Arcane (Issue 17 - Mar 1997)

Where was The Law when that NPC died? Legal systems in RPGs.

News from around the roleplaying industry brought to you by Arcane. Includes news of Babylon 5 RPG, Aeon, Heavy

Who decides what character you play in a roleplaying game? The dice, the player, or the referee?

According to Craig Cartmell, games companies have led roleplayers to rely too heavily on rules and accessories. He

Runequest trampled the insipid medieval games that came before it beneath the hooves of a bison-riding praxian

True roleplaying by mail is as rare as three-sided dice. This month Matthew Green explains why, and also takes a

Fantasy barbarians cut bloody swathes through endless NPCs, investigators break-and-enter...And these are the good

There\'s a lot more to Celts than mistletoe-toting druids and hairy blokes in tartan. Here\'s how to run a decent

Communication problems were rife in the medieval world. Messengers got ambushed, literacy rates were low. Plenty

Legend has it that the ancient library on the planet of Idoon holds the secret of eternal life. But the primitive

Whoever said \"it\'s only a game\" was seriously underestimating the competitive pull of tournament

White weenie? Ernham and burn \'em? Everyone has their own favourite Magic deck. In the first of a new series, Cid

A Cthulhu-tastic reviews section this month, with write-ups of the re-released Complete Masks of Nyarlathotep and

In a new series of features designed to help you get the most out of your source material, Adam Tinworth looks at

A paper-and-ink anvil on which future magazines are brutally hammered out. Sometimes.