GEN CON, Indianapolis – Greg Stafford, founder of the iconic game company Chaosium, used the “Future of Chaosium” seminar at Gen Con today to announce that Moon Design Publications has become part…
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The Discovery of Glorantha
Just as a reminder, if you missed out on the Kickstarter, now you can Pre-Order the Guide to Glorantha and the Argan Argar Atlas. You can even pre-order Poster Map Sets (collections of maps in a 24…
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…
ISS1103 Anaxial’s Roster: Creatures of the Hero Wars (2000)
A Compilation of Creatures for Hero Wars A million kinds of beasts live on the continent of Genertela in Glorantha. They appear in all the stories of the world. Some are friends,…
ISS3006 Revealed Mythologies (2001)
Revealed Mythologies details the mythologies of the Malkioni (Westerners), Vithelans (Easterners), and Doraddi (Pamaltelans) of Glorantha, which previously have been obscured by the mythology of Central Genertela. Each section of the book…
Master Map of Dragon Pass
All hail the One True map! This is THE master map for Dragon Pass. Scale is in the lower right hand corner. This was posted on Google+ This btw is the map we used as the touchstone in…
ISS2002 Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes (2009, 2012)
Sartar – HeroQuest in the Kingdom of Heroes… The year is 1618 S.T. The Flame of Sartar has been extinguished. For generations, our wise kings and powerful magicians fought against the armies…
Greg Sez: Understanding Windstop and Esrolia (2005)
Prompted by discussion on the mailing lists in December 2005, Greg Stafford writes: A recent series of questions on one of the lists has prompted me to attempt an answer here, with…
Myth of the Month: Three Documents, One Event (2005)
A Letter to the Duke Hail to my Good Lord, Duke Malmakan the Tamer of Beasts – may the grace of the One God forever flow in his veins! – Your humble…
Myth of the Month: ShangHsa (1998)
The Reign of ShangHsa, may his name be cursed The path to liberation is fraught with temptation. The true masters taught to us the safe methods, and to wander from their advice…
Return to Apple Lane (2009)
Moon Design 2009 Glorantha HQ2 PDF This scenario requires that the Narrator has Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes and the HeroQuest Core Rules. It takes place before or during the events described in…
Greg Sez: Rathori Creation Myth
Here is what the shaman tells you to get ready for the journey. How Our World Was Made The Golden Embryo was first. I could show you the egg that both Samburan…
The Perfect Sky, revised (1999)
Published 15 Dec 1999 by Greg Stafford As some of you know, we have been meddling with “The Perfect Sky” (a section of The Glorious ReAscent of Yelm) for several years, trying…
The Origins of Writing
The Sacred Sound By Greg Stafford and Nils Weinander When Korudel the Architect uttered his first sound it was Dhan, the Great Word. As it moved through the void other sounds came,…
Belintar’s Book: Mountain Stories (1999)
From Belintar’s Book. Belintar had a very widespread knowledge and composed a book which combined many myths from across Glorantha. He admitted that much of this information came from the notorious God…
Greg Sez: Illusion (2002)
Published 6th Sep 2002Question(s) from Simon Phipp, answer(s) by Greg Stafford. I just want to remind you that Illusions are REAL. An Illusion is a Temporary reality, not a false or unreal…
Greg Sez: How Many Humakti?
Question both posed and answered by Greg Stafford. After finishing work on the Cults of Sartar I am left with an image like an aftervision or something. I have stared at these…
Lunar Command Standards
Here’s some more material on various Lunar command standards from Greg. This was posted on Google+
The Eight Sons of Yelm
Here’s an extremely useful (at least for me) schematic of the eight planets that Eric Vanel put together based on direction from Greg. This was posted on Google+
Bearded Storm and Hagodereth, and Wyters
Submitted by Jeff on Sat, 16/07/2011 – 13:21 On the World of Glorantha YahooGroup, there was recently a discussion about Orlanthi wyters – the divine guardians of individuals, temples, clans, cities, and…
Visiting Greg (2011)
Submitted by Claudia on Mon, 28/03/2011 – 17:04 As I wrote in the last Breakfast and Games we visited in January Greg Stafford. We drove from Seattle to San Francisco and one…
Myth of the Month: Lightnight (2010)
I ran into this guy once who lived behind this near-abandoned, but ruined temple; behind a broken statue of Zaytenera. Crazy, filthy old guy, ate every bit of my food like Kaell!…
Sartar Tribal Maps
Everyone at Moon Design is a map geek. I’ve got a 14th century map of the Old World up on my wall (a lovely map that was probably based on an Arabic…
Greg Sez: Orlanthi Initiation Rites
by Greg Stafford The common Orlanthi initiation is simultaneously an initiation into manhood and the religion. Previous to this individuals are boys and restricted in many activities. Initiation is always gender-specific. Female…
Notes on the Structure of Glorantha (2006)
Charles on “why the diagram is wrong” Well, let’s start off by saying that the diagram is incomplete and even incorrect. I hope and believe that it is the best diagram to…