''Troll Gods'' is a 1989 role-playing game supplement for ''
RuneQuest
''RuneQuest'' (commonly abbreviated as RQ) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game originally designed by Steve Perrin, Ray Turney, Steve Henderson (game designer), Steve Henderson, and Warren James, and set in Greg Stafford's mythical world of ...
'' published by
Avalon Hill
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.
Contents
''Troll Gods'' is a supplement in which the trolls of
Glorantha and their cults are detailed.
Publication history
''Troll Gods'' was written by
Greg Stafford
Francis Gregory Stafford (February 9, 1948 – October 10, 2018), usually known as Greg Stafford, was an American game designer, publisher, and practitioner of shamanism.
Stafford is most famous as the creator of the fantasy world of Glorantha ...
and
Sandy Petersen with
William Dunn, with a cover by
Tom Sullivan, and illustrations by
Dave Dobyski, and was published by
The Avalon Hill Game Co. in 1990 as a
boxed set
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Music
Artists and bands ...
with an 88-page book, a 28-page book, and a large two-color map.
Shannon Appelcline explained that by 1987, ''RuneQuest'' was the only role-playing game still being published by Avalon Hill, which wanted to publish the game cheaply, so that "in-house cartographer Dave Dobyski was given all artwork assignments for ''RuneQuest''. Though his maps were top rate, he wasn't an illustrator, and it showed in the amateurish drawings that appeared starting in ''Troll Gods'' (1989)."
Reception
Philip A Murphy reviewed ''Troll Gods'' for ''
Games International'' magazine, and gave it 4 stars out of 5, and stated that "If your ''RuneQuest'' campaign takes place in Glorantha, this is another coup for Chaosium – I'm afraid you just can't live without this one!."
Reviews
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Dragon
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'' #164 (Dec., 1990)
References
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Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1989
RuneQuest supplements