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Interview with Fred John Behrendt

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

A History of Stormbringer in Spanish

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.

Publishing History of 1st Edition Stormbringer

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!)

Retrospectives on Stormbringer

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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