I'll also add that Jeff's Moon Design blog at
http://vingkot.livejournal.com/
has lots of news and there is also the official site at
http://www.glorantha.com
of course (which includes a feed from the facebook page)...
there is also the Pavis book coming which has plot links to the also upcoming Mongoose Runequest 2nd age Pavis Rises. I'm dead excited!
Dougie.
>
> Hal Bowman wrote:
> > I don't know where else I should post this question, since I am not on Facebook. The Customer Service page on the web site seems to be about resolving problems. Sorry if I missed this in earlier material.
>
> I don't do facebook either, so mailing lists work better for me.
>
> > 1. Do I need Dragon Pass: Gazeteer of Kerofinela to use Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes? Will I need it to use future publications?
>
> Nope. All the HW and HQ1 era books are being relegated to "historical
> curiosity". The official reason is to avoid making everyone go hunt up
> a copies of King of Sartar or Elder Secrets, but it wouldn't surprise me
> if it was just a bit of the new folks ousting remnants of the old guard.
> Either way, DP:GoK is a good source, but is no longer considered canonical.
>
> So far, what I've seen in S:KoH, it has done a good job of covering a
> lot of the material in TR, but not as much for DP:GoK. S:KoH just
> doesn't have the space to cover every hamlet, battleground, stream, holy
> spot, and whatnot that.
>
> > 2. What is the expected order of published material coming out? Where should I have looked to learn this?
>
> They are officially on a "slow and steady" pace. The updates get posted
> here or at WorldOfGlorantha every now and again. I think the next one
> is the Pavis book, followed by Whitewall. If they all have the same
> size and quality of S:KoH, then we can't complain about the delivery
> schedule. That is one big book, and so far it has been awesome.
>
> There is also a stream of development coming from Mongoose games, but
> they focus on the 2nd age and use an updated version of Runequest. I've
> never looked at any of them, but they might have stuff that interests you.
>
> BTW: Don't get hung up on "officially published material" because it too
> will change over time. I still have the copy of RQ2 I bought back in
> '83 and while a lot of the big picture stuff is unchanged, most of the
> details are completely different. You certainly can find "modern"
> Sartar within those pages. Heck, Sartar used to be littered with guilds
> and small towns. Grab what you like and and forge your own path.
>
> In a lot of ways, playing in Glorantha is a lot like being on a
> HeroQuest. Everyone knows the basic story, and many of the stations are
> mapped out, but it is different for everyone.
>
> - doug
>