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Interview with Fred John Behrendt

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On May 27, 2020

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The early to mid 1990s was an undeniably golden age for the Stormbringer Role Playing Game. Under the leadership of the likes of Keith Herber, Richard Watts and Greg Stafford, it finally reached the creative heights it always aspired to, delivering a run of supplements that would become beloved by fans worldwide.

Yet this period of creativity would’ve never been possible without the individual writers who would take the raw concepts of Moorcock’s Multiverse and transform them into the scenarios and support material that has done do so much to define this great RPG. In this regard, few names stand out as much as Fred John Behrendt, the author behind many of the game’s best and most interesting adventures… and a true Champion of the Young Kingdoms

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A History of Stormbringer in Spanish

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On November 28, 2017

In Eternal Champion Gaming

A Guest Article on the History of Stormbringer in Spanish by Jose J. Rodriguez

“¡Sangre y almas para mi señor Arioco!” Blood and souls for my Lord Arioch!

In the late 70s some Spanish gamers started to play role playing games thanks to some English and French editions. RPG’s popularity grew in the next years, and in 1985 Dalmau published the first RPG Spanish edition – Dungeons and Dragons. It’s said they were overambitious and printed too much red boxes (around 20,000), and therefore they lost money.

However, RPG fandom didn’t stop growing. Joc Internacional (Barcelona, Spain) published the RuneQuest Spanish edition, and it grew an immediate hit. Actually, RuneQuest was one of the most popular RPGs played in Spain, and percentile skill-based games were very well received by the Spanish gamers. In order to exploit that success Joc Internacional published many Chaosium books as La llamada de Cthulhu (Call of Cthulhu), Stormbringer or Pendragon. They created its own percentile skill-based game too – Aquelarre (a Spanish Dark Ages RPG), but that is another story for another time.

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Publishing History of 1st Edition Stormbringer

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On June 10, 2016

In Eternal Champion Gaming

While tattered and worn copies of the 1st edition Stormbringer box set are not too hard to find, many gamers have been confused as to what actually constitutes 1st Edition and what exactly came in the box.

The following information has been collected from The Acaeum, a website and forum dedicated to the collection of Dungeons & Dragons material (and other RPGs, of course), as well as Wayne’s Books (a great place to get your second hand gems!).

Notes on the early editions of Stormbringer

Stormbringer was first published by Chaosium in 1981 and was written by Ken St Andre and Steve Perrin. It was reprinted a numerous times, with changes between each printing (including depth of box, colour of map and the move from a single rulebook to three manuals).

The revised and updated 2nd Edition Box set saw many presentation changes from 1st, while remaining essentially the same in detail. More information about the various print runs and versions of this edition can be found at Wayne’s Books and Old School Games (where Wayne has put considerable effort and time in collating details of the editions).

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Retrospectives on Stormbringer

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On April 7, 2015

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Rather than attempting to write something ourselves, we instead thought that you should hear from those around the world who have played and loved this series of games over the years. Collected here is some of these stories, both personal recollections and official histories, that we continue to grow as we can.

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