Most adults in the main homelands initiate into the deeper mysteries of only one cult, but continue to worship the associated deities and are often lay members of other cults. The cult…
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Fourth edition of RuneQuest published by Chaosium.
Outlawry and Exile
Outlawry and exile are good ways to get your adventurers out of their homeland. They might have killed someone in another community, angered their local leaders, or gotten too involved in politics…
Other Genertela Settings
Although the settings for the overwhelming majority of RuneQuest games are Sartar and New Pavis, don’t be afraid to send your adventurers further afield, especially if you are armed with the Cults…
Introducing New Players to a Big Rubble campaign
Thinking about what is necessary to introduce new players to a Big Rubble campaign, let’s start with New Pavis. Now most humans in New Pavis and Pavis County came from Sartar in…
Introducing RQ to new groups
When introducing RQ to new groups – folk totally unfamiliar with RQ or Glorantha such as at a convention or game store – I find Pavis and the Big Rubble is probably…
What I Love About Glorantha
Among the little things I so love about Glorantha as a gaming setting: This is the kind of stuff that makes the setting unlike any other fantasy RPG and as far as…
Storyboarding Game Sessions
I generally go in pretty light into game sessions. I do a ton of background work first on the “world the characters might interact with” – so that I have a feel…
New to RuneQuest?
For those coming new to RuneQuest or coming back to RQ after a long absence, here’s a few suggestions: 1. Start somewhere! My recommendation is either start in Sartar with the GM…
Underground Adventures
Underground adventures – ancient ruins, caves, tunnels, etc. – are particularly exciting in RuneQuest. First – combat in Darkness is filled with perils. Missile weapons are often close to useless. Melee weapons…
RuneQuest Combat is Not Balanced
RuneQuest combat is extremely dangerous and yet RuneQuest adventurers often find themselves in situations where combat is going to be necessary to go deeper into a situation. Given that RuneQuest is deliberately…
MGF in Your Game
Although this should go without saying, MGF (Maximum Game Fun) is completely subjective for your individual gaming group. You should always default to whatever is MGF for your gaming group; however, that…
Overwhelmed by all the Gloranthan Lore?
It’s like dealing with any deep background. Start with what the players and the GM actually need. So for example, I am currently running a Big Rubble campaign with a group of…
Sources of Shield Rune Magic
Shield is perhaps one of the most useful combat Rune spells out there. For each 1 Rune point stacked with Shield, you get 2 points of AP AND 2 points of Countermagic….
Best Features of RuneQuest
So it should be of no surprise that RuneQuest is among my absolute favorite BRP rule systems (and that BRP is my favorite rules engine). But it might be interesting to know…
Population Movement in Dragon Pass
Apropos of my previous post – there’s a lot of interaction between the peoples of Dragon Pass, Prax, and the Holy Country. Many leading Sartarite families have married Esrolians, many Goldentongue merchants…
Yanioth
It should be of no surprise that Yanioth is one of my favorite pregens. She’s no fighter, with no combat skills beyond an axe she can’t actually use with her shield (but…
Vasana Ernaldoring
Vasana Ernaldoring is one of those who fought in the Hero Wars. We know of her largely through the saga about her life attributed to Sorala Tor, a scribe who followed Argrath…
Cults of Runequest series
These are the six books so far printed that are the results so far of the Cults of Runequest series. I’m including Red Book of Magic because it is the result of…
What are the Hero Wars?
As the books repeatedly say, the backdrop for RuneQuest is the Hero Wars. But what the heck is that? The Hero Wars has at its core the conflict between Orlanth and the…
Exploring Glorantha
RuneQuest operates on many levels. It is a fantasy RPG where we can have fantasy adventures in a mythic Bronze Age world of tribes and empires, with gods, cults, and spirits. You…
Casting Magic in RuneQuest
Most RuneQuest magic has a two step process: 1. You see if you cast the spell by rolling against the appropriate Rune (for Rune magic), against your POWx5 (for spirit magic) or…
RuneQuest Styles of Play
One of the things that keeps me inspired about RuneQuest is that it supports so many different styles of play. One game might be about fighting in battles along side demigods and…
Dragon Pass Encounters
Stuck for what to encounter and want a Dragon Pass randomizer? Just roll a D20:
GMing RuneQuest #2
Here’s another tip that might help in GMing RQ games. Remember that RQ combat, unlike D&D or most computer games, is not attritional. Once a combatant strikes a good blow that gets…
GMing RuneQuest #1
A few tips for GMing RuneQuest: Addendum