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Month: April 2014

The Guide is at the Printers!

Posted on April 22, 2014

The Dawn of Glorantha approaches! We did our last round of reviewing and polishing over the weekend to the text of the Guide to Glorantha, and this morning Rick sent the files…

Glorantha cultures: cross-pollination and changes over time

Posted on April 17, 2014

As I continue to do research and background work on the Gods of Glorantha, from time to time I’ll post notes that I think might be interesting to at least some of…

Divine Magic: Sacrifice and Prayer

Posted on April 16, 2014

Some continuing notes as I explore Gloranthan magic and religion for several projects. Today’s notes are on sacrifice and prayer, and are heavily cribbed from M.L. West’s magisterial “The East Face of…

A few more notes on gods and spirits

Posted on April 6, 2014

A few more notes on gods and spirits from around Glorantha. The various ways gods and spirits are classified gives an example of the amount of diversity that exists concerning how they…

The Ultimate Preview and the Kickstarter Survey

Posted on April 3, 2014

If you backed the Guide to Glorantha on Kickstarter, by now you should have received your KS Backer Survey. If you haven’t received yours – check your spam file. Then fill out…

Ultimate Previews and Surveys go out tomorrow!

Posted on April 2, 2014

Joyous news! The Guide is now complete with final art, final index, and final as far as we are concerned. That means it is time to send out the ULTIMATE PREVIEW tomorrow….

Some thoughts on spirits and gods

Posted on April 1, 2014

Spirits are discorporate entities that are present individually in all parts of nature – animals, plants, rocks, winds, fire, soil, waters, and so on. The Brithini classify them as an incorporeal but…

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