Another preview of what will be appearing in the Guide. Here’s a map of the magic bridges of Belintar and the Fish Roads of the Holy Country. The blue roads are the…
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The Cosmology of Glorantha
A picture of the cosmology of Glorantha that will be appearing in the Guide to Glorantha. This originally appeared on G+, and was archived on Tapa talk.
Art Direction for Cover of the Guide
Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 01/11/2012 – 12:55 The Guide to Glorantha is a special book and needs a special cover. This is the story of the evolution of the cover from…
Guide text Finished
Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 05/10/2012 – 08:41 I apologize for being quiet the last couple of months, but I have been feverishly working to get the Guide to Glorantha finished so…
Loskalm Art Direction
Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 19/06/2012 – 05:56 Progress on the art for the Guide to Glorantha progresses rapidly, with my crack team of advisors helping me make the best use possible…
Late Golden Age
Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 13/06/2012 – 08:13 Here’s a little bit of something Eric Vanel and I are working on for the Guide. Late Golden Age Map Abzered Land of Enlightenment….
Coins of Glorantha Part 2
Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 06/06/2012 – 03:00 Part 2 of the Coins of Glorantha series. Here’s the art description for some coins from Seshnela, Ralios, Kralorela, and a troll Bolg! Let’s…
Coins of Glorantha Part 1
Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 01/06/2012 – 08:16 I’ve been working on some sample Gloranthan coins from the Guide, finishing Greg’s ancient Coins of Sartar project. Here’s the first set I’ve commissioned,…
Malkioni Sorcery
Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 16/05/2012 – 01:35 The Malkioni venerate the Invisible God who created the Runes, worshiped as gods by the barbarians. The Runes in turn, created lesser versions of…
Art and Culture and a Fantasy World
Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 08/05/2012 – 16:07 I’m posting this as a discussion piece, and a lot of this is in shorthand that makes sense to the writing and artistic group,…
Making a Lunar Empire Map for the Guide
Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 03/05/2012 – 05:21 Maps are a big part of the Guide to Glorantha. All of the Middle World will have lovely color maps, and all of Central…
Theyalan Art Direction
Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 26/04/2012 – 10:27 There’s quite a bit of different Orlanthi art styles presented in the Guide (including Esrolian temple paintings, Sartarite coins, Vesmonstran enamels, and so on)….
Lake Felster
Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 22/04/2012 – 14:58 This was asked on another forum, but I will answer it here because I have finished the Ralios section of the Guide to Glorantha. I’m…
Heracles Another Name
Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 20/04/2012 – 08:29 People tend to underestimate the extent to which cults “travel”. In Glorantha, the god Orlanth can be found from Prax to the outskirts of…
Quick Summary of Gloranthan Cultures: Part 3
Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 17/04/2012 – 06:15 One of the many things I am excited about regarding the forthcoming Guide to Glorantha is the art. We will be spending more on…
Convention Schedule 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
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
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
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
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 I
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
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
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
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
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…