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MW is getting a new supplement! A 3rd-party licensee is producing the new book. Also, the author of Mythic Iceland is deep into a project to 2e that book; iirc a rough draft has gone to Chaosium & is now back with the author for revision (with planned supplements to follow!).

Yeah, people DO still play those games. Superworld, in particular, gets the GRRM/GoT boost. But as you say -- keeping the PDFs for sale via the online storefront has minimal (essentially zero) cost. Why NOT keep them up? Given that it'd take work (and thus cost) to scrub the website & e-store... Also, it's always possible that some author/developer might get excited at the idea of revisiting those games, and make a pitch that Chaosium would like... So they are signalling that they don't see these as "dead" products.

👍 That's what I recall being mentioned. Is the timing such that this may be mentioned? There's a query on the main (non-Cult) CoC forum asking for "shorter" campaigns, easier stuff than MoN & HotOE... My thoughts went straight to ATtH... Come to think of it... take a look at the Stickied threads over on the "Glorantha" forum: "Publications" and "Upcoming Publications." That would seem an asset for the main CoC forum, too... even if the Mythos is an arcane and mysterious thing...

From the players' POV, that presents them with the awful possibility that if they kill it again, it will burble and rise as an even bigger version... ad infinitum (or until they're all eaten, whichever comes first). As a PC, I'd be looking for Befuddle & other non-damaging ways to take it out of the fight.

... It may be time for us to stop "helping" Jeff. Before he inflicts Fonrit Under Balazar And Razalkark on us.

Dunno... I think I can see the viable "adventuring sorceror" here... A couple of long-term "Buff" spells, cast before setting out. 1-2 "hurt the other guy" spells, needing a round or two to cast (so the party has to protect the sorceror) 2-3 utility/control spells, often cast out of battle to solve non-combat issues (but if utilized in combat, the party again needs to screen/protect the sorceror). I don't see anything that makes this style of adventurer "unplayable." If you want to play a scream-and-leap kzinti, you have Gloranthan options; the studious academic isn't one of them, and that's OK.

Let's go with Cults of Central Genertela, omit the minor letter, and Chaosium can have "the best CCG ever!"

Yes, but is he feeling some urgency, or are things going critical for him? i.e. is he chaining himself to an indoor desk, or an outdoor one, "as winter approaches in Sweden" ... ? 😉 enquring seiðkona want to know!

I think they're targeting their aging customer-base. That book was Mythic Memory-Loss

S'ok. Prompted me to revisit the idea. Thank you! Maybe some things on it SHOULD be "gating" items... Or should be scored on a "this is more important" scale of up to 10 points, with lesser ones worth only up to 3 points... or something...

Hi @Mike M (or anyone at Chaosium; but really... who ELSE would I ask??!?) Are there plans to remove A Time to Harvest from the "Cult Only" library, and release it as a general, retail-sales product? ☺️ PDF, POD ... even a little box-set treatment? 😁

I think any/all of these can be gotten... Broken Tower Stealing the Eye Darkness at Runegate Remembering Caroman (GenCon, 2019 contest) Fainting Spirit (GenCon, 2019 contest) As I understand it, the last two (from GenCon) may still be a little rough, not having had enough time to get proper layout/etc... but that may be "old news" and they may be really done. Looking at the existing "Chaos Library" -- indeed, using forum tools to SEARCH it -- reveals several of these are not yet posted to the CL, which in turn suggests they may not have had sufficient time in layout, or playtest feedback from GenCon revealed work needed, or what-have-you... It'd be nice if there was a sub-library for RQ-specific content! What say you, @Todd@Chaosium? Also -- for those who are insufficiently-lazy -- there is the option of writing your own, and posting it here. I see others posting their efforts! I cannot do so at the moment, but hope/expect to do so in the future.

Note that the list wasn't "gating" -- you must have all these things -- but "scoring:" these things all make the game more and more BRP-family, bigger scores are more-BRPlike. Heck, the BGB itself has hit-locations and big-meatsack-of-undifferentiated-HPs as valid options...

OK, thanks. I guess I missed that.

My bank account is feeling your pain. TDM's Mythic volumes for Polynesia and Mesopotamia are on my "get these by hook or by crook" shortlist. As is Lyonesse! Chaosium's upcoming RQG plans... dunno whether to weep with pain or joy to learn their deities book is become a 2-vol set, but it's another must-have. And Spivey's new sci-fi setting... oooo... Then there's the d101 stuff... and Alephtar... and I may just need to dip into the C&W Renaissance back-catalogue for a project of mine... and... Um. I'm glad my wife doesn't read these forums.

Huh. At one point, I recall the notion floating 'round that there would be a later, separate CoT-like volume for deities not appropriate for PC worship; bad guys for the GM. It now appears they're being wrapped under the same cover(s)?

Don't worry about confusing him... we all know the Barbarian dump-stat. 😉 Give him a beer and he'll feel better directly. 😁

And the players can return -- "Remember, lads -- when we loot these stupid Lunars after the fight, leave the beer. The Lunars stretch their salary by cutting their beer with Broo-piss."

Welcome! Uhhh... I see that's "welcome back." (Did your prior game get off the ground? How'd it go / how's it going?) I don't know if you've followed this specific news, but "GoG" is now "GaGoG" -- Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha, 100 Cults in long-form write-up -- and is planned as a TWO VOLUME set...

For a taunt to be effective, it's got to be something the recipient will take personally, y'know? Me, I'm not sufficiently into ANY sport to throw a punch over it... or do much more than shrug, really. Other people seem to be. So we'd likely need to know about the PC's & their Passions, cultures, etc. And backgrounds from character-creation: Just because it doesn't show on "Passions" doesn't mean it won't get your blood boiling. You got some Honor and an heirloom blade from your war-hero father, Hendrik... and some Lunar buffoon says, That's likely to get a rise... but only for someone with the right Background out of character-generation. Etc...

These look great! I've occasionally considered getting into printing mini's. A few things I'm curious about (and these are general questions for any Makers, though obviously Ochoa has shown some great expertise here! ) What's the preferred material for minis' fine detail? Are there more than one? What's the cost of the media itself, the raw filament (or resin, or other material) on a (rough) per-mini basis? How many "rough draft" or "prototype" mini's do you create before settling on a "final" unit? (Obviously more-detailed ones take longer, and similar designs are quicker) How much time do you take (hours) modelling and refining a unit before you're willing to call it "done (enough)"? What stupid oversights/assumptions am I making? What do I not know that I don't know? TYVM!

OK; yeah, as an demo of that principle I think it works! But I'll also point out a functional difference. Orlanth & Ernalda get at least "Lay Membership" out of almost everyone in their respective cultures, but the other deities don't so much. Nobody wants to show up as That Guy (or That Gal) who slights Orlanth on his holiest days, nor Ernalda on hers. The other deities don't get that level of atterntion. Lets look at Yinkin. Lay membership will be common in folk who are hunters, scouts, and the like. Anybody who finds themselves in a wandering, rootless lifestyle might seek out Yinkin's blessings, even if they plan to settle down in a season or two (and maintain Lay Membership thereafter, in thanks). Someone engaging in multiple, temporary, uncommitted sexual relationships might be a lay member. Any Orlanthi with the Identify Scent rune-spell is likely a Lay Member of Yinkin. Odayla and Foundchild, and other hunting-central cults might mutually be one anothers' Lay Members, particularly where their "core" territories abut (e.g. Foundchild/Yinkin anywhere near the Prax/Sartar border). Etc etc etc. Taken collectively, ALL these sources of Lay Membership don't make up as much as Orlanth or Ernalda get, but are a loose and far-reaching web. Priests of Yinkin travel widely because they're pursuing Yinkini ideals... but it also lets them touch base with more of Yinkin's followers!

+1 for Simlasa. It's not so much the game-mechanical effects that matter, as the setting effects. Thieves' Guild? Faction. Portmaster running the Longshoremen? Faction. Noble House? Faction. Niten Ryu Dojo? Faction. etc...

Oh, yeah -- Moana, the Disney movie (of all things). Start to finish, the whole story is a Glorantha-style Heroquest (complete with Otherworld excursions).

I don't think it's NEARLY as symmetrical as that! You have way too many Yinkini. Assuming 75 women & 75 men, I'd presume most of the women follow Ernalda as their primary goddess... but a few would follow Vinga, Maran Gor, etc, and most of those women would likely be at least Lay Members of Ernalda. Call it 65-70 "Ernaldan" primary. Something similar would apply in parallel for the men and Orlanth... with some Uroxi, Barntar, Humakti, etc (who are "Lay Members" in Orlanth). Given that you've called out Yinkin as especially important, I might expect an unusual number of them... maybe 15-20 (normally I'd think just 2-3 at most) Orlanthi as Yinkini-primary? And while Yinkin feels kinda "guy" in vibe (very "Tomcat" in wanderlust (including wandering amours)), I don't think it's a Boys-Only Club, so let's steal a few Ernaldan's to be Yinkini, too. Women - 60-65ish Ernalda, 5ish Yinkin, 5-10ish Misc Other. Men - 45-50ish Orlanth, 15-20ish Yinkin, 5-10ish Misc Other. I'm sure someone will be along to show me -- with citations -- how very wrong I am. But they'll be Eurmali, so ignore them.