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Layout of the Big Rubble

Posted on June 21, 2025

The Big Rubble is about 15 square km or 1500 hectares. That’s basically the Upper Westside of Manhattan or little bigger than Kensington plus Chelsea in London. Another way of thinking about…

The Fall of Lunar New Pavis

Posted on June 20, 2025

This is something I put together for Andrew Cowie (and also Tiffany Rose Nickel, Dan Zappone, and Andy Cowley), but realized it might be interesting for the rest of you all. In…

Old Seshnela

Posted on June 19, 2025

Old Seshnela in the far west of Genertela is about 240 km wide from north to south and about 320 km long from east to west. It is about twice the size…

Great Gods and Elemental Runes

Posted on June 19, 2025

In Glorantha, many of the great gods embody one of the elemental Runes (and usually include a Power Rune or two or even a condition rune). All of the elements have both…

Humakt and Orlanthi society

Posted on June 18, 2025

The relationship between the cults of Orlanth and Humakt also help show the relationship between the initiates of Humakt and the rest of Orlanthi society. Most adults in Orlanthi society participate in…

So what are the Thunder Brothers?

Posted on June 18, 2025

Now I rather thought the description in the Lightbringers book is enough, and if you don’t have a copy your should order it right away! But let’s assume you have that book….

The Size of Sartar

Posted on June 17, 2025

At the time Argrath is acclaimed Prince in 1627, Sartar covers some 16,000 to 20,000 km2 (kind of depends on what you want to measure). Pavis is an allied/associated city-state, and is…

Sun County, Prax

Posted on June 16, 2025

There’s about 19,000 people in Sun County, with some 4350 initiates of Yelmalio centered on the Sun Dome Temple. Throw in another 1000 Yelmalio cultists and lay members in Pavis County, and…

Hey that’s cool Jeff, but what the heck am I supposed to do with that in my Runequest game?

Posted on June 13, 2025

I posted two “deep” background articles on the nature of the Lunar Empire and Argrath’s role as a driver of change in Glorantha. Now a sensible question would be something like, “hey…

Introducing Gloranthan Gods and Cults

Posted on June 13, 2025

Gaming a lot of RuneQuest in a lot of different countries and with a lot of different cross-sections of the population as I do, a lot of people can easily get hung-up…

Argat / Arkat / Argrath

Posted on June 12, 2025

Here are a few more notes for Discord. Now from time to time, we get folk wanting to proclaim how much of a brutal extremist Argrath is, but to me those threads…

The Cycle of History

Posted on June 11, 2025

Some notes from a discussion on the Chaosium Discord channel where I discussed what I consider one of the key dynamics of the setting: The brutality of the Lunar Empire to its…

Magic Items and Runequest

Posted on June 8, 2025

So. Lets think of some of the categories they might come into: See also

The Grasslands of Prax

Posted on May 9, 2025

Something to keep in mind about Prax. The grasslands of Prax are fertile enough to support only about 70-80% of the requirements of the various tribes, but not all of them. That…

Praxian Kinship Groups

Posted on May 8, 2025

Praxian tribes are divided into smaller kinship groups or clans, with their herds. This is the basic unit for nomadic migration, although if resources permit, multiple clans might travel together, sharing grasslands….

Lunar Resettlement of Tarsh after 1460 ST

Posted on April 29, 2025

After 1460, large sections of Peloria (especially east of the Oslir River) were depopulated grasslands. To resettle and repopulate, land was assigned to nobles and temples with low initial taxes (who then…

The Spread of the Lunar Way

Posted on April 28, 2025

In the Lunar Provinces, about 26% of the total population follows the Lunar Way. The Lunar Way was introduced to the Provinces between 1330 and 1350 with the campaigns of the Conquering…

Gods of Fire and Sky and the Lunar Way

Posted on April 27, 2025

The Gods of Fire and Sky co-exist alongside the Lunar Way in a pluralistic religious landscape in the Lunar Heartlands. Rituals honoring Yelm, Dayzatar, etc. are dominant in formal, elite, and rural…

How Much Land is a Hide?

Posted on April 26, 2025

So in RQ, a “hide” is a unit of accounting and not really of area. It represents the amount of land sufficient to support a household or meet certain fiscal duties. The…

Agricultural Data for RuneQuest

Posted on April 25, 2025

Back in the late 70s and early 80s, Greg‘s only good source of agricultural data was based on the Domesday Book, and at some point he even got a computer printout of…

Farming in Dara Happa

Posted on April 24, 2025

In anticipation of the Fire/Sky Book, here’s a few notes on farming in Dara Happa. Dara Happa supports a diverse agricultural system shaped by its river systems, wetlands, and varied climate. The…

Farming in the Big Rubble

Posted on April 23, 2025

There are some 1600 humans in the Big Rubble, with 500 in the Real City, 300 in Zebra Fort, and 300 in Mani’s Fort. The remaining 500 are scattered around Zebraside, the…

Farming in Pavis County

Posted on April 22, 2025

So I’ve been looking really carefully at agriculture and farm sizes (I’ve managed to find some much better classical world agricultural data that works better for me). Less than 50% of the…

Nochet – Sailing and Oceanic Trade

Posted on April 8, 2025

One thing I think is easy to underestimate is just how much the impact of sailing and oceanic trade is on Nochet. Probably about 40% of ALL Gloranthan maritime traffic passes through…

A Sense of Scale III

Posted on April 8, 2025

Something that is easily over looked is the scale of Glorantha. The Sky Dome is about 12,000 km in diameter at its base, and its apex is about 6,000 km above the…

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    In Glorantha, many of the great gods embody one of …
  • Humakt and Orlanthi society

    The relationship between the cults of Orlanth and Humakt also …
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    Now I rather thought the description in the Lightbringers book …
  • The Size of Sartar

    At the time Argrath is acclaimed Prince in 1627, Sartar …
  • Sun County, Prax

    There’s about 19,000 people in Sun County, with some 4350 …
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    I posted two “deep” background articles on the nature of …

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