The Oracle (magazine)

The Oracle: Magazine of Fantasy Gaming was a magazine published by Horizon International, Inc.. It was an amateur/semi-professional magazine covering fantasy role-playing games.[1] The magazine published one year, between 1982 and 1983.

History and profile

The first issue appeared in July 1982.[2] The founder was a teenager and the magazine was based in Salt Lake, Utah.[3] It ceased publication in 1983.[3]

Reception

Ian L. Straus reviewed The Oracle in The Space Gamer No. 63.[1] Straus commented that "It had impressive graphics and artwork and competent editing, which made it superior to most amateur 'zines. Much of the artwork consisted of excellent reproduction of photographs. Some of the content was done by well-known professionals in the hobby [...] To sum it up: bad management and no marketing judgement."[1]

gollark: No.
gollark: I hope this doesn't have some sort of exploit which would allow someone to immediately bees me with no oversight.
gollark: *Very* precisely.
gollark: No, no, we must specify the Bee Poll very precisely.
gollark: Ah yes, I missed that fail/pass language, good point.

References
  1. Straus, Ian L. (May–June 1983). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (63): 38.
  2. "The Oracle: Magazine of Fantasy Gaming (Issue #1, July 1982)". Amazon. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. "The Complete "The Oracle"AD&D fanzine reprint, 1982-1983". Kickstarter. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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