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As far as I understand Chaosium is using your option 3) exactly, because if you look at Chaosium's page for the Glorantha Sourcebook, 2nd Edition, you will see, that the book is available in UK and European warehouses, but not (yet) in the Australian warehouse. (It's not available in the US warehouse also, as this has been sold out already ...)

wrong answer, please ignore (or delete).

Yes, I can understand that, but as already mentioned, last releases were always as announced (albeit not necessarily for all warehouses ...), and with the recent announcements for the new Pendragon releases I'm pretty optimistic, that the Lunar Cults book will happen in time. (They never said, if beginning, middle or end of March 😉)

From Dragon Pass, Land of Thunder: But as this HeroQuest 1 supplement is not canonical, you probably may have to take this information with a grain of salt ...

This is so true. I've already ordered the book, but now I need these postcards ...

Cults of RuneQuest - The Prosopaedia, p.103. Rathor, last paragraph: Should be "... called Orlanth's Ring."

Cults of RuneQuest - The Prosopaedia, p.23. Choralinthor: This is the only place, where the term "Sea Pantheon" is used. Otherwise it's always "Merfolk Pantheon". So for consistency you should use the same term here.

That's exactly the line, which I thought, that it may have to be changed in my original post: According to Cults of RuneQuest - Mythology, p.123 (PDF) and Cults of RuneQuest - The Earth Goddesses, p.134 the passage marked red should read "... was born of Ernalda and Yelm ..." After all this is the Prosopaedia thread 😉 That's an argument, indeed. Ah, the joy of mythology and confusion. You cannot have one without the other ...

p.133, Voria: According to Cults of RuneQuest - Mythology, p.123 (PDF) and Cults of RuneQuest - The Earth Goddesses, p.134 the passage marked red should read "... was born of Ernalda and Yelm ..."

At least I would expect consistency between the Mythic Maps and the descriptions in the respective Map Locations section, so p.106 (PDF), left column, Neliomi Sea: this name is clearly wrong, as the Late Lesser Darkness map on p.103 (PDF) clearly depicts the Neleomi sea. p.112 (PDF), left column, Valind's Glacier: "... countless icebergs drift into the Neliomi Sea. ...". But the Great Darkness map on p.108 (PDF) clearly depicts the Neleomi sea. Assuming, that the Mythic Maps are the basic resource, my first guess would be, that the use of Neliomi is a typo always and should be replaced with Neleomi. But checking the Guide to Glorantha, I see, that it is the Neliomi Sea always. So it seems, that the Mythic Maps on (PDF) pp.97, 103, 108, and 11maybe3 need to be fixed. Anyway, consistency between the Mythic Maps and the descriptions in the respective Map Locations section should be the goal.

Currently while working myself through Cults of Runequest - Mythology I've run into the Battle of Sporebore. Not being a native English speaker, I have issuese with the meaning of Sporebore. Is the meaning something similar to Sporeborn? Or more something like Sporepit? Or neither of them? So I thought I trigger the Glorantha hive mind here to get a broader view ...

Yup.

Or maybe the Land of Logic?

Not any longer!

My immediate idea would be to use GIMP, a free software tool, which provides a lot of capabilities. But I'm not sure, if I understood your requirements correctly, so I cannot guarantee, that GIMP is fulfilling these requirements.

This one is quite interesting (funny?), as it's the same in Jeff Richard's (Facebook) commentary on Chaos and The Great Compromise (available in the Well of Daliath), which uses roughly the same text fragment, as in the Glorantha Sourcebook, p. 131, end of first paragraph on left column (again more or less the same text fragment).

In the Prosopaedia the God of Disorder in the Celestial Court is Ratslaff (with double f), in the Mythology book (and in fact in all other publications I'm aware of) it is Ratslaf (single f). Is this intentional?

Mythology, p.13: Ourania intercedes between which realm and Dayzatar's Heaven? My guess would be the Sky Realm, but I would like to get a official confirmation, because could also be the Upper Heavens or the Sky of Light ... ----- Mythology, p.13, Cosmology Diagram: Cults of RuneQuest 4 - Mythology, p.13 (emphasis mine): So is it Heaven or Heavens? (Even the explaining text is unclear with respect to this question ...) Added 02/11/2023: Added 14/11/2023: p.56 (PDF), The Dawn Age, 1st paragraph: and same page, second column, third paragraph: I thought always, that there was one Dawn Age only ... Added 16/11/2023: p.57 (PDF), Myth: Gold Wheel Dancers, last paragraph: p.59 (PDF), The Second Council, second paragraph, last sentence: This seems to be a bit contradictory, or do I miss something here? Added 20/11/2023: p.69 (PDF), Lunar New Year Ceremony box, right column, fourth paragraph: Sea is not an element, so shouldn't that be Water? Added 29/11/2023: p.85 (PDF), left column, Mostali Notes paragraph: Mostali and dwarfs are synonyms, as far as I know, so the comma between Mostali and dwarfs seems to be wrong. Added 1/12/2023: p.89 (PDF), left column, Mostali's Palace: Source is given as (M), but should be (MN) probably. Added 2/12/2023 and 3/12/2023: p.91, map of The Early Lesser Darkness of Glorantha: in the north-east corner of the Kingdom of Enlightment is a region marked as 'Memb', but there exists no related description in the Map Locations section of this chapter. There is a respective entry in the Map Locations section of the next chapter (The Middle Lesser Darkness). So either there is an entry missing here in the Map Locations section or the marking in the map is wrong. p. 93 (PDF), right column, Great Blast Range: 'to keep' or 'to stop', but this is obviously too much ... 😉 p.94 (PDF), left column, last paragraph: 'DS' is listed as source for Madadar Sea, but no such source abbreviation exists. Should be 'DC'. Or maybe the abbreviation 'DS' makes more sense for Draconic Secrets, and all 'DC' sources should be changed to 'DS' ... 😉 p.96 (PDF), left column, Umath Mountains: The Kingdom of Splendor is not on the respective Mythic Map for the Early Lesser Darkness. And according to the following chapters, the Kingdom of Splendor appears first in the Middle Lesser Darkness. According to the Mythic Map for the Early Lesser Darkness the above text should read "... They divide the Kingdom of Enlightment from Genert’s Garden. ...". p.96 (PDF), right column, Yellow Elves Marching Jungle: Maybe my English fails me here, but this does not make sense to me. I could understand The Yellow Forest ... The trees of the Yellow Forest ... (march, not marches) - this is my favourite, but what do I know, what the author has meant ... The trees and the Yellow Forest ... (march, not marches) But the current formulation sounds weird in my ears (which are more used to German than to English ...) p.98 + 104 (PDF), left columns, Characteristics: The Characteristics for the Middle Lesser Darkness and the Late Lesser Darkness are nearly identical. I see different entries for Elder Races and Civilizations only. Is this intentional or is something missing here (for the Middle Lesser Darkness)? p.99 (PDF), left column, Blue Moon Plateau: given source is '(S)', which does not exists. So probably should be '(SC)' p.99 (PDF), left column, Dozaki's Path: given source are '(UK, K)', but UK does not exist as a source. So probably this should be '(UL, K)'. Added 4/12/2023: p.97+99 (PDF) The description of the Great Wood on p.99 does not match its display on the map on p.97. In fact the description does match the display of the Guardian Forest much better. Added 5/12/2023: p.97 (PDF) Kungatu is a label on the mythic map for the Middle Lesser Darkness, but has no Map Locations entry. p.102 (PDF), left column, Terrifying Black Cloud: "... Mistress Race tolls ..." --> "... Mistress Race troĺls ..." p.102 (PDF), right column, Vingkotlings: Maybe may English fails me here, but shouldn't that be "... ally ..." or "... an ally ... ", as the subject in this sentence is Vingkot, i.e. a single person? Added 7/12/2023: p.102 (PDF), left column, Tada Land p.107 (PDF), left column, Tada's Land Tada Land vs. Tada's Land. Is this intentional? Added 11/12/2023: p.119, right column, Heler, the Rain God: "They serve Orlanth as the faithful Rain God." They (more than one?) serve as a (single) God? Added 19/12/2023: p.131 /PDF), right column, Cacodemon: In the Prosopaedia, p.20 it is "Gods of Anarchy ...", so shouldn't it be the same here? The first sentence starting with "A cacodemon ..." seems to be a strong hint into the same direction ... Added 21/12/2023: Runequest - Roleplaying in Glorantha, p.284, left column, Temple sizes, Site: Cults of RuneQuest - Mythology, p.137 (PDF), right column, Temple sizes, Site: Which of these two statements is correct? This has been answered in Q&A thread, but answer in not available anymore. If I remember correctly, the second one is correct. Added 23/12/2023: Cults of RuneQuest - Mythology, p.139 (PDF), Spirit Magic Spells table, right column, seventh row: Magic Enchantment --> Magic Point Enchantment (as there is no Magic Enchantment spell) Cults of RuneQuest - Mythology, p.140 (PDF), What Happens on a Holy Day, right column, fifth paragraph: ... The rites vitalize the word with the mythical act ... --> ... The rites vitalize the world with the mythical act ... Added 24/12/2023: Cults of RuneQuest - Mythology, p.141 (PDF), left column, Initiates, second paragraph: There is no section with the title Spirit of Reprisal in this generic Cult format description nor in the Cult descriptions in Cults of RuneQuest - The Lightbringers or Cults of RuneQuest - The Earth Goddesses. In fact Spirits of Reprisal are generally described in the Subservient Cults section in these Cult books. So maybe this should be changed to "... discussed in each cult’s section on Subservient Cults." or "... discussed in each cult’s section on Cult Spirits." Cults of RuneQuest - Mythology, p.143 (PDF), left column, Membership in Multiple cults: "... as long as the cults are at least friendly to one another." (The dot closing the sentence is missing.) Added 29/12/2023: Cults of RuneQuest - Mythology, p.151 (PDF), right column, last paragraph: "... The second number in parentheses gives the raw percentage of humans belonging to that cult within the population." There are no numbers in parentheses in any of the tables. So this text should be removed or replaced e.g. by "in the second column". Added 03/01/2024: Cults of RuneQuest - Mythology, p.42 (PDF), left column, first word: Dehor --> Dehore (same for respective Index entry) Added 04/01/2024: Added 05/01/2024: Cults of RuneQuest - Mythology, p.161 (PDF), left column, eighth entry: Gunda the Guilt --> Gunda the Guilty Added 06/01/2024: Added 07/01/2024: Cults of RuneQuest - Mythology, p.162 (PDF), left column: Index entry 'Lorian River' --> 'Lorion River' Added 12/01/2024: Cults of RuneQuest - Mythology, p.163 (PDF), middle column: Index entry 'Racoon Guardians' --> 'Raccoon Guardians' (that's the spelling used in the text on p.118) Added 13/01/2024: Cults of RuneQuest - Mythology, p.93 (PDF), left column, Dragon's Nest entry, last sentence: "... the body of Sh’harkazeel was placed in the heavens as the Star Dragons. ..." That's how the constellation is called in the Guide to Glorantha, and Sh’harkazeel is obviously just a single Dragon. Index entry needs to be adapted accordingly. Added 16/01/2024: Cults of RuneQuest - Mythology, p.165 (PDF), middle column: White Sea 23, 93, 98, 101–102, 111, 117 p.117 does not contain the term White Sea at all, so this reference should be removed. Also p.95 (PDF), Pamalt's Plains, first sentence: "The Yellow Elf Marching Jungle tried to invade the Lands of the South." --> "The Yellow Elves Marching Jungle tried to invade the Lands of the South."

This is the picture given in the Updates for the RuneQuest Classic Kickstarter describing the Leatherette version of the rulebook (Update 5) :

Ordered on Monday morning (October 9th). Delivered just now: This couldn't have been delivered faster. The European warehouse is absolutely fantastic.

Which, by the way, is available in the Well of Daliath also already together with its key.

Just for the record: Issue is covered in the Well of Daliath now:

page 98, Pavis entry: My understanding ist, that Dorasar founded New Pavis. Pavis is the founder of what is now Old Pavis. So this entry should say Demigod Founder of Old Pavis and the Big Rubble But in fact the Big Rubble are the remains of Old Pavis, so maybe this entry should be Demigod Founder of Old Pavis or even more simple Demigod Founder of Pavis