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Religion in Safelster

Posted on January 2, 2023

There are approximately 3 million people in Safelster. This politically decentralized area around Lake Felster in Ralios is one of the more densely populated areas in Glorantha. It is also one of…

Jeff’s Canonical Corpus

Posted on October 24, 2022

So let’s talk about the books I think constitute the “canonical corpus” for official RuneQuest publications. These are the works that get referenced in future Chaosium publications with very few changes, and…

The Size of the Red Moon

Posted on July 2, 2021

Lunar celestialogists claim that the top of the Sky Dome is approximately 6000 km above Magasta’s Pool and that the Red Moon is therefore about 3000 km above the Crater (“halfway between…

Glorantha is a flat world

Posted on July 1, 2021

Glorantha is a flat world surmounted by a Sky Dome. The Sky Dome itself tilts back and forth, north and south, each year. The Sun’s height in the sky also changes throughout…

Content Comparison of the Glorantha Sourcebook with the Guide to Glorantha

A rough guide: The Guide is about 3.5 times bigger than the Sourcebook. The Guide has 639 pages on geography, the Sourcebook, 3. The Guide is 80% geography, the Sourcebook, 1.3%. CHA4033…

Cory Trego-Erdner

A View from the Paps Commissioned for the Guide to Glorantha.

Jennifer Lange

Search for Jennifer’s art on this site Seasons These were commissioned for the Guide to Glorantha

Jeff Laubenstein

Guide to Glorantha – Eight major cultures These are the eight major cultures detailed in the Guide to Glorantha. Separate from the cultures, these were commissioned for the Guide to Glorantha. We…

New Maps vs. The Guide to Glorantha

Posted on October 12, 2019

For those who wonder the difference between this map and the Guide, here’s one of the new maps with the corresponding map I did for the Guide.

Greganth Atlas (1993, 2014)

The GreGarth Atlas of Lunar Provincial Lore. This amazing collection of hand-drawn historical maps details: the history of Peloria from the Dawn to 1650 in 50 year increments; the history of Prehistoric…

Archival 8 poster map set (2014)

Kickstarter only This is a collection of 8 high resolution color prints of Greg Stafford’s original hand drawn maps – the master maps on which everything in Glorantha is based. These include…

ISS2005-6P 6 Poster Map Set of Genertela (2014)

by Greg Stafford, Jeff Richard, Sandy Petersen, and Colin Driver ISS2005-6P – 6 Poster Set of Genertela (24″x36″) $60 5 Genertela Maps. The Super-detailed Genertela map crafted by Colin Driver is epic….

ISS2005-24P 24 Map set of Glorantha (2014)

Greg Stafford, Jeff Richard, Sandy Petersen, and Colin Driver ISS2005-24P – 24 Map Set of Glorantha (12″ x 18″ each) $110 24 Poster map set. This is a set of 24 color…

Khordavan Font

The Khordavan font was used in The Guide to Glorantha to produce the Dara Happan Sacred Alphabet on page 349. To use this font you will need the look at the Guide page 349…

Guide Overview – Fonrit

Want to know more about Fonrit? A cruel slavocracy, slavery defines and dominates Fonritan society. The descendants of Doraddi gone horribly wrong and their rulers perverted by Chaos worship, Fonritans hold that…

Gen Con 2013 Guide to Glorantha Seminar (2013)

As promised, here’s the Gen Con 2013 Glorantha Seminar, starring Jeff Richard and Rick Meints. Lots of discussion and previews as to what is going to be the in the Guide. Check…

Copper Tablets of Yuthuppa (2013)

We’re laying the Heavens Corrupted section of the Guide out today. Here’s one of the ten Copper Tablets of Yuthuppa that illustrate the text.

Cryptic Verses Preview (2013)

To celebrate, here’s the notorious Plate 38 from the Cryptic Verses of the Yellow Calendar. Weep my friends, and fear the coming of the War of Heroes, This was originally posted on…

Cryptic Verses of the Yellow Calendar Plate 36 (2013)

Plate 36: This plate depicts a radiant golden horseman, accepting the submission of Can Shu and the Blood Sun. This was posted on Google+…

Guide Overview – The West

Rational, materialist, and humanist, Western culture is derived from the atheist immortal philosophers that once dominated the far west reaches of the world. They are Bronze or Early Iron Age in material…

Guide Art Direction – Pelorian (2013)

The Pelorians are a proud and ancient civilization of riverine city-states united by a divine emperor descended from the Moon Goddess. They are Bronze Age or Early Iron Age in culture and…

Hsunchen (Rathori and Uncoling) by Jeff Laubenstein

Morning! Today’s sneak peak is two Hsunchen (Rathori and Uncoling) by Jeff Laubenstein. The art direction is here.  Archived G+ post: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/glorantha/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2476&p=19528&hilit=hsunchen#p19528

Canon and YGWV (2013)

There’s been a few questions about “what is canon,” “are these maps going to get Gregged,” and “why was Andrew using the term Greg Stafford’s Glorantha?’ I know issues of canon can…

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