Adventurers Club (magazine)
Adventurers Club was a quarterly magazine published by Hero Games and edited at various times by Steve Peterson, Bill Robinson and Bruce Harlick. It was started in 1983 and ceased publication in 1995. In total 27 issues were published. Contents. "Adventurers Club" originally featured supplementary material for "Champions" and "Espionage", as well as news from Hero Games and a letter column purportedly edited by the fictional villain Foxbat. History. In 1983, Hero Games kicked off its house magazine: "Adventurers Club". However, by 1986, the company was having problems with cash flow and manpower, and as a result  Adventurers Club #7 (Summer 1986), which had been prepared in March 1985, was delayed for over a year while money was diverted toward other projects. As the result of a merger in 1988 between Hero Games and Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE), five issues of the magazine (#8 to #12) featured articles about both Hero and ICE games. In the 2014 book "Designers & Dragons", game historian Shannon Appelcline wrote, "Unfortunately, fans hated the split magazine. In their final dual-branded issue, editor Aaron Allston acknowledged that half of the readers had been asking that the ICE articles be removed and the  other half had been asking that only ICE articles be covered." In response, "Adventurers Club" was once again dedicated solely to Hero games, while ICE published a tabloid magazine, "Iron Crown Quarterly", which focussed only on ICE games such as "Rolemaster", "Spacemaster", and "Middle-earth Role Playing"; ICE produced seven issues of "Iron Crown Quartertly" from 1988–1990. Reception. Allen Varney reviewed the magazine twice in the pages of "Dragon": In the Nov-Dec 1983 edition of "Space Gamer" (Issue No. 66), Russell Grant Collins thought that the magazine featured material essential for players of "Champions", saying, "If you GM a  Champions campaign, I really recommend this magazine. If you GM "Espionage!", then it still might appeal to you. It is a worthy addition to the Hero line."