RuneQuest Starter Set

The quality of the box and contents is top notch, at this price point is is honestly a steal. There's a ton of content in there, you get everything you can possibly want to start your Glorantha experience. Being completely new to Glorantha myself, this is the perfect product for someone like me. The only criticism I have is that all the pregens have the female character with super-high Charisma scores and notes in their play style of "you should be the leader" , "take charge" etc which is a shame. I think there should be an even spread of high Charisma characters, especially considering the amount of pregens provided (14), and each player should make their own mind up as to whether or not they want to be the leader. For this I have dropped one star, as this mars and otherwise perfect product. Still, highly recommended, this is a fantastic box.

The RuneQuest Glorantha Starter Set is the Gold Standard for rpg starter sets. It's beginner friendly but also an attractive buy for longtime RuneQuest fans.

Perfect. If you are like me, and have loved Glorantha for years, but wondered how you could get new folks into both the RQ game and the setting, here is your answer. Packed with product, full of imagery to catch interest, and not too overwhelming. I can't say enough good things. I wish this was around in 1985 when I was starting my exploration of Glorantha. Get this set!

This is gorgeus and could easily have been one of the best starter sets ever. Sadly, it just doesn't hold up when it comes to the truly important parts. Of the adventures, I've only ran A Rough Landing, but since that is recommended as the first one (after the SoloQuest) these criticisms should be seen as pretty severe. To begin with, the adventure text itself is just a pain to work with. It's very hard to run without rewriting the entire text in your own notes. A starter set should ideally require the GM to just take a few notes and have it's adventure text condensed and easy to reference. Then we have the problems that become paintfully clear when you start playing, at least if everyone is new to the game. The pregen sheets are very pretty, but that's it. Here comes just a few problems we had with them: - Why isn't there a line to write your current HP for the different body parts? - Why doesn't Mago have the stat block for the Air elemental he can summon? - Why isn't Fist, Kick and Grapple on the character sheets? The first scene in the first adventure makes it highly likely that the characters will get into a brawl. But the relevant skills aren't printed and the adventure gives no guidance on how to run a brawl where the weapons don't come out. (It in fact just says "If an adventurer attacks with Fist or Grapple") Some of this may be seen as minor points, but combine frustrations with the sheet itself, omitting needed skills and a highly anti-playable adventure text - what you get is NOT a great set up for players enjoying their first time in RuneQuest Glorantha. I've seen so many glowing reviews of this, which is why I felt that I needed to write mine. Be warned, that for us, as a group new to RQG, the starter set looked great but failed us when it came to what really mattered - the play itself.

Where do i start? There is literally a lot to unpack. Stunning maps. Loadsa choice from an abundance of prerolled PC's. Over 250 pages of rules, background, adventures. Most games would call that a core rule book. Everything you will need to start a campaign in Glorantha. Truly epic stuff and amazing value for money. In fact if bools 1&2 where available as a players pack or kit, my players would love it. Great stuff, keep it up.

Great simplified rules, great intro to Glorantha, great solo gamebook, great adventures, great maps, great pregens... ...poor to average adventures. The actual content of the adventures is average to good – but the form! Oh the form! The adventures are monstrously overwritten! The text bloat is immense – you'd have to write your own notes and run this from memory, it's almost impossible to use the text as a reference at the gaming table. I'm afraid the authors have no idea how to actually _write_ an adventure, have never seen a well-written one and are just winging it. It's basically short stories. This fills me with dread as to how further RQ adventures will look like (I've bought them all, haven't read them yet). If someone from Chaosium happens to read this... please take a look at the OSR scene and learn how to write an adventure. You have great ideas, terrible execution.

This is an amazingly good deal, the box is jam packed with rules, a wordbook, a solo quest, adventures, characters, character sheets, 3 nice big maps, handouts and even dice. My favorite bit is the soloquest, TBH, since you can play solo (obviously) and because it walks you through gameplay and even a big battle (the battle of dangerford)!

The Runequest Starter Set is a joy to own and I can't wait to introduce new people to Glorantha using it. It is packed full of beautiful materials and references, including some truly impressive cartography. One of the best starter products I have ever purchased.

Sometimes it is hard to determine if a rule system is for you and/or your gaming group. Starter sets really help alleviate that, even if some of the rules are streamlined for the starter. This starter set does just that. I have been reading the set and I am about to do the SoloQuest that is included. That is another bonus of this set, the SoloQuest looks like it will be a terrific way to make the rules stick. Worth the purchase! Plus, you get the PDFs included in the price.