Having done some lovely test runs for RQ at Gamehole for almost entirely new players, here’s some observations: RQ combat is actually quite straightforward once you conceptualise Strike Ranks as the initiative…
Month: October 2025
Real World Sources for the Lunar Heartlands II
Now as you know, the Lunar Heartlands correspond to the American Heartlands on some magical level. But what about Glamour you ask? A few thoughts. At one level Glamour can be imagined…
Real World Sources for the Lunar Heartlands I
Having just done the very long drive across America’s Heartland from Madison, Wisconsin back to Colorado, I think it is worth thinking about the Lunar Heartlands as being a magical emanation of…
Opposing Chaos
Is there any chaotic cult, that is specifically opposed or a clear antithesis to Yelmalio? There are very few Chaotic cults that are specific opposed or a clear antithesis to anything. Few…
Halcyon in New Pavis
If you are running a Pavis-Big Rubble game prior to Argrath’s liberation (or conquest depending on your perspective), remember that the Lunar Occupation post-Sor-eel is rapacious. Halcyon, the new governor, views his…
Argrath as RuneQuest Background
Argrath lets us have a dynamic and rapidly changing setting WITHOUT requiring that the players or even the GM be responsible for the main thrust of the changes. So even if all…
Sartarite Geography
The average Sartarite knows of course of the twenty four tribes of Sartar, of the cities of Boldhome, Alone, Alda-Chur, Jonstown, Wilmskirk, Swenstown, New Pavis, Nochet, and Furthest, and likely Dunstop and…
Is the Man Rune always male?
No, there is a Grandfather Mortal AND Grandmother Mortal in many stories. So the gods made Grandfather Mortal and Grandmother Mortal collectively. Now this tracks with Mayan mythology, as detailed in the…