Kethaela in the Second Age

In issue No.5 of Tradetalk, there is a very long article (7 pages!) about Kethaela in the Second Age. There also is a lengthy article about Caladraland, with details about Caladraland in the Second Age.

Scenarios

There are already two scenarios for Mongoose RuneQuest: one in issue 35 of their house magazine (Signs and Portents), and the other one a published one. Unfortunately, both are generic scenarios, without any established background whatsoever. We're treading the D&D path, gentlemen.

Greg Stafford Interview & Publication Schedule

Here.

Official Rule Clarification

According to the new rules, parrying is resolved by an opposed roll and then looking at a table; meaning that, if you make an attack roll and the parry succeeds, you make another attack roll to compare on the table. Two rolls instead of one!
However, Matthew Sprange published an official FAQ on Mongoose's web site about this, so no double roll is necessary, despite what may be written in the book. Other queries are similarly dealt with in the FAQ.

Previews Available!

Fans have complained about the rules of the new Mongoose RuneQuest, whether because they took part to the open playtest, or because of hearsay.
However, one thing that definitely does look brilliant is the source book for Second Age Glorantha, for which previews are available on Mongoose's site. Yummy!

when exactly in the Second Age is the game set?

Read on the Mongoose RuneQuest forum:

Greg spoke about the Second Age Glorantha setting at Tentacles Convention this weekend and said the setting was something like 895, with the balance already tipping against the empires.

Fourth Post

The quest for information about Second Age Glorantha continues! Today, I salvaged information about the following:

• The History of Carmania
• A History of Karse

Whilst not entirely devoted to events which took place in the Second Age, these pages both contain invaluable information about Second Age Glorantha.

Third Post

Well, Google wasn't too friendly today. I didn't find much about Second Age Glorantha. What I did find was:

• Information about the Pure Horse Tribe
• An Outline of Carmanian History

Unsurprisingly enough, both pieces are from Nick Brooke's website.

I also found out that the German Chaos Society were about to publish a Rough Guide to Pavis City in the Second Age.... He, he, those cunning Germans, they're already churning out stuff for the new Gloranthan setting!

Second Post

Since information on Second Age Glorantha is scant, I quickly turned to Lokarnos, the source for Gloranthan stuff on the web.
I entered 'second age' in their search engine. Uh! No results. Then I tried 'history of Glorantha', got a few results, nothing ground-breaking, here are the most interesting ones:

• Introduction to Mythology and History
• Second Age Empires
• History of Glorantha

Now on to Google.....

First Post

OK, so according to Mongoose's site, their soon-to-be-released version of RuneQuest will be based in the Second Age. My first impression was, wow! that's pretty cool what with all the scheming God Learners and weirdo dragon magics. My second thought was, wait! I don't know fuck about the Second Age....