Australian Realms

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{{Infobox magazine

| title = Australian Realms

| editor = Corey Swallow

| editor_title = Editor

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| frequency = monthly or bi-monthly

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| category = video games

| company =

| publisher = Planar Games

| firstdate = 1988

| lastdate = 1996

| country = Australia

| based =

| ISSN = 1031-5241

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Australian Realms was an Australian magazine featuring role-playing games (RPGs). Its first issue was published in 1988 by Planar Games at Willeton, Western Australia{{cite web |title=Australian Realms |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1987067 |website=National Library of Australia |access-date=6 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Australian Realms |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18709508 |website=Trove |access-date=6 January 2024}} with Corey Swallow as editor and Mark Hendley as assistant editor.{{cite web |title=Australian Realms (Issue 1 - June 1988) |url=https://rpggeek.com/rpgissue/85594/australian-realms-issue-1-june-1988 |website=RPG Geek |access-date=6 January 2024}}

The publication had the following regular columns: Reviews, Letters, Monster Gallery, and News.{{cite web |title=Australian Realms |url=https://rpggeek.com/rpgperiodical/4102/australian-realms |website=RPG Geek |access-date=6 January 2024}} Featured articles of the magazine included a spoof comic strip of the Dungeons and Dragons (DnD) games called “The Adventures of the A-Team” as well as a series about the Shadowrun tabletop game{{cite web |title=Shadowrun Magazine Article Scans |url=https://gurth.home.xs4all.nl/sr_mags/ |website=Gurth |access-date=6 January 2024}} and the world of Unae.{{cite web |title=Australian Realms |url=https://rpggeek.com/rpgperiodical/4102/australian-realms |website=RPG Geek |access-date=6 January 2024}} Notable games also covered were the following: Masque of the Red Death (Ravenloft),{{cite journal |last1=Taber |first1=Colin |title=Opinions and Views |journal=Australian Realms |date=January 1995 |issue=21 |page= 6}} The Risen,{{cite journal |title=Pocket Reviews |journal=Australian Realms |date=July–August 1996 |issue=29 |page=8}} and The Complete Book of Elves.{{cite journal |last1=Smart |first1=Brad |title=Reviews: The Complete Book of Elves | journal=Australian Realms |date=March–April 1993 |issue=10 |page=2}}

Australian Realms contributors included Kyla Ward,{{cite web |title=Kyla Ward |url=https://www.tabula-rasa.info/KylaWard.html |website=Tabula Rasa |access-date=6 January 2024}} Ditmar Award nominees Jason Towers{{cite web |title=Ditmar Awards 1997 |url=https://www.sfadb.com/Ditmar_Awards_1997 |website=Science Fiction Award Database |access-date=6 January 2024}} and Kiera McKenzie,{{cite web |title=Ditmar Awards 1989 |url=https://www.sfadb.com/Ditmar_Awards_1989 |website=Science Fiction Award Database |access-date=6 January 2024}} Colin Taber,{{cite web |title=Colin Taber |url=https://www.amazon.com.au/stores/author/B002JK6XU0/about |website=Amazon |access-date=6 January 2024}} and Ian Cote.{{cite web |title=Australian Realms |url=https://iancoate.com/realms.html |website=Ian Cote |access-date=6 January 2024}}

The magazine had 30 issues published either monthly or bi-monthly the last of which was printed in 1996.{{cite web |title=Australian Realms Magazine - Complete Collection |url=https://archive.org/details/australian-realms-magazine/Australian%20Realms%20%2301%20June%201988/ |website=Internet Archive |access-date=6 January 2024}}