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CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha (2014)

A world of gods, heroes, and mythic fantasy, fully described in epic detail.

Glorantha is one of the oldest and most influential fantasy role-playing settings. It is the discovery of Greg Stafford, who has accumulated that universes myths, legends, and other lore since 1966. Glorantha has been the setting for several role-playing game systems, including RuneQuest and HeroQuest, and is the setting for the award-winning computer game King of Dragon Pass.

Although games and stories set in Glorantha have been in publication since 1975, until now the setting has never been fully detailed in all its glory. Now with the Guide to Glorantha you can explore this classic fantasy setting in all its glorious depth. The Guide to Glorantha is a complete encyclopedia of Glorantha. Cosmology, culture, geography, history, mythology, people, and places are all documented in never before published detail. Hundreds of maps and illustrations bring the setting to life.


Details

  • By Greg Stafford, Jeff Richard, and Sandy Petersen
  • and Simon Bray, Nick Brooke, Colin Driver, Michael O’Brien, Ken Rolston, and William Dunn
  • With assistance from Dan Barker, Ian Cooper, Charles Corrigan, David Dunham, Greg Fried, Martin Hawley, Martin Helsdon, Rick Meints, David Scott, Nils Weinander, and Eric Vanel
  • Design & Layout by Rick Meints
  • Covers by Jon Hodgson
  • Cartography by Colin Driver, Simon Bray, Bernard Bittler, Todd Gardiner, Lawrence Keogh, Gill Pearce, and Eric Vanel
  • Illustrations by Dan Barker, Simon Bray, William Church, Tom Clark, Gene Day, Colin Driver, Alberto Foche Duarte, Lisa Free, Merle Insinga, Jennell Jaquays, Jennifer Lange, Jeff Laubenstein, Mike Perry, Jan Pospíšil, Kevin Ramos, Ángel Rams, Per Sjögren, John Snyder, Tom Sullivan, Cory Trego-Erdner, and Eric Vanel.
  • Editor-in-Chief: Jeff Richard
  • Technical Editor: Martin Helsdon
  • Other Editing by Charles Alston, Nick Brooke, Jonathan Geere, Scott Mayne, Rick Meints, and David Scott

Editions & Related Editions

SKUNameYearPublisherNotes
ISS2005-H
ISS2006-H
Guide to Glorantha2014Moon DesignKickstarted in 2012
Two Volumes hardcover plus slipcase
ISS2005-L
ISS2006-L
Guide to Glorantha2014Moon DesignKickstarted in 2012
Two Volumes leatherette plus slipcase
CHA4025-SGuide to Glorantha2016ChaosiumReprinted with Chaosium logo
CHA4025-SLIPGuide to Glorantha2016ChaosiumEmpty Slipcase
CHA4025-PDFGuide to Glorantha2016ChaosiumTwo PDFs

Covers of the Moon Design edition

  • CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Contents
  • CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Corrections, Q&A
  • CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index
  • CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Articles

Related Pages

  • CHA2000 Series Publications
  • CHA4027 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha Quickstart (2017)
  • CHA4028 RuneQuest – Roleplaying in Glorantha (2018)
  • CHA4029 Gamemaster Screen Pack (2019)
  • CHA4030 The Coming Storm (2016)
  • CHA4031 The Eleven Lights (2017)
  • CHA4032 RuneQuest Glorantha Bestiary (2019)
  • CHA4033 The Glorantha Sourcebook (2018)
  • CHA4034 The Red Book of Magic (2020)
  • CHA4035 RuneQuest Starter Set (2021)
  • CHA4036 RuneQuest Weapons and Equipment (2021)
  • CHA4037 Lands of RuneQuest: Dragon Pass (2024)
  • CHA4038 The Pegasus Plateau & Other Stories (2020)
  • CHA4039 The Smoking Ruin and other Stories (2019)
  • CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023)
  • CHA4042 Cults of RuneQuest: The Prosopaedia (2023)
  • CHA4043 Cults of RuneQuest: The Lightbringers (2023)
  • CHA4044 Cults of RuneQuest: The Earth Goddesses (2023)
  • CHA4045 Cults of RuneQuest: The Lunar Way (2024)
  • CHA4046 The Glorantha Sourcebook (2024)
  • CHA4047 Cults of RuneQuest: The Gods of Fire and Sky (2025)
  • CHA4400 13th Age Glorantha (2018)
  • CHA4503 The Stafford House Campaign (2022)
  • CHA4504 MIG3 -The Meints Index to Glorantha (2022)
  • Chaosium Magazines
  • Cults of RuneQuest Series
  • RuneQuest 1st, 2nd & Classic Edition Products
  • RuneQuest Glorantha Publications (2017-)
  • Wargames & Card Games


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