Issaries Press Release
Concord, CA
August 15, 2003

HeroQuest is Here!

Voted "Most Anticipated Roleplaying Game of 2003" on an RPG.net poll,
HeroQuest has finally arrived. Really. We got our copies today, and the
book should be showing up in game stores as soon as the distributors can
get them there. Surely it is only coincidence that this coincides with the
mysterious event that knocked the power systems of much of the eastern
seaboard of North America off-line?

Years in the making, HeroQuest is epic roleplaying amidst the myths and
magic of Greg Stafford's fantasy world of Glorantha. HeroQuest, Roleplaying
in Glorantha is the culmination of 27 years of creation, revision, and
difficult questing. Designed by Robin D. Laws and Greg Stafford, HeroQuest
contains the same basic rules system as the ground-breaking Hero Wars game,
but it has been revised, streamlined, and expanded. While previous Hero
Wars supplements are compatible with HeroQuest, the game is better, faster,
and stronger than it was before. This 288-page perfectbound book includes
everything you need to start adventuring in Glorantha, including three new
introductory scenarios and a new heroquest, in which the heroes travel into
the land of myth.

For years, Glorantha has captivated its fans with its rich and exotic
cultures, myths, and wonders. In the words of Glorantha's creator, Greg
Stafford, "For 27 years I've said it would be out 'next year.' Well, now it
is next year! HeroQuest is the system I have always wanted for Glorantha --
powerful and flexible enough to cater to every kind of hero, from the
hunter trying to feed his family when the death of a god brings magical
winter to his land, all the way to the champions of their homelands,
duelling with demigods on the glassy bowl of the sky."

HeroQuest is available for retail sale at fine retail stores everywhere or
else direct from warehouse 23
<http://www.warehouse23.com/item.cgi?ISS1001>. For distributor sales,
contact Ross Jepson of Steve Jackson Games at <jepsonr@telusplanet.net>.
For further information, see the Issaries, Inc. website
<http://www.heroquest-rpg.com> or contact Stephen Martin at
.

HeroQuest, Roleplaying in Glorantha
ISS 1001, $39.95
ISBN 1-929052-12-X
288 pages, perfectbound



Stephen Martin

Issaries, Inc., publisher of HeroQuest, Roleplaying in Glorantha
P.O. Box 272914 Concord, CA 94527
Phone: (925) 680-8897
See our extensive web site at <www.HeroQuest-rpg.com>

Great news! And the abundance of free excerpts and stuff at http://www.glorantha.com/support/ looks fantastic.

If anyone wants to discuss the usefulness (or uselessness) of the sample heroes while waiting for the actual book, I'd love to do so. (Yes, I wrote all of them except the nomad and the petty noble. That's why I'm kind of curious if people actually use sample characters, and for what.) But it is perhaps better taken to a separate thread?


/Peter Nordstrand

Hi Peter, hi Mark, I'm very glad of the coming out of the new edition of my favorite game system (sorry, I don't use Glorantha). But I would ask you a question: Do u know the date of the release for Europe?
Thank you, and nice to meet you.

Syam Lantri wrote: Do u know the date of the release for Europe?

I'm afraid I don't -- to an extent, it will depend on how long it takes to move from distributors to shops. All I can say that I do know that it has shipped from the States towards Europe!

Mark Galeotti wrote: I do know that it has shipped from the States towards Europe!