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HeroQuest lives! and other updates from Issaries, Inc.

HeroQuest is not quite done, but it is getting closer. The manuscript is in the final stages of editing. It will go to layout next month. Although this means we will not quite manage to release it by the end of the year, we will definitely have it in time for the release party at Gloranthacon VIII. All public Glorantha Trading Association members will be listed in the book.

The HeroQuest table of contents has changed; go here for details. Moreover, Issaries plans to make this edition special in many ways as a forthcoming announcement will detail. GTA Heroes can see much more, as the entire current draft is now available for their review.

But before HeroQuest, the Imperial Lunar Handbook (ISS 1302) will arrive in time for Christmas, absent colossal bad luck. For content information, see the product page. Again, heroes now have access to the draft manuscript.

As announced online and recently in a Hero Wars Dispatch, Issaries hosted a contest for submissions of Lunar art. The grand prize of a gorgeous Lunar map goes to two joint winners, since we could not decide between Fernando Martínez Flores' Pelandan Silver Box and the sheer quantity of excellent weapons and other spot illustrations by Darran Sims (he submitted a total of 33 separate illustrations--Mark Galeotti is even now preparing the Imperial Lunar Weapons Handbook cataloguing and illustrating every single weapon type used anywhere within the Lunar Empire. Just kidding!). Fernando's illustration, and several of Darran's, will appear in Imperial Lunar Handbook. We thank all of the people who contributed well over 60 images total, we plan to use several more in future projects.

Kerofinela, Land of Thunder (ISS 1502) is next. It is also ready for final editing, and will appear as soon as time and finances allow. This detailed gazetteer of Sartar and the surrounding area includes a poster-size map of the land (by Wesley Quadros, who drew the gorgeous Lunar Empire map) and several additional maps of local sites of interest. Most of the information in this book is new, and helps set the stage for future scenario books by detailing the lands and myths of mystical Dragon Pass. Visit the product page.

Mark Galeotti's Hero's Book has been delayed to ensure that it is compatible with the HeroQuest rules. Its contents have been expanded to include some material cut from HeroQuest due to space constraints, but that should not delay its Spring release. We hope to release it soon after (or before!) HeroQuest. For more see the product page.

Hero Bands (ISS 1303) has been pushed back to late Spring, until after the release of HeroQuest. Its contents have changed only slightly since they were made available to Heroes last month. A current Table of Contents is available here.

Finally, Gathering Thunder (ISS 1403) is the title of volume 3 of the Sartar Rising series (it was formerly named Adventures in Dragon Pass). It is in the final stages of content editing, to be ready to go well before Issaries may have the resources to get it published. The target is a release no later than early summer of 2003. For an updated description and table of contents, go to the product page.