan Rowlands 2 19-20
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Prax, Pavis
The Cult of Flintnail1 RuneQuest 3e Ian Thomson 3 55-58
The Cult of Opili1 RuneQuest 3e Peter Johansson & Ian Thomson 3 40-41
The Cult of Pavis1 RuneQuest 3e Ian Thomson 3 36-39
The New Flintnail Temple1 R. Andrew Bean & Ian Thomson 3 62-68
  1. Part of PAVIS AND BIG RUBBLE COMPANION VOLUME 1.

🙏 Cults & Myths: Malkionism

Title System Author # Pgs
Misc, Introduction
About Malkionism Nick Brooke 1 35-43

🙏 Cults & Myths: Pantheons

Title System Author # Pgs
The Lightbringers
Amad Folktales Darvall 1 23-26
The Delicate Sound of Thunder Lawrence Whitaker 5 21-22
Orlanthi Mythologies Greg Stafford 1 90-92
The Lightbringers, Misc, Heroes
The Cult of Renvald Meldekbane Hero Wars Jeff Kyer 4 14
The Lightbringers, Misc, Peoples, Culbrea
The Culbrea Martin Laurie & Patrik Sandberg 2 42-75
The Lightbringers, Elmal
How Elmal Married Orlanth's Daughter Stephen Martin 2 40-41
The Lightbringers, Eurmal
Eurmal and the Ice Giantess Stephen Martin 1 62-63
The Lunar Way
The Lunar Way, Jakaleel
Mother Power Hans van Halteren 2 80
The Lunar Way, Yanafal Tarnils
The Hunting of Tar'Shyr Andrew Joelson 2 28-29
Sky
The Hero Wars Cult of Eusibus Hero Wars Martin Laurie & Greg Stafford 3 98-99
Sky, Antirius
Antirius at the Hill of Gold Stephen Martin 2 76-77

🙏 Cults & Myths: Peoples

Title System Author # Pgs
Misc, Full Cult Writeups
The Cult of Flintnail1 RuneQuest 3e Ian Thomson 3 55-58
Dwarves
Dwarves, Flintnail
The Cult of Flintnail1 RuneQuest 3e Ian Thomson 3 55-58
  1. Part of PAVIS AND BIG RUBBLE COMPANION VOLUME 1.

⚔️ Equipment: Combat

Title System Author # Pgs
Weapons, Dwarves
Dwarvish Weapons and Incendiary Devices1 Hero Wars Wesley Quadros 3 77
  1. Part of PAVIS AND BIG RUBBLE COMPANION VOLUME 1.

🧶️ Fiction

Title Author # Pgs
Misc, Introduction
The Fall and Rise of Heroes of the King Stephen Martin 3 4
Misc, Humor
Famous Last Words Greg Stafford, Michael O'Brien & Fabian Küchler 1 111
Final Fun and More Famous Last Words Andrew Clements & Others 2 135
Glorantha's Worst Books 2 10+
Cults, Pantheons, The Lunar Way, Yanafal Tarnils
The Hunting of Tar'Shyr Andrew Joelson 2 28-29
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Dragon Pass, Wilds Snake Pipe Hollow
To Live and Die in the Hollow1 Lawrence Whitaker 5 3-4
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Holy Country, Heortland
Ruin John Hughes 6 88-91
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Lunar Empire
The Great Temple of Rufdayen, Raibanth2 Greg Stafford 2 20-22
The Hunting of Tar'Shyr Andrew Joelson 2 28-29
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Sartar
Someone, Somewhere, in Fire Season1 Lawrence Whitaker 4 28-31
Geographic, Genertela, Eastern, Kralorela
The Great Sage and the Emperors Alex Ferguson & Greg Stafford 2 30-31
Geographic, The Seas, Teshnos
Soravatoor Simon Bray 2 78-79
Historic, Ages, First Age, Councilic
The Mystic Watch3 Greg Stafford 6 1-3
Historic, Third Age, Ages,Hero Wars
Fires of Mist and Wind-Blown Snow John Hughes 3 31-34
Ruin John Hughes 6 88-91
Historic, Ages, Third Age, Hero Wars, Misc, Heroes of the King
Beorgan's Ring4 Roderick Robertson 3 14-22
A Boy and His Alynx4 Eric Rowe & Stephen Martin 3 26-30
The Red Folk Leave4 David Dunham 3 5-6
The Return of Hargart the Liberator4 Harald Smith 3 23-26
The Wind Blows Also Softly4 Edward Bolme 3 7-13
Races, Telmori
The First Unity of Telmor and Yrr Thomas Gottschall 2 35
  1. Part of the continuing tales of RANYART FINN.
  2. Part of Greg's unfinished LUNAR NOVEL.
  3. Part of Greg's HARMAST SAGA.
  4. Originally intended for the never published HEROES OF THE KING anthology about Argrath.

📣 Interviews, Memoirs & Notes

Title Author # Pgs
Misc, Lore Auctions
Lore Auction 1996 David Hall & Nick Brooke 1 64-73
Lore Auction 1997 David Hall, Nick Brooke, Michael O'Brien & Rob Heinsoo 1 80-89
Lore Auction 1998 Nick Brooke, Dave Hall & Michael O'Brien 2 81-89
Misc, Transcripts
About Malkionism Nick Brooke 1 35-43
Adventuring with the Lismelder Clan David Hall & Nick Brooke 1 48-61
Designers
Dunham, David 6 19-22
Krank, Charlie 6 23-26
Petersen, Sandy 6 27-31
Stafford, Greg 6 32-34

🪄 Magic

Title System Author # Pgs
Blood Magic
Extraordinary Magic RuneQuest 3e Tal Meta 2 15-17
Divine Magic
Extraordinary Magic RuneQuest 3e Tal Meta 2 15-17
Shamanism
Revised Shaman Rules RuneQuest 3e Sandy Petersen 2 4-10
Spirit Cult Rules RuneQuest 3e Nick Brooke 2 11-13
Sorcery
Extraordinary Magic RuneQuest 3e Tal Meta 2 15-17
Sorcery Rules RuneQuest 3e Sandy Petersen 1 4-34
Spirit Magic
Extraordinary Magic RuneQuest 3e Tal Meta 2 15-17

⬆️ Meta

Title System Author # Pgs
Conventions
A Tentacles Festschrift Fabian Küchler 6 4-17

🗣️ NPCs

Title System Author # Pgs
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Dragon Pass, Misc, Lunar Interlopers
The Conquerer Wyrm HeroQuest 1e Stewart Stansfield 6 45-48

🧌 Races

Title System Author # Pgs
Dwarves
The Dwarfs of Pavis1 RuneQuest 3e Ian Thomson 3 55-61
Dwarves, Equipment
Dwarvish Weapons and Incendiary Devices1 Hero Wars Wesley Quadros 3 77
Hsunchen
Hsunchen, Telmori
The First Unity of Telmor and Yrr Thomas Gottschall 2 35
  1. Part of PAVIS AND BIG RUBBLE COMPANION VOLUME 1.

📜 Rules

Title System Author # Pgs
Keywords, Homeland
Homeland Jrustela HeroQuest 1e David Dunham 6 55-57

Appendix I: Call of Cthulhu

📀 Accessories

Title System Era Author # Pgs
Movies
The Best Halloween Movies Sandy Petersen 5 99
The Scariest Movies You've Never Seen Sandy Petersen 5 100-101

🏡️️ Adventures: Geographic

Title System Era Author # Pgs
Europe, UK
The Sleep of Death, What Dreams May Come CoC 5e 1920s Shannon Appelcline 6 81-87

🕰️️️ Adventures: Historic

Title System Era Author # Pgs
1920s
The Sleep of Death, What Dreams May Come CoC 5e 1920s Shannon Appelcline 6 81-87
Now
Dark Destiny CoC 5e Now Andrew Hunt 2 94-98
The Mall Now Sandy Petersen 5 102-105

🦉 Advice

Title System Era Author # Pgs
Game Masters
Cthulhu Mythos: Questions & Answers Sandy Petersen 4 118-119
Evil Things the Keeper Can Do to Players Using Magic Andrew Clements 2 93
How to Use Music in Horror Gaming1 Sandy Petersen 4 119
How to Use Music in Horror Gaming1 Sandy Petersen 5 98
The Lazy Man's Guide Sandy Petersen 4 114-117
  1. This is the same article, appearing in two different issues.

🗺️️ Background: Geographic, Earth

Title System Era Author # Pgs
Lovecraft Country, Innsmouth
Innsmouth 2000 Now Andre Clements 3 101-105

🐾 Creatures

Title System Era Author # Pgs
Animals
Snakes CoC 5e Lucya Szachnowski 1 103-107

👹 Cults & Myths

Title System Era Author # Pgs
Demons
Pazuzu CoC 5e Andrew D. Gable 1 101-102
Egyptian
Bast and the Children of the Sphinx Andrew Clements 2 99

📣 Interviews, Memoirs & Notes

Title System Era Author # Pgs
Designers
[Petersen, Sandy] Time for a Ghost Story Sandy Petersen 5 101

🐙 Races

Title System Era Author # Pgs
Elder Things
The Creators of Life1 Shannon Appellcine 3 106-107
Fungi from Yuggoth
The Fungi of Yuggoth1 Shannon Appelcline 6 76-80
Ghouls
Eaters of the Dead1 Shannon Appelcline 1 99-101
Lam-Beings
The Tuchulcha Mythos Now Andrew D. Gable 2 90-92
  1. Part of the series ELDER SECRETS OF THE EARTH, with other entries appearing in STARRY WISDOM and TRADETALK.

📜 Rules

Title System Era Author # Pgs
Skills
Geology CoC 5e Jennifer Piatek 1 108-110

Appendix II: Other Chaosium Games

🏷️ Generic

Title System Author # Pgs
Advice, Game Designers
Sandy Petersen's Rules of Game Design Sandy Petersen 4 118

⚙️ Hawkmoon

Title System Author # Pgs
Adventures
Kingdoms of the Middle Sea Danny Bourne 3 108-109
Learning to Fly Stormbringer 5e Lawrence Whiatker 4 58-76

♻️ Nephilim

Title System Author # Pgs
Adventures, Misc, Campaigns
Through the Ages Shannon Appelcline 1 93-98
Races, Metamorphoses
The Duergar Nephilim Simon Bray 2 100-101

👑 Pendragon

Title System Author # Pgs
Adventures, Misc, Tales of Magic
The Poisoned Lake Pendragon 4e Shannon Appelcline 4 120-123
Adventures, Misc, Tales of Romance
The Reluctant Bride Pendragon 4e Shannon Appelcline 2 126-134

🍷 Stormbringer / Elric

Title System Author # Pgs
Adventures
A Home by the Sea Stormbringer 5e Lawrence Whitaker 4 95-110
Like Lovers and Heroes Stormbringer 5e Lawrence Whitaker 4 77-94
Madness, and Other Colours Stormbringer 5e Lawrence Whitaker 5 55-75
Significant Trees Stormbringer 5e Lawrence Whitaker 2 107-125
Things to Do in Imrryr When You're Dead Stormbringer 5e Lawrence Whitaker 5 76-95
Adventures, Seeds
A Dragon's Dream Stormbringer 5e Lawrence Whitaker 5 96-97
Background, Geographic, The North, Vilmir
Adventures in Rignariom Stormbringer 5e Shannon Appelcline 4 111-114
Background, Multiverse
Erekosë: The Original Eternal Champion Stormbringer 5e Shannon Appelcline 6 35-43
Fiction, Jerry Cornelius
Damascus Declares Lawrence Whitaker 6 66-5
Fiction, Moonglum
The Scrutineer's Daughter Lawrence Whitaker 4 54-58
Fiction, Ranyart Finn
The Legacy of Ranyart Finn1 Lawrence Whitaker 2 104-106
Meliadus: My Part in His Downfall1 Lawrence Whitaker 3 110-114
Someone, Somewhere, in Fire Season1 Lawrence Whitaker 4 28-31
The Scrutineer's Daughter1 Lawrence Whitaker 4 54-58
To Live and Die in the Hollow1 Lawrence Whitaker 5 3-4
NPCs
The Eternal Kitchen Sink Lawrence Whitaker 2 102-103
  1. Part of the continuing tales of RANYART FINN.

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