So while we’ve been waiting for the Guide to Glorantha to return from the printer and preparing to get the website ready for preorders and pdf purchases, the rest of the Moon Design…
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Glorantha cultures: cross-pollination and changes over time
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
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…
Some thoughts on spirits and gods
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…
Some thoughts on the Gloranthan gods, cults, and divine names
Most Gloranthans believe the greater gods transcend any specific culture. Ernalda, Lodril, Magasta, Orlanth, Sedenya, and Yelm are all known by many different peoples by many different names. Orlanth is the Storm…
The Kickstarter Survey is nigh!
The Ultimate Preview to the Guide of Glorantha should be going out in the next few days, which means that very soon we will be sending out the Kickstarter Survey to our…
Genealogy of the Earth Gods
The genealogy of the gods is a matter of importance for poets, philosophers, and sorcerers. These genealogies help illustrate the runic devolutions and combinations from the perfect Celestial Court to the mixed…
The House of Sartar, Feathered Horse Queens, and Werewolves
One thing the new edition of King of Sartar (in layout now) and Coming Storm makes clear is the amount of dramatic potential between the Royal House of Sartar, the Feathered Horse…
New maps for the new version of King of Sartar
While Rick is deep in layout for the Guide to Glorantha, we are working on a number of other projects, including the new version of King of Sartar. For the new version…
Working on the Gods of Glorantha (2013)
Hey all, while Rick is feverishly doing the layout of the Guide to Glorantha and Ian is putting the art list for The Coming Storm before I hack it apart, I’m working…
Weather in Glorantha
The powerful forces of two great Gloranthan deities, the wind of Orlanth and the rays of Yelm, the Sun, determine seasonal changes in weather. Magical events also affect local weather significantly. Weather…
Busy with the Guide
You’ve probably noticed that Rick and I have been so quiet over the last two weeks. Rick has been extremely busy with layout. Getting the Heavens Corrupted plates and the Historical Atlas…
The Tournament of the Masters of Luck and Death
The Guide to Glorantha contains a fair amount of information on the Tournament of the Masters of Luck and Death. Here’s a snippet: When Belintar’s mortal body expires, the next day select…
Copper Tablets of Yuthuppa
We’re laying the Heavens Corrupted section of the Guide out today. Here’s one of the ten Copper Tablets of Yuthuppa that illustrate the text.
Strange bit of Art Description going in the Guide
Here’s the art description for a piece that Jeff Laubenstein is doing for the Guide – fourteen panels on the Lightbringers Quest. It is based on a cryptic diagram that Greg Stafford…
Lesser Tribes of Prax
For those who might be interested, here’s some comparative numbers on the Lesser Tribes of Prax that won’t be appearing in the Guide to Glorantha. All numbers are of course approximate but…
An early map of the Lunar Empire
This isn’t going into the Guide, but is presented to show how much Gloranthan geography has evolved since 1975. This is one of Greg’s original maps of the Lunar Empire and beyond….
Bronze Age Weapons
Been very busy working with Rick on the layout of the Guide. But here’s something that sounds like a cool project: This was originally posted on Google+…
More Gloranthan Art in Berlin
Here’s a few more artifacts on display at the Altes Museum. This was posted on Google+…
Gloranthan Art in Berlin
Ian Cooper and I were at the Etruscan collection of the Altes Museum in Berlin reviewing Gloranthan artifacts from Dragon Pass, the Holy Country, and Peloria. Here’s a nice selection of images:…
Lunar Army List
Introduction Howdy all – here’s a preview of something I am working on for the next issue of Wyrms Footnotes: Hero Wars Army Lists! I’m a bit of a wargamer at heart,…
Royal Roads of Dragon Pass
Here’s a nice little map showing the royal road network of Dragon Pass. These are Greg’s maps and Greg’s distances (really, I have all of Greg’s master maps). It is entirely possible…
Gloranthan timelines
About as much time separates the campaigns of Hannibal from the era attributed to Heracles as separates the Hero Wars from the Gbaji Wars. Less time separates us from the American Civil…
Cryptic Verses Preview (2013)
To celebrate, here’s the notorious Plate 38 from the Cryptic Verses of the Yellow Calendar. Weep my friends, and fear the coming of the War of Heroes, This was originally posted on…
Map of Raibanth
I do have a map of Raibanth lying around. I even have a final by Gillian Pearce, but that is going to be saved for a future publication. This was posted on…