Gloranthan Novel in Disguise
Has anyone read Queen's Heir by John Boyle? It is billed as 'A fantasy set amongst the Hittites at the end of the Bronze Age', but it's essentially a novel set in Glorantha, with Hittites for...
View ArticlePopulation Density: Dragon Pass & Holy Country
Here are Jeff's FB notes on population density for Dragon Pass & Holy Country. Sartar So to get a feel for population density, a rough eyeball for Sartar (including the Dragonewt Wilds and the Far...
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The dome of a Sun Dome Temple
Jeff recently posted about the Sun Dome of Sartar: ‘With a dome approximately 30 meters in diameter, the Sun Dome Temple stands some 45 meters high, making it larger than the Dome of the Rock in...
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[WIP] Mapping Sylthi
As some folks may remember, I've been working on Esrolia material. I shared this rough draft map over on the Facebook groups recently, and thought some of y'all who don't get over there often may...
View ArticleCommunity as Character
I loved the concept of Community as Character introduced in Six Seasons in Sartar. It seems such a good replacement, in RQ:G, for the community system used in HQ. Has anybody else taken up the...
View ArticleNochet Boldhome: Tour operator
Hy guys I have a big (for me, ridiculous for other, of course) project I will share with you when I will be enough ready (impostor syndrome effect + bad english effect, I will never be ready) And I...
View ArticleGloranthan Martial Arts
Any literature on any named fighting styles in Glorantha particularly unarmed styles?
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Dicebreaker article: classic board games White Bear & Red Moon and Nomad Gods...
"Two board games created by late RuneQuest designer Greg Stafford and set in the fantasy world of Glorantha are returning to print for the first time in several decades, with the potential for an...
View ArticleYoung God
(Gathering Thunder spoiler, sorry!) Spoiler I am confused- what might the Young God be that is the colossal man who some see when the Boat Planet rises in the Sky? Is it just an aspect of the Boat...
View ArticleSightseeing in Glorantha
One of my preferred readings from Antiquity is the Description of Greece, where the 2nd century Greek traveler Pausanias describes many cities, buildings, statues and sceneries along with historical...
View ArticleNon-Gloranthan Media That Reminds You Of Glorantha
Pretty straightforward: what's some non-Gloranthan media (games, TV shows, comics, novels, paintings, graffiti, advertisements, whatever) that evokes Glorantha to you? For me, the webcomic Kill Six...
View ArticleGloranthan Kaiju
We all know about the Crimson Bat and the Mother of Monsters--what other gigantic god-beasts stomp around Glorantha, looking for grudge matches? The Guide to Glorantha mentions Monster Island, with...
View ArticleBelintar
More interesting comments from Jeff, this time re: Belintar A few notes on Belintar that folk might find interesting: Belintar was a wise and beneficent being, with no grudge against the innocent, and...
View ArticleThe Lore of Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind
Spoilers, obviously. If you want to wait until the game comes out on your medium of choice to play it, you should probably stay away from this thread until then. I'm still essentially a Glorantha...
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Jar Eel the Razoress in Bronze: Sculpture by Eric Vanel
RPGs elevated to fine art: sculptor Eric Vanel has cast Gloranthan hero Jar Eel the Razoress in bronze, in the 'heroic nude' style of classical antiquity. This magnificent work is for sale.
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Out now in Print and PDF: A Rough Guide to Glamour (maintenant en français...
Now available from the Chaosium’s Jonstown Compendium webstore: the revised and expanded Rough Guide to Glamour....
View ArticleQueen Samastina
I noticed Jeff mentioned in another thread that Queen Samastina spent time in Dosakayo in Melib. I would like to ask...when and why did she go there? and what happened while she was there?
View ArticleUpdate about POD releases on Jonstown Compendium
Please note that until further notice OneBookShelf, who run DriveThruRPG, has asked us (Chaosium) not to approve and pass on to them any further Print-On-Demand requests for community content. This is...
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Art in the Cults Book
For those who don't have Facebook accounts: Uleria by Loïc Muzy A Yelornan, by Loïc Muzy: Lodril, by Loïc Muzy: Grain Goddesses, by Loïc Muzy: Humakt, by Loïc Muzy:
View ArticleWhat Were the Talastarings Before the Dawn?
A fairly quick question: The Talastarings were contacted by the Unity Council around 100 after the Dawn, and maintained relations/joined them after that. They seem to have organized from nine clans to...
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