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This coming Saturday- 30th November, the Newport Centre is hosting Dragondaze, a convention celebrating gaming, comics and other bits of geek culture for local charities. My friend John, a fine GM, is running the "Caves of Circind" Mythic Britain scenario. The convention runs from 10-5 and the session will run from 1 to 5 .

So, if you're in the area, feel free to join the game. 

Andrew

Lovely art. My one concern is that the movement rune armband could be misinterpreted for a debased Earth symbol.

It went well. Two old hands at my table- but hadn't played RQ in a long, long time or visited Glorantha for that time either. Three newbies to both BRP based games and Glorantha- 2 student aged folks with only D&D and Star Wars experience and the other player is in my Feng Shui game and likes more narrative games generally.

So all the players enjoyed themselves. Glorantha sold itself very well- magic rich bronze age went down well as an alternative to medieval "wild west" default. Lethality of combat was also appreciated- especially after the encounter with the rock lizards was not quite a piece of cake. There was much laughter with the one critical hit of the game i, when Idrima was crushing one player- the attacking PC rolled chest for the hit location- where Idrima was crushing the PC, so they killed in spectacular fashion one of the group. Much laughter. 

There were a few fumbles, which added to the feeling of lethality.  There was some good use of Rune Magic to aid the party.

Generally, the 2 old hands are both artists so they really liked the quality of the art.

I brought along the 13th Age Kickstarter maps which I had laminated at A3 size- that really helped sell the setting, and also give a feel of how far some of the PCs had travelled in their backstory. I also used the playtest rules at times. 

The adventure was easy to run, but not generic. Something to consider for the future- some PDF "show-mes" of the art/ untagged map to help GMs show to the players without possibly spoiling plot points. 

Andrew

With the exception of my friend John running 7th Sea, I have no idea what other tables were running. My mind was elsewhere.....

I had a good day, the adventure was simple enough as an introduction and distinct enough to give a feeling of the Gloranthan difference. 

Fun was had- only one PC death at the very end. Another player had a critical hit, but against an area of the enemy that was covered by another PC. Oh how we all laughed...

My table is not fully booked up, so you're welcome.  And there's another table running.

Venue has been confirmed as the Angel Hotel- end of Westgate Street in the centre of Cardiff.  Officially the event begins at 11am, expect my game to start closer to 11:30.

See some of you there.  

Next Saturday- 17th June, Tony Parry and I will be running two tables of the Runequest quickstart, hosted by Cardiff's FLGS Rules of Play. So we'll be able to accommodate up to 10 players. Details on time and venue will follow, as it won't be held at the store itself- there's a card event going on which brings in "real money". So the Runequest loving owner is looking for a  suitable venue to hire. Once we have that, I'll let you know the arrangements. 

I know we have a fair few people who'd love to try to new edition out in South Wales, hopefully we'll see you on the day.

Andrew

There are some slight spoilers, but there's nothing I can't alter when I run the session again- remember it's not the quickstart adventure. Much of what Chris focussed on was things I used to to expand the scenario.

Playtest report from the Runequest Roleplaying in Glorantha session at UK Expo: https://armchairadventurerblog.com/2017/06/05/1-d-6-runequest-glorantha-play-test/ 

Eternal Con notes: http://2ndage.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/back-from-bacharach.html?m=1 

Lhankor Mhy have a wider role than an equivalent to CoC's librarian or even Indiana Jones. They can be librarians or historians or archelogists or war poets/ artists or tactical advisors for war or spies or documentarians in world of limited literacy or mystical oracles - see the HQ feat for the cult (very Lightbringerish). You can also see them as the Law and law maker or the squalid thief. They could be obsessed with dragonewts and the EWF or with the undead (and end up as an necromancer?). They're closer to Timbuktu 's libraries than your local libraries...

Oh, how I long to play a Wild Sage again.....

Folks will wish to note that the Simon Phipp is running two sessions of Robyn Hode at UK Expo:

Friday afternoon: The Morris Miners http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/game.php?id=RPG3143 

Saturday afternoon: Going A-Rescuing http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/game.php?id=RPG3144

There's spaces available, so if you're in the area and free in those slots, come and game. 

Cult of Chaos members will get access to the PDF a week beforehand. I'm sure the precise hows and whens will be circulated in due course.

I've offered to run the quickstart at my local FLGS Rules of Play in Cardiff- I'm awaiting their response.

And the Runequest game is now sold out. Thanks all. 

Work continues on the scenario itself. 

Good news folks!

There are now three Heroquest Glorantha games being offered at UK Expo- 2 of which have places to spare on Saturday afternoon. UK Expo is the UK's largest gaming event and is held at the Birmingham NEC/ NEC Hilton on 2-4 June. 

The sessions with spare spaces are: 

Highwall Inn- GM Ian Cooper

A Dragon Pass scenario- GM Mark Adri-Soejoko 

Booking details  at: http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/bookevents.php?category=rpg 

See you there? 

Quick reminder- there's still two tickets left for "Into the Upland Marsh", a playtest of the new edition of Runequest. 

Friday 2nd June, 8pm til late, UK Expo, Birmingham http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/bookevents.php?category=rpg 

I look forward to seeing you there.

Andrew

I look forward to visiting the Revolution stand, and as you're in this thread, I'm sure you're considering joining the session on Friday evening? 

Simon, it took UK Expo about 3 weeks to agree to my slot, so unless its at Revoultion's stall, you may be running out of time.

http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/game.php?id=RPG2551

I'm very happy to say that I'll be running a Runequest game on Friday evening at UK Expo ( link above should take you directly to the blurb. I'm adapting/ expanding a rare scenario of Greg Stafford set in the Uplands Marsh. 

5 places available. 

And happily bought from Aeon Games. Now to run it!

The Guide to Glorantha and the upcoming Glorantha Source book are stat free, and can be used with Runequest/ Heroquest/ 13th Age/ what ever gaming system you're hacking to play with Glorantha. These reflect current canon- but no-one expects you and your gaming group to stick to canon at the gaming table. 

Matt- I'm dreadful with names- but I attended Grand Tribunal in 2015 and 2016. It is a lovely boutique convention. 

For me, Heroquest encourages players to think that the most mythic solution is the best solution to a problem. However, the Coming Storm makes a compelling case for lower powered campaigns- I also think that book is very adaptable to Runequest. 

I'm also ruminating on an Ars Magica/ Heroquest hack for Grand Tribunal in August. 

Lots of food for thought here. I'll also have a look through my photos of Sri Lankan temples for some inspiration. But some re-reading of works will be required to start stitching stuff together to make "Gloranthan sense" and dramatic sense.