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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...

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Air 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...

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Exogamy 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...

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Can 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...

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The 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...

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Spirit 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...

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A 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...

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Scenario 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...

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Gloranthan 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...

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Arfritha 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?

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Upcoming 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,...

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Different 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...

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LM 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...

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Does 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?

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Coming 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...

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Aeolian 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...

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The 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...

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Dragonrise 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?

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Gyffur’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....

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Esrola, 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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