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.
I wish I had met you there! :-)
ReplyDeleteInstead, I had to content myself with talking to Hervé! :-P