In 1982 Chaosium published the innovative species-specific "splatbook" Trollpak. This boxed set detailed the culture, religion, history, and society of the Uz—called trolls by humans—thereby fleshing this species out as a player option, rather than a statblock. It seems rather fitting that a nice, round forty years later indie publisher Legion Games began to release … Continue reading REVIEW: Duckpac
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New Release! To Hunt a God
Hello all! Quick post to share that the full release of To Hunt a God is available on the Jonstown Compendium. You can get it here. This 139-page publication includes: The longform cult of Hrunda, God of Bluepaw Monkeys, including rules for creating new adventurers, new Rune spells, and path to shamanhood. The macabre Temple of the Bones at … Continue reading New Release! To Hunt a God
FIRST IMPRESSION—Elkoi Expansion
Elkoi Expansion is a new Jonstown Compendium release by Anders Tönnberg which bundles a variety of full-color maps in multiple styles together with a 34-page PDF providing additional details about the Balazaring clans near Elkoi, and mapped-out sites of interest inside the city. It is written for use with Griffin Mountain from Chaosium. I kept … Continue reading FIRST IMPRESSION—Elkoi Expansion
REVIEW: Children of Hykim
2022 was a phenomenal year for RuneQuest releases. With several books in the DuckPac and East Isles series from Legion Games, the finale of Andrew Logan Montgomery's acclaimed Six Seasons in Sartar series, Harald Smith's Edge of Empire exploring a Lunar Province, and all the other goodness which came out last year, I honestly think … Continue reading REVIEW: Children of Hykim
Six Seasons Play Report #1
This article contains spoilers for the first adventure of the RuneQuest campaign Six Seasons in Sartar. Editor Bill and I have been playing through Andrew Logan Montgomery's acclaimed Six Seasons in Sartar (SSiS) to check for ourselves what all the hype is about. This campaign has been of some particular interest to me because I … Continue reading Six Seasons Play Report #1
FIRST IMPRESSION—Fall RuneQuest Bundle
This article contains spoilers for the discussed adventures. The Storytelling Collective's "Write Your First Adventure" workshop produced four new adventures for RuneQuest, published over the last few months. They're now available as a bundle on the Jonstown Compendium! Let's take a look inside. As a reminder, this is a "First Impressions" article, which is somewhere … Continue reading FIRST IMPRESSION—Fall RuneQuest Bundle
TEASER: Treasures of Glorantha Volume 2
I'm delighted to share that my publication Treasures of Glorantha Volume One: Dragon Pass has earned its Gold bestseller medal on DriveThruRPG! I promised elsewhere on social media that once we crossed this threshold I'd give everyone a teaser of Volume Two. So without further ado… concept The theme for Treasures of Glorantha Volume Two … Continue reading TEASER: Treasures of Glorantha Volume 2
REVIEW: Bug Fables
The 2019 videogame—I know, a videogame, from a tabletop guy?—Bug Fables: the Everlasting Sapling first caught my attention because of it's open inspiration by one of my all-time favorite games: Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64. There's just something special and nostalgic about that game for me, much in the same way many people feel … Continue reading REVIEW: Bug Fables
REVIEW: Ruins of the Lost Realm
The thick red leatherbound second edition of The One Ring (TOR) roleplaying game enchanted me the moment I opened the Kickstarter reward. Reminiscent of the "Red Book of Westmarch" described in Tolkien's prologue to The Fellowship of the Ring, that volume's illustration, graphic design, and rules design together presented a game which said to me, … Continue reading REVIEW: Ruins of the Lost Realm
The Best Game Aid for RuneQuest
Since its release in 2018, Chaosium's new edition of RuneQuest has accrued a small, but notable, number of licensed game aids. Wooden trackers for strike ranks or hit points, a variety of miniatures, and most of all, dice. Q Workshop—known for its decorative dice for many different roleplaying games—produces a line of dice for RuneQuest … Continue reading The Best Game Aid for RuneQuest
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