Heroes Magazine (by AH)

Apparently, there are more and more scans of folded, out-of-print role-playing games magazines that are becoming available on-line. Let's hope this trend lasts. I understand that copyright holders may get itchy about these online scans but, frankly, what interest do they have in keeping these old issues off line and thus forcing people interested in the history of our hobby to spend ridiculous sums on eBay??

This latest link is for scans of Avalon Hill's short-lived Heroes Magazine, which was devoted to AH role-playing games in the same way that the General was devoted to AH war-games. Now AH main rpg's were RuneQuest III, Powers & Perils and Lords of Creation. I will obviously concentrate on the former, which is unfortunately my least favourite version of the game (if we ignore the broken MRQI).

Shannon Appelcline made a comprehensive index of Heroes Magazine. I'm making available hereunder the parts relevant to RuneQuest/Glorantha:
(note: VI below means Volume I, VII means Volume II; thus VII.4 means 'Volume II No.4')

Accessories, Record Sheets:
  Calendrics Record Sheet VII.2 pg 42
  Expanded RQ Character Sheet, by John T. Sapienza Jr VII.2 pg 3-6
  Ship Data Sheet, by Tim Bailey VII.4 pg 45

Adventures, Alternate Earth:
  Gruug's Cave, by Alan LaVergne VII.1 pg 19-35
  Black Sorceror, by Mike Olson VII.3 pg 11-26

Adventures, Glorantha:
  The Big Hit, by Sandy Petersen VI.6 pg 12-18,31-36
  Journey to Falderbash, by Bill Williamson VII.1 pg 12-19
  The Wolfrunners, by Sandy Petersen VI.4 pg 21-27

Advice, Players:
  Tips for Shamans, by Forrest Johnson VII.4 pg 11-19

Background, Glorantha, Fonrit:
  The Land of Fonrit, by Greg Stafford & Sandy Petersen VI.6 pg 36-39

Background, Glorantha, Lunar Empire:
  History: Zero Wane, by Greg Stafford (1) VI.1 pg 5-6+
  History: First & Second Wanes, by Greg Stafford (1) VI.2 pg 9-11+
  History: Third & Fourth Wanes, by Greg Stafford (1) VI.5 pg 33-35
  History: Fifth Wane, by Greg Stafford VI.6 pg 4-6
  Pottery: First Wane, by Greg Stafford (1) VI.4 pg 46

Background, Glorantha, Pavis:
  The Ostrich Clan, by Mike Dawson VII.1 pg 4-11

Creatures:
  Abstract Elementals, by James A. Holden VII.4 pg 31-33
  Insects for RQ, by Sandy Petersen VI.3 pg 11-13

Cults, Glorantha:
  Hykim & Mikyh, by Chaosium VI.4 pg 30-32
  Orlanth, by Chaosium (2) VI.4 pg 17-21+
  Telmor, by Chaosium (3) VI.4 pg 28-30

Equipment, Ships:
  The Sail and the Sword, by Tim Bailey VII.4 pg 23-25+
  A Ship for RuneQuest, by Greg Stafford (4) VI.3 pg 40
  War Fleets of Glorantha, by Greg Stafford (4) VI.2 pg 42-43+

Magic, Shamanism:
  Tips for Shamans, by Forrest Johnson VII.4 pg 11-19

Magic, Sorcery:
  A New Look at Sorcery, by B.L. Humphreys VII.1 pg 9-10
  New Spells for RQ3, by Martin Crim VII.4 pg 26

NPCs:
  Tips for Shamans, by Forrest Johnson VII.4 pg 11-19

Rules, Misc:
  New Skills, by Greg Stafford & Sandy Petersen VI.6 pg 11+
  Talents for RQ, by Andrew Scott MacKenzie VII.2 pg 39

Rules, Combat, Misc:
  Fatigue and Damage Changes, by Jonathan Tweet VII.1 pg 7
  RQ Hit Points, by John T. Sapienza, Jr. VII.1 pg 44
  Shield Law, by Morgan Woodward VII.2 pg 45

Rules, Combat, Sea:
  The Sail and the Sword, by Tim Bailey VII.4 pg 23-25+

Rules, Gambling:
  A RuneQuest Gambling System, by Donna Selzer VI.5 pg 15

Rules, Official Questions & Answers:
  Dragon Pass VI.6 pg 10-11+
  RuneQuestions, by the Chaosium Staff VI.5 pg 40-41
  RuneQuestions, by the Chaosium Staff VI.6 pg 39-40
  RuneQuestions, by the Chaosium Staff VII.4 pg 21-22

Previews, Misc:
  Box 4: Vikings VI.4 pg 5-7
  Box 5: Gods of Glorantha VI.6 pg 19-30

Previews, RuneQuest III:
  New Face for an Old Friend, by Greg Stafford VI.1 pg 40-41
  Testimony of a Tester, by Bruce Dresselhaus VI.5 pg 8
  What Happened to RQ, by the Chaosium Staff (5) VI.5 pg 31-32

Reviews:
  Dragon Pass VI.6 pg 9-10

(1) The Background of the Lunar Empire, through the Fourth Wane, was also published in Wyrm's Footnotes. Wane 0 appeared in issue 10, Wane 1 in issue 11, Wane 2 in issue 12, Wane 3 in issue 13 and Wane 4 in issue 14.

(2) A variant of this Cult has been printed in RIVER OF CRADLES (AH8591).

(3) A variant of this Cult has been printed in DORASTOR (AH8592).

(4) Reprinted in Tales of the Reaching Moon No.10.

(5) Also appeared in Different Worlds No.37.