Gods of Glorantha

Gods of Glorantha. 60 Religions for RuneQuest[1] boxed tabletop role-playing game supplement for RuneQuest, designed by Sandy Petersen, Greg Stafford, Steve Perrin and Charlie Krank, with artwork by Tom Sullivan, and published by Avalon Hill in 1985. The fifth of their boxed supplements for RuneQuest, it was the first to feature Glorantha instead of the default setting of "Dark Ages of fantasy Europe".[2]

Gods of Glorantha
Gods of Glorantha (boxed set)
published by Avalon Hill in 1985.
Illustration by Tom Sullivan.
Designer(s)Greg Stafford, Sandy Petersen, Steve Perrin, Charlie Krank
Publisher(s)Avalon Hill
Publication date1985
Genre(s)Fantasy
System(s)Basic Role-Playing

Contents

Gods of Glorantha is a supplement that describes sixty RuneQuest cults for the fantasy world of Glorantha.[3] In addition to descriptions of thirteen pantheons and their related cults, the contents include new spells and skills, a calendar of religious festivals and significant dates, major outlooks on life from the points-of-view of seven major religions, and a listing of Gloranthan deities.

  • "Cults", an 84-page book
  • "What the Priests Say", a 24-page book
  • "Prospaedia", a 20-page book
  • "Gloranthan Calendar", a 12-page book[3]

Publication history

Chaosium had previously published two supplements of cults for the previous edition of Runequest, Cults of Prax and Cults of Terror with a few other others appearing in adventure supplements. This boxed set not only updated those to Avalon Hill's third edition of the rules. but expanded the number considerably. Although published by Avalon Hill, the contents were written by Chaosium. In 2018, a new edition was announced.[4]

Reception

In the November 1987 edition of Dragon (Issue #127), Ken Rolston was of two minds about Gods of Glorantha. On the one hand, he agreed that "Taken on its own merits, Gods of Glorantha is an excellent product, brilliantly conceived, dramatic and impressive in scope, and presented in an original and effective manner." However, he felt that this product did not stand up well compared to previous out-of-print supplements about Gloranthan cults published by Chaosium. He also had reservations about the need for an encyclopedic treatment of every religion and cult in Glorantha, saying, "Very few GMs need an overview of the religions of the world as much as they need detailed information on the religions in the particular region where their campaign takes place... Gods of Glorantha sacrifices detail and color in cult descriptions for wide coverage of the world's religions. Beginning and intermediate players and GMs need more detail on local religions." Nevertheless, Rolston admitted that "If you're running a Gloranthan campaign, you've gotta have this." However, for those simply looking for ideas for their own non-Gloranthan fantasy campaign, he suggested that while "this offers plenty of sample pantheons, you may prefer something simpler, with a narrower focus and more campaign setting detail."[5]

Other reviews

References
  1. Stafford, Greg; Petersen, Sandy; Perrin, Steve; Krank, Charlie (1985). Gods of Glorantha. 60 Religions for RuneQuest. The Avalon Hill Game Company. AH8577.
  2. Perrin, Steve; Stafford, Greg; Henderson, Steve; Willis, Lynn; Sandy, Petersen; Rolston, Ken; Krank, Charlie; Turney, Raymond (1984). RuneQuest (3rd ed.). Baltimore, Maryland: Avalon Hill. AH857.
  3. Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 211. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  4. O'Brien, Michael. "What's Happening with RQG #2: The Gods of Glorantha". Chaosium. Chaosium Inc. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. Rolston, Ken (November 1987). "Role-playing reviews". Dragon. TSR, Inc. (127): 10.
  6. https://rpggeek.com/rpgissuearticle/139041/tetes-daffiche
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