Roleplaying games are full of shorthand when referring to versions, and RuneQuest is no different. It’s often abbreviated to just RQ with an edition number. To avoid confusion, this site uses the following abbreviations and descriptions for the various editions:
| Name | Published | AKA | SKU | Notes |
| RuneQuest | Chaosium 1978 | RQ1 | CHA4001 | |
| RuneQuest | Chaosium 1980 | RQ2 | CHA4001 | |
| RuneQuest | Avalon Hill 1984 – 1994 | RQ3 | AH857 | |
| RuneQuest: Adventures in Glorantha | unpublished 1994 | RQ4 | Unofficial | |
| RuneQuest | Mongoose 2006 -2010 | MRQ1 | MGP8100 | |
| RuneQuest II | Mongoose 2010 – 2011 | MRQ2 | MGP8170 | Became Legend |
| RuneQuest | Design Mechanism 2012 – 2016 | RQ6 | TDM100 | Became Mythras |
| RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha | Chaosium 2018 | RQG | CHA4028 | |
| Hero Wars | Issaries 2000 | HW | ISS1101 | |
| HeroQuest | Issaries July 2003 | HQ1 | ISS1001 | |
| HeroQuest | Moon Design July 2009 | HQ2 | ISS2001 | Became QuestWorlds |
| HeroQuest Glorantha | Moon Design Summer 2015 | HQG | ISS2007 | Became QuestWorlds |
| Questworlds SRD | Chaosium May 2020 | QWSRD | System Reference Document | |
| Questworlds | QW | Placeholder | ||
| 13th Age Glorantha | Chaosium | 13G | CHA4400 |
