2026 was a big year.
It started with me finishing up Greg Stafford's long-expected novel, A Pyre for Gods and Heroes. This turned out to be a year-long project, and one that I am immensely proud and honored to have been a part of. I continued working on Pyre most of 2026, including recording the audiobook. I am wrapping up a little work on it all still.
Then came the release of Lands of RuneQuest: Sartar, probably the official RuneQuest product I have contributed the most to so far, including writing the accompanying four-act scenario, Welcome to Boldhome. That adventure marks the first official RQ product I received sole authorship credit for.
Sartar turned out to be a beautiful book, gorgeously illustrated. I am particularly proud that it isn't just a re-hash of previous setting material. This is a Sartar specifically written for RuneQuest Roleplaying in Glorantha, set in the princedom after being liberated from the Lunar Empire. It includes details we haven't seen before, like a look at male and female adulthood initiations folded into the family history section, and the return of guilds tailored specifically for the setting.
Finally, on a personal note, 2026 marked the year that I left the teaching profession and returned to the United States after 26 years abroad. I came back just a bit over two weeks ago, to the mountains of upstate New York that inspired Black Stag Vale from Six Seasons in Sartar. I got settled, voted in the historic midterms election, and now am looking forward to my first American gaming convention...
And that will be Adirondacon, Saturday November 14th. I'll be running two games, Wonderland--the scenario I wrote for the multi award-winning Sutra of the Pale Leaves for Call of Cthulhu--and Welcome to Boldhome for RuneQuest. Wonderland will be live-streamed. If you happen to find yourself anywhere near Hudson Falls, New York on the 14th, come join us!
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