Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games

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Title	Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games
Author	Lawrence Schick
Book Type	Gaming Non-Fiction	Rank: [ 5 / 130 ]
Genre	Generic
Setting	Generic

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The ultimate guide to roleplaying games, at least up to 1991 when it was published. This resource book lists practically every game published in the first twenty years of the hobby, with good information on different printings and different editions.

If it's not totally complete and totally accurate, it's nearly so.

Contains about 3600 gaming items, plus some histories of the hobby.

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There are 2 editions of Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Click on an individual title, below, for more information on that edition.

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#	Title	System	Publisher	Released	Stock	Status
1	Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games	Generic 0	Prometheus Books	1991		---
2	Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games HC	Generic 1	Prometheus Books	1991		---

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Article	Type	Issue
The Heroic Worlds Role-Playing Game Quiz	Gaming Accessory	Dragon #177

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3 + 5	Count_Zero	. A Brief History of RPGs, and a Product Listing [ Read Review ]
4 + 4	Paolo Marino	. What is this "Spawn of Fashan" everybody is talking about? [ Read Review ]

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