The ClanRing was first mentioned in the short story "Rendezvous with Destiny" written by Charlene Newcomb which was published in 1995 in the sixth issue of the Star Wars Adventure Journal series of roleplaying supplements for the West End Games roleplaying game, Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game. It was then mentioned again in the article "Alien Encounters" by Brian Smithson in the thirteenth issue of the series published in 1997. The article was then published again in a reduced form in Alien Encounters in 1998, a collection of all the "Alien Encounters" articles compiled by Paul Sudlow.
- "Alien Encounters" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 13
- Alien Encounters