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History of Orlanthi Cities

Posted on September 13, 2023

If we think about the history of the Orlanthi, their original Dawn Age settlements were “hill fort villages” – this is where they survived the Greater Darkness and Grey Ages. The entire…

The Jrusteli Pattern

Posted on June 5, 2023

The Jrusteli Pattern is a city plan found mainly in the coastal regions. It has a central market, a nearby public and temple complex, and straight main streets. The city becomes a…

Notes on City Gods

Posted on February 6, 2023

Cities have a market, a degree of self-governance, and temples to the city’s patron deity and to the city god. They also have temples to other gods of importance to the people,…

Thoughts on city size

Posted on December 2, 2022

When we think about most cities in RuneQuest, they are pretty small. New Pavis is a little over 5000 people. Jonstown, Swenstown, and Wilmskirk are even smaller – none are more than…

Feeding Boldhome

Posted on October 14, 2022

Normally a city gets most of its food from within about 30km. Within about 30 km of Boldhome is about 250-300 km2 of cultivated land, raising mainly wheat. Now that is enough…

Gorangian Bronzeguts

Posted on September 20, 2021

Gorangian Bronzeguts the chief librarian of the Jonstown Knowledge Temple. One thing I love about this is that Gorangian is not a particular heroic figure, but is an example of an important…

Sarostip Coldeye

Posted on June 1, 2021

This is a snippet from the Sartar Book: Born in 1572, Sarostip Coldeye is a Sword of Humakt and part of the ruling dynasty of the Malani tribe. Sarostip abdicated all clan…

A Tale of Two Maps

Posted on November 1, 2020

The map of Dagori Inkarth from Trollpak was IMO the best single campaign map Chaosium ever published. Even better than the Elder Wilds maps from Griffin Mountain. Clear, informative, and with loads…

The Liberation of Boldhome

Posted on October 28, 2020

Another little snippet from the forthcoming Sartar book: After the Dragonrise, all of Dragon Pass was thrown into disorder. Lergius Cassius held Boldhome with a small garrison of 300 soldiers from the…

Jonstown Library

Posted on July 29, 2020

The Jonstown Library has a collection of approximately 10,000 scrolls, gathered from across the world. A scroll typically consists of numerous sheets of parchment sewed together—this can be quite long, as a…

Greg’s First writings about Sartar

Posted on September 15, 2019

Among the first things Greg ever wrote about the Kingdom of Sartar was the following: “<Sartar’s> magic turned smart men into chieftains, good men into loyal followers, and enemies into pack beasts. It…

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