Remember: A big exception to this are the cities built by Sartar and Wilms, which were designed to mitigate a lot of this – especially Boldhome, which is arguably the best designed…
Tag: Wilmskirk (small city)
History of Orlanthi Cities
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
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…
Wilmskirk II
Boldhome is a big city, at some 10,000 people it is the second biggest city in Dragon Pass. The other cities founded by Sartar and his family are smaller – between 2100…
Thoughts on city size
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
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…
Gold-Gotti – Wolf Pirate & Wilmskirk
As I have said many times, I feel no desire to have materials I wrote for the HeroQuest line restrict what we do with RuneQuest. Since I wrote Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes…
Wilmskirk I
I know that people focus on Pavis, Jonstown, and Boldhome in their games – and probably in that order. But Wilmskirk is definitely worth a look. This was Wilms the Artist’s first…
Greg’s First writings about Sartar
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…