Quick catch up on what’s going on in the wider world of Gloranthan publishing before a post about what’s happening in our happy fan bit of the pond

Well the big news of the decade, if not the last 30 years , for 3rd Age Glorantha is Moon Designs release of “Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes”.

• Sartar Kingdom of Heroes on Glorantha.com

Its all part of Moon Design’s reboot of the Gloranthan setting after the release of HeroQuest 2, and its a big chunk of Glorantha detailing the Orlanthi of Dragon pass, their lifestyle, character gen, clan generator, cults and magic and a 100 pages of epic adventure. Take it from me this is a pick up and play book, both in the sense that a newcomer could grasp it and play it with their group and in the fact that all the stuff is there in one place for us old hands to grasp. Oh and its copiously and gloriously illustrated with COLOUR MAPS!

But don’t take my word for it,

Here’s a review by Pete Nash, author of BRP Rome

• Pete Nash’s review on RPG.net

and here’s a video clip, filmed by Darran Sims at last weekend’s Dragonmeet, of Jeff talking you through the book.

More Duck themed maddness from the Durlz Master, Stu Stansfield in Issue 2 of the online magazine RPG Review.

• Gloranthan Sacred Time Carol in issue 2 of Rpg Review

Yoinked off the HeroQuest RPG yahoo groop, editor’s André Jarosch announcement, which also details who to get Tradetalk and other Chaos Society publications.

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Been busy busy busy planning , writing and running Gloranthan games as part of the Gloranthan Games track at Furnace.  I’ll do a full update on that later, but suffice to say it all went swimmingly well and my thanks go out to all involved (Jane Williams, John Ossoway and Neil Ford).  I’ll definitely try and get it organised again next Furnace (tentatively Oct 10-11 2009).

While I was away the following slipped in

Darran Sims released his latest One Man and His Dice podcast – The Rune Magic seminar from Continuum 2008.

Mongoose Publishing put up a preview for their Ducks: Guide to the Durulz and have released RuneQuest Ruins of Glorantha .

And talking of ducks, Stu Stansfield submitted his next part of his Duck Kings and Queens list. Here’s a preview picture

King Thunderthroat