Gman Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Hello all, I just ordered the Guide to Glorantha and have been slowly reading it. Does the Guide contain everything in the Source Book or do I need to get that too? Thanks Gary H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 There is some overlap, but the Sourcebook has a fair bit of content that the Guide does not. "Need" is relative, of course... Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 49 minutes ago, g33k said: but the Sourcebook has a fair bit of content that the Guide does not. Sourcebook gives you current history for Dragon Pass and Lunar Empire and lots on gods & goddesses that are not in the Guide. Worthwhile to get. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Sadique Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 8 hours ago, Gman said: Hello all, I just ordered the Guide to Glorantha and have been slowly reading it. Does the Guide contain everything in the Source Book or do I need to get that too? The Guide to Glorantha is the Encyclopedia of Glorantha you'll have all Glorantha infos on it but it is a massive one : 5.7 Kg (just measure it with the case). Good for a GM at home to prepare a scenario or do some bodybuilding, not for a scenario at your friend house !!! The sourcebook is light in comparison : 900g with two hundreds pages about a lot of thing and a good theogony with a lot of Illustrations : Ideal for quick look and a play session. You may even let it in the hands of players using the bookmarklet to tell them where to look. Unlike the RQG books, there is no rules so no real-game-spoilers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 The Glorantha Sourcebook collects most of the articles that made the authors of the Guide fall in love with Glorantha in the first place. There is very little overlap (possibly some Elder Races or Theogony text, I haven't analysed it in detail). There is lots of stuff that is available nowhere else, not least the maps (of mythic ages and Lunar history) and illustrations (including divine genealogies and some utterly awesome full-page pics). I refer to the Sourcebook all the time when I'm prepping my RQG sessions, and share stuff from it when I'm running games. Hope this helps. 1 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, MJ Sadique said: The Guide to Glorantha is ... all Glorantha infos on it ... Not quite. It's a very high-level view of Glorantha. There's a LOT of fine detail missing from the Guide. It has at least something on just about everything -- and plenty that's available nowhere else -- but it doesn't have everything about anything at all. So to speak. Edited July 27, 2020 by g33k 1 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Tigers Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Both are useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecake Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 (edited) If you want one, you’ll want the other. The overlap is small (mostly just the Elder races stuff), and the overview of mythology in the Sourcebook is a perfect companion piece for the Guide. The Sourcebook also has a lot of deep background that is very valuable for Sartar or Lunar games. Edited July 29, 2020 by davecake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 23 hours ago, davecake said: If you want one, you’ll want the other. Absolutely agree. i was surprised by how much in the Sourcebook was not in the Guide, between 20% and 30% by a very rough calculation. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Absentia Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 5 hours ago, soltakss said: i was surprised by how much in the Sourcebook was not in the Guide, between 20% and 30% by a very rough calculation. Do you mean a 20-30% overlap of duplicated material? Or that only 20-30% of the Sourcebook was not also in the Guide? !i! Quote ...developer of White Rabbit Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Tigers Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 From my side, I would say 50% of content is already in the Guide, and 50% (illustrations included, which are great) of content gives more details / more depth. So, useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 I think one of the important points regarding the Glorantha Sourcebook and the Guide to Glorantha is the respective year of reference. Guide to Glorantha: 1621 ST Glorantha Sourcebook: 1625 ST This means, that the Glorantha Sourcebook contains information about four years, which never made it into the Guide to Glorantha. But even information about years covered by both books is much more detailed in the Sourcebook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 On 7/30/2020 at 2:22 PM, Ian Absentia said: Do you mean a 20-30% overlap of duplicated material? Or that only 20-30% of the Sourcebook was not also in the Guide? When I did a quick scan, it looked as though that was new material, not in the Guide or previous supplements. I might be wrong, though, I often am. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Scott Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) Is this sort of thing helpful? A rough comparison between the two on page count Rough comparison of Glorantha Sourcebook contents & Guide to Glorantha contents : Comparison, If anyone would like to correct any of this please do. Edited August 3, 2020 by David Scott tidied up the three links 2 5 Quote ----- Search the Glorantha Resource Site: https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com. Search the Glorantha mailing list archives: https://glorantha.steff.in/digests/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runeblogger Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Hi @Gman, You can have a look at the table of contents of The Glorantha Sourcebook 👈😋 Follow the link! Quote Read my Runeblog about RuneQuest and Glorantha at: http://elruneblog.blogspot.com.es/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 7 hours ago, David Scott said: Is this sort of thing helpful? A rough comparison between the two on page count Rough comparison of Glorantha Sourcebook contents & Guide to Glorantha contents : Comparison, If anyone would like to correct any of this please do. That "Conparison" doc (3rd link) is really useful for responding to this question. It was much more than I had expected from the brief outline offered above... Thank you! 2 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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