Guilds
In response to the question whether RQ has too strong social commitment for its characters (I think it doesn't, BTW), I started researching the origin of guilds and similar fraternities. These...
View ArticleBurial rituals in Glorantha
Hi all, For my incoming campaign, I need to know what are the burial rituals of the people in Generalta. Especially, I would like the differences, on this matter, between the Orlanthi, the Yelmalions,...
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Old School RQ Pack ready for KS backers to download
The "Old School RuneQuest Pack" (including Greg Stafford's unpublished scenario "The Sea Cave") is ready to download if you backed it - look out for your email from Rick letting you know what to do to...
View ArticleGreg, MAR Barker, Glorantha, and Tekumel
I'm curious if Greg and MAR Barker ever crossed paths? Both men developed elaborate fictional universes leading up to the 1970s with comprehensive mythologies etc that were entirely divorced from the...
View ArticleA Question About Heortling Steads
Hi all. I'm in the process of getting ready to run a Glorantha game using RQ Classic rules (so many fond memories), and after browsing through the old HeroQuest books I've decided I'm mostly going to...
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New (old) Greg Stafford adventure: The Sea Cave
Rick has found another previously-unpublished Old School gem to add to the RuneQuest Classic Kickstarter... "The Sea Cave", a medium level adventure for 4-8 players by Greg Stafford, added free as...
View ArticleBig Rubble
Has anyone got any news on this (i.e. new product for HQG, not the old boxed set or the Moon Design reissue)? I've put it in my post about upcoming Gloranthan products as something that hasn't been...
View ArticleMostali Mytho-Tech ... ?
So. the Dwarves invented "iron" -- not "discovered" it as an ore, but "invented" it; presumably, a Heroquest (or more than one) was involved. Any details (and in which book(s)) as to the process for...
View ArticleHeroquest - Fallout
Lets say your Sartarite characters undertake a Heroquest with Sun Worshipers as the antagonists. In the quest they(Orlanth & some Thunder brothers) travel to Yelms palace to steal an item, and...
View ArticleGloranthan Maps & Images
Howdy, I keep nipping back to look at glorantha.com, but the image gallery is still no appearing in this film. Have we got a list of links or good online repository of images for Gloranthan stuff -...
View ArticleIdeas for New Character
Greetings! A rag tag group of adventurers is exploring the River of Cradles - we have a brutish Storm Bull and his trusty rhino, an adventurous Orlanthi, quick of tongue and a pious Humakti, eager to...
View ArticleOrlanth Slays Aroka - Heroquest Glorantha Session Report
I posted this over on the Google+ Glorantha page, but I thought I might share it here as well. I ran a game of Heroquest for a group of Glorantha newbies last week: a quest to drive off Daga and...
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A bit of updated Imther
Prompted by Hervé Carteau's note in the G+ forum, Quote Harald, you should get the Imther material lined up for rebirth too: cheese, cranky mostali who speak shakespearian english, orlantio the...
View ArticleSyphon River and Bullpen
I'm doing some research for my next adventure and have a few questions. Since the Syphon river travels backwards, do storm bullers or other chaos fighters, use the river to travel to the footprint or...
View ArticleThree Feathered Rivals: Making a bad thing good. Game write up.
I've been keeping notes on a PBP game over on rpol.net that's been running for a few years and shall stick them here for perusal if anyone's interested. I love reading other folks and saw Lawrence...
View ArticleTermites in the Wastes?
From the description of Prax, huge areas are covered by dry grasses. That means there is a lot of dry vegetation that accumulates whenever seasonal humidity initiates another spurt of growth, only to...
View Article"Ecology" in the Wastes
@Joerg's post Termites in the Wastes http://basicroleplaying.org/topic/4425-termites-in-the-wastes/ reminded me of the critter section for the upcoming Prax book. Initially I was a bit daunted that I...
View ArticleVASSAL Glorantha
The latest Vassal Engine update reminded me that their may be newcomers here with Dragon Pass and/or Nomad Gods that don't know about this. What is Vassal? Vassal is a game engine for building and...
View ArticleJames Frusetta's Wonderhome site
As an unfortunated hard drive crash wiped out my copy of it, I was wondering if great James Frusetta's Wonderhome (http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~gerakkag/rq.html) site had been archived somewhere....
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