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 | Year(s) | Publisher | AKA | SKU | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RuneQuest | 1978 | Chaosium | RQ1 | CHA4001 | |
| RuneQuest | 1979 | Chaosium | RQ2 | CHA4001 | Re-released as RuneQuest Classic |
| RuneQuest | 1984 – 1994 | Avalon Hill | RQ3 | AH857 | Written by Chaosium, published by Avalon Hill |
| RuneQuest: Adventures in Glorantha | 1994 | unpublished | RQ4 | Unofficial, never published | |
| RuneQuest | 2006 – 2010 | Mongoose | MRQ1 | MGP8100 | Licenced by Issaries, rewritten text as Chaosium held the copyright |
| RuneQuest II | 2010 – 2011 | Mongoose | MRQ2 | MGP8170 | Licenced by Issaries. Became Legend |
| RuneQuest | 2012 – 2016 | Design Mechanism | RQ6 | TDM100 | Licenced by Moon Design. Became Mythras |
| RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha | 2018 | Chaosium | RQG | CHA4028 | |
| Hero Wars | 2000 | Issaries | HW | ISS1101 | |
| HeroQuest | July 2003 | Issaries | HQ1 | ISS1001 | |
| HeroQuest | July 2009 | Moon Design | HQ2 | ISS2001 | Became QuestWorlds |
| HeroQuest Glorantha | Summer 2015 | Moon Design | HQG | ISS2007 | Became QuestWorlds |
| Questworlds SRD | May 2020 | Chaosium | QWSRD | System Reference Document | |
| Questworlds | Chaosium | QW | Placeholder | ||
| 13th Age Glorantha | 2018 | Chaosium | 13G | CHA4400 |
Note that RuneQuest Slayers (an unpublished Avalon Hill project) is completely unrelated to RuneQuest except in name.
