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Convention Schedule 2012

Posted on April 15, 2012

Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 15/04/2012 – 12:10 Howdy all! This spring and summer looks like a lot of European Glorantha conventions! I’ll be attending all three of the conventions below, and…

New Book New Family Member

Posted on April 5, 2012

Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 05/04/2012 – 07:46 March and April sure ended up being BUSY! In the last month: So what’s up next?

Xeotam Dialogues

Posted on January 10, 2012

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 10/01/2012 Greetings Glorantha-philes! Today’s posting is a rare treat – a fragment of the Xeotam Dialogues, that proved so popular amongst the Western sorcerers in the later…

Quick Summary of Gloranthan Cultures: Part 2, Westerners

Posted on December 1, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 01/12/2011 – 02:23 This is a work in process, based on several years of discussions between Greg Stafford, Dan Barker, and Jeff Richard to get the look…

Quick Summary of Gloranthan Cultures: Part 1, Orlanthi Dragon Pass And the Holy Country

Posted on November 29, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 29/11/2011 – 13:50 The Orlanthi are one of the four Major Cultures of Genertela (along with Westerner, Pelorian, and Vithelan). All Orlanthi share a few common features:…

A Sense of Scale

Posted on November 7, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 07/11/2011 – 14:43 Third Age Glorantha is a Bronze Age (or early Iron Age) setting, with a scale that is more comparable to the Ancient World than…

Four Major Cultures Genertela

Posted on October 14, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 14/10/2011 – 20:45 Approximately 55 million people reside in Genertela. Over 70% of the population belong to one of four broad cultural groups. Kralorelan. Total population: 13.1…

East Wilds And Dragon Pass

Posted on October 4, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 04/10/2011 – 18:18 The Ralian East Wilderness has ancient ties to Dragon Pass dating back to the First Age when it was settled by Theyalans who brought…

15 Sun Dome Temples

Posted on October 3, 2011

Throughout the entire region of central Genertela, including the Lunar provinces where the temples probably originated, there are no more than fifteen temples extant during the Hero Wars period. After reviewing the…

Yolp Mountains

Posted on September 29, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 29/09/2011 – 00:22 As I promised on the World of Glorantha YahooGroup, here’s a map of the Yolp Mountains and vicinity. The Yolp Mountains are home to…

King of Dragon Pass Available

Posted on September 9, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 07/09/2011 – 13:42 King of Dragon Pass, the wonderful computer game set in Dragon Pass prior to the coming of Sartar, is now available at the Apple…

Dad How Good Am I

Posted on August 15, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 15/08/2011 – 12:11 One question that often comes up from old RQ players who have just made the jump to HeroQuest is “what do my ability ratings…

Seven Fantasy Must Reads

Posted on August 2, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 02/08/2011 – 15:18 At Ropecon I was asked about works of world literature that I think are essential for fantasy game writers or for folk who really…

Ropecon 2011 Heroes And More

Posted on August 1, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 01/08/2011 – 14:36 Just got back from Ropecon 2011, Finland’s mightiest RPG convention, and thought I’d give a short con report while the fun is still fresh….

Dara Happan Depictions of the Orlanthi Gods

Posted on July 24, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 24/07/2011 – 13:58 From the Jonstown Compendium, #15,953 “Among the items I saw in the wagon train of Sor-Eel were one hundred ritual demon masks. Kolos said…

Ropecon 2011

Posted on July 19, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 19/07/2011 – 14:57 For all you Scandinavian (and particularly Finnish) Glorantha and HeroQuest fans – Moon Design will be well represented at Ropecon 2011. I’ll be there,…

Bearded Storm and Hagodereth, and Wyters

Posted on July 6, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Sat, 16/07/2011 – 13:21 On the World of Glorantha YahooGroup, there was recently a discussion about Orlanthi wyters – the divine guardians of individuals, temples, clans, cities, and…

Historical Atlas Glorantha, Part IV (2011)

Posted on June 26, 2011

Sheng Seleris 1450 ST Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 26/06/2011 – 13:44 The last map showed the rise of the Lunar Empire circa 1250 ST as it quickly became the dominant power…

Historical Atlas Glorantha, Part III

Posted on June 24, 2011

The Rise of the Lunar Empire 1250 ST Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 24/06/2011 – 13:27 With the next installment of the Historical Atlas of Glorantha, I’d like to skip ahead and get…

Historical Atlas of Genertela, Part II

Posted on May 31, 2011

The First Age Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 31/05/2011 – 22:12 In the previous map, the survivors of the Darkness welcomed the Dawn and the rebirth of the world. The next draft…

Genertela at the Dawn

Posted on May 29, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 29/05/2011 – 20:38 One of several projects I am working right now is the Guide to Glorantha. Although we took the old classic Genertela boxed set as…

Glorantha Convention Calendar 2010

Posted on May 4, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 04/05/2010 – 15:05 The HQ Glorantha team are coming to several RPG Conventions in Europe this year. Upcoming: THE ETERNAL CONVENTION Bacharach, Germany May 21st – May…

Some Fronelan Population And Cultural Details

Posted on April 24, 2011

Here’s an early draft of one of the maps that will appear in some form in the Guide to Glorantha, an overview of Fronela population and cultural groups. What I found particularly…

Detailing Glorantha

Posted on March 23, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 23/03/2011 – 14:39 For the upcoming Guide to Glorantha, we are working on some detailed regional maps for Genertela, showing population information for cities and cultural groups….

Malkioni Q&A

Posted on March 11, 2011

Questions from David Millians, Herve Carteau and others. Answers from Moon Design. Q: After looking at the pictures in the old Genertela boxed set, I got the impression that the Malkioni broadly analogous…

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