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WHAT IS RUNEQUEST?— PART ONE: Four features that help make RuneQuest distinct among other roleplaying games
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Jun 2018
Here are four features that help make RuneQuest distinct among other roleplaying games:1. Mythic Adventure — RuneQuest began in Glorantha. Its influences are Bronze Age cultures where the relationship between mortals and the gods are much stronger. Rather than being myths, the deeds and actio
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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #2: Chaosium interviews Michelle Lockamy
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 4th Jun 2018
Lynne Hardy interviews 13th Age Glorantha and RuneQuest artist Michelle Lockamy for Women in Tabletop Gaming MonthSerious ones first:1.What is your background? I studied illustration and business
at Moore College of Art and Design. Now I work as a gallery manager and
exhibition coordinator at a Ph
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Welcome to RuneQuest: a new video series introducing the new edition with Jeff and Jason
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 2nd Jun 2018
This is the first video in a new series from Chaosium, in which Creative Director Jeff Richard, and RuneQuest Line Editor Jason Durall explore RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha, the all-new edition of one of the world’s most influential and acclaimed fantasy roleplaying ga
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Get ready for the premiere of RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA on Twitch TV today!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th May 2018
Get ready for the premiere of RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA! Coming up today (May 28, 8pm EST) on Twitch TV. Gritty bronze age mythic RPG action with Encounter Roleplay and Chaosium! Watch here: https://www.twitch.tv/encounterroleplay
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Don't forget, in RuneQuest when adventurers are slaughtered or run screaming, the Monsters get experience rolls too...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd May 2018
Sage advice from the "Grand Shaman of Games" Greg Stafford, way back in 1978*. Come and check out the new Chaosium edition of RuneQuest in its Twitch TV premiere, May 28th at 8PM EST! Presented by Encounter Roleplay.*"The RuneQuest RPG deliberately eschews the concept that the player
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Exciting news! Encounter Roleplay to stream the Premiere Twitch Event of RuneQuest—May 28th at 8pm EST!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 19th May 2018
Exciting news - Encounter Roleplay will be streaming the Premiere Twitch Event of RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha—May 28th at 8pm EST!Featuring the roleplaying talents of @bluejay_712, @therealjimdavis, @JPruInc, @EncounterRP and Chaosium's own @richaje!Watch here: https
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Jeff Richard and Kalin Kadiev are guests at the Eternal Convention this weekend
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th May 2018
This weekend, Chaosium creative director Jeff Richard and Glorantha artist extraordinaire Kalin Kadiev (Prince of Sartar webcomic, 13th Age Glorantha, The Glorantha Sourcebook, Wyrms Footnotes) are attending The Eternal Convention at Burg Stahleck, the gloriously picturesque
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We've sold out all our events at Gen Con, so we now need more GMs!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th May 2018
With 80 days to go to Gen Con 2018, Chaosium has 3/5ths of the GMs we need to cover out commitment. That's right on par with our recruitment efforts last year. Awesome!Of our 500+ table-hours, we sold nearly every ticket in just three days after event registration opened—all but two events now are d
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