HeroQuest Glorantha: coming to you in time for GenCon

[Robert]

I’m very pleased to see Heroquest and Glorantha getting some excellent treatment – not forgetting classic Runequest love as well

[Vaughan Cockell]

If our taster at Continuum is anything to go by, this edition has got character creation down really well, to a format that is empowering to players who know Glorantha but completely flexible and non-overwhelming to newcomers. Thanks, Jeff, for showcasing it!

[Simon Phipp]

I liked the character generation, although it had too many hard and fast rules, for my absolute taste. As a GM, I’d cut out the “You can only have …” and “You can’t have …” rules. I would also allow the players to have whatever names they wanted for the characters.

But, very easy, very straightforward and very usable.

[David Scott]

Hi Simon (@soltakss),

please be aware that the demo game was run hard and fast to fit it into the 4 hours we had. Normally character generation in my games is leisurely. “You can only have …” and “You can’t have …” rules were part of moving it on – quickly.

“I would also allow the players to have whatever names they wanted for the characters” – probably refers to my house rule of letting players veto each others name as not fitting in with the background – It’s not HQG, and in my experience has helped smooth out some problems i’ve encountered in my games.

Finally – I changed the HeroQuest challenge rules to produce more extreme results for better effect in a short game. I’m running this scenario with one of my groups and I’ve planned it to be three five hours sessions, we are only one session in! Cramming character gen and a scenario into such a short time did mean shortcuts were needed.

[Simon Phipp]

Thanks, @davidscott, that makes it clearer. The name thing was the fact that we had to be called “Someone, the something, of the somewhere”, so “Honara, the Grain-Mistress of the Golden Dancer”, which did not sit well with me.

But, it was a good character generation experience and a good scenario on the back of it.

[Bohemond]

Has there been any update about when Heroquest Glorantha will be released?

[Eklund]

Was mentioned September here:
https://plus.google.com/104121838095299424525/posts/CDuZbp5K1vU

[Bohemond]

Ok, thanks! It’s too bad it’s delayed, but the GtG is an excellent reason.

[Clive Griffiths]

And four weeks on, it’s gone awfully quiet ……

[Bohemond]

I know! The suspense is killing me.

[Mark Mohrfield]

The latest Kickstarter update states that Illuminates and higher will get a preview in the next few days.(Link)

[Clive Griffiths]

… whistles and drums his fingers impatiently …

[Peter Metcalfe]

Illuminates and higher have already received their preview.

[Paul]

I’m a little confused, Jeff opened this post saying that HeroQuest Glorantha wouldn’t be KS’d but backers are getting previews… did I miss a KS someplace?

[Mark Mohrfield]

Certain backers of the Guide to Glorantha Kickstarter, specifically those of Illuminate level or higher, are getting the preview.

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