Rick Meints Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 (edited) Now that the book is for sale as a PDF on Chaosium.com, I have no doubt I have missed various items, made a few typos, or just plain got something factually wrong. As people spot things I will include them on the list of corrections in this initial post, as applicable. All I ask is for this to be a kind and gentle discussion. The book has not gone to the printers yet, so we have some time to fix things for an updated PDF as well as the printed book. Please include the page number with anything you report. I will delete reported items as I correct them, so if your post gets deleted it is because I have dealt with it. Please read this initial post to see what has already been reported. Pg 4, top of 2nd column, changed "comvention" -> "convention" Pg 5, 2nd column, changed "tachnological" -> "technological" Pg 10: "Their isn't" changed to "there isn't" Pg 17, box text, changed "Founchild" -> "Foundchild" Pg 21, RQ Companion, changed "Sharxy" -> "Shaxry"Pg 31, La Guerre des Heros, changed "noticable" -> "noticeable" Pg 36, WF#13, changed "domer" -> "Domer" Pg 39, DW#6, changed: "campaig" -> "campaign" Pg 51, JG#170, changed "Suprizingly" -> "surprisingly" Pg 55, A&E intro text, changed "duringn" -> "during" Pg 57, A&E #43, Runelord writes, changed "RQs" -> "RQ's" Pg 58, A&E #62, Runes and Ruins, changed "om" -> "on" Pg 70, Breakout #34, Oceans of Glorantha, changed "merme" -> "mermen" Pg 101, two of the 6MM figures changed "Morakanth" to Morokanth Pg 102, Announcing RQ3, changed "tobe" -> "to be" Pg 104, second column, changed "nauseum" -> "nauseam" Pg 107, GoG, changed "Prosepedia" -> "Prosopedia" Pg 117, Heroes Magazine, second line, changed "1980's" -> "1980s" Pg 117, Heroes Magazine, third line, changed "RPG's" -> "RPGs" Pg 126, Bashim changed to Basham Pg 137, Tales #3, changed "Jaxarte Wyded's" -> "Jaxarte Whyded's" Pg 145, Tales #20, changed "Greydog Clan Chieftan List" -> "Greydog Clan Chieftain List" Pg 147, It's Not Easy Being Grim, changed "Thantari" -> "Thanatari" Pg 152, box text, changed "Malikioni" -> "Malkioni" Pg 157, Tradetalk #10, changed "Remalia" -> "Ramalia" Pg 198, Deus Vult, changed "middle ageas" -> "middle ages" Pg 199, Elfs book, changed "Traddelands" to Tradelands Pg 199, text box, last line, changed "secnario" -> "scenario" Pg 202, RQ Pocket Deluxe Edition, changed "noticable" to noticeablePg 219: The Dangerground scenario is now by Graeme Murrell Pg 223, changed Aurleion to Aurelion for MRQ Cults V1Pg 226: Mee Worala corrected to Mee Vorala. Pg 260 - Welt der Spiele (RQ3) Meister (instead of Mesiter), Götter (instead of Gotter), Hügeln (instead of Hugeln), Wiederkehr (instead of Wieberkehr) Edited December 9, 2022 by Rick Meints corrections made 7 1 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccercalle Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) Thanks for this "book" @Rick Meints. This is truly a great read for me who has been reading about Glorantha and playing Runequest since the early 80s. (With a long break from actual playing between the late 90s and the early 20s). I wonder if there is any hope of recovering (maybe for JC releases) material that "never was". I am thinking about "Hortugarth: Free City of Imther", Pat Elwars Dorastor scenarios and stuff like that. Edited November 24, 2022 by Soccercalle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Duguid Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Some more British fanzines that reportedly had RQ material, probably no space to list these but maybe to keep an eye out for: Dead Elf #2, 1985: "a new RQ cult for Ankylosaurus riders" - source, review in Demon's Drawl #10. Wolvesbane #2, 1985: "Chaos Chickens in Runequest" - source, review in Demon's Drawl #12. Runestone #6, 1985: "a large RQ scenario for Bill's excellent Norsequest idea" - source, review in Demon's Drawl #12. Obscurity Inc #5, 1985: "articles on RQ3 and Elfquest are strict rules discussion and alteration" - source, review in Demon's Drawl #12. Protoplasm #4, 1985: "this issue includes a scenario for undersea Runquest" - source, review in Demon's Drawl #13. Green Goblin #1, no date: "contains ... an RQ cult" - source, review in Imazine #11. Grimlord, no issue number or date: "includes a long cult for Runequest (set, from the Conan books, proving that even in RQ it is possible to produce a sword'n'sorcery mish-mash if you put your mind to it" - source, review in Imazine #11. One that definitely had a short Runequest article: Dear Whoever (no number, but #4 in a larger series), January 1988: Article "Let's Talk Primitive" (by me) on RQ magic, which drew a response from Greg Stafford himself in the letters page of the next issue, in June 1988. 4 1 Quote -- An Unofficial Buyer's Guide to RuneQuest and Glorantha lists everything currently available for the game and setting, across 60 pages. "Lavishly illustrated throughout, festooned with hyperlinks" - Nick Brooke. The Voralans presents Glorantha's magical mushroom humanoids, the black elves. "A wonderful blend of researched detail and Glorantha crazy" - Austin Conrad. The Children of Hykim documents Glorantha's shape-changing totemic animal people, the Hsunchen. "Stunning depictions of shamanistic totem-animal people, really evocative" - Philip H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 Thank you, Brian. I shall add that list of fanzine articles to my "track down" list. 1 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 3:03 AM, Soccercalle said: I wonder if there is any hope of recovering (maybe for JC releases) material that "never was". I am thinking about "Hortugarth: Free City of Imther", Pat Elwars Dorastor scenarios and stuff like that. While that is possible, it is largely up to the original authors of the material. Chaosium and/or Moon Design doesn't own any of the unpublished RQ manuscripts from the "What Never Was" sections. I have been given printed copies of a few of the manuscripts, but that isn't the same as owning the publishing rights. Also, I am in contact with a few of the authors of various unpublished manuscripts or long out-of-print things. No promises. No news at this time. 2 1 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleriad Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 9:36 PM, Brian Duguid said: Some more British fanzines that reportedly had RQ material, probably no space to list these but maybe to keep an eye out for: Dead Elf #2, 1985: "a new RQ cult for Ankylosaurus riders" - source, review in Demon's Drawl #10. Wolvesbane #2, 1985: "Chaos Chickens in Runequest" - source, review in Demon's Drawl #12. Runestone #6, 1985: "a large RQ scenario for Bill's excellent Norsequest idea" - source, review in Demon's Drawl #12. Obscurity Inc #5, 1985: "articles on RQ3 and Elfquest are strict rules discussion and alteration" - source, review in Demon's Drawl #12. Protoplasm #4, 1985: "this issue includes a scenario for undersea Runquest" - source, review in Demon's Drawl #13. Green Goblin #1, no date: "contains ... an RQ cult" - source, review in Imazine #11. Grimlord, no issue number or date: "includes a long cult for Runequest (set, from the Conan books, proving that even in RQ it is possible to produce a sword'n'sorcery mish-mash if you put your mind to it" - source, review in Imazine #11. One that definitely had a short Runequest article: Dear Whoever (no number, but #4 in a larger series), January 1988: Article "Let's Talk Primitive" (by me) on RQ magic, which drew a response from Greg Stafford himself in the letters page of the next issue, in June 1988. I do have a bunch of the Obscurity Inc fanzines; it was the fanzine of the University of Edinburgh RPG soc, GEAS. I wrote a review of RQ3 for it; I don't remember what other RQ material it had but can dig them out and see. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Escott Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) Truly loved reading and reminiscing on past publications - this MIG was well worth the money and I’ve loved seeing what I own and what I missed out on (anyone have Roots in Glorantha they would trade?) Slight observation based off a lovely conversation with Greg at a Continuum ;convention where he signed my copy, @Rick Meints I’m intrigued why the “2006 Lives of Sedenya “ by Greg is listed as ‘Independent products” rather than included as part of the `Stafford Libraries’ circa -page 45…. I don’t mean to be picky but labelling a Greg volume as Independent seems harsh in my mindset - maybe you know a bit more about why you labelled as such?’ Really is trivial but a treasured memory y’know?! Regardless of my minor observation (when reading I thought “Wow! i might have something extra for Rick!) - This is a brilliant *brilliant* edition and an aged Gloranthaphile will delight to revisit past publications… I’m just glad we can leave it to Rick to chronicle all things Glorantha published! Top work ! Roll on MIG:4 with RQ:G included 🙂 Edited November 27, 2022 by Dom Escott 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Dom Escott said: Slight observation based off a lovely conversation with Greg at a Continuum ;convention where he signed my copy, @Rick Meints I’m intrigued why the “2006 Lives of Sedenya “ by Greg is listed as ‘Independent products” rather than included as part of the `Stafford Libraries’ circa -page 45…. I don’t mean to be picky but labelling a Greg volume as Independent seems harsh in my mindset - maybe you know a bit more about why you labelled as such?’ Really is trivial but a treasured memory y’know?! As you know, Greg had a fiercely independent streak in him. When he did the Lives of Sedenya booklet he was very much in the most independently free period of his life. He told me that he printed them down at the corner local copy shop before he hopped on the plane for the con. There was no corporate production of that book. It was just Greg being Greg because he was Greg. As usual, he rolled against his natural 18 Charisma and the rest is poetic storytelling. Edited November 27, 2022 by Rick Meints 6 1 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) On 11/24/2022 at 3:03 AM, Soccercalle said: I wonder if there is any hope of recovering (maybe for JC releases) material that "never was". I am thinking about "Hortugarth: Free City of Imther" 23 hours ago, Rick Meints said: While that is possible, it is largely up to the original authors of the material. In this case I can say that Imther is coming! 🙂 (Currently "Edge of Empire" - one of those titles that "never was" is working its way towards completion for the JC as a new RQG work.) Edited November 27, 2022 by jajagappa 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 15 hours ago, Dom Escott said: Truly loved reading and reminiscing on past publications - this MIG was well worth the money and I’ve loved seeing what I own and what I missed out on (anyone have Roots in Glorantha they would trade?) Regardless of my minor observation (when reading I thought “Wow! i might have something extra for Rick!) - This is a brilliant *brilliant* edition and an aged Gloranthaphile will delight to revisit past publications… I’m just glad we can leave it to Rick to chronicle all things Glorantha published! Top work ! Roll on MIG:4 with RQ:G included 🙂 Thank you for the encouragement and kind words, Dom. I really appreciate it. 1 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 Last call for further corrections and such. We'll be sending the files to the printer in about two weeks. 1 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanataka Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 About Page 260. Japanese RuneQuest and Glorantha Products is here. Hobby Japan 1988 ドラゴン・パス Dragon Pass (war game) 1988 ルーンクエスト基本ルールブック RuneQuest Standard Rulebook (RQ3) 1988 ルーンクエスト・コンパニオン RuneQuest Companion (*1) 1989 アップルレーン Apple Lane 1989 ルーンクエスト上級ルールブック RuneQuest Advanced Rulebook (RQ3) 1989 ゲームマスター・スクリーン Gamemaster Screen (*2) 1990 グローランサ・ジェナーテラ大陸 Glorantha Genertela 1990 グローランサの神々 Gods of Glorantha 1990 グローランサ動物誌 Glorantha Bestiary 1990 スネークパイプ・ホロウ Snakepipe Hollow 1990 グローランサ古の秘密 Glorantha Elder Secrets 1991 ルーンクエスト・シティーズ RuneQuest Cities 1991 グリフィン・アイランド Griffin Island 1991 RPGスーパースクリーン RuneQuestパック PRG SuperScreen RuneQuest Pack (*3) 1992 ヘンダーズルインの領主 Lord of Hender's Ruins (novel) (*4) 1992 ルーンクエスト・ナインティーズ RuneQuest '90 (*5) 1993 トロウルパック Trollpack 1993 サンカウンティ Sun County 1993 ゆりかご河 River of Cradle 1993 ドラゴンアトラス Dragon Atlas (*6) 1994 モンスターコロシアム Monster Colosseum (*7) 1994 グローランサ年代記 King of Sartar (novel) Atelier Third 2001 ヒーローウォーズ〜英雄戦争〜 Hero Wars *1: Hobby Japan' original RuneQuest and Glorantha introduction book. It is not a translation of Chaosium's RuneQuest Companion. *2: Hobby Japan' original Gamemaster Screen for RQ3. *3: Another Hobby Japan' original Gamemaster Screen and Charts bookelt for RQ3. *4: Roleplaying Game original novel collection. One story (the title story) is set in Glorantha. *5: A simplified and re-writed rules of RuneQuest which set in Glorantha. *6: Supplement for RuneQuest '90. *7: It includes revised version of Glorantha Bestiary and Creature Book. ** Publication dates are based on my notes and may be erroneous for older items. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreJarosch Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Another addition for the MIG: "telegraph road" issue twenty four A5 fanzine, 32 pges Published around June 1987 (date not mentioned, but next issue to be published in July. Includes an adventiseing for "KOANCON ´87" London) Contains: "The Oronssos Goldenhair Caravan" by G. Murrell An adventure in Prax, pages 14-19. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Duguid Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Fairly minor, but another fanzine: Imazine #17, 1987. RuneQuest hardback, pg 17, review of the GW RQ3 hardback. 1 Quote -- An Unofficial Buyer's Guide to RuneQuest and Glorantha lists everything currently available for the game and setting, across 60 pages. "Lavishly illustrated throughout, festooned with hyperlinks" - Nick Brooke. The Voralans presents Glorantha's magical mushroom humanoids, the black elves. "A wonderful blend of researched detail and Glorantha crazy" - Austin Conrad. The Children of Hykim documents Glorantha's shape-changing totemic animal people, the Hsunchen. "Stunning depictions of shamanistic totem-animal people, really evocative" - Philip H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustyD Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Really loving the book. It sorts out the confusing - at least to me- Runequest resources/publications out there. The historical information and stories are an engaging touch while the indexes are helpful and more than welcome. Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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