This is a massive collection of Glorantha Goodness, it revises the cults from the previous edition and brings them in line with new MRQII rule set.

It goes into further depth into the cult and pantheon mythos giving a bit more meat to help you portray your character. It really goes to town on the Draconic, Storm, Solar, and Malkion Pantheons - all are excellently detailed and give a good feel for the culture.

I would have prefered it if the Nomad, Pentian/horse Nomad, Pamaltelan, and beast cults had been seperated out into distinct Pantheon/Traditions rather than lumping them together... still its only a minor point of preference.

Not all the cults from the previous editions made it to the book... and some of the cults/paths mentioned in the Glorantha Core Book don't get a mentioned inside so the cultures remain unplayable unless your predispossed to make some cults up yourself until they fill the gaps, inparticular Teshnos, East Isle, Pamaltelan and the Chaos Pantheon.

There are some minor error- missing spells, but hat said, this is a remarkable book, it makes the cults of Prax feel a bit lightweight.

Paul

Loads of great info on Malkioni sects, and lots of grimoires for inspiration plus rules for creating minor saints' grimoires. Eurmal makes a long-overdue first-appearance in aMongoose publication, but Eurmali are simultaneously boring and overpowered, though, and nothing is said about the God Learners' Trickster Temple. Some significant errors mar this otherwise excellent publication - check out the Mongoose RQ2 forum for the errata thread.

A good spin on the usual monster manual affair, by theming all creatrures as potential combatants in a Roman style Coliseum. Actually services as a skirmish style game concept on it's own on this basis, should you tire of more elaborate storytelling.

Celebrated, but nevertheless quite accessible background setting, that captures a mythical tone immediately through their approach to cultures and beliefs. Not quite as daunting as one may expect for a setting this old, and I actually found it an enjoyable read.

The content is pretty good, in a kind of sim-civilisation, metagame way. It does give an avenue for building strong campaigns. Curiously, the pdf didn't include the cover though.

The product description at Drivethrurpg says "Land of the Samurai is a stand alone RuneQuest game, designed for those of you who enjoy a huge pile of reality mixed in with your fantasy."

That is total false advertising. It is not stand-alone. It does not repeat the game mechanics needed to play. This is only a supplement. You must also have the regular Mongoose Runequest rules.

I thought I was buying a complete game. Instead it is just a sourcebook.

What a rip off!

A brilliantly written and conceived piece of work. Mr. Laws excels again at making a very readable introduction to Glorantha, and the 2nd Age material is top notch and quite playable. Amazingly useful for 3rd Age HQ players as well.

It's nice to see the past of Glorantha being explored. Not to mention having RuneQuest back on the market. Way to go Mongoose.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

A solid back drop/source book low in mechanic (nearly non-existant in fact) high in setting and flavour, damn useful for Heroquest, RQ2, RQ3 or the obligatory Mongooses edition.

Very little to be negative about, writing and layout is good, the maps are excellent. Some of the cover illustration and internal art works is bit poor (but well above that of he infamous Elder Secrets and Troll Gods), but even then the art is generally in keeping with the setting.