THE SKY OF GLORANTHA is made of several huge domes covering the earth. The innermost domes, closest to the surface world, are transparent. The outer one is opaque, though pierced by star…
Tag: Greg Stafford
Myth in Glorantha
Let’s talk a moment about myth in Glorantha. Now we have an entire book on it, but let’s start with Greg’s own words: “Myths are sacred tales that directly address our contact…
CHA4037 Lands of RuneQuest: Dragon Pass (2024)
Enter The Domain Of Magic And Myth! Within the world of Glorantha lies Dragon Pass, an intensely magical region home to war and wonder, the birthplace of gods. Lands of RuneQuest: Dragon…
CHA4046 The Glorantha Sourcebook (2024)
The Glorantha Sourcebook is an essential resource for Greg Stafford’s world of Glorantha, one of the most extensively developed and renowned fantasy settings of all time. A world of mythology, gods, and…
Oldest notes on Orlanth
I’m going through some files and found some of Greg’s oldest notes on Orlanth (from about 1977): The council of gods in Dragon Pass is made of several major deities. Orlanth is…
An Ancient Dawn Age document from Brithos
The following is an ancient Dawn Age document from Brithos. It predates the Gbaji Wars, and likely dates to the time of the Serpent Kings. It is some of Greg’s oldest writings….
Le Maître des Runes (1988)(FRA)
Ce premier supplément pour RuneQuest contien tun écran, regroupant les tableaux nécessaires au maître, différents aides de jeu et un livret de 96 pages. Dans ce dermer, vous trouverez: Plus de 30…
CHA4045 Cults of RuneQuest: The Lunar Way (2024)
I believe in the Red Goddess, Mistress of Life and Death Cults of RuneQuest: The Lunar Way is the player’s guide to the deities of the Red Moon. Each cult dives deep into…
CHA4044 Cults of RuneQuest: The Earth Goddesses (2023)
Cults of RuneQuest: The Earth Goddesses is the third book in the new Cults of RuneQuest sourcebook series for the RuneQuest TTRPG. This book is the player’s guide to the earth pantheon, opening up character creation and…
CHA4043 Cults of RuneQuest: The Lightbringers (2023)
Cults of RuneQuest: The Lightbringers is the second book in the new Cults of RuneQuest sourcebook series for the RuneQuest TTRPG. This book is the player’s guide to the storm pantheon, opening up character creation and advancement…
CHA4042 Cults of RuneQuest: The Prosopaedia (2023)
Cults of RuneQuest: The Prosopaedia is the first in the new Cults of RuneQuest sourcebook series for the RuneQuest TTRPG. This book is an indispensable reference to the many gods and goddesses, monsters, locations, artifacts, and events that…
CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023)
Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology is part of the new Cults of RuneQuest sourcebook series for the RuneQuest TTRPG. It contains an indispensable history of the mythology of the storied and epic Bronze Age fantasy world of Glorantha….
Introduction to Umathela (1997)
by Greg Stafford, originally published in a longer form in Breakout #34 (1989). The Land of Umathela “I am from (name) city in Umathela” or “I belong to the (name) tribe.” Description…
Starry Wisdom #1 – Why Chaosium Is (1997)
by Greg Stafford Chaosium Inc. is a business. We make games and sell them to you. But something seems to be different. We have business people coming around all the time. Our…
Deep Lunar Synthesis
One of Greg’s deep background notes that I refer to an awful lot when I think about Glorantha is this chart that he put together to try to think about the basic…
Inspiration?
Greg Stafford and the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis First published in Tales of the Reaching Moon issue #6Copyright © 1991 by Michael O’Brien In what is my proudest moment in Gloranthan scholarship, I…
CHA4503 The Stafford House Campaign (2022)
Details See also Dragons Past (1979-1995) Editions & Related Editions SKU Name Year Publisher Notes CHA4503-S-POD The Stafford House Campaign 2022 Chaosium CHA4503-PDF The Stafford House Campaign 2022 Chaosium Contents
Moon Myths (1995)
Details By Greg Stafford 33 pages Very limited distribution Contents Beginning Lunar Lessons Table of Contents Testimony Who Is the Red Goddess? The Physical Red Moon The Temporal Red moon Other Opinions…
Earliest Drawing of Dragon Pass
I was going through the map archive looking for some details, and I came across Greg’s very earliest drawing of Dragon Pass. This was part of the design process for what later…
Harmast’s Saga
Pilgrimage and Commentary: This is the most current version of the most influential text of the Orlanthi and a foundational text for Orlanthi literature (and influential far beyond). Harmast’s Narrative forms the core of the…
The City Of Wonders
Belintar was a sacred figure, not a political or administrative figure. That’s really really hard for us moderns to wrap our head around, but Belintar’s main function was to be a conduit…
Trolls (1997)
Trolls Nous sommes en 1622 S.T.Les premiers échos de la Guerre des Héros retentissent et une ère de changement commence pour Glorantha. Les Uz, plus connus par les humans sous le nom…
Dorastor (1993)
Dorastor Avertissement du Chirurgien Impérial : les visiteurs de Dorastor ont de fortes chances de devenir des sources d’amusement ou de nourriture pour les créatures qui y habitent. Dorastor : la Terre…
Dragons Past #1 – Gloranthan Military Experience (1983)
by Greg Stafford Originally published in Different Worlds #28 (1983). The Dragon Pass Campaign Lands of the Campaign Most of the action, the sparks which will ignite the ferocity of the hero…
Facing the facts of a chaotic past…
Just the other day we had a fan ask about the Chaosium “Dragon” logo and why it didn’t always have the dragon facing to the left on our products. While a short…