David Scott Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Zit said: I don't find the font very... bronze age. I'm holding out for either a Kish tablet style set of the new rules - hopefully only 3-4000 tablets (boxed), with a slate etched GM screen and stone polyhedral dice. Or preferably a Phaistos Disc style set with bronze cast dice and a stretched goat skin GM screen. Both versions should come with clay to produce fire yourself character sheets and bronze styli for the players and GM. Edited August 16, 2017 by David Scott 8 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...
Joerg Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 29 minutes ago, David Scott said: I'm holding out for either a Kish tablet style set of the new rules - hopefully only 3-4000 tablets (boxed), with a slate etched GM screen and stone polyhedral dice. Or preferably a Phaistos Disc style set with bronze cast dice and a stretched goat skin GM screen. Both versions should come with clay to produce fire yourself character sheets and bronze styli for the players and GM. A bronze disk, leaf gold, that's all you need. And instructions how to interprete these. (You could go for stone circles, but those are hard to carry along when playing out of your house.) Instead of years of oral tradition, I'd be willing for a printed book with a modern, readable font for the text and whichever fancy logo for the name of the game. 3 Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonh Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I really love the QuickStart title. Clean, highly legible with a lovely Norse Rune vibe going, and a couple of actual Gloranthan runes thrown in for extra flavour. I was really hoping, after all the Call of Cthulhu title text is also clean and classy. Simon Hibbs Quote Check out the Runequest Glorantha Wiki for RQ links and resources. Any updates or contributions welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Z Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 hours ago, David Scott said: I'm holding out for either a Kish tablet style set of the new rules - hopefully only 3-4000 tablets (boxed), with a slate etched GM screen and stone polyhedral dice. Or preferably a Phaistos Disc style set with bronze cast dice and a stretched goat skin GM screen. Both versions should come with clay to produce fire yourself character sheets and bronze styli for the players and GM. Isn't that a primitive document format (PDF), you know the one that uses adobe reader? Maybe it would be best to get a Mostali Earth Reader to go along with that though, I don't think the Kindle Firerune Reader would work. 1 Quote -- Doorkeeper to cats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Tigers Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 RuneQuest 3 logo was basic yet nice. Here for french version: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balakatun Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Oh the RQ3 french version...my first encounter with RQ...nostalgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC1978 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 +1 Was in France last weekend, and came across the box on my bookshelves. My first role playing game *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baragei Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Yeesh! Sorry guys, but I don't see that logo doing you any favours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) Well the logo must be hot stuff at present - I have been responding via phone, and just realised I am posting in two separate threads about the same issue, heh heh This must be what the Media refers to as a 'trending' topic. One day we will look back and say "Where were you during the Logo Crisis?" Edited August 17, 2017 by Mankcam 1 Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelm's Light Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Ah, the old Frazetta fascination. After all, what's a hero without a scantily-clad woman kneeling at his feet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 7 minutes ago, Yelm's Light said: Ah, the old Frazetta fascination. After all, what's a hero without a scantily-clad woman kneeling at his feet? ummm... gay? Cos ya GOTTA know any self-respecting straight hero stops by Gor on his way to model for his cover-shoot ... 1 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Scott Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 On 15/08/2017 at 2:47 AM, SDLeary said: reminds me too much of Mongoose. a number of people said the same thing, I couldn't recall the Mongoose one in detail, so I made a pictorial list of all the English speaking versions I could remember: https://basicroleplaying.org/topic/6651-runequest-logos/ 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...
groovyclam Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Sadly I must agree with several of the posters that the new logo is not to my taste - the design is a real throwback to noughties tropes and looks like it came from sometime then. I'm a supporter of the RQ3 logo too. Or go to the quickstart logo and have a go at jujzing it up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Since RQ4 is a direct continuation of RQ2 (with a slight hiatus of a few decades) I feel the logo should also be in the same vein. Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugen Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 As for myself, I prefer the logo on the QuickStart doculent over this one. Just like @7Tigers, my favorite is RQ3 logo, but the french RQ3 was also my introduction to RQ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styopa Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 7 hours ago, g33k said: ummm... gay? Cos ya GOTTA know any self-respecting straight hero stops by Gor on his way to model for his cover-shoot ... What about a gay hero? Would he (or she) have a crouching nude same-gender sex object at their feet? 8 hours ago, Mankcam said: This must be what the Media refers to as a 'trending' topic. One day we will look back and say "Where were you during the Logo Crisis?" Logogate. I believe the president will tweet "Chaosium has released new logo. SAD." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 2 hours ago, styopa said: What about a gay hero? Would he (or she) have a crouching nude same-gender sex object at their feet? Ummm... I think it's gotta be "scantily-clad." Cos "gender-inequality" otherwise, right? We're talking equal-opportunity objectification here! Also: family game; no nudity! But it's the bisexual heroes we gotta envy, 'cos they get TWO scantily-clad hotties. 1 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC1978 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 The discussion on logo is quite funny actually and very similar to the system/rules discussions. On one side we have the players/GMs who are longing for RQ2 and would like the new edition to be actually RQ2 with a bit more background. And on the other side you have the people who wants something a bit different as if they wanted to play RQ2, they could as it was reprinted recently. I don't care much about the logo personally. Much more interested by the actual content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balakatun Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I don't think the discussion around the logo is an old school/new school thing. The way I see it, and why I care, is because I hope Chaosium will be successful in attracting more and more people in the fold. A good branding and good communication around RQ and Glorantha can mean more success, which lead to more revenue that can turn into more and better RQ and Glorantha content. And ultimately I assume that's what most of us are hoping for. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC1978 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Do you really believe the logo is that important nowadays? 30 years ago, people were buying I guess based on the logo and the front cover. So I would have said yes, it was vital. Those days, with internet, people document themselves before buying anything. You can actually see a lot of small companies successfully editing games through KS where the layout/format is actually atrocious, but the concept is excellent, and people buy it. just my 2 cents anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balakatun Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I would agree this is less critical nowadays, and in the grand scheme of things far less important than the content. But it's one component of the brand, amongst others, that will be used to communicate/promote the game. As we (I at least) are not yet aware of the other elements that will be used (launch event/video? cover and interior art? video series on the rules, the setting, actual plays...) that's the one we are commenting about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 46 minutes ago, Balakatun said: I don't think the discussion around the logo is an old school/new school thing. The way I see it, and why I care, is because I hope Chaosium will be successful in attracting more and more people in the fold. A good branding and good communication around RQ and Glorantha can mean more success, which lead to more revenue that can turn into more and better RQ and Glorantha content. And ultimately I assume that's what most of us are hoping for. Primarily, I agree: my #1 interest in the new text/title/logo thing is that it grab people's wallets (reaching in through their eyeballs). Or is that imagery to Cthulhionic for Glorantha? Secondarily, I think something that gets the grognards who recall RQ2 / RQ3 -- but somehow have missed the last few years or RQ/BRP/d100 resurgence -- to spot this on FLGS shelves and go "WTF-oh-HELL-yeah!!!" ... I think that is something worth having. 1 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beornvig Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I prefer the RQ3 logo as well, but I'm unable to tell how much of that is nostalgia talking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayerson Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 49 minutes ago, g33k said: 6 hours ago, Balakatun said: I don't think the discussion around the logo is an old school/new school thing. The way I see it, and why I care, is because I hope Chaosium will be successful in attracting more and more people in the fold. A good branding and good communication around RQ and Glorantha can mean more success, which lead to more revenue that can turn into more and better RQ and Glorantha content. And ultimately I assume that's what most of us are hoping for. Primarily, I agree: my #1 interest in the new text/title/logo thing is that it grab people's wallets (reaching in through their eyeballs). Or is that imagery to Cthulhionic for Glorantha? Secondarily, I think something that gets the grognards who recall RQ2 / RQ3 -- but somehow have missed the last few years or RQ/BRP/d100 resurgence -- to spot this on FLGS shelves and go "WTF-oh-HELL-yeah!!!" ... I think that is something worth having. Lots of comments and lots of odd associations to Grognards for some reason. The point that seems to be missing in a lot of this rhetoric is that if you have created great content and have access to a great artist's imagery and want to evoke a desire to delve into a product, then your logo should also be something evocative of your brand. That's basic sales. Not grognardism. Quote Say no to censorship "Did he say he was a Rune Lord or that he knew one?" "Go, and never darken my towels again." "Ach Crimmens! Ye smited me...ye craven. Worra, worra. What would me Mum say?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayerson Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) And nostalgia be damned but don't flush a fanbase or shortshift a new fanbase with a so so logo. Sometimes less is more. Edited August 18, 2017 by Sayerson meh 3 Quote Say no to censorship "Did he say he was a Rune Lord or that he knew one?" "Go, and never darken my towels again." "Ach Crimmens! Ye smited me...ye craven. Worra, worra. What would me Mum say?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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