Great introductory video for the product I have been hoping you will review! Your mastery of the Glorantha material has been very evident in prior videos concerning previous edition products and I have eagerly awaited this. (The videos I have seen to date have all been done by other folks new to RQ and Glorantha.) Really appreciate the time you obviously put into making these videos. I say yours are the best done of any review series I have seen.
Completely agree. Apart from mastery of the topic, his admiration for Glorantha shines through. This is such a great edition of the game and I can't wait for the adventure book to be published shortly.
Bud's RPG review Awesome. I didn’t know there was a BTMOM set coming. I am still saving my pennies for the deluxe slipcase of MON. The Guide to Glorantha is a beast!
@@mailtompowell Yes, it's "in the works" apparently. The Guide to Glorantha is a grim monolith that gazes down upon me from my bookshelf, reminding me of my duties to RuneQuest. I will get around to it eventually, however, Masks and RQG are the priorities here... possibly with Control Group for Delta Green coming after that. I'm also intending to do CoC 7th Edition at some point too.
I am very new to looking at Glorantha, but somehow when you said around 3 minutes that this is both the 7th and 4th edition at the same time, that seemed very appropriate to the complexity of the setting.
What beautiful books, it's weird I dont yet have this but it is now well and truly on my shopping list. Now to convince the goddess of my hearth we call She Who Must be Obeyed....
As usual, great video. I own the slip-case set and it’s a masterpiece; beautiful artwork, a fantastic read and even wonderful to hold. Quality. I’ll never play it. It took me a little over two-and-a-half hours to create a character and the systems, combat for example, are the most complex of any iteration. My players never buy the books so the first session is going to be absorbed by character creation. A beautifully realised avatar that demands knowledge of Glorantha and potentially could die in the first encounter; anyone fancy another character session?. A pleasure to read but for me, hard to run.
I had some of the same thoughts when looking at this game after purchasing it. However, the more recent boxed Starter Set has premade characters and adventures. Just offer the players one of the several sample characters. That, and the fact that combat is so deadly will likely result in less fights. That allows for the slower, layered rules to shine for dramatic action as opposed to roll to hit - miss or damage ? - repeat. I played through the solo adventure, and that allowed me to see all that from experience. In time, it would speed up with experience. At first, it is a lot of referring to charts, but only two or three of them, and they’re on the GM screen or starter set handout. I honestly would find this harder introducing the massive amounts of lore to a group of new players. Yet, I might just use that Jonstown Compendium book Six Seasons in Sartar to introduce a group to Glorantha. That would require character creation, but I was just thinking about asking the players what kind of character he or she had in mind and doing a lot of that before the game on my own.
@@michaelotero4394 Hey Michael, thanks for the response. RQ was the first game I ever bought. Everyone else was playing D&D but the artwork on the box sucked me in. I still play it today. I've never found that deadly combat puts players off, the reverse in fact--combat becomes the most powerful and swiftest solution. In 2nd edition (same as 1st edition with some of the errata fixed and a different binding), most of the book was (is) all about fighting. Character death is all but guaranteed so, spending 90+ minutes creating a character is, well, painful. "Back in the day" we made characters, played games and the character backgrounds grew organically. Pages of tables were not required. However, on the plus side...it looks like the latest edition is mostly compatible with 2nd.
@@michaelhill6453 I’m a newbie to RQ - only the past few weeks. However, I’m picking it up quickly. Looking over some older RQ2 stuff and the conversion guide, it looks easy enough. Some people like the randomized tables for character background, but I understand that it takes time or might be undesirable in preference to organic character development. I’m sure there are people that work around that or ignore it. Six Seasons modifies family history not going beyond 1619 which makes sense for its time period.
@@PilafIsACookingMethod no, I just haven’t gotten around to them yet. I tend to read a chapter and do a video on it as and when I need to re-commit it to memory.
@@BudsRPGreview I gotchu. I was just really hoping to find the whole playlist. I guess the “part” portion of the title gave me false hope. Never the less, your videos are great thanks for the response.
@@BudsRPGreview Oh. Well I thought it might not be relevant to your channel, considered deleting the comment later but I thought it doesnt hurt to ask. Love your videos.
Thank you, a powerful blessing. As a Lhankor Mhy and Argan Argar Initiate my Character has a foot in both doctrine Bud. His Runes are interesting and complex.
A review of the Guide to Glorantha would be great Bud. I raise only issue.... They are so large that you may have to expose your arms on camera just to open the things! Jokes aside GtG takes pride.of place in my RPG collection.
Great introductory video for the product I have been hoping you will review! Your mastery of the Glorantha material has been very evident in prior videos concerning previous edition products and I have eagerly awaited this. (The videos I have seen to date have all been done by other folks new to RQ and Glorantha.)
Really appreciate the time you obviously put into making these videos. I say yours are the best done of any review series I have seen.
Cheers dude!
Completely agree. Apart from mastery of the topic, his admiration for Glorantha shines through. This is such a great edition of the game and I can't wait for the adventure book to be published shortly.
This has to be the best roleplaying video i’ve ever seen. Thank you for the wonderful review!
Wow, thank you!
Glad you don’t shy away from the deep waters! After this and Nyarlathotep, I only have higher and higher expectations.
After those two I may do the Guide to Glorantha boxed set or (if it has been released by then) the Beyond the Mountains of Madness slipcase set.
Bud's RPG review Awesome. I didn’t know there was a BTMOM set coming. I am still saving my pennies for the deluxe slipcase of MON. The Guide to Glorantha is a beast!
@@mailtompowell Yes, it's "in the works" apparently.
The Guide to Glorantha is a grim monolith that gazes down upon me from my bookshelf, reminding me of my duties to RuneQuest.
I will get around to it eventually, however, Masks and RQG are the priorities here... possibly with Control Group for Delta Green coming after that.
I'm also intending to do CoC 7th Edition at some point too.
No good comes of Returning to the Mountains of Madness, only doom and insanity await.
Just what I needed to see. But I need more! Thanks for making this vid :)
More to come!
I am very new to looking at Glorantha, but somehow when you said around 3 minutes that this is both the 7th and 4th edition at the same time, that seemed very appropriate to the complexity of the setting.
The most intricate part of RuneQuest is the setting. When you wrap your head around the rules, it’s quite palatable.
What beautiful books, it's weird I dont yet have this but it is now well and truly on my shopping list. Now to convince the goddess of my hearth we call She Who Must be Obeyed....
great review bud, as a returning RQ gamer you gave all the info i needed 10/10
Glad you found it useful. Loads more RQG to come.
@@BudsRPGreview in currently running stormbringer but bought rq classic. Now I'm contemplating rqg for Xmas 👍
As usual, great video. I own the slip-case set and it’s a masterpiece; beautiful artwork, a fantastic read and even wonderful to hold. Quality. I’ll never play it. It took me a little over two-and-a-half hours to create a character and the systems, combat for example, are the most complex of any iteration. My players never buy the books so the first session is going to be absorbed by character creation. A beautifully realised avatar that demands knowledge of Glorantha and potentially could die in the first encounter; anyone fancy another character session?. A pleasure to read but for me, hard to run.
I had some of the same thoughts when looking at this game after purchasing it. However, the more recent boxed Starter Set has premade characters and adventures. Just offer the players one of the several sample characters. That, and the fact that combat is so deadly will likely result in less fights. That allows for the slower, layered rules to shine for dramatic action as opposed to roll to hit - miss or damage ? - repeat. I played through the solo adventure, and that allowed me to see all that from experience. In time, it would speed up with experience. At first, it is a lot of referring to charts, but only two or three of them, and they’re on the GM screen or starter set handout.
I honestly would find this harder introducing the massive amounts of lore to a group of new players. Yet, I might just use that Jonstown Compendium book Six Seasons in Sartar to introduce a group to Glorantha. That would require character creation, but I was just thinking about asking the players what kind of character he or she had in mind and doing a lot of that before the game on my own.
@@michaelotero4394 Hey Michael, thanks for the response. RQ was the first game I ever bought. Everyone else was playing D&D but the artwork on the box sucked me in. I still play it today. I've never found that deadly combat puts players off, the reverse in fact--combat becomes the most powerful and swiftest solution. In 2nd edition (same as 1st edition with some of the errata fixed and a different binding), most of the book was (is) all about fighting. Character death is all but guaranteed so, spending 90+ minutes creating a character is, well, painful. "Back in the day" we made characters, played games and the character backgrounds grew organically. Pages of tables were not required. However, on the plus side...it looks like the latest edition is mostly compatible with 2nd.
@@michaelhill6453 I’m a newbie to RQ - only the past few weeks. However, I’m picking it up quickly. Looking over some older RQ2 stuff and the conversion guide, it looks easy enough.
Some people like the randomized tables for character background, but I understand that it takes time or might be undesirable in preference to organic character development.
I’m sure there are people that work around that or ignore it. Six Seasons modifies family history not going beyond 1619 which makes sense for its time period.
It says part 1, but I can't find any of the other parts.
Are they uploaded somewhere?
I’ve not had the time (or motivation) to record part two yet.
@@BudsRPGreview I played a lot of 2nd edition back in the day. Just picked this up. Maybe someday we’ll get the rest of these. Love your channel.
Is there a part 2 on the channel? I couldn’t find it
I've done two other videos - Sorcery and Shamans. I'm doing the chapters as and when I find them useful.
Very nice review. Ducks? It has ducks?
Yes. Ducks are present in some people's games.
Ducks are in everyone's game... however much your Glorantha varies.,.they are in there somewhere.
Yes, there are Ducks. Fascinating little folk.
Why can I only find Part 1, Part 14, & Part 16?
Because I haven’t done the rest.
@@BudsRPGreview well, that would certainly explain it. I just assumed they were behind a paywall or something.
@@PilafIsACookingMethod no, I just haven’t gotten around to them yet. I tend to read a chapter and do a video on it as and when I need to re-commit it to memory.
@@BudsRPGreview I gotchu. I was just really hoping to find the whole playlist. I guess the “part” portion of the title gave me false hope. Never the less, your videos are great thanks for the response.
Bud, would you consider reviewing the God Machine Chronicle?
I don't own a single World of Darkness book and as such wouldn't know what I was talking about if I am honest.
@@BudsRPGreview Oh. Well I thought it might not be relevant to your channel, considered deleting the comment later but I thought it doesnt hurt to ask. Love your videos.
God Learner knowledge will bring nothing but doom and the end of an age.
May Darkness ⚫️ protect you Bud.
May the Lightbringers ever illuminate your path.
Thank you, a powerful blessing.
As a Lhankor Mhy and Argan Argar Initiate my Character has a foot in both doctrine Bud.
His Runes are interesting and complex.
A review of the Guide to Glorantha would be great Bud. I raise only issue.... They are so large that you may have to expose your arms on camera just to open the things! Jokes aside GtG takes pride.of place in my RPG collection.