While running today, I flirted with the idea of running a short campaign set in the 1650s. The Hero Wars have now been raging for decades, and the world has been transformed….
Month: February 2021
Monomyth Art WiP V
The Monomyth is beginning to fill in! As always courtesy of the amazing Agathe Pitié!
Monomyth Art WiP IV
Humakt with Heler and a few other Storm Gods! A tiny closeup of part of the piece by the amazing Agathe Pitié.
Hero Wars campaign notes
There are roughly 34,000 Orlanth initiates in Sartar (including the Far Place), 5500 Yelmalio initiates, and another 8000 initiates of various war gods (Storm Bull, Humakt, Maran Gor, Babeester Gor, etc.). Let’s…
Sword dance
The telesias was a sword dance performed by the Ancient Greeks – imagine this performed in armor and you have a good take on the drogarsi dance of the sartarites.
Cults of Glorantha Art Preview – Raveena
I’ve been posting a few previews of art for the forthcoming Cults of Glorantha books, but there’s another beautiful book already in art production – the Sartar boxed set. And here’s just…
Monomyth Art WiP III
Just so folk know what I mean when Agathe Pitié is working on a HUGE depiction of the Monomyth, here is an overview of it:
Monomyth Art WiP II
The Myth continues – the Storm Gods refuse to be put in place and Yelm is struck down by their leader, Orlanth. The Gods War rampages across Glorantha. Again, part of a…
Monomyth Art WiP I
The amazing Agathe Pitié is working on a huge spread of the Monomyth for the Cults Book. I thought you all might like a few sneak peaks of the WIP! Today’s sneak…
New Battle Rules for RuneQuest
So last night I was play testing the new Battle Rules for RQ and Pendragon, and we opened up with the Battle of the Queens. And it was an interesting insight into…
Uleria art preview
Why blue skin? Her name means Blue Goddess in the Entekosiad Harmony rune – I imagine it as her pleated skirt!
Population Density II
So Sartar has a population density of about 10 people per square km, and Lunar Tarsh about 18 people per square km. Esrolia is WAY more densely settled. North Esrolia has only…
Population Density I
So to get a feel for population density, a rough eyeball for Sartar (including the Dragonewt Wilds and the Far Place) is about 7200 square miles or 18,900 square kilometres. If we…
City Populations
So as we are looking at population numbers and area, it is worth looking at some of the cities: So comparing sizes, Boldhome is a MUCH bigger city in area than Furthest….
Notes on Belintar
A few notes on Belintar that folk might find interesting: Belintar was a wise and beneficent being, with no grudge against the innocent, and a keen mind in marshalling his resources. In…
Sartar Population Density
So to get a feel for population density, a rough eyeball for Sartar (including the Dragonewt Wilds and the Far Place) is about 7200 square miles or 18,900 square kilometres. If we…
Sartar Sun Dome
As an aside, it is probably worth marvelling at how remarkable an architectural wonder the Sun Dome Temple in Sartar is. With a dome approximately 30 meters in diameter, the Sun Dome…
Yelorna Art Preview
I present to you a Shield Maiden of Yelorna by the amazing Loïc Muzy. I think the real regret is that Yelmalio has become completely uninteresting and ineffective. That’s a very strange…
Changing History in the Hero Wars
The approach is the same as in a game like Pendragon (where Arthur, Lancelot, Merlin, etc. are NPCs). Here’s the advice the forthcoming RQ Campaign book has: We encourage you to include…
Hero Wars Campaign Overview
The Hero Wars themselves are the wars between Sartar and the Lunar Empire. Here’s a super quick overview: The Hero Wars are thirty-year conflict that ends the Third Age of Glorantha. The…