title: The Oracle (magazine)
text: # The Oracle (magazine)
  
  The Oracle: Magazine of Fantasy Gaming was a magazine published by Horizon International, Inc. It was an amateur or semi-professional magazine that focused on fantasy role-playing games. The magazine published one year, between 1982 and 1983.
  
  ## History and profile
  
  The first issue appeared in July 1982. The founder was a teenager and the magazine was based in Salt Lake, Utah. It ceased publication in 1983.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Ian L. Straus reviewed The Oracle in The Space Gamer No. 63. 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."
  
  