Most Sartarite tribes are pretty similar – being primarily Orlanth worshiping humans. However, there are two unusual tribes, the ducks and the Telmori. Let’s talk about the ducks today. The ducks (or…
Tag: Book inspiration
Current Reading for RQ
Some of the light work reading for the projects I am currently working on for RQ. Might give an insight into some of the inspirations for the current and forthcoming books. So…
Routledge Companion to Women and Monarchy in the Ancient World
Just read the Routledge Companion to Women and Monarchy in the Ancient World. Loads of fantastic ideas very compatible with Glorantha – but one section particularly struck me was about brother-sister marriages…
Gloranthan Readings: Jorge Luis Borges – Collected Fiction
The Argentinian Jorge Luis Borges is my absolute favorite fantasy writer, despite not writing a single story that is classified as part of that genre. A master of the very short story…
Gloranthan Readings: Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia
There stands a house under the mountain of the world, a road runs down, the mountain covers it and no man knows the way. It is a house that binds bad men…
New Feature: Gloranthan Readings
Books are a big deal for the Moon Design team – not just RPGs and fantasy literature, but history, mythology, religion, and classics of literature. You might have noticed that the Guide…
Seven Fantasy Must Reads
Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 02/08/2011 – 15:18 At Ropecon I was asked about works of world literature that I think are essential for fantasy game writers or for folk who really…