We are getting very close on the next release – the Gamemaster Screen Pack! In fact, so close that let’s go and meet the Dragonewts! They are friendly, I assure you. At…
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A Lunar Heartland travelogue
I recently discovered this from a unpublished Lunar Heartland travelogue. This snippet is from the discussion of Dragon Pass and Esrolia: “The Orlanthi are barely human. They rut like barnyard animals, kill…
I accompanied my wife…
I accompanied my wife, the reknowned Earth Priestess of Clearwine, to Bagnot, where we enjoyed the hospitality of one of the finer taverns in that city. As was common in that town,…
Heroquest Scenario Notes
Here’s part of my scenario notes from the heroquest I ran using RQG at GenCon. Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking that RQ is massively crunchy in terms of prep work…
Gen Con RQ cosplay
One of the high points of GenCon was the kids doing RQ cosplay! Yanioth and Vasana! Yeah!
Earth cults seminar
Continuum attendees! Remember to check out Claudia Loroff‘s seminar on Earth cults in RuneQuest later this morning! She just called me up earlier to ask me a question about the eunuch dancers who…
Mantis
I love Cory Trego-Erdner’s art in the Bestiary. Loved it when I first commissioned it, love it even more in the book!
So what is YOUR favourite beast from the RQ Bestiary?
Mine is the War Triceratops with its Dragonewt mahout: I would have loved to do even more art, but keep in mind, every illustration is by Cory. Which is a LOT of…
Page 6
BTW, when using or reading the RQG rules, the boxed text on page 6 provides a very important rule of interpretation: Maximum Game Fun. If an interpretation of a rule interferes with…
Sartar on a rare sunny day in Storm season
If you ever want a good feel for Sartar on a rare sunny day in Storm season, check out the Vinschgau in Sudtirol.
Notes on the Feathered Horse Queen Dynasty
The Feathered Horse Queens are the most important Earth priestesses of Dragon Pass (and often paired with the High Priestess at the Shaker Temple – they always address each other as “sister”). The following…
Gods of Fonrit
A snippet from an old Jrusteli account of Fonrit. I’d date this to about 890 ST: Gods of FonritIn Fonrit, the people worship demigods who they say restored the Cosmic Court of…
King of Sartar now available for pre-order
King of Sartar was, for me at least, the breakthrough book into understanding Glorantha and was (and still is) the foundational source for the Hero Wars. It also was a remarkable piece of experimental fiction – a…
A few notes on the God Time history of mortals
Glorantha in the God Time progressed from a Green Age to a Golden Age to a Storm Age and then to its near destruction in the Great Darkness. Mortals experienced this as…
Representatives of the Sixths in 1616
Commentary on Prince of Sartar Chapter 3, The City of Wonders: Xoroho Hellspeaker, envoy from the Eldest Kin of the Shadow Plateau, presents herself to the immortal Belintar, God and King, the Master of…
Warlocks
The magicians of the Sartar Magical Union are popularly called “warlocks” after a derisive comment by the Lunar general who opposed them at the Battle of Sword Hill. They have been taught…
Some Notes on Gloranthan Languages (2014)
The languages of all Gloranthan mortals developed from a single source, which the God Learners called “Mortal Speech”. Mortal Speech There is an ur-language that is the source of all mortal languages in…
A few thoughts on the Imperial Lunar nobility
A few thoughts on the elite of the Lunar nobility. The highest nobility are those who are within two or three generations of the Red Emperor. So a few numbers to see…
Draft Dragon Pass Map
The draft Dragon Pass map for 13th Age in Glorantha and the Gloranthan sourcebook is nearly done. Behold!
A few more notes on gods and spirits
A few more notes on gods and spirits from around Glorantha. The various ways gods and spirits are classified gives an example of the amount of diversity that exists concerning how they…
A few thoughts on the Chariot of Lightning sect or Henotheism
The Chariot of Lightning sect was founded in 1605 by Surantyr the Non-heretic after he made a pilgrimage to Top of the World Mountain. Within three years, he made himself master of…
The House of Sartar, Feathered Horse Queens, and Werewolves
One thing the new edition of King of Sartar (in layout now) and Coming Storm makes clear is the amount of dramatic potential between the Royal House of Sartar, the Feathered Horse…
New maps for the new version of King of Sartar
While Rick is deep in layout for the Guide to Glorantha, we are working on a number of other projects, including the new version of King of Sartar. For the new version…
Working on the Gods of Glorantha (2013)
Hey all, while Rick is feverishly doing the layout of the Guide to Glorantha and Ian is putting the art list for The Coming Storm before I hack it apart, I’m working…