Upcoming Glorantha publications

[Steve 622]

This is a totally unofficial list that I originally put together over on the (now-defunct) Glorantha G+ group. So details may be wrong but a lot of this has been officially confirmed (e.g. that the product is planned, though not when it will be released).

I thought I'd share it here, for fun and info.

Even though the original post is several years old, I try and keep abreast of things and keep it updated with new products (and delete items when they're released). Input on this is of course very welcome, because I may well miss things (since I'm not actually Lhankor Mhy).

Please note - each section is not in expected release order, unless otherwise specified.

 

HeroQuest: Glorantha

The Dragonrise, the “offstage” material from The Eleven Lights, for HQG - Ian Cooper
Fonrit setting book for HQG - Ian Cooper

 

RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha (RQG)

Upcoming releases in expected order:

The Pegasus Plateau - very short adventures, combats, situations, locations, etc.  Intended to be drop-in content for, e.g. "an hour of play after a full session of char-gen," or "need a substantive NPC here, quick," or the like

RuneQuest Starter Set - including Jonstown setting and 14 pre-gens. This is aimed at existing players and not just those new to RQ/Glorantha

GM Sourcebook - including rules for heroquesting, guilds and mass combat

 

Other upcoming RQ releases:

Cults of Glorantha (aka Gods & Goddesses of Glorantha) - 100 long cult write-ups in two volumes
The Red Book of Magic - every Rune and spirit magic spell of any cult of any size in Genertela

Runequest Campaign Guide - along the lines of the Boy King campaign for Pendragon

 

Other RQ releases coming later on:

Pavis & Big Rubble - by Robin Laws

Trollpack vol 1 ("troll info and adventures for humans") - Dan McCluskey
Trollpack vol 2 ("everything you need to run troll PCs in a trollish setting with a campaign based around trollish clan life") - Dan McCluskey
Trollpack vol 3 ("covering Dagori Inkarth with a full description of Redstone, and takes the campaign literally from 'tussle over a cave' into creative heroquesting, PC heroes stomping around like a chit in the DP wargame, and climaxes with one of the defining magical events of the Hero Wars") - Dan McCluskey

Elder Races book - 12 races 

Barbarian Town campaign pack - by Sarah Newton

Nochet - Harald Smith and others

Seapolis pack

Whitewall campaign pack

Heortland sourcebook

Kralorela sourcebook

Glorantha Quickstart booklet? - 48-page booklet, free PDF
 

HeroQuest publications

Non-Gloranthan HQ genre packs - Ian Cooper
HeroQuest SRD and "Quest Worlds" OGL core book - Ian Cooper

 

Other Glorantha publications - rule system TBD

Casino Town/Holy Country book

Dragon Pass - remodelled version of the classic board game, via Kickstarter - Chris Klug

Riders of the Storm: Nomads of the Wastelands (Praxpak) - David Scott

Gloranthan Adventures 3 - Defending the Dark (from D101) - Newt Newport

Sun County (updated for the Hero Wars) - MOB

Trollball game with minis

Wyrms Footnotes #16 - material for RuneQuest: Glorantha

Prince of Sartar (printed version of the online comic, once said online version finishes) - Kalin Kadiev and Jeff Richard

 

 

 

 

Upcoming reprints for existing products, officially confirmed

 

 

 

Apparently coming but no recent details, so probably some way off

 

 



Edited January 6 by Steve

[Mankcam 1,231]

I think having setting books with no stats could be a good thing, and then have pdf releases of both HQ or RQ stats to go with the setting. Or at least if the setting books are produced for HQ, then have pdfs of RQ stats available and vice versa, considering the same company now has both systems for Glorantha.

I can't wait for the Holy Country and Notchet books to be produced, its gonna be exciting to see these regions detailed as much as Dragon Pass! Also if the Gods of Glorantha is anything like the quality of the Guide To Glorantha, then it'll be another milestone in the rpg industry.

Good times ahead !!!

Edited October 23, 2015 by Mankcam

[jajagappa 2,453]

You might add David Dunham's sequel to KoDP, called Six Ages, IIRC

[Steve 622]

You might add David Dunham's sequel to KoDP, called Six Ages, IIRC

Good call, I'll add that in.

[Iskallor 892]

There's the latest offering of Sun County coming too, this one set in the new timeline of the Hero Wars.

[Steve 622]

There's the latest offering of Sun County coming too, this one set in the new timeline of the Hero Wars.

Maybe I'm forgetting something but I don't remember hearing about that. Have you got a source for that or any further info? Not doubting you, just trying to learn more because it sounds cool 

[Vile 395]

Trollpak vol 1
Trollpak vol 2
Trollpak vol 3

Three chances for Kyger Litor write-ups!  

[jongjom 195]

Maybe I'm forgetting something but I don't remember hearing about that. Have you got a source for that or any further info? Not doubting you, just trying to learn more because it sounds cool 

The source of this rumour was from Design Mechanism, with MOB back in the driving seat on (re)writing it. However, this is before all the recent changes at Chaosium, so who knows where this is in the list - maybe in the 'More Speculative' category?

[Iskallor 892]

Maybe I'm forgetting something but I don't remember hearing about that. Have you got a source for that or any further info? Not doubting you, just trying to learn more because it sounds cool 

 MOB is writing it. Heard it on the Glorantha google+ page or Glorantha.com. Can't remember which.

ah ninja'd!

[Joerg 3,254]

The Kraken seminar on upcoming Glorantha publications was mostly recorded by Fabian Kuechler, and might be in post-production now. I think you have most of the topics and subsequent Essen game fair developments covered, at least those without the gentlemen's NDA that got recorded.

You did miss out on the Kraken chapbooks which should have been made availale by now (at least as pdfs): last year's Robin Laws' Sharper Adventures for HeroQuest, and this year's transcript of Sandy's Secrets of Glorantha seminar from last year.

[Steve 622]

Thanks for the info on the Sun County book, guys. 

You did miss out on the Kraken chapbooks which should have been made availale by now (at least as pdfs): last year's Robin Laws' Sharper Adventures for HeroQuest, and this year's transcript of Sandy's Secrets of Glorantha seminar from last year.

Thanks, I've added in the Forgotten Secrets book now. The list is meant to be upcoming products though, and Sharper Adventures has been out for a while, so it's not on the list.

[Steve 622]

I just remembered another one - Gloranthan Adventures 3 (D101). I've added that to the list.

 

[Steve 622]

MOB has confirmed that he is involved with a Sun County update, over on the Glorantha G+ group. Great suggestion, Iskallor!.

 

[Iskallor 892]

MOB has confirmed that he is involved with a Sun County update, over on the Glorantha G+ group. Great suggestion, Iskallor!.

 

It's where I first heard it from one of the mods there, a few months back now.

[Trifletraxor 436]

I'm really looking forward to Red Cow and Trollpak!

[hkokko 297]

Rick mentioned at GenCon that the maps of Glorantha might be available in future in an app format - not pdf. No definite plans of schedule was intimated

[soltakss 3,139]

Gloranthan maps on an App that means I could fly through Glorantha? Fantastic.

 

Doing it on my mobile phone? Not so good.

 

I'd love this as an option for a Windows PC, though.

 

[Mankcam 1,231]

Gloranthan maps on an App that means I could fly through Glorantha? Fantastic. Doing it on my mobile phone? Not so good. I'd love this as an option for a Windows PC, though.

 

While it'ld be good on the PC, my tablet is a iPad Mini so I also want it in iOS so I can have it with me at the gaming table...what a great idea

[Mankcam 1,231]

I keep wishing for some Malkioni content to be released - Seshnela and Ralios tomes would be great.

(Oh wait, I thought this was the Thread Of Dreams again, but its a reality-based 'Upcoming Publications' thread...)

[hkokko 297]

My wish is iPad first ( I am not carrying my Macbook to the gaming table).  Then Android tablets... 

[Jeff 4,534]

I've got no plans to be writing a lot of Malkioni material in the near future, but I am perfectly happy with people making submissions for Malkioni material. The guidelines are simple:

• Any proposal needs to be based on the Guide - anything that smacks of the pseudomedieval or pseudo-Christian Malkioni (with saints, pagans, etc) is going to get rejected. We already have plenty of pseudo-medieval fantasy settings out there, Glorantha is not one of them. The approach taken in The Book of Glorious Joy, Blood Over Gold, Men of the Sea, HQ1, or RQ3 is not going to be published. 
• At this point it has to be based on HQG, as RQ and 13G are not written yet.
• It needs to contain playable material based on the Guide, including scenarios (or ideally scenarios linked into game). I'm not terribly interested in publishing "fill-between-the-lines" lists of cults, spells, etc. 
• It needs to do something new and novel, with themes and conflicts not present in Dragon Pass, the Holy Country, or the Lunar Empire.

 

[Jeff 4,534]

I'm really looking forward to Red Cow and Trollpak!

The two Red Cow books are just flat out awesome and are in layout. We are redoing our layout templates and upping the awesome factor, but we are SUPER excited about this.

Trollpak just needs me to start commissioning art.

[TrippyHippy 240]

Woah! Hold on!

Does this mean that  Chaosium will now be doing separate rulebooks for RuneQuest: Glorantha.......... and RuneQuest 2?!

And, while I'm thinking about it, will RuneQuest: Glorantha follow a similar interior layout and design to Guide to Glorantha and HeroQuest: Glorantha? Will we be able to buy pdfs of all the RPG stuff?

Will the God's War board game be broadly compatible with Cthulhu Wars? What sort of games will the boardgames be like?

Finally, will there be much fiction in the line - including the comic presented as a graphic novel?

 

Edited October 25, 2015 by TrippyHippy

[Iskallor 892]

The RQ2 reprint is to commemorate the 50th anniversary and a chance for all us old folk to replace much loved books that are disintegrating, and certainly in my case to give to my kids as presents.

[Steve 622]

The two Red Cow books are just flat out awesome and are in layout. We are redoing our layout templates and upping the awesome factor, but we are SUPER excited about this.

Trollpak just needs me to start commissioning art.

Excuse me while I mop the drool from my chin...