Though the Reaching Moon Megacorp,
the Tales of the Reaching Moon
magazine, and the Convulsion conventions are usually considered the
foundation of international RuneQuest fandom, in Germany the RQ
Society ("RuneQuest Gesellschaft e.V.") was no less active. They began
holding their own yearly RQ-Cons in 1990 and began publishing a
German- language fanzine, Free INT in 1992. The magazine lasted
under its original name through Free INT #14 (1996), and then
changed its name to "Schattenklinge" ("Shadow Blade"), which published
six more issues through 1999.
Meanwhile, new things were afoot. In the Summer of 1996, the German
RQ Society reached out to British fan Tom Zunder to translate Free
INT articles into English. The result was a new
magazine: Tradetalk #1 (1996). The magazine was rebooted after
the first issue to become the flagship of the RQ Society's new Chaos
Society, which was meant to support all of Chaosium's games
internationally. However, it still remained largely focused
on RuneQuest and Glorantha, making Tradetalk the sixth
in the wave of English-language Glorantha fanzines that originated
with Tales of the Reaching Moon. It would be the second most
prolific, after Tales itself.
With Tradetalk #2 (1997), editorship was taken over by Ingo
Tschinke, one of the principals of Free INT, and starting with
that issue, the content was all new. Layout was initially done by Rick
Meints, also a member of the Reaching Moon Megacorp, and much later,
the president of Chaosium itself. Arist Dario Corallo soon took over
layout, while André Jarosch stepped up as co-editor with Tradetalk
#10 (2002), and eventually became the chief editor for the end of
the run.
Tradetalk was eventually joined by two sister
publications. Ye Book of Tentacles
(1998-2006) was a con fundraiser that supported the Tentacles
conventions that were the continuation of the classic German RQ
Cons. It ran six large issues. The Pavis & Big Rubble
Companions (2001-2004) then spun off of Ye Booke and
focused on Ian Thomson's Pavic content, which had debuted in Ye
Booke of Tentacles #3 (2000) and also featured in Tradetalk
#8 (2001) and Tradetalk #9 (2001).
Tradetalk's non-Gloranthan Chaosium content was authored by
Shannon Appelcline, the "Editor for Related Games". Some of the early
content originated in the electronic Chaosium Digest, but most was
new. Not quite a dozen articles covered Call of
Cthulhu, Elric, Nephilim,
and Pendragon. However, with Tradetalk #13 (2003), the
magazine officially transitioned away from its attention to all of
Chaosium's games, and instead became Gloranthan specific. (Ye Book
of Tentacles would continue to include content for those other
games, written by divers hands.)
After Tradetalk #14 (2004), the magazine went on hiatus for
a few years due to uncertainty over the Gloranthan Fan Policy at the
time. It returned with Tradetalk #15 (2007), but would only run
through Tradetalk #17 (2009). The last three issues bore the
"Boldhome Press" logo, which was Issaries' short-lived attempt to
license Gloranthan fanzines. The final issue featured the magazine's
only full-color cover and was the only one to change its subtitle from
"The Chaos Society Magazine" to "The Chaos Society Gloranthan
Magazine".
For more on The Chaos Society, see pages 146-159
of MIG
III: The Meints Index to Glorantha, with Tradetalk spotlighted on pages 154-159.
Theme Issues
- "Broos in the East" (1996)
- Safelster (1997)
- East Wilds (1998)
- "Kethaela Issue" (1998)
- "Kethaela, Part Two" (1998)
- Catch up (2000)
- "Non Humans Special" (2000)
- "Pavis & The Big Rubble Special" (2001)
- "Pavis & The Big Rubble Special Part II" (2001)
- "Wenelia & Ramalia Special" (2002)
- "Handra & The New Fens" (2002)
- "Heortland" (2003)
- "Outside Genertela: The Islands" (2003)
- "Outside Genertela: The Southern Continent" (2004)
- "The Savage West" (2007)
- "Heroes & Strangers of Dragon Pass" (2008)
- "Pavis & Prax Special" (2009)
This index is © Copyright 1997-2024 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.
|
Title |
System |
Author |
# |
Pgs |
|
Dragon Pass |
|
Thief Cults of Kethaela and Kerofinela |
RuneQuest 3e |
Jörg Baumgartner & Stephen Martin |
6 |
23-31 |
|
The Wasps Nest of Dragon Pass |
Hero Wars RuneQuest 3e |
André Jarosch (with Jörg Baumgartner) & Martin Hawley (with Simon Bray) |
7 |
22-29 |
Dragon Pass, Wilds, Stinking Forest |
|
The Elves of the Stinking Forest |
Hero Wars |
Shannon Appelcline |
7 |
33 |
|
Legends of the Westwood |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
7 |
30-33 |
Dragon Pass, Wilds, Upland Marsh |
|
How I Kill Undead |
|
Simon E. Phipp |
7 |
7-8 |
|
The Upland Marsh |
|
Simon E. Phipp |
7 |
5-6 |
Dragon Pass, Wilds, Vale of Flowers |
|
The Vale of Flowers |
HeroQuest 1e |
Shannon Appelcline |
17 |
37-48 |
Holy Country |
|
Saronil Whiteteeth in Holy Country |
|
Pete McAveney |
12 |
13 |
|
Thief Cults of Kethaela and Kerofinela |
RuneQuest 3e |
Jörg Baumgartner & Stephen Martin |
6 |
23-31 |
Holy Country, Misc, Introduction |
|
The Holy Country |
|
Jörg Baumgartner |
4 |
14-21, 24-25 |
|
Holy Country: People of Note |
|
Jörg Baumgartner |
5 |
12-15 |
|
The Pharaoh |
|
Greg Stafford |
5 |
4 |
Holy Country, Caladraland |
|
Caladraland |
|
Vesa Lehtinen |
5 |
16-29 |
Holy Country, Esrolia, Misc, Organizations, Hero Bands |
|
The Starlight Wives |
HeroQuest 1e |
Julian Lord |
16 |
31-32 |
Holy Country, Esrolia, Towns, Nochet |
|
Port of Nochet |
|
Michael O'Brien |
4 |
22-26 |
Holy County, God Forgot |
|
Leonardo the Scientist |
|
Ian Thomson |
12 |
14-18 |
Holy Country, Heortland |
|
Caldvale Manor |
Hero Wars |
Simon Bray |
12 |
27-38 |
|
The Esvulari |
|
Mark Galeotti & Greg Stafford |
12 |
19-21 |
|
Saronil Whiteteeth in Chaoswood |
|
Pete McAveney |
12 |
10-12 |
Holy Country, Heortland, Misc, Organizations, Hero Bands |
|
The House of Black Arkat |
Hero Wars |
Jamie Revell |
12 |
22-23 |
Holy Country, Kingdom of Night |
|
The Kingdom of Night Part I |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
4 |
5-8 |
|
The Kingdom of Night Part II |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
4 |
9-13 |
|
The Kingdom of Night Part III |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
5 |
5-11 |
|
The Kingdom of Night Part IV |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
6 |
5-7 |
Holy Country, Rightarm Islands |
|
The Closing |
|
Martin Hawley |
4 |
42 |
|
Island Spirits |
|
Simon Bray and Martin Hawley |
4 |
33-36 |
|
Rightarm Islands |
|
Simon Bray and Martin Hawley |
4 |
27-32 |
|
The Twelve Birds' Festival |
|
Martin Hawley |
4 |
37-39 |
|
When I Was Twelve |
|
Martin Hawley |
4 |
40-41 |
Lunar Empire |
|
Quack! Glub, Glub, Glub |
|
Simon E. Phipp |
7 |
9-10 |
Lunar Empire, Misc, Organizations, Hero Bands |
|
The Live-Life League |
HeroQuest 1e |
Mark Galeotti |
16 |
39-40 |
Maniria |
|
The Harandings |
Hero Wars |
Julian Lord |
11 |
32-38 |
|
Rivers of Maniria |
|
|
10 |
36 |
Maniria, Misc, Introduction |
|
Maniria South Coast Map |
|
|
10 |
24-25 |
|
Slontos |
|
Greg Stafford |
10 |
9 |
|
The South Coast of Genertela |
|
Ken Rolston & Marc Willner with Peter Metcalfe |
10 |
5-8 |
Maniria, Caratan |
|
Caratan |
HeroQuest 1e |
Stuart Mousir-Harrison |
15 |
12-18 |
|
Homeland: Auloring |
HeroQuest 1e |
Stuart Mousir-Harrison |
15 |
21-22 |
|
What My Brother Told Me (Auloring) |
|
Stuart Mousir-Harrison |
15 |
19-20 |
Maniria, Ramalia |
|
The Kingdom of Ramalia |
|
Jamie Revell |
10 |
10-14 |
Maniria, Towns, Handra |
|
The Church of Handra |
|
Peter Metcale with Marc Willner |
11 |
16-18 |
|
Handra, The City of Seven Isles |
|
Peter Metcale with Marc Willner |
11 |
10-13 |
|
Social Structures in the City of Handra |
|
Peter Metcalfe with Marc Willner |
11 |
14-15 |
|
Time Line of Handra and the New Fens |
|
Peter Metcalfe with Marc Willner |
11 |
5-10 |
Maniria, Towns, Handra, Misc, Organizations |
|
The Guilds of the City of Handra |
|
Peter Metcalfe with Marc Willner |
11 |
19-22 |
Maniria, Wilds, Arstola Forest |
|
Legends of the Arstola |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
10 |
37-39 |
Maniria, Wilds, New Fens |
|
The Broos of the New Fens |
|
Peter Metcalfe with Marc Willner |
11 |
31 |
|
The Praolori Hunters of the New Fens |
|
Peter Metcalfe with Marc Willner |
11 |
30 |
|
Time Line of Handra and the New Fens |
|
Peter Metcalfe with Marc Willner |
11 |
5-10 |
|
The Water Forest People of the New Fens |
|
Peter Metcalfe with Marc Willner |
11 |
27-28 |
Maniria, Wilds, Tarinwood |
|
Legends of the Tarinwood |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
11 |
40-43 |
Maniria, Wenelia |
|
The Mraloti |
|
Jamie Revell |
10 |
15-20 |
|
Wenelia |
|
Nick Brooke & Jeff Kyer |
10 |
26-33 |
|
Wenelian Keywords |
Hero Wars |
Jeff Kyer with Greg Stafford |
10 |
34-35 |
Prax |
|
Legends of Genert |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
9 |
6-8 |
|
Thief Cults of Kethaela and Kerofinela |
RuneQuest 3e |
Jörg Baumgartner & Stephen Martin |
6 |
23-31 |
Prax, Misc, Organizations, Hero Bands |
|
The Dark Doom |
Hero Wars |
Stefan Drawert |
12 |
24-25 |
Prax, Pavis, Misc |
|
Deadly Denizens of the Big Rubble |
Hero Wars |
Ian Thomson |
9 |
19-22 |
|
Flintnail's "One Day House" |
|
Thomson & Dawson |
9 |
15-16 |
|
Jalmar Ironsword |
Hero Wars |
Tim Leask, Michael O'Brien & Ian Thomson |
9 |
9-12 |
|
Legends of Pavis |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
8 |
8-11 |
|
Notes on the Cult of Lanbril in Pavis |
RuneQuest 3e |
Stephen Martin |
6 |
32 |
|
Vinga: The Pavis Temple |
|
Jane Williams |
8 |
12-14 |
Prax, Pavis, Misc, Organizations |
|
The Elves of the Garden |
Hero Wars |
Shannon Appelcline |
8 |
9-11 |
|
The Lore Guards |
Hero Wars |
Ian Thomson |
9 |
29 |
|
A Lunar Patrol: The Silver Shields |
Hero Wars |
Mark Galeotti |
9 |
47 |
|
The Zebra Tribe |
Hero Wars |
Erik Nolander & Ian Thomson with Daniel Fahey & Keith Nellist |
9 |
23-28 |
Prax, Pavis, Misc, Organizations, Hero Bands |
|
The Gardeners of Pavis |
Hero Wars |
Ian Thomson |
9 |
13-14 |
|
The Uz Mercantile Association |
Hero Wars |
Ian Thomson |
9 |
17-18 |
Prax, Wastes, Misc, Organizations, Hero Bands |
|
Rush's Bachelors1 |
HeroQuest 1e |
Neil Smith |
16 |
40-41 |
Sartar |
Sartar, Misc, Organizations, Hero Bands |
|
The Freedom Rose Eros Band |
HeroQuest 1e |
Julian Lord |
16 |
32-33 |
|
The Rose Girls |
HeroQuest 1e |
Julian Lord |
16 |
30-31 |
|
Title |
System |
Author |
# |
Pgs |
|
The Celestial Court |
The Celestial Court, Uleria |
|
Cults of Life |
|
Julian Lord |
16 |
28-29 |
|
Hara |
HeroQuest 1e |
Julian Lord |
16 |
28-29 |
|
Homeland: Zoria |
HeroQuest 1e |
Jamie Revell |
15 |
36-38 |
|
Uleria, Illuminated Great Goddess of Life |
|
André Jarosch |
16 |
27 |
The Celestial Court, Uleria, Organizations, Hero Bands |
|
Love Communes |
HeroQuest 1e |
Julian Lord |
16 |
30-33 |
Chaos |
|
Broos! |
|
Ingo Tschinke |
1 |
12-19 |
The Earth Goddesses |
The Earth Goddesses, Uleria |
|
Cults of Life |
|
Julian Lord |
16 |
28-29 |
|
Hara |
HeroQuest 1e |
Julian Lord |
16 |
28-29 |
|
Homeland: Zoria |
HeroQuest 1e |
Jamie Revell |
15 |
36-38 |
|
Uleria, Illuminated Great Goddess of Life |
|
André Jarosch |
16 |
27 |
The Earth Goddesses, Uleria, Organizations, Hero Bands |
|
Love Communes |
HeroQuest 1e |
Julian Lord |
16 |
30-33 |
The Lightbringers |
|
Orlanth's Ring |
|
Ingo Tschinke |
1 |
29-33 |
|
The Stranger's Tale |
|
Jim Chapin |
3 |
43 |
The Lightbringers, Eurmal |
|
Pusspuss the Scapecat |
Hero Wars |
Brian Pinch |
12 |
7 |
|
The Three Blind Rubble Runners |
HeroQuest 1e |
Brian Pinch |
16 |
36-38 |
The Lightbringers, Humakt |
|
How I Kill Undead |
|
Simon E. Phipp |
7 |
7-8 |
|
Jalmar Ironsword |
Hero Wars |
Tim Leask, Michael O'Brien & Ian Thomson |
9 |
9-12 |
The Lightbringers, Lanbril |
|
Lanbril, King of Thieves |
RuneQuest 3e |
Stephen Martin |
6 |
14-22 |
The Lightbringers, Orlanth |
|
The Harandings |
Hero Wars |
Julian Lord |
11 |
32-38 |
|
Hurrlanth, the Storm Lion |
|
Julian Lord |
11 |
39 |
The Lightbringers, Orlanth, Misc, Myths |
|
When Orlanth Got His Feet Wet, or, How Hibour Defeated Orlanth |
|
Stuart Mousir-Harrison |
15 |
17 |
The Lightbringers, Urgkronika |
|
The Harandings |
Hero Wars |
Julian Lord |
11 |
32-38 |
The Lightbringers, Vinga |
|
Vinga the Adventuress |
RuneQuest 3e |
Jane Williams |
5 |
30-38 |
|
Vinga: The Pavis Temple |
|
Jane Williams |
8 |
12-14 |
Sky |
Sky, Yelorna |
|
Unicorn Quest |
HeroQuest 1e RuneQuest 3e |
Simon Phipp |
17 |
34-36 |
Water |
Water, Misc, Myths |
|
Why the Seas are Salty? |
|
Philippe Sigaud, Pete Nash, and Bo Rosén |
13 |
43 |
|
When Orlanth Got His Feet Wet, or, How Hibour Defeated Orlanth |
|
Stuart Mousir-Harrison |
15 |
17 |
|
Title |
System |
Author |
# |
Pgs |
|
Aldryami |
|
The Aldryami Planting Song |
|
Mike Dawson |
9 |
45-46 |
Aldryami, Misc, Myths |
|
Legends of Genert |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
9 |
6-8 |
|
Legends of the Tarinwood |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
11 |
40-43 |
|
Legends of the Westwood |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
7 |
30-33 |
Aldryami, Embyli, Misc, Myths |
|
Legends of the Embyli |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
14 |
43-44 |
Beastmen |
|
Beastmen |
|
Peter Metcalfe |
7 |
34-36 |
|
Elurae1 |
Hero Wars |
Jamie Revell & Greg Stafford |
7 |
37 |
|
Vuskarasa |
Hero Wars |
Stephen Martin |
7 |
38 |
Broo |
|
Broos! |
|
Ingo Tschinke |
1 |
12-19 |
Ducks |
|
A Journal Fragment |
|
Michael Cule |
7 |
13-15 |
|
What My Father Told Me |
|
Vesa Lethinen |
7 |
11-12 |
Hsunchen |
|
The Cult of Wenel |
|
Nick Brooke & Jeff Kyer |
10 |
33 |
Hsunchen, Misc, Myths |
|
How Dog and Wolf Became Enemies |
|
Thomas Gottschall |
7 |
17-18 |
Hsunchen, Mraloti |
|
Mralot the Boar Spirit |
|
Jamie Revell |
10 |
16 |
|
What My Mother Told Me |
|
Jamie Revell |
10 |
19-20 |
|
What My Uncle Told Me |
|
Jamie Revell |
10 |
17-18 |
Humans |
Humans, Islanders, Rightarm Islands |
|
Gods of the Rightarm Islands |
|
Simon Bray & Martin Hawley |
4 |
28-31 |
|
Island Spirits |
|
Simon Bray & Martin Hawley |
4 |
33-36 |
|
The Twelve Birds' Festival |
|
Martin Hawley |
4 |
37-39 |
|
When I Was Twelve |
|
Martin Hawley |
4 |
40-41 |
Humans, Manarians |
|
Elandra |
Hero Wars |
Peter Metcalfe with Marc Willner |
11 |
23-25 |
|
When Orlanth Got His Feet Wet, or, How Hibour Defeated Orlanth |
|
Stuart Mousir-Harrison |
15 |
17 |
Humans, Pamaletelans |
|
Gods of Laskal |
|
Martin Hawley |
14 |
42 |
Humans, Praxians, Misc, Myths |
|
Legends of Genert |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
9 |
6-8 |
Humans, Praxians, Pavis |
|
Flintnail's "One Day House" |
|
Ian Thomson & Mike Dawson |
9 |
15-16 |
|
Joraz Kyrem Gains an Ally |
|
Simon Phipp |
9 |
42-45 |
Humans, Ralians, Misc, Myths |
|
A First Age Galanini Myth Cycle |
|
Shannon Appelcline |
3 |
16-21 |
Wasp Riders |
|
The Wasps Nest of Dragon Pass |
Hero Wars RuneQuest 3e |
André Jarosch (with Jörg Baumgartner) & Martin Hawley (with Simon Bray) |
7 |
22-29 |
|
What the Trader Told Me (Wasp Rider) |
|
André Jarosh |
7 |
29 |
|
Title |
System |
Author |
# |
Pgs |
|
Misc, Characters |
|
Characters of Love1 |
HeroQuest 1e |
Jane Williams, Donald R. Oddy, and André Jarosch |
16 |
5-21 |
|
The Path of the Damned2 |
HeroQuest 1e |
Andrew Graham |
16 |
22-27 |
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Dragon Pass, Wilds, Vale of Flowers |
|
The Remarkable Zorgur Belk, Uzq. |
HeroQuest 1e |
Stewart A. Stansfield |
16 |
42-43 |
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Holy Country, Heortland |
|
Blue Dawn |
|
Simon Phipp |
12 |
6 |
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Holy Country, Rightarm Islands |
|
When I Was Twelve |
|
Martin Hawley |
4 |
40-41 |
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Prax, Pavis, Misc |
|
It's Not Easy Being Grim |
|
Jim Chapin |
9 |
30-41 |
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Prax, Pavis, Misc, Griselda |
|
A Day at the Races |
|
Oliver Dickinson |
15 |
38-39 |
|
Griselda: A Brief Biography |
|
Oliver Dickinson |
8 |
5 |
|
Points of View3 |
|
Oliver Dickinson |
8 |
6-7 |
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Rockwoods, Misc |
|
Strange Broo |
|
Jim Chapin |
2 |
41-44 |
Geographic, The Seas, Teshnos, Trowjang |
|
Sinful Amazon Practices |
|
Sandy Petersen |
13 |
18-20 |
Historic, Third Age, Heroes of the King |
|
The Harrowing4 |
|
Penelope Love |
8 |
15-21 |
|
Title |
System |
Author |
# |
Pgs |
|
Misc, Personalities, Wild Healer of the Rockwoods |
|
Strange Broo |
|
Jim Chapin |
2 |
41-44 |
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Dragon Pass, Misc |
|
Characters of Love1 |
HeroQuest 1e |
Jane Williams, Donald R. Oddy, and André Jarosch |
16 |
5-21 |
|
Pusspuss the Scapecat |
Hero Wars |
Brian Pinch |
12 |
7 |
Geographic,Genertela, Central, Holy Country, Misc |
|
Holy Country: People of Note |
|
Jörg Baumgartner |
5 |
12-15 |
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Holy Country, God Forgot |
|
Leonardo the Scientist |
|
Ian Thomson |
12 |
14-18 |
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Holy Country, Heortland |
|
Caldvale Manor |
Hero Wars |
Simon Bray |
12 |
27-38 |
|
The Path of the Damned2 |
HeroQuest 1e |
Andrew Graham |
16 |
22-27 |
Geographic, Genertela, Central, Prax, Wastes |
|
Waves in the Wind |
HeroQuest 1e |
Andres Pittelkow |
17 |
49 |