Back in the elder days of yaw, before the interwebs, before White Wolf, there was Glorantha. For those who don't know, Glorantha is an RPG setting created by Greg Stafford. It styles itself as a world of mythology and it really deserves the name. It is rich and detailed, stretching from a board game released in 1975 to the Guide of Glorantha, a system-less RPG setting book coming out in a few months time.
While Tolkien's influences are apparent, it is still a unique world. In Glorantha elves are mobile, intelligent plants. Dwarfs are almost robotic creatures made of stone, forever trying to fix the World Machine. Men worship pantheons of gods with history and rivalries older than Time. Dragons are the size of mountains and their dreams manifest in physical form of lesser drakes. In the Second Age, the God Learners invaded other cultures to steal their magic power. In the third, the Lunar Empire expands pushes outwards, brining their Red Goddess and Lunar Way to everyone they can.
Its the kind of world where entire news groups have spent years debating the true nature of Yelm or whether Orlanthi are noble barbarians or mindless savages who continuously break the universe.
So I was wondering, anyone else here a fan of Glorantha?
While Tolkien's influences are apparent, it is still a unique world. In Glorantha elves are mobile, intelligent plants. Dwarfs are almost robotic creatures made of stone, forever trying to fix the World Machine. Men worship pantheons of gods with history and rivalries older than Time. Dragons are the size of mountains and their dreams manifest in physical form of lesser drakes. In the Second Age, the God Learners invaded other cultures to steal their magic power. In the third, the Lunar Empire expands pushes outwards, brining their Red Goddess and Lunar Way to everyone they can.
Its the kind of world where entire news groups have spent years debating the true nature of Yelm or whether Orlanthi are noble barbarians or mindless savages who continuously break the universe.
So I was wondering, anyone else here a fan of Glorantha?