Re: Death of Gloranthan Gaming

From: Shannon Appel <appel_at_chaosium.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:05:24 -0700


>I count three solid fan publications right now: Tales of the Reaching
>Moon, Book of Drastic Resolutions, and Tradetalk. All with constant
>publication schedules, though at varying speeds, some of them slower
>than we might like. Prior to 1989: 0 Glorantha fanzines. Prior to
>1993: 1. Prior to 1994: 2. For a very short time, from about 1994 to
>1995, you actually had a high point of 4: ToTRM, RQA, Codex, and New
>Lolon Gospel. But I wouldn't say ONLY HAVING THREE at this very moment
>is a sign of weakness, especially not when one of the sleeping mags,
>RQA, actually published this year, and I hear another, New Lolon
>Gospel, isn't dead yet.

And I forgot Enclosure, which has published 2 issues, so there are as many Glorantha 'zines now as there have been at any time, even if half are on a yearly+ schedule (but producing BIG books when they come out).

Shannon


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