Wednesday, August 30, 2023

The Cults of RuneQuest Part Three: The Earth Goddesses

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Note: This is part three of a look at the new Cults of RuneQuest line. Look for a discussion of The Prosopaedia here and The Lightbringe...
Monday, August 28, 2023

THE CULTS OF RUNEQUEST PART TWO, The Lightbringers

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This is the second part of a discussion of the recent Chaosium releases for RuneQuest Roleplaying in Glorantha , three titles for  The Cults...
Sunday, August 20, 2023

THE CULTS OF RUNEQUEST: Part One, Some Thoughts on Chaosium Cults and the Prosopaedia

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The Dreaded "C" Word In the topsy-turvy lexicon of the modern era, "cult" has become a bad word, the result of a schism ...
Saturday, April 22, 2023

BASIC ROLEPLAYING UNIVERSAL GAME ENGINE, A REVIEW OF THE 2023 RERELEASE

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A Few Brief Notes Before We Begin I reviewed Basic Roleplaying (hereafter BRP) pretty extensively back in 2020 . If you are new to the game...
Monday, February 13, 2023

The Ship of Theseus: When Does a New Edition Become a New Game?

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The ship wherein Theseus and the youth of Athens returned from Crete had thirty oars, and was preserved by the Athenians down even to the t...
Tuesday, February 7, 2023

The "Special Reference Works" of Courtney C. Campbell

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IN HIS OWN 1978 "SPECIAL REFERENCE WORK," The Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Players Handbook , Gary Gygax wrote; Considerable enjo...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

WHY I (ACTUALLY) LIKE SORCERY IN RUNEQUEST ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA, PART THREE

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This is the third in a series of articles. Read the first here and the second here . The average modern man's relationship with nature...