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CHA4027 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha Quickstart (2017)


Welcome to Glorantha

A mythic world of mortals and gods, myths and cults, monsters and heroes. In Glorantha, the Runes permeate everything, and mastery of Runes allows astonishing feats of bravery and magic.

Glorantha is an ancient world, and has known many ages, but now it is at the brink of the greatest conflict it has ever known… the Hero Wars.
Glorantha is the setting of RuneQuest, one of the oldest and most influential roleplaying games ever published.

This Quickstart collects all the essential rules for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha and presents them in abbreviated form.
Use this booklet to start playing immediately, and to discover the improvements to the system. These game rules and a new adventure—Th e Broken Tower—preview the newest edition of RuneQuest, developed in close consultation with the designers and authors of the original RuneQuest and of Glorantha.

The Broken Tower, set in the heart of the Dragon Pass, is suitable for up to 5 adventurers and one gamemaster, complete with all the rules needed to play.


Details

  • Authors: Jeff Richard & Jason Durall
  • Artist(s): Andrei Fetisov, Roman Kisyov, Simon Bray

  • System: RuneQuest Glorantha
  • 48 pages
  • $9.95
  • No index

Editions & Related Editions

SKUNameYearPublisherNotes
CHA4027RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha Quickstart 2017ChaosiumSoftcover
CHA4027-S-PODRuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha Quickstart2017ChaosiumSoftcover
Print-on-demand
CHA4027-PDFRuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha Quickstart2017ChaosiumPDF (download)
RUNEQUEST-SchnellstartRuneQuest Schnellstartregeln2019Uhrwerk VerlagGerman edition
Softcover

5100P
RuneQuest Schnellstartregeln2019Uhrwerk VerlagGerman edition
PDF (download)
CHA4027RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha Quickstart2017Japan RuneQuest Playing PartyJapanese edition
PDF (download)
DCRQK01RuneQuest : Aventures dans Glorantha – Livret d’introduction2017Studio DeadcrowsFrench edition
PDF (download)
RuneQuest: Szerepjatêk Gloranthán – ízelítő2020Kaland Horizont KönyvekHungarian edition
PDF
(download)
RDRQ00RuneQuest: Giocare di Ruolo a Glorantha – Regole Introduttive e Avventura2022Raven DistributionItalian edition
PDF
(download)

Downloads

  • CHA4027 RuneQuest Quickstart Optional Adventurer Vishi Dun. 2017, Free PDF.
  • CHA4027 RuneQuest Quickstart Adventurers.  2017, Free PDF. A separate set for players.
  • CHA4027 RuneQuest Quickstart Corrections. 2017 Free PDF
  • Player Map – Colymar Region
  • Player Map – Broken Tower
  • Optional Adventurer, the Shaman – Japanese

CHA4027 - RuneQuest QuickStart - Front Cover
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RQ QuickStart pages

  • CHA4027 RQ Quickstart – Contents
  • CHA4027 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha Quickstart – Q&A

Related Pages

  • CHA2000 Series Publications
  • CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha (2014)
  • 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

2017, Andrey Fetisov (artist), Chaosium, Jason Durall, Jeff Richard, Roman Kisyov (artist), RQ Quickstart, RQQS, Simon Bray (artist)

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