What I love about these is I can get a much better feel for the vegetation and the amount of settlement. Dark green is forest (mainly pine), light green is mixed oak,…
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North Esrolia and the Shadow Plateau
You can only imagine how awesome this area must have been when the Only Old One ruled from his palace. A truly golden age for the Holy Country before the Pharaoh swam…
The Thane of Apple Lane
So how many campaign have an adventurer as the Thane of Apple Lane? Ours does – in the Chaosium House Campaign, Vasana was given lordship of the hamlet by Queen Leika, although…
A good visual feel for Prax
If you want a good feel for Prax, you need go no further than the Great Basin in the US. Prax really is the US Great Basin and Southwest (with elements of…
Elevations in Dragon Pass and Prax
Apropos the recent discussion of what Dragon Pass and Prax look like, here’s the elevation of various points on the map: Dragon Pass & Prax Real World Durengard 50 meters Queen Anne…
Core homelands Maps
I present to you the full map of the core homelands in four pictures. Next is tweak a few details and then scan and print. To give you an idea of the…
New Maps vs. The Guide to Glorantha
For those who wonder the difference between this map and the Guide, here’s one of the new maps with the corresponding map I did for the Guide.
Sartar Map Closeups
Some close ups of Sartar including one with the tribal overlay. How close were the RQ2 Trollpack maps to Greg’s map? Pretty close. A few minor errors here and there (even more…
Eastern Sartar and Prax
A few interesting features here – you can see that Pimper’s Block is in Balkoth tribal lands. Moonbroth is only about 40 km from Swenstown, and the Dead Place itself is only…
Greg Day Game
Greg day game was the House RuneQuest campaign. The adventurers (including Vasana, Yanioth, and Harmast) participated in an Earth pilgrimage and saved the Queen of Esrolia from Blue Moon Assassins at the…
Esrolia Sketch Maps
All maps at 2cm = 8 km scale.
Fate of the Grantlands
Is there anything official about what is going on at Raus Fort, post Argrath taking Pavis? Nothing Official at least not yet. However, let’s start by remembering how few people we are…
A Year Ago
A year ago I got the terrible news from Suzanne that Greg passed away. It seems fitting that I’ve been spending this week reconstructing his old master maps of Glorantha – some…
Dragon Pass and Kethaela Map
About 66% done on phase one! The whole of Dragon Pass and Kethaela at 2 cm = 5 miles scale. Altogether it is an A0 map. To get all of Prax in…
Meditate in RuneQuest
One of the new elements added to RQG is Meditate. Pretty much every cult teaches some meditative technique to allow the initiate to clear their mind and receive the divine. This isn’t…
Working on RuneQuest
As I work on several projects simultaneously, I am struck by how – for me – RQ works in 4D: the physical world. I am working on mapping the location of every…
Last Night’s Session
Last night was a session of RQG and diplomacy. Queen Samastina’s chief scribe negotiated a treaty with Prince Argrath, where: Esrolia recognises Argrath as hegemon of Kethaela, the master of war and…
The countryside of Sartar
Is that Poland or is it Wyoming near Jackson Hole? I can’t tell. But both work. Neither are Scotland or Wales. I think it is near Jackson Hole in Grand Teton National…
Look of Orlanth
Recently I posted a picture of Orlanth Thunderous from the Cults book, that depicted him as having four arms (each carrying a tool or weapon). Some people were surprised, having imagined that…
Concept art of Great Orlanth in all three aspects
I think this dates to Boldhome circa 1628 or 1629.
Greg’s First writings about Sartar
Among the first things Greg ever wrote about the Kingdom of Sartar was the following: “<Sartar’s> magic turned smart men into chieftains, good men into loyal followers, and enemies into pack beasts. It…
Orlanthi stick gambling
Elsewhere there was a post about Gloranthan games, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to point out the Orlanthi sport of stick gambling: Do Orlanthi have/do anything similar to…
From Pillage to Trade
Under Sartar’s rule, the people turned from pillage to trade. Sartar built roads and forts to protect the traders from raids. He fostered literacy, experimentation, and luxuriousness upon his subjects. His dynasty…