Episodes

In this episode of the Glorantha Initiation Series we chat with Amber and Christian, from DMs After Dark! We mention using Glorantha’s unique character concepts to lure players into a new campaign, collecting too many books, different game styles and pacing, sharing narrative control, managing sensitive topics, skipping elements of the lore, old school vs new school dungeon crawling, and of course wolves!

A new episode is out but Joerg still doesn’t have his replacement laptop so there are no detailed show notes again! Our Guest We welcome the ever prolific Austin Conrad back on the show to…

Show Notes Joerg is still without a computer, so not only are there no detailed show notes again, but he’s not here to stop me from giving a clickbaity title to this episode! Because, indeed,…

This time we interview Gloranthan newcomer Joel Bridge, who thinks we’re intimidating but also nice! Joel is originally from New Jersey but currently lives in San Diego. You can find Joel on Discord as @sirjamesfriendofthecolonel,…

Our Guests For this episode, we have Nick Brooke and Simon Bray as our guests to talk about Simon’s book Furthest, Crown Jewel of Lunar Tarsh, and about what goes on in Lunar Tarsh in…

Put on your best hat, because it’s time for some Gloranthan freeforms! David Hall, Kevin Jacklin, and Joerg explain to Ludo what a freeform is, and how to play in one. We chat about gaming history, conventions, Tales of the Reaching Moon, strategically placed clouds, and more!

For this new initiation series episode we are happy to welcome Aaron King! Show Notes Things we discuss in this episode include: Credits The intro music is “Dancing Tiger” by Damscray. The outro music is…

We finally have Jeff Richard on the show, talking all things Cults of RuneQuest, the revisions of Glorantha material, and even a surprise lore auction!

It’s time for another Glorantha Initiation episode! We welcome Matt, who talks about RQ2 vs RQG, implied vs incomplete settings, character creation systems, and more!

We finally talk about 13th Age Glorantha, with guests Becca and Evan from Iconic Production! We look at 13AG’s strengths, compare it to RuneQuest and Questworlds, and plunder it for cool mechanics to use in other TTRPG games!

Joerg and Ludo welcome Austin Conrad, of Monster of the Month fame, to talk about making up your own cults! We chat about the different types of cults, bounce random ideas for new cults, look at Hrunda from Austin’s “To Hunt A God”, and more!

Ludo talks to Bryon Ross without any Joerg present. Bryon is a long time RuneQuest lover, but he played mostly with the Fantasy Earth setting until the release of the RuneQuest Quickstart in 2017. We rant about the setting’s depth, editing issues, session prep, and more!