InQuest

Cover art for InQuest #63 by The Brothers Hildebrandt
InQuest
Publication Information
Publisher	Wizard Entertainment
Released	1995-2007

InQuest, later known as InQuest Gamer, was a magazine about trading card games. In that capacity, it often covered the Middle-earth Collectible Card Game and The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game.

Issues, selected

• 1995: InQuest #5 (September)
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Wizards, inner back cover
• 1995: InQuest #6 (October)
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Wizards, p. 36
• 1995: InQuest #7 (November)
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Wizards, p. 41
• 1995: InQuest #8 (December)
  • "Behind the Scenes: Middle-earth: The Wizards" by Edward Willett, pp. 38-42
• 1996: InQuest #9 (January)
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Wizards, p. 10
  • "On the Shelves" (Blurb announcing Middle-earth: The Wizards), p. 22
• 1996: InQuest #10 (February)
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Wizards, p. 21
  • "On Deck: Middle-earth: The Wizards" by Michael Searle (review), pp. 44-45
  • "Basic Training: Middle-earth: The Wizards" (Simple strategies and deck designs for beginners) by Michael Reynolds, p. 52-55
  • "The Gone to Middle-earth: The Wizards Contest", pp. 74-75
• 1996: InQuest #11 (March)
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Wizards, p. 5
  • "Inquisition" (reader input about METW), p. 7
• 1996: InQuest #12 (April)
  • Cover art by Liz Danforth, which is Khamûl the Easterling flipped.
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Wizards, p. 6
  • Sale listing of litographs, including MECCG ones by Edward Beard, Jr., p. 27
  • "Lore of the Rings: The 10 most desirable Middle-earth: The Wizards cards", by Jeff Hannes and Mike Searle, pp. 32-33
• 1996: InQuest #13 (May)
  • "Ringlore: Helpful hints & strategies to make you a better Middle-earth player", by Michael Searle, pp. 32-36
  • "The Dark One: Get inside the head of fantasy's darkest artist, Brom", by Andrew Kardon, p. 46
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Dragons, inner back cover
• 1996: InQuest #14 (June)
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Dragons, p. 1
  • Middle-earth: The Wizards Stumpers (Michael Reynolds answers rules questions), p. 27
• 1996: InQuest #15 (July) — bundled with Ireful Flames card
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Dragons, p. 5
  • "InQuest profile: Liz Danforth" (interview), p. 48
  • “Find the Eyes, win the Treasure” (Contest to win framed version of Audrey Corman's Thror's Map), pp. 64-65
  • Jeff Hannes, "The Conquest of Middle-earth" (multi-player scenario), pp. 72-76
• 1996: InQuest #16 (August)
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Dragons, p. 15
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Wizards, p. 55
• 1996: InQuest #20 (December)
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: Dark Minions, inner front cover
  • "Middle-earth Quakes with New Errata" by Jeff Hannes, p. 14
  • "Powerful and abusive cards for the top CCGs" (mentions one MECCG card), pp. 56-59
  • "Cool fantasy worlds to explore" by John Schmit (Middle-earth is obviously one), pp. 60-64
  • "Spotlight: player's guide" (describing MECCG card layout), p. 111
• 1997: InQuest #22 (February)
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Lidless Eye, inner front cover
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: Dark Minions, p. 5
• 1997: InQuest #23 (March)
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Lidless Eye, inner front cover
• 1997: InQuest #26 (June) — bundled with checklist for the Lidless Eye
  • Letter from Belgian fan about tournaments, with reply from ICE's Monica Wilson, p. 10
  • Full page advertisement for Council of Lórien, p. 11
  • "On the Shelves" (Blurb announcing Middle-earth: The Lidless Eye), p. 21;
  • "Eye Opener" (Article about The Lidless Eye, Ted Nasmith misnamed Ted Smith), pp. 28-31
  • "IQ Quotient: InQuest editors choose their favourite board, collectible card and roleplaying games" (MECCG is #2) pp. 60-64;
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Dragons, back inner cover.
• 1997: InQuest #27 (July) — bundled with The Lidless Eye' card
  • "On the shelves" (mentions Two-Player Starter set), p. 21
  • "Killer Decks II: Middle-earth: The Lidless Eye" by Jeff Hannes, 42-43
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: The Lidless Eye, p. 47
  • "On Deck: Middle-earth: The Lidless Eye" by James Norrus (review), p. 89
  • Spotlight: player's guide" (describing MECCG card layout), p. 111
• 1997: InQuest #28 (August)
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: Against the Shadow, inner front cover
  • "On the shelves" (mentions LOTR Tarot Deck & Card Game), p. 21
  • "Basic Training: Middle-earth: The Lidless Eye" by Craig O'Brien (Simple strategies and deck designs for beginners), p. 53-56
  • "Power Theme Decks II: There and Back Again", p. 69
• 1997: InQuest #29 (September)
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: Against the Shadow, inner front cover
  • "Heat wave: Against the Shadow" (preview), p. 45
• 1997: InQuest #30 (October)
  • "On Deck: Against the Shadow" by Jeff Hannes, p. 30 (review)
  • "On Deck: The Northern Waste" by Erik Dewey, p. 30 (review)
  • Full page advertisement for Middle-earth: Against the Shadow, inner back cover
• 1998: InQuest #33 (January)
  • "Treasure Chest: the coolest gaming-related merchandise around" (Middle-earth Puzzles mentioned), pp. 94-97
• 1998: InQuest #34 (February)
  • "On Deck: Middle-earth: The White Hand" by Luke Durok (review), pp. 24-25
  • "Killer Decks 2: Middle-earth" by Craig O'Brien, pp. 56-57
• 1998: InQuest #36 (April)
  • "Cover Girls" (turning InQuest covers into cards), pp. 41-44
  • Full page advertisement for Challenge Decks, p. 153
• 1998: InQuest #39 (July)
  • "Game Companies Going Exclusive" (exclusive distribution deals, mentions MECCG), p. 20
  • "IQ Confidential" (development of Middle-earth Battle System miniatures game by ICE), p. 26
• 1998: InQuest #40 (August)
  • "IQ Confidential" (development of Middle-earth Online MMO), p. 28
• 1998: InQuest #43 (November)
  • "'Lord of the Rings' Feature Films Announced" by Matthew E. Milliken, p. 22
  • "Home Improvement: How to repair defects in your favorite CCGS" (mentions MECCG), pp. 78-81
• 1999: InQuest #49 (May)
  • "Coming soon" (Blurb announcing A Long-Expected Party: MECCG Sites and Scenarios), p. 33
• 1999: InQuest #50 (June)
  • Gandalf on cover along other fantasy heroes
  • "Fantastic Four: IQ Gamer recruits the ultimate RPG dream team" (features several LOTR characters), pp. 43-50
  • "On Deck: The Balrog" by Luke Durok (review), p. 95
• 1999: InQuest #52 (August)
  • Blurb announcing the cancelled PC game Orcs: Revenge of the Ancient, p. 19
• 2000: InQuest #63 (June)
  • Cover art by The Brothers Hildebrandt, depicting the likenesses of several actors for the upcoming movie
• 2001: InQuest #73 (May)
  • "Plastic Perfection" (Toy Fair 2001, covers some LOTR toys), p. 26-27
  • "Massacre at Minis Tirith" by Matthew F. Saunders (preview of upcoming game by Games Workshop), p. 30
• 2001: InQuest #79 (November)
  • "Tolkienist Jailed" by M.R. Goode (Tolkien fans arrested in Kazakhstan), p. 25
  • Blurb announcing "Friends & Foes" expansion for the board game, p. 26
• 2001: InQuest #80 (December)
  • "Rule them all! 'Lord of the Rings' Conquers Todays's Biggest Games" (characters imagined in other games), p. 42-47
  • "New LotR Board Games", p. 47" (Friends & Foes, The Hobbit: The Defeat of the Evil Dragon Smaug)
  • "The Lord of the Rings Gift Guide" (lists several purchasable LOTR movie items), pp. 102-104
• 2002: InQuest #81 (January)
  • Double-page ad for The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game, p. 6-7
  • Blurb announcing The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game and first TCG expansion, p. 30
  • "Ring Watch", announces The Lord of the Rings Fan Club
  • "Working' in a Mithril Mine…" (preview of Mines of Moria expansion) by Steve Zamborsky, p. 36
  • "Total Tolkien: Everything you don't know about 'The lord of the Rings' movies", p. 42-47
  • "Killer Decks: Lord of the Rings" by Mike Searle, p. 60
  • "One Game to Rule Them All: A Journey through Ring-based E-Games" by Andrew S. Bub, p. 75
  • "Interview with Rob Alexander" by Jeremy Smith (extremely short), p. 83
  • "The Lord of the Rings price guide" (also covers older products), p. 100-107
• 2002: InQuest #88 (August)
  • "Ringlore: The Top 10 Lord of the Rings Cards", p. 28-34
  • "Two Ruling Rings? EA and Universal Titles Both Impress" (review of video games), p. 43
  • "Killer Decks: Lord of the Rings" by Neal Razi, p. 69
• 2003: InQuest #98 (August)
  • "Killer Decks: Lord of the Rings" by Steve Frohnhoefer, p. 61
• 2006: InQuest #130 (February)
  • "Middle-earth Expands" by Kyle Ackerman (review of The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II), p. 88
  • "Best Bytes: The Lord of the Rings: Tactics" by Matthew Chisman (review), p. 96
• 2007: InQuest #144 (April)
  • "Where's Frodo?" (contest with art by Brian Douglas Ahern), p. 18

External links

• InQuest Gamer at Wikipedia

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