The third instalment of this newsletter, and tardy Jörg’s first go at it.
Happening soon (or even right now)
As I am preparing this for publication, Gencon 2020 is happening online. All the games are full, but there is streaming of “stage events”, using the “Looking Glass” and other activities you’d usually do in person. There is discord to chat with other convention visitors, and more.
Chaosium News
Gloranthan Coins from Campaign Coins
Fresh “from GenCon”:
The people at Campaign Coins present:
“We are gearing up for #GenConOnline so here is our first new release: RuneQuest Coins, straight from the pages of Chaosium Inc’s The Guide to Glorantha. Find them at www.campaigncoins.com on Thursday 30th July 10 AM EDT, as soon as Gen Con Online begins. May Issaries bring you good fortune!”
Chaosium at PaxOnline
“PaxOnline is taking place from 12th-20th September. No, that’s not a typo. This is indeed a nine day long event! With content running 24 hours during those days. Or “24/9” as they call it over at PAX.
Our convention coordinator Todd is working with PAX on the program for pre-registered tables of RPG events. So it’s now time to start recruiting GMs!
At this stage, just email todd@chaosium.com with the following details:
Full name.
City/Timezone you live in.
Game system(s) you want to run – Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Pendragon, 7th Sea, HeroQuest/Questworlds, Prince Valiant.
The online system(s) you prefer to use to run games, e.g. Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, Astral, Zoom, etc.
Chaosium Unveiled: RuneQuest – Roleplaying in Glorantha
Here’s the latest Chaosium Unveiled video: take a look inside RuneQuest – Roleplaying in Glorantha.
Available from Chaosium (jncludes PDF) and DriveThruRPG.
“Greg Stafford’s supreme creation brought fully up to date with the presentation it deserves and tremendous added depth. A fitting memorial. STYLE – 5/5. SUBSTANCE – 5/5: Can it go higher than 5?”—Paul StJohn MacIntosh, RPGNet review.
“One of the most stunning RPG books ever made”—Games Vs Play.
Chaosium Staff on Orkenspalter TV
Four Chaosium staff members (Lynn Hardy, John Wick, Jeff Richard and Jason Durall, in the sequence of their introductions) met with the German role-playing channel Orkenspalter TV for a video-conference which went on lively for almost two hours, starting with the question “What makes a game a Chaosium Game?” The English language episode is available on youtube. I watched it live and thought it could have gone on longer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDse2s5c4K8
“Orkenspalter” translates as “Orc Cleaver”, btw. The channel has been around for many years, and has produced German language movies alongside with reports on various forms of the hobby. Maybe you have some German language skill that could use a little training?
Jonstown Compendium
Glorantha keeps rocking the Drivethru community content, with the first six entries all Jonstown Compendium items. The current 25% rebate on many of the JTC items may have something to do with that, but this is still quite the achievement.
I had started my writing with “No new items this week”, but being late proves me wrong.
Who would have thought that we would ever read that complaint “no new items this week” for RuneQuest or Glorantha publications? Many of us remember periods when seasons or entire years went by without anything new.
And then be proven wrong?
The Dregs of Clearwine
A RuneQuest Scenario by Beer with Teeth, to wit: Kristi Herbert, Erin McGuire, Diana Probst, Dom Twist
“Set in the tribal city of the Colymar, The Dregs of Clearwine is a sourcebook for Runequest: Roleplaying in Glorantha, covering the mini slum that lies north of the Ram’s Head Inn. It features ten households, 25 fully explored NPCs with stats for RQG, and a host of minor characters. There are dozens of plot hooks and community events to help link characters to this area, and the people and even animals within. From potters to charcoal carriers, drunken ex-initiates to well fed butchers, the people who support Clearwine and the Earth Temple live, love, and die here. Some leave only to go to their vineyard work. Others vanish for months on end, and return with new scars.”
There is a print-on-demand option available.
Monster of the Month: Dolorous Edd
A sad creature that may be roaming Dragon Pass, by the indomitable Austin Conrad:
“Dolorous Edd is a new bestiary entry which describes an odd creature for use in your game of RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha—a giant beast ruled by inscrutable instincts. Included in this supplement are:
- A description of Dolorous Edd’s appearance, behavior, and abilities
- A collection of rumors and scenario seeds to help introduce him to your Glorantha
- How adventurers may establish a spirit cult honoring this creature
- Several folktales illustrating Dolorous Edd’s behavior, and what Gloranthans of the Dragon Pass region believe about him”
News from the French language RQG
The talented cartographer Thomas Rey is currently working with Deadcrows Studios on the French version of RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. He has posted a teaser of “Vert-Cuivre” (the Ernaldori village of Greenbrass?)
and a work-in-progress of Swenstown, on Twitter:
And that’s it for now, unless this newsletter gets even more delayed. Terribly sorry about that!