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Out of the Suitcase #45: RuneQuest Advertising in (The) General...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Oct 2023
The above RQ3 advert is from The General Vol. 25, No. 2, page 5 (1989).Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.A few days ago I was asked about the Avalon Hill staff that worked on RuneQuest 3rd Edition (RQ3) products. From 1984 through 19
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Mark Smylie is the 2023 recipient of the Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Oct 2023
The Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom was established in November 2018 in memory of Chaosium's revered founder and original creative visionary Greg Stafford. With the blessing of Greg's family Chaosium will occasionally and irregularly present the award to recognise a significant an
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Out now in hardcover - Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Oct 2023
Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology168 pages, full color hardcover – $39.99*Also available in special leatherette version (a Chaosium.com exclusive) – $90.00*And at DriveThruRPG – $18.99*price includes PDF when purchased direct from Chaosium.com and Friendly Local Game Stores that are part of th
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Chaosium Interviews: Improvising a Scenario, with Jeff Richard
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Oct 2023
Your players arrive in one hour. What do you need to know to run a RuneQuest scenario?Chaosium's Jeff Richard shares some advice on how to quickly build a beginner RuneQuest scenario. He's talking to James Coquillat for our 'Chaosium Interviews' series on YouTube.
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RuneQuest community creators win at the 2023 Australian Role-Playing Industry Awards
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 5th Oct 2023
Congratulations to community creators Neil Gibson and Drew Baker, whose Jonstown Compendium RuneQuest title Highways and Byways - A Wayfarer's Companion won Best Cartography at this year's Australian Role-Playing Industry (ARPIA) Awards! Neil is shown here with their award. And c
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Journey to Jonstown #62: Ships & Shores of Southern Genertela is a feast for your eyes
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Sep 2023
"The lines have been cast off, the crew have pushed away from the quay with fending poles, and the sweeps are deployed until we catch the breeze...." Martin Helsdon's magnificent and magisterial Ships & Shores of Southern Genertela has just been released on the Jonstown Compendium.Winner o
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Journey to Jonstown #61: Old Pavis, the City that Time Forgot
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 4th Sep 2023
The city of Pavis, located on the fabled River of Cradles, is one of the RuneQuest TTRPG's oldest and most iconic settings. Explore it further with community content at the Jonstown Compendium!Old Pavis: The City that Time ForgotIan A. Thomson & Friends, including Peter Johanssen, R.
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Journey to Jonstown #60: Explore Furthest, the Crown Jewel of Lunar Tarsh!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th Aug 2023
Simon Bray's evocative artwork is familiar to RuneQuest, HeroQuest and Glorantha fans, appearing in such works as the Guide to Glorantha and Glorantha Sourcebook, and stretching all the way back through the Moon Design Publications era to that of the Reaching Moon Megacorp's fabled fanzine
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