About 600 km south of the Rightarm Islands are the Three-step Isles. Since 1610, this small archipelago has been the main port for the Wolf Pirates. With decent winds, it takes about…
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Buy the Guide to Glorantha and the Argan Argar Atlas!
You can now buy the Guide to Glorantha and the Argan Argar Atlas directly from our store! PDFs are now immediately available, hardcopies will ship after the Kickstarter and Pre-Orders are fulfilled (which…
Showing off the Guide to Glorantha
Here it is – the Guide to Glorantha. A magical tome detailing the fantastic mythic realm of Glorantha. Six kilos of Gloranthan Gold. Perhaps this video can describe it better than words:
Unveiling the Guide to Glorantha
The very first copy of the Guide to Glorantha has arrived at Moon Design West and Neil Robinson weighs the box and opens it up. Here’s teaser: You can still preorder the…
Pre-ordering the Guide to Glorantha and the Atlas – a few days left!
The special Pre-Order rate for the Guide to Glorantha and the Argan Argar Atlas is open until July 7th. Just go to our store and preorder your copy. After the 7th, we…
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…
Pre-Order the Guide and Argan Argar Atlas now!
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…
Preorder the Guide to Glorantha NOW!
Gloranthaphiles! Did you miss out on the Kickstarter for the Guide to Glorantha? Have you begun to worry that you would never get your hands on over 12 pounds (6 kilograms) of full-color, oversized…
The Guide is being bound as we speak!
Good and glorious news everyone! The printer has informed us that the pages and covers for the Guide to Glorantha have all been printed! They are being bound into hardcovers, and that…
The Guide is at the Printers!
The Dawn of Glorantha approaches! We did our last round of reviewing and polishing over the weekend to the text of the Guide to Glorantha, and this morning Rick sent the files…
The Ultimate Preview and the Kickstarter Survey
If you backed the Guide to Glorantha on Kickstarter, by now you should have received your KS Backer Survey. If you haven’t received yours – check your spam file. Then fill out…
Ultimate Previews and Surveys go out tomorrow!
Joyous news! The Guide is now complete with final art, final index, and final as far as we are concerned. That means it is time to send out the ULTIMATE PREVIEW tomorrow….
The Kickstarter Survey is nigh!
The Ultimate Preview to the Guide of Glorantha should be going out in the next few days, which means that very soon we will be sending out the Kickstarter Survey to our…
Penultimate Guide Preview
Gloranthaphiles! We are approaching the Dawn Age! Thanks to some prodigious amount of work, Rick has finished doing the layout of Genertela, the Oceans and Islands, and Pamaltela. Our President’s Day Sneak…
Guide Update: To the South!
Layout of the Guide is proceeding at a glorious pace. We are finished with the Oceans section, and this is what I was looking at last night: There are an amazing number…
Genertela complete, Oceans ahoy!
As the Covenant of Waha decrees, it is time for an update on the Guide’s status. Genertela is complete and we are now working on the various islands before heading off to…
Volume 2 and the destruction of Imperial Seshnela
We are well into Volume 2, having finished the layout for the Maniria, Pent, and Ralios chapters. One set of pages I am particularly pleased with is pages 402-403. On the right,…
Preview of Vol. One for Kickstarter backers
Happy Sacred Time, Glorantha-philes! Although the finished Volume One is not yet ready (we are still waiting on four pieces of art), we’ve got a 99.3% complete version available for our Kickstarter…
Update on the Guide – Delays and Headaches
We’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we’re wrapping up the layout for the first volume of the Guide and it looks beautiful. The bad…
Weather in Glorantha
The powerful forces of two great Gloranthan deities, the wind of Orlanth and the rays of Yelm, the Sun, determine seasonal changes in weather. Magical events also affect local weather significantly. Weather…
Busy with the Guide
You’ve probably noticed that Rick and I have been so quiet over the last two weeks. Rick has been extremely busy with layout. Getting the Heavens Corrupted plates and the Historical Atlas…
Sample cultural distribution maps
The Guide to Glorantha features cultural distribution maps for each of the eight major human cultures and three of the Elder Races. Some of these maps may prove a bit surprising. For…
The Tournament of the Masters of Luck and Death
The Guide to Glorantha contains a fair amount of information on the Tournament of the Masters of Luck and Death. Here’s a snippet: When Belintar’s mortal body expires, the next day select…
Strange bit of Art Description going in the Guide
Here’s the art description for a piece that Jeff Laubenstein is doing for the Guide – fourteen panels on the Lightbringers Quest. It is based on a cryptic diagram that Greg Stafford…
Seshnela Art Direction
Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 23/04/2012 – 00:27 The Guide to Glorantha will feature in-depth treatment of the Malkioni (along with the other major cultures of Glorantha). Here’s the art direction for…