Unnatural Selections #92: RuneQuest Starter Set is 'perfection in a box', and now 33% off!

The 'Unnatural Selections' series is our regular round up of notable Chaosium reviews worth a look.

Last week we added the RuneQuest Starter Set to our 2024 Warehouse Sale - it's now 33% off ($19.99). It was released to great acclaim in 2021; here's a selection of what reviewers have said about it between then and now (more reviews here and here and here).

• "Perfection in a Box: Chaosium’s RuneQuest team has nailed it! Raising the bar to new heights, they have put together a Starter Set that other companies can only dream of emulating. One with concisely written and focused rules, in easy to understand language supported by copious examples and just the right amount of lore to whet your appetite, yet enough to give you a firm sense of the world in which you are about to embark. It’s further bolstered by a SoloQuest explicitly designed to teach new players the rules along with three adventures intended to gradually build a player’s knowledge through experiential learning. And we cannot forget all the other goodies you get in the box as well. All of this at an affordable price!" — Rolling Boxcars.

• "If you've wanted to try out RuneQuest, this is the product for you. If you're a GM wanting to get into something more about a deep, profound spiritual world than killing monsters and taking their stuff, buy it." — OzRPGDice.

• "This starter set is outstanding... I recommend it highly to anyone who enjoys fantasy RPGs and wants to try a long-lived unique setting and well tested rules." — Charles Dunwoody 'Played It' Review, EN World.

• "A gentle learning curve for Glorantha... I have no idea what more Chaosium could do to make the game easier to get into short of sending out RuneQuest referees to go door-to-door offering introductory sessions." — Refereeing & Reflection.

• "This is truly an amazing product. On so many levels. I think, most importantly, it showcases Chaosium's approach to their business and consumers. Game companies aren't forced to do Starter Sets like this. And they usually don't. Chaosium makes products for fans." — RPG Imaginings.

• "The perfect introduction to RuneQuest... it really does set a standard by which other starter sets are going to be measured. Chaosium did that already with the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, now it has done it again with the RuneQuest Starter Set." — Reviews from R'lyeh.

• "It is the best RPG boxed set I've seen, and certainly the best value. Honestly, if you are into RPGs at all, you need to pick this up. You will regret it if you don't." — M.T. Black, best-selling RPG author (Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus), DM's Guild.

• “I really wish this something like this had been doing when I first encountered RuneQuest and Glorantha back in 19 [cough, cough]. A 24-page primer giving me all I need would have been a huge boon as I learned the system while still showing that it only scratched the surface of the magical and mythic sides... It’s a great way to be introduced to Greg’s world and a most useful addition to anybody new to RunQuest. Bravo.”— Chaosiana.

Get your own copy of the RuneQuest Starter Set! USD$29.99 $19.99 (33% off), price includes PDF:
https://www.chaosium.com/runequest-starter-set