Journey to Jonstown #75: independent Gloranthan creations from the Dark Side of the Moon and beyond

The Jonstown Compendium continues to amaze with spectacular independent content created by fans of the world of Glorantha. If you find something you like, give it a star rating or even a review!

Dark Side of the Moon
Nick Brooke, Katrin Dirim, Chris Gidlow, Mike Hagen, Greg Stafford, Jeff Erwin, Margaret Gill ($19.95/$35.95/$47.95, 141 page PDF and POD formats)

A collection of Lunar apocrypha compiled by the authors of the Platinum best-seller A Rough Guide to Glamour, lavishly illustrated throughout by award-winning Cults of RuneQuest artist Katrin Dirim.

RuneQuest Gloranthan Heroes - Character Sheets
Simon Bray ($1.95, 4 page PDF)

By popular request, Simon Bray presents character sheets for RuneQuest. Not just any character sheets, but easy read, not cluttered, and accessibly laid out character sheets for all your RQ Needs. Each sheet is two pages long, all core skills, abilities and magic are on the front sheet. The back sheet has space for mounts, spirits, equipment, wealth, epic sagas, doodled portraits and more skills.

The Winter King
Brian Duguid ($6.99, 37 page PDF)

A snow storm rises upon the hills. A fire demon is freed from its prison. The Winter King comes, seeking those who will travel on the Other Side to drive back the enemies of Winter.

This short adventure takes the adventurers on a Heroquest into the heart of Winter itself - to the very northernmost edge of the world, Valind's kingdom. The default starting point is the Starfire Ridges, in Colymar lands in the kingdom of Sartar, but the adventure can be adapted and located anywhere a winter storm might occur.

DuckPac - Book 4: The Quackford Terror & Other Stories
Drew Baker, Neil Gibson, Frank Montellano ($18.00/$35.00, 164 page PDF and POD format)

Lead the Durulz Tribe and their allies through epic challenges and reclaim their destiny with thrilling new scenarios, immersive lore, and essential game guides. This book contains three campaign scenarios, 'The Fettered Oak', 'The Burden of Proof', and 'The Quackford Terror', plus a dozen plot hooks for the gamemaster to develop, a Gazetteer for Duck Vale and its surrounding area, notes on the Upland Marsh, Delecti, and the relationship with the Durulz, and speculation on Durulz society and even an epicurean Uz manuscript.

Night at the Sunshine Inn
Dustin Olson, Swords of Justice Publication (Pay-What-You-Want, 14 page PDF)

Several seasons have passed since the adventurers began building their legend in Dragon Pass. Little do they know that a skittering corruption lies beneath the surface. They want revenge for Mernyr’s Landing and will go to any lengths to get it.

This scenario occurs after 'A Rough Landing' chapter in the RuneQuest Starter Set.

Kalayde Waters
Sean Fitzgerald ($11.99, 81 page PDF)

Two young lovers, engaged to be married, have gone missing and are assumed dead. The families have an old and bitter rivalry and now one has accused the other of secret murder, bringing a lawsuit at the yearly Thing which if proven could result in bankruptcy and outlawry, or blood feud and kinstrife. Can the adventurers find evidence to mount a successful defense and prevent more bloodshed and violence?

This scenario is set in central Sartar but can be adapted moved to any location near a river or stream.

Vol. 5 — Land of the Giants (RuneQuest)
Ian A. Thomson & Friends, inc., Simon Phipp, James Holden, Martin Crim, Joerg Baumgartner, Graeme Prowse, Oliver Bernuetz, Mark Grelb, Rob Marcus, Gerard Crowe, Stephen Lucek, Steve Dornan, Clive Wickens ($24.95, 337 page PDF)

The Pavis & Big Rubble Companion - Director's Cut Vol 5. [The 'Pavis Grand Plan' campaign, developed with the assistance of Greg Stafford.] This book continues the unfolding campaign, with three main sections whose contents include People of the Zola Fel Valley; The Masks of Pavis; Prax & Beyond.

Red Moon and Warring Kingdoms (13th Age Glorantha)
Evan Franke (FREE - 346 page PDF)

Seeking Lunar Heroes! On a lost and forgotten frontier of the Lunar Empire, the Lunar City-States of Arrolia face an existential threat as the western kingdoms of Fronela descend into war.

The Kingdom of War – after a century of magical isolation, Fronela was taken unaware by the appearance of a bloodthirsty land obsessed with conquest and beholden to one hundred gods of war: the Kingdom of War! Led by Lord Death on a Horse and his consort, the witch Ezdene, city after city has fallen. The great Janube River runs with blood, and the lost Lunar City-States are next!

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a 13th Age Glorantha product. While there's plenty of system-neutral content, it only contains mechanics that are compatible with 13th Age.

Riskland Maps
Anders Tonnberg ($5.27, 8 page PDF)

An essential resource for exploring the rich landscape of Riskland: a collection of detailed maps, including the Riskland Regions Map highlighting various zones such as Belini, Skanthi, and Dorastaland, and the Riskland Full Maps with and without 6 km hexes for in-depth exploration.

Riskland Codex
Anders Tonnberg ($5.27, 20 page PDF)

Further guidance for those exploring the realms that been charted in the Riskland Maps. All locations are cross-referenced to the specific page for easy navigation.

Ernaldori & Colymar Map Pack
Lee O'Connor ($5.99, 6 page PDF)

A collection of colourful, quirky and simple, hand-drawn maps of the Ernaldori Clan lands and the wider Colymar Tribe lands in Sartar, each one including all of their borders and neighbouring territories marked. For Sartarites are a quarrelsome bunch and always feuding with their neighbours, so it helps to know who they are and where the border lies!

Polyonymous and The Stalker: Monsters for RuneQuest
J. Lambert ($0.99, 2 page PDF)

Polyonymi are big, strong, ferocious, and almost always have backup. You better take it down before it calls for reinforcements. Mind the teeth and tail, too.

The Stalker will follow your adventurer from afar and wait for its ideal moment to strike. Its dangerous from both ends and gets more dangerous as the fight goes on. Don't let the bell fool you; you'll never hear it coming.

More Painted Runes
Zed Nope ($5.00, 39 images)

A collection of thirteen common runes, painted in watercolours and scanned at an oversize resolution for maximum versatility as design elements. the runes included in this set are:Chaos, Cold, Malignant Earth, Illusion, Law, Light, Luck, Magic, Mastery, Plant, Spirit, Trade, Undead.

Shrine To Yinkin - Original Artwork
Zed Nope (Pay-What-You_Want, 1 image)

Colour pencil artwork depicting cats visiting a wooden shrine built by a local village to honour Yinkin.

Corallendar 2025
Dario Corallo ($3.16, 24 page PDF)

Artist Dario Corallo presents a calendar for 2025 featuring covers from various Jonstown Compendium projects. 

RQ Master Index v2
John Malcolm ($3.00, 184 page PDF)

Created as a simpler way of seeing what each book covers "without having to pore through their individual index pages... It is cool seeing just how much information there is on certain subjects spread throughout so many fantastic books." Includes entries for the recently-released Lands of RuneQuest: Dragon Pass.

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