Shipwreck from Antiquity

We are currently holidaying in Cyprus, and we’ve recently visited the Lusignan castle at Girne, which houses, among other things, an exhibit about a Greek ship from approximately 300 BC that capsized in front of the city’s harbour. As the missus said, “they’d almost made it!”

The ship was discovered in the 1960s and brought on shore in 1963-64.  

Here are a few pics from the exhibit, which may provide inspiration for Gloranthan sea voyages.  

nuRQ - Important News

This is from social media, so I guess it’s OK to share it. 

Update on the new RuneQuest

An update on the work on a new edition of RuneQuest. Thanks to the countless hours of playtesting, feedback, and revisions, we’ve realized that we need more time to keep developing a new edition. Consequently we're pushing back the estimated release date to 2027 at the earliest.

However, all that work has made clear to us that the existing RuneQuest rules can be presented in a far more concise and clear manner. The process has also helped us identify where the existing rules need to be clarified to make it easier for newcomers to learn the game mechanics and for us to make VTT adaptations. 

So without further ado, what we are going to do is release a Revised RuneQuest core rule book. This will be significantly shorter than the existing RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha core rule book—about a third the size. Combat rules are cleaned up, and the rules are far clearer and better presented than in RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. This book will include a Bestiary, and will focus on Sartar, Prax, and the Big Rubble.

In the meantime, we will continue to roll out new releases for the RQG line; stay tuned for some exciting announcements!

Vampires and Glorantha

I have never been a fan of vampires in Glorantha. Even before Greg Stafford’s world became firmly grounded in a Bronze Age/Iron Age mythological milieu, and was still a kind of “old school” kitchen sink of various fantasy tropes, I disliked the presence of vampires.

Why? Well, because as a mythical creature, the vampire only appeared in European literary fiction in the 18th century. It’s a creature from the modern era, not from Antiquity, and not even from the Middle Ages. I actually even found vampires lame in D&D.

But we can fix this, because mythical creatures feeding on the vital fluids of the living have been present in myth and legend since... forever. However, their depiction is in stark contrast with the ‘charismatic villain’ type popularised by Bram Stoker’s novel and by classic horror film. Vampire-like creatures from antiquity are almost invariably monstrous and repulsive, resembling ghouls rather than European aristocrats.

Given Chaosium’s current art direction for Glorantha, much more inclusive of non-European influences, I would like to suggest the following as alternate inspiration for the vampire:

First and foremost, the vetāla, a class of spirits in Hindu mythology that live close to charnel grounds and that can take possession of dead bodies as vehicles for movement. These animated corpses then cause mischief in nearby villages.

Bhairava is the god of vetāla. As with many fearsome South Asian deities, he is not ‘evil’— his frightening appearance may indicate that he is a fierce protector of the faithful or that he teaches how to transform anger or hatred into understanding. This being said, the way he is depicted can be a source of inspiration for the ‘new’ Gloranthan vampire, in line with the current art used in the game.

Bhairava

Second, the strix of Ancient Greece. It was a monstrous bird that fed on the blood of children [hence the D&D ‘stirge’].

Third, let’s look at Inner Asia. The ḫortdan is a vampire-revenant that gets out of its grave at night to feed upon the blood of the living. It can become invisible or turn into an animal. The ḫortdan look bloated (especially after having fed), with a ruddy complexion.

Hence my suggested modifications to the description of the vampire (RuneQuest Bestiary, p105-106):

–Instead of “it takes on a pallid white skin and lustrous hair”: “it becomes bloated with a ruddy complexion”.

–Instead of “it may now turn into a bat, wolf, or smoke”: “it may now turn into a monstrous bird or become invisible”.

 

Also, since Darkness creatures are so strongly opposed to Chaos, I believe the vampire should be associated to the Shadow Rune, and not to the Darkness Rune.

RuneQuest 90s (Part One)

Back when my daughter and her husband went to Japan for their honeymoon, they had the excellent idea of bringing back a copy of RuneQuest 90s as a gift to me.
Now obviously I cannot read Japanese, but I have this magic item called ‘Google Lens’ that does miracles to understand what is written in that book.

 

A bit of context first. While the rest of the world, in the late 1990s, was experiencing a dearth of RQ products, Japan had its very own edition of RQ, with a new set of rules, and a slew of supplements.

Since I only have the core book, this post will concentrate on it: ©1992, 160 pages, perfectbound, with apparently everything needed to start playing (so kind of like RQ2).

Summary of the book (note that these are the English-language headings of the chapters):
1. Introduction
2. Character Generation
3. Basic Laws of RuneQuest
4. Melee Combat
5. Power of Spirit & Rune
6. Character Development, Natural Damage, Large Scale Movement, Item Pricelist, and others
7. Game Masters Guide
8. Creatures of Glorantha
9. Introduction to Glorantha or Gate to the Dragon Pass
10. Wings of the Wind [an introductory scenario]

I will try to delve deeper into some of these chapters using my magic item.

Character Generation

Characteristics are the usual 3D6, except INT & SIZ, 2D6+6.
HPs are CON+SIZ halved, MPs are equal to POW, damage bonus is also the usual.
Then choose a cult from the list that starts on page 21.
The cult you choose will determine the skills, equipment, and spells you start with.
Skills: The base percentage of each skill is either INT% (knowledge-based skills) or DEX% (athletic skills). Then for each skill from the cult list, add +40%. Finally, choose three skills from outside your cult list and add +20%. Cults with a ‘*’ cannot be selected in this way.
Spells: An adventurer starts with 2 Spirit Magic spells from the ones available in their cult description.
Cults are listed from page 21 on, they are: Orlanth Adventurous, Yelmalio, Humakt, Storm Bull, Odayla, Bebeester Gor, Issaries, Chalana Arroy, Donandar, Ernalda, Lhankor Mhy, Lanbril, Eurmal.
That is all! Nice and easy. No encumbrance, no fatigue, no useless bookkeeping.

I like Issaries, so let us have a look at the Issaries cult:
Cult - Issaries is worshipped by people who are involved in travel and business. There are many types of faithful, such as shopkeepers, merchants, and monks. They are known for their shrewd negotiation skills and their ability to travel far and wide. They are at their best in negotiations and bargaining siruations. There are temples to Issaries in every city of Dragon Pass.
Myth - In the Gods Age, Issaries was famous for his great wisdom and his extraordinary talents. When the world was destroyed, Issaries was heartbroken so he accompanied Orlanth on a journey to Hell to rescue the Sun God Yelm. Issaries became the eyes and ears of the Lighbringers, guiding them to a successful journey.
Enemies and allies - The followers of Issaries, who govern communication, make no enemies. The followers of Etyries, the Lunar goddess of trade, are rivals with Issaries.
Runes - Harmony, Issaries, Movement.
Symbols - Quarterstaff, Mule.
Skills - Two-handed weapon attack, two-handed weapon parry, Speak Tradetalk, R/W Tradetalk.
Spirit Magic Spells - Mindspeech, Mobility.
Rune Magic Spells - Spell Trading, Lock, Passage [Rune spells are listed because there is an optional rule that lets you start with Rune Magic].
Equipment - Quarterstaff, knife, soft leather armour, sacred items (pen and two parchment scrolls), goods worth 200-2000 L (to be determined with the GM), blanket, waterskin, backpack, tinder and flint, 7 days worth of preserved food.

NuRQ Scope and Logo revealed?

Chaosium have been advertising their 50th anniversary playmat on social media. Here it is:

click to enlarge

What is interesting is what this image reveals to the general public about NuRQ:
- You can see a fighter/adventurer type looking at a vast ruin: the default setting for NuRQ is going to be the Big Rubble, and the PCs are going to have adventures in ‘dungeons’ that they are going to loot...

- The logo is different from the current RQG logo; it is NuRQ’s logo.

Death in RuneQuest

Whilst preparing the lastest episode of Runecast and researching through the various rule books and supplements, I realised that the rules of RuneQuest - Roleplaying in Glorantha were not crystal clear in terms of when it is, exactly, that a character dies.

First of all, and contrary to what happens in a lot of TTRPGs (especially fantasy ones, in which combat plays such a predominant role), there is no section titled ‘Death’ in the Combat chapter or ‘Character Death’ in the Adventurers chapter.

You have to read the non-emphasised text beneath the ‘Attributes’ heading of the Adventurers chapter of the core book (page 55) to find the following:

When your adventurer has taken sufficient damage to surpass their total hit points, they will die at the end of the combat round.

(Which is a very convoluted way of saying that the adventurer dies when their hit point total reaches −1 or below [not 0, because of “surpass”]). Honestly, I would have expected a side bar or something similar to make sure how a character dies is crystal clear to anybody who is reading the core book. And by the way, why restrict this to ‘adventurers’... NPCs and monsters will die at the same threshold. Also this is contradiction with the Starter Set, which specifies that a character “dies at the end of the melee round if the total hit points are equal to or less than 0”.

Of course losing all their total hit points is not the only way your player character might die in a RuneQuest game. Excess damage in a vital hit location is probably the main cause of death among RQ adventurers. But to get this kind of information you have to read on and reach the ‘Damage’ heading of the Game System chapter (pages 146-149), to find the following:

p147: Damage Equal to or More Than the Location’s Hit Points

• Abdomen: If not healed or treated with First Aid within ten minutes, the adventurer bleeds to death.
• Chest: The adventurer bleeds to death in ten minutes unless the bleeding is stopped by First Aid.
• Head: The adventurer is unconscious and must be healed or treated with First Aid within five minutes or they will die.

p148: Damage Equals or Exceeds Double the Location’s Hit Points

• If the head, chest, or abdomen suffers more than twice as much damage as the adventurer has hit points in that location, the adventurer becomes unconscious and begins to lose 1 hit point per melee round unless healed or treated with First Aid.

p148: Damage Equals or Exceeds Triple the Location’s Hit Points

• A head, chest, or abdomen hit for three times as much damage as the adventurer has hit points in that location results in instant death.

French-Language RuneQuest Podcast

I believe I havenʼt mentioned it yet, but myself and fellow Gloranthaphile Dasfynx have started a French-language podcast about RuneQuest and the world of Glorantha, called Runecast.

There are quite a few episodes online already, with a significant variety in the topics weʼve addressed.

Hero Quest ‘Rules’

On one of the French RuneQuest forums, I have been reminded of this very long and complete essay about hero quests by Andrew Logan Montgomery: 

Heroquesting in RuneQuest: Some Thoughts

Honestly, read it and you won’t be waiting for the ‘official’ hero questing rules any longer; the guidelines therein are more than sufficient for an experienced gamemaster to run hero quests in their own games.

News from Chaosium Con, UK

Don’t be fooled by the title, I did not go to Chaosium Con, UK.  However, several of my friends did, and there’s a video of Jeff Richard’s panel available on YouTube.

I get conflicting impressions from all this. The new RuneQuest rules were not supposed to be a new edition, see my earlier posts and everything that has been shared on social media by Chaosium since February 2025. The general idea I could gather via FB & Discord exchanges with insiders, or people close to them, was that there would be a “starter set” sort of boxed set to play Griselda-like adventures in the Big Rubble, and that this could lead to people either being content of limiting themselves to this style of gaming or transitioning to RQ:G. However, the latest posts on social media and my private exchanges with friends who went to Chaosium Con are leading me to think that NuRQ will be a new edition indeed.

The following new books have been announced at Chaosium Con, all for the new rules, and apparently targeting H1 2026:

• Core NuRQ rulebook
• Gamemaster’s handbook (containing a bestiary)
• A four-part Pavis-based campaign
• Player aids, cardboard standees, etc.

Honestly, these look like the perfect set to launch a new edition. And if the four-part campaign is the one that Robin D Laws had been working on before COVID, it’s going to be ace.

Nu Tunnels & Trolls — A First Glimpse?

Rebellion Unplugged, the new owners of the Tunnels & Trolls licence, have been pretty secretive about what they are going to do with our beloved D6 tabletop role-playing game. All we know is that Scott Malthouse and Chris Bisette are the lead writers, and that they are keeping the D6’s. Anything else is top secret.

Well, the lucky people who are going to UK Games Expo may get an opportunity to lift the veil! Rebellion Unplugged have a stand there (3A−502), and Scott Malthouse has said he’d be demoing the game. As for me, I’m not attending, alas!, but I sure am going to pester Scott once UK Games Expo is over 🙂

Kralorela Q&A

I have been tidying up my stuff a lot recently — or rather the missus coerced me into tidying up — and at least the good thing is that I have recovered a lot of beloved belongings I’d thought lost, like the RQ3 boxed sets or the Mongoose RuneQuest Lankhmar books. One of the things I’ve found is my notebook with all my scribblings from Eternal Con 2017, and in particular the notes I took at a Q&A Jeff Richard gave during the con. They are already on the blog, but its always good to re-read the original. Here is the snippet about my current interests (I am running a campaign set in eastern Genertela):

Q: Why doesn’t Godunya do anything against Can Shu?

A: Ignorance is part of the balance of the universe. And at least it’s controlled where it is [in Chern Durel]. If Can Shu were to be crushed, who knows where Ignorance would re-surface... maybe in Kralorela itself?

Q: What is the procedure to find a new emperor?

A: Who knows? There isn’t anybody left around from the last time this happened!

Q: I want to know more about Orathorn.

A: It will be in the 13th Age in Glorantha Sourcebook.

[Well, I’ve just checked, and except for a paraphrase of what we already know about the Nights of Horror from the Guide to Glorantha, there is absolutely nothing new ☹️]

RuneQuest Stat Blocks

RuneQuest is a wonderful role-playing game (for me it is even the best RPG ever) but one aspect of the game has to be recognised as a pain: its stat blocks. For the gamemaster, RuneQuest’s strength — ‘monsters’ are as lovingly detailed as its player characters and have the same characteristics — is also its weakness, as each opponent has to be painstakingly statted.

Obviously, and since the very beginning of RuneQuest’s history, NPCs’ and monsters’ stat blocks have tended to be reduced to whatever is indispensable to run an adventure.

Let us have a chronological look at them.

FANGS and FOES (1980)

These were collections of randomly-generated NPCs for the unprepared gamemaster. The general aspect of the entries was as follows:

where Def was the RQ2 skill of Defence (which has disappeared in all subsequent editions), T.F. was the Treasure Factor, ENC the Encumbrance (standard/maximum), Spl SR the spell strike rank, and the three labelless numbers the sum of the DEX and SIZ SRs, the attack bonus, and the parry bonus (which could be different at the time). The rest is self-explanatory, with an emphasis on combat statistics: localised hit points and weapon stats.

My Opinion: There’s a lot of information in a very compact stat block. It is excellent for its purpose (a catalogue of randomised NPCs), but I wouldn’t use this format in an adventure.

RQ2 SCENARIOS

Let’s use Snake Pipe Hollow as an example. Here is one of the adventurers the PCs may encounter while exploring the caverns of Chaos.

This is much more readable than the stat bloc from Fangs/Foes, because it’s not as curt, and it seems like it is giving more information. The info provided, however, is pretty much the same. The only extra entries are Languages and Magic Items, and there is a ‘Treasure’ line instead of a Treasure Factor.

My Opinion: As a stat block, it uses up a lot of real estate on the page. I don’t think it’s better than the curt Fangs/Foes format. For a gamemaster in a hurry, however, I must recognise that it is important that the stat block be readable, and in this aspect it’s better than the Fangs/Foes template.

RQ3 SUPPLEMENTS

RuneQuest 3 started a policy of making a difference between important NPCs, who sometimes get several pages of description, and unimportant NPCs, who get a treatment similar to what was the norm in RQ2, e.g., to use an example from the RQ3 edition of Snake Pipe Hollow:

This is similar to the RQ2 treatment, except that the hit location chart has its own space between the characteristics and the weapons block.

My Opinion: Differentiating between important and unimportant NPCs is good. For the latter, however, I still think too much real estate is being used.

RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA

After a long hiatus, RuneQuest returns to us in 2018 in its fourth Chaosium edition. With the addition of Runes and Passions, the basic NPC template has had to accommodate these new entries, of course. Depending on the supplement, the basic NPC template alternates/hesitates between these two formats:

from RuneQuest: Gamemaster Adventures (CHA4029)

from Lands of RuneQuest: Dragon Pass (CHA4037)

These formats provide pretty much the same information as in the older editions, with the addition of Runes, Passions and Ransom.

My Opinion: I think the bottom example is quite good: all the characteristics are on the same line, and the attributes, being to the right of the hit locations block, do not take up any extra space. The second template tries to optimise the space it uses up on the page, but I still think it could be reduced.

MY RECOMMENDATIONS

OK, it is good to criticise, but it is better to provide solutions, and I can hear you all saying “Awright, smarty pants, how would you do it?”

Well, here are my recommendations.

Major NPCs

For major NPCs, the gamemaster needs to have a maximum of information available under their eye, because the slightest oversight could ruin an encounter. Here is how I typically describe major NPCs:

NPC Name

Male/Female, Species, age XX, from //place, member of //organisation, initiate of //cult

STR XX CON XX SIZ XX DEX XX INT XX POW XX CHA XX

Hit Points: XX Move: 8

DEX SR: X SIZ SR: X

Runes: list all Runes in alphabetical order with their value, e.g. Air XX%, Death XX%, Fire XX%, Stasis XX%, Water XX%.

Rune Points: 3 (Cult)

Rune Spells: All common Rune spells plus Catseye, Command (Hawks), Sunbright.

Magic Points: XX

Spirit Magic: Co-ordination (2), Lightwall (4), Multimissile 2.

(variable spells have their value without parentheses)

Spirit Combat Damage: 1D6+1

Passions: list all Passions in alphabetical order with their value, e.g. Devotion (Yelmalio) XX%, Hate (Trolls) XX%, Honour XX%.

Reputation: XX%

Armour: heavy scale hauberk (5 pts.), plate greaves and vambraces (6 pts.), closed helm (5 pts.).

(name each piece of armour and indicate the corresponding armour points)

Skills: list all Skills in alphabetical order with their value, e.g. Battle XX%, Climb XX%, Cult Lore (Yelmalio) XX%, Dodge XX%, Homeland Lore (Sun Dome County) XX%, Listen XX%, Move Quietly XX%, Scan XX%, Spirit Combat XX%, Track XX%, Worship (Yelmalio) XX%.

Languages: list all language skills in alphabetical order with their value, spoken first, read/written last, e.g. Firespeech XX%, Heortling XX%, New Pelorian XX%, Praxian XX%, Read/Write New Pelorian XX%.

Ransom: XXX L

 

Location     D20            Armour/HP

Right leg      1-4              6/6

Left leg         5-8              6/6

Abdomen    9-11           5/6

Chest           12               5/7

Right arm    13-15         6/5

Left arm       16-18         6/5

Head            19-20         5/6

 

Weapon                          %          Damage            SR         PTS

Short spear                    45         1D6+1+1D4      6            10

Dagger                             45         1D4+2+1D4      7            7

Medium shield              35         1D4+1D4          7            12

Composite bow             50         1D8+1                2            7

Minor NPCs

The information needed for minor NPCs corresponds more or less to the two RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha examples above.

Typical XX

Member of //organisation | initiate of //cult

STR XX CON XX SIZ XX DEX XX INT XX POW XX CHA XX

Hit Points: XX Move: 8

SR X (DEX: X SIZ: X)

Runes: list only the major Runes, in alphabetical order with their value, e.g. Air XX%, Death XX%.

Rune Points: 3

Cults: Orlanth Adventurous, Humakt

(list the most common cults for this kind of NPC)

Rune Spells: All common Rune spells plus Leap 1+, Shield 1+.

Magic Points: XX

Spirit Magic: Bladesharp 2, Heal 2, Protection 2.

Passions: list only the major Passions, in alphabetical order with their value, e.g. Honour XX%, Loyalty (city militia) XX%.

Armour: heavy scale hauberk (5 pts.), plate greaves and vambraces (6 pts.), closed helm (5 pts.).

Skills: list only skills above 50%, e.g. Battle 55%, Climb 90%, Cult Lore (XXX) 75%, Dodge 75%, Homeland Lore (New Pavis) 60%, Listen 70%, Scan 65%, Track 85%.

Languages: Speak Heortling XX%.

Treasure: XX

Ransom: XXX L

 

Location     D20            Armour/HP

Right leg      1-4              6/6

Left leg         5-8              6/6

Abdomen    9-11           5/6

Chest           12               5/7

Right arm    13-15         6/5

Left arm       16-18         6/5

Head            19-20         5/6

 

Weapon                          %          Damage            SR         PTS

Short spear                    45         1D6+1+1D4      6            10

Dagger                             45         1D4+2+1D4      7            7

Medium shield              35         1D4+1D4          7            12

Composite bow             50         1D8+1                2            7

Very Minor NPCs/Mooks

Jondoe the NPC

POW 11

Hit Points: 12

Armour: such and such (3 pts.)

Combat: Uses a <weapon> at XX%, at SR 5, does 1D8+1D6 damage

Magic: Has XXX, XXX, XXXX. Will cast XXX to raise his <weapon> to XX% before entering mêlée.

Comments: I like how I present information for major NPCs and for mooks. Everything needed to run an encounter with a major NPC is there. For mooks, it is just the bare bones. No localised hit points are indicated because, say, if the mook has 12 hit points it is likely that the GM has a screen that breaks this down into how many hit points each location has. Also mooks would often have the same amount of armour protection in each location.

On the other hand,  I am still dissatisfied with my ‘Minor NPC’ stat block... it is still too large. I guess I could reduce the information for hit locations, armour and weapons (weapon hit points, for instance can be found on the GM screen).

Suggestions are welcome!

Nu RuneQuest − Habemus nomen!

There has been a short announcement of sorts about the new RQ rules, which clears up a few uncertainties:

BTW according to this announcement, the new game is going to be called RuneQuest: Fantasy Roleplaying.

Also this is kinda cool in an Olde Schoole way as Pavis and the Big Rubble were the locations where Steve Perrin and friends playtested the Chaosium Game (the working title of RuneQuest) back in the 70s)!

Nu Tunnels & Trolls

Well, a mere fortnight after the announcement by Chaosium of a new e̶d̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ version of RuneQuest, Rebellion Unplugged has announced that a new edition of Tunnels & Trolls is in the works and is going to be published in 2025.

Yay! Talk about living in interesting times.

A lot of people were worried that the new T&T wouldn’t be true to its roots (or even that Rebellion Unplugged would be sitting on the licence), but the announcement today mentions that Scott Malthouse (of Trollish Delver fame) is one of the people working on the new ruleset. Scott is a true blue fan of Tunnels & Trolls, so I know we can only expect Good Things from the new edition.

Yay! Can’t wait!

Mike Mearls About the New Rules

Mike Mearls has been interviewed by Luke Gygax on his Twitch TV channel.

Obviously, he addresses Nu RuneQuest; the ‘meaty’ part starts at 00:33:30 and ends at 00:40:30, so it’s a mere 7 minutes to listen to.

If you still don’t want to listen to it, here is the salient information:

1. Nu RuneQuest is not a new edition; it’s more like Pulp Cthulhu vs ‘normal’ Call of Cthulhu.

2. Nu RuneQuest will concentrate on adventures set in Pavis & Big Rubble: dungeon crawling, treasure hunting, dealing with chaotic foes…

3. In the rules, social actions will be as important as combat [c’mon this is already the case in RQ...]

Nu RuneQuest

So Jeff Richard dropped a bomb today on Facebook. Here it is, verbatim:

New RuneQuest? 

The cat is out of the bag! Mike Mearls, Jason Durall, and I have been secretly working on refining and streamlining the RuneQuest rules for the better part of a year! The rules are in final playtest (and any playtesters present please do not comment on them publicly until we give the word). And man we are EXCITED! Loads more info very soon, so watch this space.

But sharp eyed folk might want to carefully review some of my posts over the last year!

OK I’m way too lazy to review Jeff’s FB posts over 12 months, but someone over at BRP Central noticed that he posted a lot about Pavis & Big Rubble. I thought this was because the new Pavis & Big Rubble book would be the next in line, but someone smart wrote that Nu RuneQuest may drop all the extra chargen shit and concentrate on Pavis & Big Rubble as a single locale for starting PCs, with a fair bit of dungeon delving.

Anyway, it is clear to me that the reason Jeff hired Mike Mearls is that Mike has been successful with D&D 5E and Jeff wants to sell RQ to new players looking for a simpler FRP game rather than to (or on top of) us grognards.

Then obviously the next question is: on top of the complex chargen chapter, what is going to be removed from the core rules in Nu RuneQuest? On Bluesky, Facebook, BRP Central, everybody is speculating... Some think the rules are merely going to be streamlined (everything in one place, errata included, Passions/Runes going to work in boon/bane mode); some others are expecting major overhauls like removing the SR system altogether.

Anyway, you may sign up to the playtest rules — but then you have to also sign an NDA. I’m signing up so don’t expect anything from me from now on.

Oh, and BTW, how should we refer to Nu RuneQuest? ‘New RQ’? ‘RQ 2025’? ‘RQG 1.1’?

Tunnels & Trolls Back in 2025?

Remember? Two years ago, Rebellion Unplugged purchased the Tunnels & Trolls licence from Webbed Sphere who were idly sitting on it.

We haven’t heard much since; however, a few days ago, Rebellion Unplugged posted the following on Bluesky:

2024 is drawing to a close but we're already looking ahead to 2025. We see big, big things on the horizon that may change TTRPGs forever... Illustration by @nathanandersonart.bsky.social

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— Rebellion Unplugged (@rebellionunplugged.bsky.social) 20 décembre 2024 à 11:45

That sounds rather... bombastic, but here’s hoping.