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A Little Background on the Stafford Library
When I first made the publishing deal with Issaries, Inc. back in 2005 I quickly discovered I had a lot of housekeeping to do. In particular, the electronic files available for all…
Hsunchen Peoples of Genertela (2003)
This page by Greg Stafford and Jamie Revell dates from 2000, and was revised in August 2003. Introduction In the Green Age, nothing had a definite shape. Everything was able to be whatever it…
CHA4033 The Glorantha Sourcebook – Contents
Introduction History of Dragon Pass The Elder races Theogony Time Gods of the lunar way The Redline History of the Lunar Empire Gloranthan Magic Gods and Mortals Sartar Magical Union
Eleven big giant mountains and stuff… (2012)
Submitted by Iskallor on Tue, 02/10/2012 – 12:54 When did the 11 giants become mountains? And what would I expect to find there if visiting in the Green Age? What did Glorantha…
Conversion rules from previous Runequests to Runequest 6: a possibility? (2013)
Submitted by Mr Smith on Sun, 10/02/2013 – 14:04 Sirs (& Madams, I mean who knows, there might be some), First of all, congratulations on the site, and the forums, and the…
1650s Campaign
While running today, I flirted with the idea of running a short campaign set in the 1650s. The Hero Wars have now been raging for decades, and the world has been transformed….
Elder Race Memories
Something to think about with the Elder Races – memory. The green and brown elves live 200 to 300 years, and dryads even longer. There are plenty of elderly elves who remember…
ISS1403 Sartar Rising: Gathering Thunder (2004)
The Lunar Empire has been defeated at the Battle of Iceland. Orlanth is free, and across Dragon Pass and the world the winds have been released. This is the time to strike,…
Sheng Seleris, the Shadow of the Lunar Empire
So let’s contemplate Sheng Seleris, the Shadow of the Lunar Empire. Sheng Seleris and his nomad army entered Peloria for the first time in 1375. Sheng Seleris was a celestial hero, whose…
ISS1401 Sartar Rising Volume 1: Barbarian Adventures (2001)
Sartar Rising, Part 1 Barbarian Adventures by Greg Stafford and friends Product Number ISS1401. ISBN 1-929052-05-7. $14.95 72 pages, standard format. PDF Cover art by Stefano Gaudiano (Note: some artwork is incorrectly…
CHA4028 RuneQuest – Roleplaying in Glorantha (2018)
Welcome to Glorantha It is a fantasy world unlike any other–a mythic world of mortals and gods, myths and cults, spirits and elementals, monsters and heroes. Magic permeates all of existence, and…
Yelm Disintegrates WiP
Several important solar deities are generally thought of as the children or lesser parts of Yelm, said to be created when Yelm was murdered by Orlanth. The God Learners called such entities…
Runequest Playtest Manuscript book (2016)
The RuneQuest Playtest Manuscript book is a 250+ page hardcover book created from high resolution scans of the original playtest manuscript, which has been lovingly kept in a binder for the last 40 years. The…
Malkionism as a “Cult”
In thinking about Malkionism for game purposes, we should probably start by thinking about what that means in terms of Malkionism as a “cult”. So what goes on in worship of the…
Notes on Rokarism
There are about a 1.5 million people or so who are initiated to the Invisible God and follow the Rokari rites. Of those maybe 3% are the “priestly caste”, called zzaburi. That…
Notes on Jar-eel the Razoress I
Arguably the mightiest hero in Glorantha at this time is Jar-eel the Razoress. She has loads of titles – Fourth Inspiration of Moonson, Incarnation of the Red Goddess in Time, daughter/lover/mother of…
ISS3008 The Middle Sea Empire (2006)
The Middle Sea Empire is a Second Age book detailing the empire of the Godlearners, form its humble beginnings to its epic destruction. A detailed history, King’s list, and many geographical descriptions provide…
Volume of Trade in Dragon Pass
Silk is something found among the elites in the Heartland, in Lunar Tarsh, in Boldhome, and is quite common in Nochet, Rhigos, and Karse. Assuming the Lunar Empire has roughly the same…
Heortland in the Third Age I
This is a series of maps Greg and I drew some years ago to visualize the changes in Heortland from the arrival of Belintar to the present day. One thing that is…
The Lunar Empire is a universal empire
The Red Emperor does not acknowledge the existence of other peers – his sovereignty and lawful authority is everywhere touched by the light of the Red Moon (ie., the entire Surface World)….
CHA4504 MIG3 -The Meints Index to Glorantha (2022)
Index to Glorantha The book Playing in or collecting literature about Glorantha and RuneQuest presents quite a challenge. What was published? What information does it contain? Is it any good? Is it…
Roots of Glorantha: Book XVII The Book of Jonat (2007)
AKA – Jonat’s Saga. A copy of Jonat’s Saga was also dated 1992. The materials of this book are not the last written, but these are the latest, chronologically in Glorantha. I…
Here’s a story every Orlanth initiate knows
It is worth a careful read as there are some interesting details in this (and the story is more complete than in King of Sartar): One day, at the Hill of Victory,…
Empty-Head’s Tale – Another God Learner text
Another God Learner text for your enjoyment! The following is a folk tale in one form or another among the peoples of the whole continent of Genertela. Its widespread distribution is indicative…