I was first introduced to Glorantha and Runequest in the late 1980s, and our campaign continued into the late 1990s. I always remember my GM telling me he was "one day going to write the true epic of tribe members becoming adults and then moving through important parts of Satar's history." Our campaign, like many before it, had been concentrated in Pavis. Bob never did get to write the epic; well, not for me. But someone else has. And what a truly excellent product it is, too.
I wished I had played through it back when I first started. It has everything; it even gives you enough room to breathe, allowing you to make the community a place the players love. So when it is taken from them, they want to fight for it later.
I kept this review until some sessions into my version of this campaign. Again, another bonus is that there is enough information to bring in your ideas - such as the complicating factor when a player said to me, "I have some ideas to bring someone following Caldara and Aurellion alive", and had to find a way as to why such a belief would be found in the Haraborn. I did, but because of it, my glorantha will vary now).
Now you have read this review, you have simple instructions.
Buy this book; you won't regret it. After reading it, you will buy Company of the Dragon—trust me, you will—which is also a good idea.
If you were unsure about RQ and Glorantha, buy RQ and this book! You will now be sure about them.
Probably one of the best RPG purchases I have ever made.
|