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WHAT IS RUNEQUEST?— PART TWO: an RPG with a difference
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Jun 2018
If your roleplaying gaming has mostly been in the D20 sphere, here are some interesting ways you might find RuneQuest is different.1. RuneQuest is part of Chaosium’s D100 Basic Roleplaying system. It is intuitive and easy to play: virtually all rolls determining success or failure of a task are dete
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RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA is #1 seller at DriveThru RPG!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Jun 2018
The newly-released RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA has been the #1 seller at DriveThru RPG all week! It's available as a PDF download here: http://bit.ly/2JbMIzWAlso available at DTRPG (for free download) is the RQG CHARACTER SHEET, and RQG CONVERSION GUIDE, giving guidance for converting c
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WHAT IS RUNEQUEST?— PART ONE: Four features that help make RuneQuest distinct among other roleplaying games
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Jun 2018
Here are four features that help make RuneQuest distinct among other roleplaying games:1. Mythic Adventure — RuneQuest began in Glorantha. Its influences are Bronze Age cultures where the relationship between mortals and the gods are much stronger. Rather than being myths, the deeds and actio
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Welcome to RuneQuest: a new video series introducing the new edition with Jeff and Jason
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 2nd Jun 2018
This is the first video in a new series from Chaosium, in which Creative Director Jeff Richard, and RuneQuest Line Editor Jason Durall explore RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha, the all-new edition of one of the world’s most influential and acclaimed fantasy roleplaying ga
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Get ready for the premiere of RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA on Twitch TV today!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th May 2018
Get ready for the premiere of RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA! Coming up today (May 28, 8pm EST) on Twitch TV. Gritty bronze age mythic RPG action with Encounter Roleplay and Chaosium! Watch here: https://www.twitch.tv/encounterroleplay
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Don't forget, in RuneQuest when adventurers are slaughtered or run screaming, the Monsters get experience rolls too...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd May 2018
Sage advice from the "Grand Shaman of Games" Greg Stafford, way back in 1978*. Come and check out the new Chaosium edition of RuneQuest in its Twitch TV premiere, May 28th at 8PM EST! Presented by Encounter Roleplay.*"The RuneQuest RPG deliberately eschews the concept that the player
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What's Happening with RQG #4: Jason, Jeff and Ken talk about plans for the future at Chimériades Convention
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th May 2018
Last weekend Jeff, Jason and Neil of the Chaosium team attended Chimériades, the boutique gaming convention at Château de Buoux in Southern France. Also in attendance was the original "Rune Czar" himself, Ken Rolston, part of the RQG development team.Guest reporter Andrew Jones was on hand
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The RuneQuest is coming soon: sign up to learn when!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th May 2018
Sign up to be informed the moment the RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha comes on sale! Buy the PDF, get the full cost of the PDF off when you buy the hardback later this year.And as a special bonus for signing up now, we'll also give you exclusive early access to downloadable RQG content (art
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