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Anaxial's Roster is an bestiary for the mythic fantasy world of
Glorantha.
It includes not only Hero Wars game statistics, but also colorful myths
about a wide assortment of natural and supernatural creatures.
"A million kinds of beasts live in Glorantha, and this book helps you
portray the most important of them in your own stories," says Greg
Stafford, President of Issaries, Inc. "It even lets players run
non-humans
like elves, ducks, or morokanths."
Anaxial's Roster contains over 150 entries describing more than 300
animals, monsters, and other creatures. They range from the fierce bird
steeds of the dragonewts to domestic animals, from wild beasts to the
magical creatures that hunt them, from terrible monsters to the
disembodied
denizens of the Otherworlds. Eleven longer myths show how they fit into
Glorantha's magic ecology.
"Anaxial is the Gloranthan hero who saved all the animals from a
catastrophic flood," says Stafford. "His myth helps structure the book
and
make it accessible.
"Anaxial's Roster is going out the door. Glorantha Trading Association
copies have been mailed, and wholesale orders are being shipped this
week.
It'll be in Europe in a week."
As part of the Hero Wars line of books, Anaxial's Roster is in a trade paperback format (8.25" x 5.25"), with 60 illustrations and a cover by Heather Bruton. It was written by Greg Stafford and Jamie Revell, and includes an extensive index.
Anaxial's Roster is 256 pages and retails for $19.95.
For more information, see www.glorantha.com.
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