Oh happy day! Got news today that Mongoose Publishing is going to be redoing Runequest, and publishing it, and it WILL be set in Glorantha, or at least the first supplement will be Gloranthan. This is exciting, stellar, wonderful news for some of us old-school gamers who grew up playing Runequest in the early 1980′s. Memories of Snakepipe Hollow are still some of my favorite RPG memories.
From what I understand, the rules will be basically the same as they were before although updated (no Runequest Slayers nonsense here). Greg Stafford is involved in the project, and the publication date is probably about a year away. They will be looking for playtest groups, and I’ve already emailed them to let them know that I’m interested.
There are a couple of discussion threads about this over at RPG.net. I’m so tickled I can hardly stand it. I LOVED Runequest. Nothing would make me happier as a roleplayer than to see another “Runequest Renaissance”.
And please don’t get me wrong. I like Heroquest just fine. But it’s not and never will be Runequest, as far as I’m concerned, and frankly, I think Heroquest has more in common with Risus than with Runequest anyway.