User Summary: the first issue of Loded was produced for the Moots 1108 and included the following articles...
Editorial by Zorkmid Flathead (Lorraine McKee).
Gold Addiction: When Hoarding Goes Bad! by Sionnach Argead (Gary Blake). On how to identify whether an individual is a Gold Addicted Dwarf and how to treat them accordingly.
Exotic Red Gold... The Evil Ore? by Pinta Lar'ga Top. On the horribly addictive Red Gold ore and how Kender may be unaffected by its curse.
False Fancies: Fae Gold & Iron Pyrite by Igneous Stonescribe (hairydave). On the freakish behaviour of those fools that lust after false perversions rather than real gold.
Centrefold: Cymrijan Gold. A double page spread of gorgeous gold straight from mine no.5 of the Borthawr Hold.
Forced Re-numeration: A guide on taking back what's yours, or taking what should be yours in the first place by Han Mc'Arlot, Debt Collector (hairydave).
Reader's Hoards showcasing woodcuts of the gold reserves that Loded readers have accumulated.
Dear Aunt Bridget... An advice column from a trained dwarven miner with over 140 years experience in mining, gold, gold mining, and to a lesser extent, life.
On the Brighter Side... A collection of jokes sent in by Loded readers.
Classified advertisements for a wide variety of goods and services.
Each issue was hand-coloured with gold marker and bound with gold thread.