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More Crunchy Runequest Goodness
Mar. 27th, 2022 11:31 amMore reasons to love Runequest. I've been reading Armies and Enemies of Dragon Pass, a 380-page tome that isn't just a splat book of army lists, but a detailed examination of every aspect of warfare in Glorantha for all the possible materials you can make armor out of, military history, organization of everything from the Lunar Regiments to Orlanthi war-bands, battlefield knowledge, how shield walls and phalanxes work, and how they differ in combat, logistics, roads, river transport in Dragon Pass, magic, Heroes and the Companions, and I'm just halfway through!
Oh, siege warfare. I forgot the chapter on siege warfare that detailed how various cultures build gates and towers, siege engines, and dear Lhankr Mhy, so much information!
This isn't a gamebook, it's a military academy textbook. I feel like I'm going to be asked to write an essay on Satarite hill forts any day now. But it is all useful stuff in building the world of Glorantha at the dawn of the Hero Wars, something characters will get caught up in.
Along with being really well-written, there are art pieces in here that deserve to be hanging in museums. The plate of Fazzur Widread and the Feathered Horse Queen accepting the surrender of Kallyr Starbrow looks like it was painted by Titian.
Amazingly good book. The one thing it doesn't have is a mass combat system, and that is only because Chaosium is going to release an official one later this year.
Oh, siege warfare. I forgot the chapter on siege warfare that detailed how various cultures build gates and towers, siege engines, and dear Lhankr Mhy, so much information!
This isn't a gamebook, it's a military academy textbook. I feel like I'm going to be asked to write an essay on Satarite hill forts any day now. But it is all useful stuff in building the world of Glorantha at the dawn of the Hero Wars, something characters will get caught up in.
Along with being really well-written, there are art pieces in here that deserve to be hanging in museums. The plate of Fazzur Widread and the Feathered Horse Queen accepting the surrender of Kallyr Starbrow looks like it was painted by Titian.
Amazingly good book. The one thing it doesn't have is a mass combat system, and that is only because Chaosium is going to release an official one later this year.
