Arena Combat & Chariot Racing for RuneQuest
As the beast launches himself at the seemingly-easy target, lightly-armored Tallia nimbly dodges his razor- sharp claws and drives her spear deep into Bloodfeather’s chest. Leaping upon his back, she rides the wildly-thrashing creature until he falls, exhausted and bleeding. Tallia slowly rises from the dust of the arena, staggering once as the crowd erupts into cheers. Tallia glances toward the governor of the games, who points his thumb to the ground. Bloodfeather, the Griffin who killed the last eight opponents that stood against him, is doomed.
Usually the flying assault of a griffin is too swift to counter, but Tallia is an essedaria- trained in the use of spear. Derived from Roman examples, Monster Coliseum adapts gladiatorial types and coliseum combat procedures to the RuneQuest® rules, explains coliseum construction methods, describes pre-game ceremony, and instances types of combats.
Chariot rules include occupational experience tables for charioteers, chariot design procedures, and sample historical chariots- add the thrill of chariot racing to campaigns and recreate classic matches from history or fiction. Players lacking fellow gamers can use the Solo Adventuring instructions to pit adventurers against any of the 180 fully-prepared opponents in the Monster Book or in any other RuneQuest scenario.
Monster Coliseum includes:
- Monster Book- human soldiers & gladiators, non-human & master gladiators, natural animals, supernatural monsters, encounters on-the-road.
- Coliseum Book- coliseum description, arena diagram, net-use rules, charioteer occupations, chariot design, race rules, sample historical chariots, solo adventuring instructions.
- Play Aids- coliseum floorplan, rangestick, racetrack sections, chariot and team markers, gamemaster aids, player aids.
Details
- Authors: Steve Perrin and Dan Nolte
- Artists:
- Lisa Free (box cover art)
- Kevin Ramos (most interior illustrations)
- Mike Blum (coliseum floorplan and sections)
- Dan Nolte (track sections, chariot and team markers, rangestick)
- Format, Graphics, and Production: Charlie Krank
- Created and Developed by Chaosium Inc. 1985
- Published by Avalon Hill
Contents
- Whats In This Box
- Coliseum book (red cover)
- Monster book (gray cover)
- Play aids (no cover)
- Track sections (on stiff board)
- Range stick (stiff board)
- Coliseum floorplan
- Coliseum Book
- Arena Diagram
- The Coliseum
- What is a Coliseum?
- Arena Sections
- A Day at the Games
- The Gladiators
- Nets for Retiarii and Others
- The Monster as Combatant
- Using Magic in Coliseum Combat
- Chariots
- Drive Chariot
- Charioteer Occupations Horses
- Time and Distance
- Melee Movement
- Fatigue Points
- Chariot Design
- Chariot Design Form
- Damage to Chariots
- Race Rules
- Optional Rules
- Sample Historical Chariots
- Solo Adventuring
- Losing It Yourself
- Designing It Yourself
- Monster Book
- Soldiers and Gladiators
- Common Soldiers
- Human Gladiators
- Monster Gladiators
- Master Gladiators
- Arena Monsters
- Natural Animals
- Note: Playing Monster Adventurers
- Supernatural Monsters
- On the Road
- Primitive Hunting Band
- Barbarian War Party
- Honest John ‘s Caravan
- Civilized Levy
- Earth Priestess and Entourage
- Zangrif Bei, sorcerer
- Local Noble and Entourage
- Hill Hermit
Adventurer Party - Nomad Raiders
- Dark Troll War Band
- Broos
- Monsters Encountered on the Road
- Soldiers and Gladiators
Monster Coliseum
Related Pages
- AH857 RuneQuest Deluxe Edition (1984)
- AH8570 RuneQuest Deluxe Edition (Softback) (1993)
- AH8571 Runequest Player’s Edition (1985)
- AH85711 Gloranthan Bestiary (1988)
- AH85712 Apple Lane (1987)
- AH85713 Snake Pipe Hollow (1987)
- AH85714 RuneQuest Cities (4th edition) (1988)
- AH85715 Into the Troll Realms (1988)
- AH85716 The Haunted Ruins (1989)
- AH85717 Daughters of Darkness and the Chronicles of Santon (1990)
- AH8572 Runequest Gamemaster’s Box (1985)
- AH8574 Human Adventurer Sheets (Box 2 – 1985)
- AH8575 Non-human Adventurer Sheets (Box 3 – 1985)
- AH8576 Vikings (Box 4 – 1985)
- AH8577 Gods of Glorantha (Box 05 – 1985)
- AH8578 Griffin Island (Box 06 – 1986)
- AH8579 Runequest Standard Edition (1986)
- AH8584 Land of Ninja (Box 07 – 1986)
- AH8585 Glorantha – Genertela, Crucible of the Hero Wars (Box 08 – 1988)
- AH8586 Trollpak (Box 09 – 1988)
- AH8587 Troll Gods: The Deities of Darkness (Box 10 – 1989)
- AH8588 Elder Secrets of Glorantha (Box 11 – 1989)
- AH8589 Eldarad – The Lost City (1990)
- AH85906 Sun County (1992)
- AH8591 River of Cradles (1992)
- AH8592 Dorastor: Land of Doom (1993)
- AH8593 Strangers in Prax (1994)
- AH8594 Shadows on the Borderland (1993)
- AH8595 Lords of Terror (1994)
- Dragon Pass (1983)
- Heroes Magazine (1984-1986)
- RuneQuest Third Edition Errata (1990s)
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