Tales of the Reaching Moon (also known as ToTRM)[1] was a British fanzine dedicated to the fantasy world of Glorantha and producing material for fantasy role-playing games.
 Issue 20 cover by Dario Corallo | |
| Editor | David Hall |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Reaching Moon Megacorp |
| Founder | David Hall, Matthew Tudor, Brian Duguid |
| Founded | 1989 |
| First issue | 1989 |
| Final issue Number | 2002 20 |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0960-1228 |
Publication history edit
When UK fanzine Pavic Tales, the first notable Glorantha fanzine, ended after issue #9 (Spring 1989), Tales of the Reaching Moon (20 issues, 1989-2002) from British fan organization Reaching Moon Megacorp was the next major fanzine for Glorantha. Reaching Moon Megacorp closed with the publication of Tales of the Reaching Moon #20 (2002).[2]: 224–225 [3]: 56, 58
The editor, David Hall, published 20 issues from 1989 to 2002 (2/yr until 1994, then annually).[4] The magazine was originally published with a monochrome cover but had a full colour cover from issue 12 onwards. Most of the later issues had a central theme fleshed out through a variety of related articles by different authors. A list of issues with themes is given below:
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #1 (1989)
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #2 (1989)
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #3 (1990)
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #4 (1990) Australian Special!
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #5 (1991) Humakti Special!
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #6 (1991)
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #7 (1992) Hero Quest Special!
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #8 (1992) The Chaos Feature
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #9 (1993)
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #10 (1993) Sea Special
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #11 (1994) Pamaltela: Great Southern Land
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #12 (1994) Bumper Colour Special!
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #13 (1995) Go West!
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #14 (1996) Praxian Special
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #15 (1996) Prax Part Deux
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #16 (1997) Lunar Special
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #17 (1998) Catch-up Special
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #18 (1999) Sartar Special
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #19 (2000) Upland Marsh Special
- Tales of the Reaching Moon #20 (2002) Farewell Issue!
The fanzine printed gaming material for a variety of rule-systems, including RuneQuest and King Arthur Pendragon. In addition to this it also had fiction, news and a Rumours section based on the format of the RuneQuest supplements.
Reception edit
Allen Varney reviewed the Winter '93 issue of Tales of the Reaching Moon, and said that "For casual players, Tales of the Reaching Moon might as well be printed in Sanskrit, as evidenced by cryptic references [...] But if that's music to your ears, consider taking an issue on your next trip to Glorantha."[5]
References edit
- ^ Acronyms, initialisms & abbreviations dictionary : a guide to acronyms, abbreviations, contractions, alphabetic symbols, and similar condensed appellations (45th ed.). Detroit, Mich. US: Gale/Cengage Learning. 2011. p. 5387. ISBN 978-1-4144-6817-4. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '80s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-084-7.
- ^ Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '00s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-087-8.
- ^ "Record Detail - OPAC Discovery". The Strong, National Museum of Play. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ Varney, Allen (September 1993). "Tales of the Reaching Moon (Review)". Dragon Magazine. No. 197. p. 82. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
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