Playing Sandy's Glorantha the Gods War
My Chaosium colleague Andrew received his copy of GLORANTHA: THE GODS WAR, so he, me, Susan, and some board gaming buddies gave Sandy's epic board game a go last night. A resounding victory by the...
View ArticleAir and Mammals
It's no secret that the most prominent Storm Peoples out there are closely associated with pastoralism, and with ungulate herd mammals. They're obviously not the only ones associated with it, but...
View ArticleExogamy in the European late neolithic and early bronze age
Reading up on molecular biology and its impact on archaeologly I came across this article which confirms findings from a female burial that came up in connection with the battle of the Tollense...
View ArticleCan we have Higher Resolution Argan Argar Atlas PDF?
Hi, AAA PDF's resolution is pretty bad. Can you update it with Higher Resolution version? Map legends can't be read, but I know there is a separate download for a readable one. If this is the only...
View ArticleThe Seven Mothers' Lightbringer Quest
Look, it is reductionist God Learner madness to think the Seven Mothers performed the Lightbringer Quest as part of the creation of the Red Goddess.... Unless they did. If they did, which role did...
View ArticleSpirit World and Magic
I can't wrap my head around the Spirit World and magic. As far as I understand, contrary to HQ1 times, the Spirit World, Gods World and Sorcerous World/World of Forms/whatever are actually different...
View ArticleA Lexicon of Magical Worlds
LEXICON Hero Plane: This plane exists simultaneously in the temporal Middle World and the eternal Gods World (and sometimes the Underworld). There live legendary beings, including worshiped heroes or...
View ArticleScenario ideas for Dwarf Knoll?
So I want to prepare a scenario set in or around the oasis Dwarf Knoll. ToRM#14 includes some informations concerning this area. I guess it isn't mentioned elsewhere in extensive detail? What strange...
View ArticleGloranthan Timelines - Generational Perspective
In my campaign I have long wanted a view of Gloranthan history from a perspective of an ordinary people who might only think about just a few years back, in my father's day, when my grandfather was...
View ArticleArfritha Vale
I've found some general info on Arfritha Vale, but not so much on specifics like Red Bird Fort or Famous Bell. Does anyone remember if there is anything published somewhere, maybe in some fanzine?
View ArticleUpcoming Glorantha publications
This is a totally unofficial list that I put together myself over on the Glorantha G+ group. So details may be wrong but a lot of this has been officially confirmed (e.g. that the product is planned,...
View ArticleDifferent forms of theism?
The modern form of Orlanthi theism with sacrifice was not what e.g. the Vingkotlings did to contact their deities. According to Heortling Mythology, it was Hantrafal who created the method that became...
View ArticleLM sorcery... and Orlanth
Sorry if this has been discussed elsewhere. Lhankor Mhy teaches sorcery to its initiates (possibly also Lay Members... sorcery isn't really that much of a secret, after all... Just complex). And once...
View ArticleDoes meteoric iron still exist in Glorantha?
I remember there being some random encounter in the Griffin Island set where meteoroids fall from the sky and you can find various metals, iron included. Does meteoric iron still exist in Glorantha?
View ArticleComing of age initiation for a future Babeester Gor Initiate
Hi all. I have a player who is thinking about playing a female warrior, and he likes Babeester Gor cult. My players will start as no adults, so I have the dilemma of which coming of age initiation...
View ArticleAeolian Church - Heortland
Can anyone tell me a little more about the Aeolian Church’s magic and how to play it? I just started my RQ2 campaign and it’s in Heortland. Jansholm is the base city with Aelbreht as the Bishop of...
View ArticleThe Gods War board game - spare copy
I hope that I'm not breaking any rules here (I saw a selling post in Alastor's Skull Inn but figured it would reach the target audience a lot more effectively here). The Kickstarter for Sandy...
View ArticleDragonrise diagram in the Guide
Anyone understand or know various constellation symbols/runes on the dragonrise diagram in the Guide to Glorantha vol.2 pp. 735?
View ArticleGyffur’s Hidden Gale
This is probably a Sartarite rebel warband. It's mentioned in The Eleven Lights on p. 166 as being part of Kallyr's Candle Dancers: “It is those rebel bands who fought with Kallyr during the Shiprise....
View ArticleEsrola, Heler, and Elmal
For a while, I've been wanting a version of the Marriage Contest between Heler and Elmal. It's an important myth, especially if you're playing with the Red Cows, since they and the Dolutha are...
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