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RuneQuest
''RuneQuest'' (commonly abbreviated as RQ) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game originally designed by Steve Perrin, Ray Turney, Steve Henderson (game designer), Steve Henderson, and Warren James, and set in Greg Stafford (game designer), Greg Stafford's mythical world of Glorantha. It was first published in 1978 by Chaosium, The Chaosium. Beginning in 1984, publication passed between a number of companies, including Avalon Hill, Mongoose Publishing, and The Design Mechanism, before finally returning to Chaosium in 2016. ''RuneQuest'' is notable for its system, designed around percentile dice and an early implementation of skill (role-playing games), skill rules, which became the basis for numerous other games. There have been several editions of the game. History In 1975, game designer Greg Stafford (game designer), Greg Stafford released the fantasy board game ''White Bear and Red Moon'' (later renamed ''Dragon Pass''), produced and marketed by Chaosium, The Chaosium, a publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of RuneQuest Supplements
This is a list of supplements for the ''RuneQuest'' role-playing game. RuneQuest first (1978), second (1979), and Classic (2016) editions RuneQuest 1 & 2 products and edition by Chaosium: *4001 - RuneQuest 1 softcover Rulebook; Steve Perrin, ''Perrin, Steve''; ''Ray Turney, Turney, Ray'' & Friends (Steve Henderson (game designer), ''Henderson, Steve''; James, Warren; editing and special sections: Sapienza, John & Greg Stafford (game designer), ''Stafford, Greg''; Illustrations Perenne (Perrin), Luise; Map Sartar & Prax: Church, William) 120 pages, 1978. *4001 - RuneQuest 2 softcover Rulebook; Steve Perrin, ''Perrin, Steve''; ''Ray Turney, Turney, Ray'' & Friends (Steve Henderson (game designer), ''Henderson, Steve''; James, Warren; editing and special sections: Sapienza, John & Greg Stafford (game designer), ''Stafford, Greg''; Illustrations Perenne (Perrin), Luise; Map Sartar & Prax: Church, William) 120 pages, 1979. *4001-X - RuneQuest 2, Boxed; softcover Rulebook, Steve Perr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glorantha
Glorantha is a fantasy world created by Greg Stafford. Overview It was first introduced in the board game '' White Bear and Red Moon'' (1975) by Chaosium and then in a number of other board, roleplaying and computer games, including ''RuneQuest'' and '' HeroQuest'', as well as several works of fiction and the computer strategy game ''King of Dragon Pass''. The Gloranthan world is characterised by its complex use of mythology, heavily influenced by the universalist approaches of Joseph Campbell and Mircea Eliade, its sword and sorcery ethos, its long and distinctive history as a setting for role-playing games, its community development and expansion, and its relative lack of Tolkienesque influence, which is uncommon among early American fantasy role-playing games. Stafford first wrote about in Glorantha in 1966 as a way to deepen his own understanding of mythology. He founded the company Chaosium to publish the board wargame '' White Bear and Red Moon'' in 1975, which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RuneSlayers
''RuneSlayers'' is a free role-playing game first published in 1998 by its authors, J.C. Connors and Christopher Lawrence (game developer), Christopher Lawrence. The game was originally developed as ''RuneQuest: Slayers'', a follow-up to the third edition of ''RuneQuest'' by the publisher Avalon Hill, which owned the ''RuneQuest'' trademark at the time. In 1998 Avalon Hill was acquired by Hasbro and the project was canceled. The authors then published the game on the Internet as a free PDF file, under the title ''RuneSlayers''. History The first two editions of ''RuneQuest'' were published in 1978 and 1980, respectively, by Chaosium. They were firmly set in Chaosium founder Greg Stafford's fictional world of Glorantha. The third edition was published in 1984 by Avalon Hill as part of a deal where Avalon Hill took ownership of the ''RuneQuest'' trademark while Chaosium retained copyright to the rules text and full ownership of the Glorantha setting, which Avalon Hill used under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikings (RuneQuest)
''Vikings'', ''Nordic Roleplaying for RuneQuest'' is a boxed tabletop role playing game supplement, written by Greg Stafford and Sandy Petersen, with a cover by Steve Purcell. Published under license by Avalon Hill in 1985 for Chaosium's fantasy role-playing game ''RuneQuest''. Contents ''Vikings'' provides a campaign setting called "Scania" that uses information from both historical sources and legends of the Viking era. The boxed set contains: * a 38-page "Players Book" * a 30-page "Gamemaster Book" * a 46-page "Scenario Book" containing six linked scenarios * a 20-page "Viking Digest" * a 15" x 22" map * blank character sheets Information includes daily life in a Viking village, the justice system, character creation, new magic spells, religion, and new monsters. Publication history In 1984, Chaosium, the creators of ''RuneQuest'', partnered with Avalon Hill to create a third edition of the role-playing game, hoping to take advantage of the larger company's marketing and pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaosium
Chaosium Inc. ( ) is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford (game designer), Greg Stafford in 1975. Chaosium's major titles include ''Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game), Call of Cthulhu'', based on the horror fiction stories of H. P. Lovecraft''; RuneQuest Glorantha''; ''Pendragon (role-playing game), Pendragon'', based on Thomas Mallory's ''Le Morte d'Arthur''; and ''7th Sea (role-playing game), 7th Sea'', "swashbuckling and sorcery" set in a fantasy 17th-century Europe. Many of Chaosium's product lines are based upon literary sources. While Stafford himself has been described as "one of the most decorated game designers of all time" and "the grand shaman of gaming", multiple other notable game designers have written for Chaosium. These include David Conyers, Matthew Costello, Larry DiTillio, Paul Fricker (game designer), Paul Fricker, David A. Hargrave, Rob Heinsoo, Keith Herber, Jennell Jaquays, Katharine Kerr, Reiner Knizia, Charlie Krank, Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Whitaker (game Designer)
Lawrence Whitaker is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Lawrence Whitaker had worked on Chaosium fanzines. Whitaker gained experience with the ''Basic Role-Playing'' system of ''RuneQuest'' while working on the ''Eternal Champion'' games from Chaosium in the 1990s. Mongoose Publishing Mongoose Publishing is a British manufacturer of role-playing games, miniatures, and card games, publishing material since 2001. Its licenses include products based on the science fiction properties '' Traveller'', ''Judge Dredd'', and ''Parano ... hired Whitaker in 2007, where he wrote their fourth ''RuneQuest'' setting, ''Elric of Melniboné'' (2007). Whitaker authored many books for Mongoose in their ''RuneQuest'' line, particularly throughout their universal, ''Second Age'' and ''Elric'' lines. Whitaker and Pete Nash began to revamp the ''RuneQuest'' game for Mongoose in 2010, which resulted in ''RuneQuest II''. Whitaker left Mongoose later in 2010 after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basic Role-Playing
''Basic Role-Playing'' (''BRP'') is a tabletop role-playing game which originated in the ''RuneQuest'' fantasy role-playing game. Chaosium released the ''BRP'' standalone booklet in 1980 in the boxed set release of the second edition of ''RuneQuest''. Greg Stafford and Lynn Willis are credited as the authors. Chaosium used the percentile skill-based system as the basis for most of their games, including '' Call of Cthulhu'', '' Stormbringer'', and ''Elfquest''. History The core rules were written by Steve Perrin as part of his game ''RuneQuest''. It was Greg Stafford's idea to simplify the rules (eliminating such mechanics as Strike Ranks and Hit Locations) and issue them in a 16-page booklet called ''Basic Role-Playing''. Since the first ''BRP'' release, designers including Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis, and Steve Henderson, have contributed to the system. The system was notable for being the first role-playing game system to introduce a full skill system to characters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avalon Hill
Avalon Hill Games Inc. is a game company that publishes wargames and strategic board games. It has also published miniature wargaming rules, role-playing games and sports simulations. It is a subsidiary of Hasbro, and operates under the company's "Hasbro Gaming" division. Avalon Hill introduced many of the concepts of modern recreational wargaming, including the use of a hexagonal grid (a.k.a. hexgrid) overlaid on a flat folding board, zones of control (ZOC), stacking of multiple units at a location, and board games based upon historical events. History The Avalon Game Company Avalon Hill was started in 1952 outside Baltimore in Catonsville, Maryland, by Charles S. Roberts under the name of "The Avalon Game Company" for the publication of his game '' Tactics''. It is considered the first of a new type of war game, consisting of a self-contained printed map, pieces, rules and box designed for the mass-market. Other war games published over the prior half-century, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Perrin
Stephen Herbert Perrin (January 22, 1946 – August 13, 2021) was an American game designer and technical writer/editor, best known for creating the tabletop role-playing game ''RuneQuest'' for Chaosium. Early life and education Perrin earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from San Francisco State University. Perrin was a founding member in 1966 of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). Early career and Chaosium One of his first contributions to the world of RPGs was "The Perrin Conventions" in 1976, an alternative set of combat rules for ''Dungeons & Dragons'', which led to his work on ''RuneQuest''. Perrin wanted more involvement in the role-playing game industry, and with Jeff Pimper he talked to Chaosium about developing a creature book based on ''Dungeons & Dragons'', which they published as '' All the Worlds' Monsters'' (1977), and was released before the ''Monster Manual'' from TSR. Perrin later worked with Steve Henderson and Warren James on an idea for an origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Turney
Ray Turney is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Hendrik Jan Pfeiffer, Art Turney and Ray Turney originally planned to publish information on the fictional world of Glorantha from '' White Bear and Red Moon'' as a supplement for ''Dungeons & Dragons'', but Greg Stafford wanted an original role-playing game created for Glorantha. Ideas for an original gaming system for Glorantha came about during a conversation between Steve Perrin, Steve Henderson and Warren James at a Greyhaven party, and they were soon joined by Ray Turney from the original team. Perrin and Turney designed ''RuneQuest'' which was published by Chaosium in 1978. The rules system for ''RuneQuest'' was created by Perrin, Turney, Henderson and James. Chaosium considered publishing ''Arduin'' in 1976, but found the game too complex and derivative of ''Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Nash (game Designer)
Pete Nash is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Pete Nash had worked on Chaosium fanzines. Mongoose Publishing started to publish game lines in 2008 to support the fourth edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' by Wizards of the Coast, one of which was '' Wraith Recon'' by Nash. Nash and Lawrence Whitaker worked on updating the ''RuneQuest ''RuneQuest'' (commonly abbreviated as RQ) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game originally designed by Steve Perrin, Ray Turney, Steve Henderson (game designer), Steve Henderson, and Warren James, and set in Greg Stafford (game designer), Gre ...'' role-playing game for Mongoose, which they developed as ''RuneQuest II'' in 2010. Nash got new support for his ''Wraith Recon'' fantasy warfare setting through supplements for ''RuneQuest II''. After Mongoose's license to ''RuneQuest'' expired, Mongoose kept the game in print under the title ''Legend''. Meanwhile, Whitaker and Nash formed a company, The Design Mec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mongoose Publishing
Mongoose Publishing is a British manufacturer of role-playing games, miniatures, and card games, publishing material since 2001. Its licenses include products based on the science fiction properties '' Traveller'', ''Judge Dredd'', and ''Paranoia'', as well as fantasy titles. History Mongoose Publishing was founded in Swindon, England, in 2001 by Matthew Sprange and Alex Fennell. Sprange initially wanted to publish a miniatures game, but he ultimately went with the less expensive alternative of using Wizards of the Coast's d20 System license. It grew out of the ''d20 System'' boom sparked by ''Dungeons & Dragons'' 3rd edition. The first release, the ''Slayer's Guides'', concentrated on different monster types for the ''d20 system'', while the subsequent Quintessential books, detailed specific character classes. The latter was to span three years and thirty-six different titles. In 2003 the company released the magazine ''Signs and Portents'', a house organ aimed at suppleme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
