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Geek & Sundry deftly explains why while most other 70s RPGs lie rotting in landfills, RuneQuest still inspires devotion. And Sandy Petersen himself has some interesting points to make about RQ's singular appeal...http://geekandsundry.com/4-reasons-you-need-to-pla...TLDR? - here are the four … read more

A note of thanks from Chaosium...It's over - Sandy Petersen's The Gods War attracted nearly 2000 backers, and raised over $585K - wow! Sandy has his note of thanks from Petersen Games to everyone who supported the campaign in this Kickstarter update link.And we at Chaosium also wish to tha … read more

Star Trek is 50 years old today. And Greg Stafford also discovered his mythic fantasy setting Glorantha in 1966 too. But did you know that in the intervening half-century Glorantha has found its way into the Star Trek universe?Robert Hewitt Wolfe, RuneQuest fan and one of the pro … read more

SORCERY!By Jeff RichardSo, there is a lot of interest in the new sorcery rules for RuneQuest!Here then is how they work in a nutshell: sorcery involves manipulating one or more Runes with a Technique according to a formula (or "spell").Runes and TechniquesA sorcerer's understanding of the Runes is n … read more

By Jeff RichardGood news RuneQuest fans - the manuscript for the core rules of RuneQuest has now been passed over to Jason Durall for copy editing! Jason's been informally involved with the design team from the beginning as a sounding board, but now he's taking on a very active role (including … read more

Award-winning game designer Jason Durall has formally joined the design team for Chaosium's new edition of RuneQuest RPG, coming on board as editor of the new core rules, Chaosium's creative director Jeff Richard announced today.Durall has extensive credits in tabletop gaming, including World W … read more

Chaosium and Dishdash Games today announced a business partnership to create a new range of 28mm Miniatures themed for Greg Stafford's mythic setting Glorantha.The initial range launches early next year with a set of 28mm Orlanthi metal miniatures. From then the range will build quickly, supporting … read more

By Jeff RichardSome people have asked why the new edition is simply going to be titled "RuneQuest".Internally, we don't call this RuneQuest 7 because we find that misleading. Mongoose RuneQuest 1, MRQ2, and The Design Mechanism's RQ6 share a common design thread from MRQ1, but the new RQ is simply n … read more