Chaosium is leading the industry right now in producing wonderful products. I've developed a really strong loyalty to them.

@DungeonMusings

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. Everything I have got from them has terrific rules content and jaw-dropping art.

@ElwoodShort

3 жыл бұрын

Chaosium have always produced great games, but not always great quality [though I think Avalon Hill must answer for the cheaply produced 3rd? edition RQ], and Glorantha is the probably the best fantasy setting in gaming. More people should play this game.

I confess I'm still too much of a self serious teenager! Ducks are beyond my ability to tolerate. But truly a beautiful set. Gorgeous.

i played tunnels and trolls, bit of D&D, but LOTS of Runequest because of buddies of mine ! Nice to see this again

@DungeonMusings

5 жыл бұрын

I keep hearing that from folks. It is so weird how small I realize my old gaming circle was, in retrospect, as RQ just never penetrated into them. Still, better late than never, and what an edition to start with. :)

@lucu01

5 жыл бұрын

@@DungeonMusings i cannot say if it was a common thing, or normal, but welcome ! I'm starting again with my son who is now at uni #TTRPGforever

That is so beautiful! Happy you got yours - I'm saving up! Thanks for sharing!

@DungeonMusings

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, WC, I hope you enjoy yours too, when it gets to you!

I love RQ. Ran RQ2 and III (AH) so was glad to see a pull back to RQ2 rather than RQ6. With the reboot I've started really digging into Glorantha.

@DungeonMusings

5 жыл бұрын

With that much experience with previous editions, how does this version compare, in your mind, Bryon?

@Bryon1187

5 жыл бұрын

@@DungeonMusings It is a 2.5 version. I do like how they have tied the runes directly into the character and game. One issue I have with that, though, is the Pendragonesk use of the runes - like traits - but it's not necessarily intuitive.

@Bryon1187

5 жыл бұрын

@@DungeonMusings There are some mechanics that I preferred from RQIII - Skill category modifiers (mathematically vice tables), and previous experience specifically.

@Bryon1187

5 жыл бұрын

@@DungeonMusings I felt RQ6 got too detailed, and while I understand and sort of like the weapon styles, I really did not like how it broke up spells into more categories.

@Bryon1187

5 жыл бұрын

@@DungeonMusings One thing I really liked from RQ2 that does not seem to be in RQG are treasure factors and types and value of treasure - RQ2 gave me, as a GM, a feeling for what sort of cash and magic is found within the world.

Just recently found your channel well done sir. As one those guys that played through the 80s, played a ton of d&d,t&t and coc. My fondest memories was playing runequest, was never so happy to get to improve +5% in horse riding after a epic chase.

@DungeonMusings

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, Craig, and welcome to the channel! I keep hearing from folks how much they enjoyed RQ, back in the day, and kick myself of having missed it, before. In particular, I really love the idea of organic growth of the characters, particularly in an ongoing campaign. Gah!!! I need to find time in my calendar to get this to the table!

Ducks are awesome, I don't know what you are talking about. Also I agree with the dog, Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof!

@DungeonMusings

5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, I am starting to warm to the idea of ducks. :)

Nice! Hope mine comes soon, too.

Any D&D player thinking they can deal with a dragonewt as easily as they can deal with a Kobold, is going to have a nasty shock XD

Jack O'Bears were formerly jack o'lantern headed chaos bears. If you look at the very original D&D books, that is exactly what the bugbear picture was.

@DungeonMusings

4 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@tbb4023

4 жыл бұрын

@@DungeonMusings Just to be clear, I mean they were pumpkin headed chaos bears since Glorantha debuted in RuneQuest 1E in 1978. I meant that OD&D had its original bugbear art as a pumpkin headed bear, not that OD&D had creatures of chaos in the same way.

@DungeonMusings

4 жыл бұрын

@@tbb4023 No trouble, Michael, that's how I understood your comment. Thanks for the info though, seeing that original bugbear art was pretty cool!

You can order empty slipcase from chaosium if you need them, I bought a spare RQG one for my RQG supplements. Fits perfectly.

@DungeonMusings

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Anton!

Had given up on fantasy roleplay settings, never tried Runequest...but this review was very inspiring. Think i might give it a go. Thanks for the vid!

@DungeonMusings

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Bigjig, I am always thrilled to hear when the videos help folks find new games. :) If you do take the plunge with RQ, let me know what you think!

@ElwoodShort

3 жыл бұрын

Most fantasy games are pretty generic medieval lotr/dnd clones. Runequest uses the Glorantha setting which is actually pretty unique, and incredibly well detailed. Glorantha is less about the battle of good and evil and more about competing cultures. It’s so deep and well thought out. Greg Stafford was a game designing genius.

Looks like D&D 5e is finally going to have some competition.

@DungeonMusings

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree and I think competition drives everyone involved to excel, so all benefit. :D

😆I had the same issues with that paper cover on the GM pack - I'll be leaving it out.

@DungeonMusings

5 жыл бұрын

I curse that paper inset in the Masks' slipcase every time I read it.

Oh man. Pretty jealous right now. I mean, I have pdfs of everything but seeing the physical books makes me want copies on my shelf. That said, Glorantha is reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally dense. So far I've read 2 books beyond the Runequest Glorantha rules, The Glorantha Sourcebook and King of Sartar, and while both were fascinating I still feel like I've only got the tip of the iceberg. Really excited to see some RQG on the Dungeon Musings channel! Edit: You didn't mention it in the video, but Chaosium is also the publisher of King Arthur Pendragon 5th (5.2) which is another great game that's well supported.

@DungeonMusings

5 жыл бұрын

The density of a setting can be something that will push a game down the list of games I am going to get to the table, particularly when compared to games that require less "homework" for the players to do before we actually play, but I like that there is that sandbox-ish adventure included in the Gamemaster's Screen, which I hope will make for a manageable intro to the game. Will update once I dive into it! :)

Would it be easy to hack this game for Greek mythology?

@DungeonMusings

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, probably! You may need to rework some of the cosmology and the history tables used in char gen, but should not be an insurmountable problem.

@daddystabz

3 жыл бұрын

@@DungeonMusings Have you done already or do you plan to do a review of this game? How crunchy is it? I loved Mongoose RuneQuest.

@DungeonMusings

3 жыл бұрын

@@daddystabz I have not had a chance to run RQG, yet, and I don't do reviews of games until after I have had a chance to get it to the table a few times. I am not familiar enough with the MG Runequest to say how the two compare, but I can say that there appears to be some substantial differences in magic and combat between RQG and Mythras.

@ElwoodShort

3 жыл бұрын

I would actually recommend using chaosium’s BRP [BasicRole Playing] rule-set, if you want to make something more unique [essentially the same core rule set as RQG, but modular] , as this generic rule system is designed to be tailored to whatever setting you want to use.

I HATED that comicy illustrations in D&D when they did that.