goldenwheeldancer

Didn't some of the cosmic mice - the Boggles - survive? There's no telling where they might poo poo next or what they might start nibbling on.

Dark as Hell!

Also, in the Runequest version of Glorantha one single hit can kill you. There's good potential for grim story telling there.

I thought it went Hero > demi-god > god.

So how does a hero became a demi-god? 

I'm much more into Trippy-Glorantha than Scholarly-Glorantha. Though I'd tolerate a bit of the latter because it creates a good backbone for the former to clench around.

Yea. what pleased me about Clearwine is that it WASN'T a wall around some wattle huts.

There is so much potential in Dragon Pass. It seems that every step you take, there are crazy magical features merged into the landscape - a Rainbow Mounds and  Snakepipe Hollow at every turn. I don't want it to be about Migration Period clans stealing cows from each other. (Though a bit of that is fine).

Another thing: A-sharp, the company that made KoDP, are releasing a sequel this year. It's called Six Ages.

https://www.sixages.com/

13 minutes ago, styopa said:

  It's like you guys have never tried that world-wide web thing:

Ha ha thanks for the links.

That map of Clearwine. That's more like it!

Well.....That is a post splitting its seams with awesomeness!

Thanks.

Signed!

And I agree. The art we are seeing is more Gloranthaish than ever before

I prefer the option to have all sorts of obscure playable cults detailed over the Baddy Book being released. 

But I do wish it was called Cults of Glorantha rather than Gods of Glorantha. The former is appropriately edgy and kewl (ie Cults of Prax), The latter makes me think i'm about to read yet another cult catalogue (ie Avalon Hill's Gods of Glorantha, yuk). 

But the book itself sounds like it's going to be amazing

I agree with both your last posts g33k

Let's get back to all the excitement!

The main thing, of course, being the "really really exciting news that we should be announcing soon2" that no one has mentioned yet and no one has tried guessing about! Any guesses? The ghost of Gary Gygax has converted to Runequest and is writing an adventure? The Design Mechanism are going to publish RQG adventures?

55 minutes ago, g33k said:

to worry that  this is Yet Another Cheap Titillation.   

There is nothing wrong with cheap titillation - if it is the intended effect. Showing typically attractive forms, of any gender, should not be a problem. Where there IS such a problem it will go hand in hand with an oppressive opinion. That said, I don't think that this brilliant picture is controversial in any way at all! (Other than encouraging young people to get involved with a storm cult, of course).

Also, scenarios by Greg Stafford and Steve Perrin in the Scenario Book. Can't wait!!  

For me Runequest is all about the cults! But the grittiness is there too. To me this is portrayed in the cover with Orlanth manifesting out of the ethereal  storm and taking a firm footstep. 

Nostalgia aside, I'm glad that, this time, you guys didn't go for a woman fighting a monster. I was quietly hoping you wouldn't.  This cover is so much more representative of what the game is about. I keep coming back to peek at it! 

This is great with them all descending through layers of storm, and the otherworldly Orlanth taking sure steps. Logo fits in. It's great. 

It's ok. But my eyes kinda "trip up" at the "S". It grows on me the more I look at it.

Edit: Yea, I'm starting to really like it.

52 minutes ago, Jeff said:

I've gotta say, I'm not a fan of either piece and wouldn't use either as reference pieces for other artists. Here's my go to reference piece for Orlanth:
 

I find this one much more interesting and inspiring than all the celtic and viking warrior Orlanths.

Thanks

I was going to get Khan of Khans for someone's birthday. What's a typical delivery time for the UK?

I lolled at the metal-sweatband parry in the pajama picture.

I like the sheet a lot but I agree about the runes in the skill columns.

Wow. This looks cool.

What platforms will this be on?

If we try to "science" Glorantha we'll end up with goddam midichlorians.

53 minutes ago, Jeff said:

Our plan is still to release the core rules, bestiary, and GM scenario pack before GenCon, and then keep rolling out books every other month or so. But honestly, this is now a silly thread and the sort of thing that makes me question whether we should ever make any announcements on when we expect books to be ready until the book is about to go to the printers. We tell you all our plans based on our own expectations, but we always have to adapt to changing circumstances. Writers might be slow or require more editing, feedback might enable more substantive editing than originally expected, artists might be slower, layout might hit a bottle-neck, and then there is the great black box of printing. If everything works as expected, we know how long it takes to make a book. That being said, things rarely go as expected.

These threads are just us lot saying "can I get it yet? Can I get it yet? Can I get it yet?" So it's a positive thing really. You guys keep your own pace and don't feel rushed by our impatience and eagerness to get our grubby hooves on the treasure.