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Dragon Pass: The Return of Argrath and the Lunar Empire Wars

Posted on November 15, 2023

This was the name of the second edition of the board game previously called White Bear and Red Moon. This board game was the origin of Sartar, the Lunar Empire, and the…

Notes on Androgeus

Posted on June 9, 2023

One of the more enigmatic entities in Time is Androgeus, who is a very ancient being that has no cult. Here’s the earliest appearance of Androgeus (called Androgyne) in a story circa…

Beat-Pot Aelwrin

Lunar Hero Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 14 2023 Prosopaedia entry Wyrm’s Footnotes #3 18 1977 Rune Units White Bear / Red Moon 1975

Argrath

Hero Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 9 2023 Prosopaedia entry Glorantha Sourcebook 206 2018 None listed In Heroes of The Hero Wars Dragon Pass 1983 None listed Counter Wyrm’s Footnotes…

Androgeus

Hero of the Suffering Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 7 2023 Prosopaedia entry Glorantha Sourcebook 209 2018 None listed In Heroes of The Hero Wars Dragon Pass 18 1983 None…

Heracles on the Argos

Posted on November 15, 2022

If you are playing in the RQ Campaign, sooner or later your player characters are going to cross paths with the likes of Harrek, Prince Argrath, Gunda, the Feathered Horse Queen, Jaldon…

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…

Notes on Beat-Pot Aelwrin

Posted on October 2, 2022

Beat-Pot Aelwrin is one of my favorite capital “H” Heroes, and IMO the most interesting Lunar Hero (as opposed to Heroine). Here’s WBRM: Beat-Pot anticipates Danfive Xaron – the redemptive power of…

Drivers of the Hero Wars IV

Posted on October 1, 2022

The last of our four main drivers of the Hero Wars is Jar-eel the Razoress, the Lunar superheroine. She was first introduced in White Bear & Red Moon: Let’s not think of…

Drivers of the Hero Wars III

Posted on October 1, 2022

The Red Emperor first appeared in White Bear & Red Moon as: I still think this is a workable description of the Red Emperor. There are many mysteries around the various people…

Drivers of the Hero Wars II

Posted on October 1, 2022

Harrek the Berserk is another of the four main driving forces of the Hero Wars. Here’s how he gets introduced in WBRM: Again, we have plenty of latitude for interpreting Harrek. Was…

Drivers of the Hero Wars I

Posted on October 1, 2022

Prince Argrath is one of the four big movers driving the Hero Wars forward. To get a handle on him, it is worth looking at the very first presentation of Prince Argrath…

White Bear & Red Moon and Belintar

Posted on July 26, 2021

Armed with this information you now know about Belintar, the Sartar Dynasty, and the Masters of Luck and Death, things can get really interesting.

First publication of Moon Boats

Posted on June 14, 2021

Does anyone recall of hand the first published mention of Lunar moon boats. I recall them being present in special expansion to WBRM, but can’t find the reference and might be misremembering…

What is White Bear & Red Moon?

Posted on March 4, 2021

So you might be wondering what is with all these posts referring to White Bear & Red Moon? As I work on the RQ Campaign book, the connection between it and WBRM…

Lunar Exotics

Posted on March 4, 2021

This description from White Bear / Red Moon is still pretty much the case, 45 years later! THE RED EMPEROR was one in a long line of wizard kings, responsible only to…

The Sartar Army

Posted on March 4, 2021

I’ve posted earlier versions of this before, but I think this might be interesting to some. This is the edited and revised overview of the Sartar Army for the forthcoming reprint of…

White Bear & Red Moon – The Walktapus (1977)

Originally published in Wyrm’s Footnotes #2 (1977) by Greg Stafford A WALKTAPUS is a creature of Chaos, spawned in unholy and downright disgusting union between two widely divergent species. Ordinarily such a…

White Bear & Red Moon – Map Scale (1977)

Originally published in “Wanderlore” in Wyrm’s Footnotes #2 by Greg Stafford “What is the scale of the map?” The scale is based upon ancient records still extant today, and the game is…

White Bear & Red Moon – Prisoners (1976)

Originally published in Wyrm’s Footnotes #1 (1976) by Greg Stafford Taking Prisoners There is a certain ignominy, perhaps even a touch of evil, attached to sacrificing your own followers to gain the…

White Bear & Red Moon – In Defense of Superheroes (1978)

by Greg Stafford Originally published in Wargaming #3 (1978) Comments on the Reality of Individuals worth Four Regiments Some protest has been lodged about the value of Superheroes in the game White…

Battle of Heroes

Posted on October 7, 2020

Here’s my official WBRM style overview of the Battle of Heroes in 1628. I did it Greg style – I played it out on the board! The Battle of Heroes Background Following…

Jaldon Toothmaker

Waha Hero Cult Jaldon was a famous Rune Lord of a previous age who managed to unify all of the tribes to help in the destruction of the Empire of the Wyrms…

Sisters of Mercy

Chalana Arroy Subcult This sisterhood of goddesses are Chalana Arroy’s daughters, adopted or otherwise. Malamse, Oronio, and Amprefesne are the three Holy Sisters most often invoked. Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph…

An early map of the Lunar Empire (2013)

This isn’t going into the Guide, but is presented to show how much Gloranthan geography has evolved since 1975. This is one of Greg’s original maps of the Lunar Empire and beyond….

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