Lacking Natural Simplicity (Posts about moon design)https://tkurtbond.github.io/categories/moon-design.atom2024-01-23T18:49:58ZT. Kurt BondNikolaGlorantha Gaming Bonanza: Moon Design Publications and Mongoose Publishinghttps://tkurtbond.github.io/posts/2012/06/11/glorantha-gaming-bonanza-moon-design-and-moongoose/2012-06-11T20:09:28-05:002012-06-11T20:09:28-05:00T. Kurt Bond<p>I spent some of my tax return this year on picking up some Glorantha
and RuneQuest RPG supplements, and a bunch of them came today.</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="http://moondesignpublications.com/">Moon Design Publications</a></p>
<ul>
<li><p><cite>Pavis: Gateway to Adventure</cite>, by Greg Stafford and Jeff Richards.</p>
<p>As a fan of the <cite class="series">Gloranthan
Classics</cite> <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="https://tkurtbond.github.io/posts/2012/06/11/glorantha-gaming-bonanza-moon-design-and-moongoose/#glorantha-classics" id="footnote-reference-1" role="doc-noteref"><span class="fn-bracket">[</span>1<span class="fn-bracket">]</span></a> I thought Moon Design Publications
was a natural for the Glorantha license, and I've been happy with
all their new HeroQuest books. I've been looking forward to their
take on Pavis.</p>
<p>This is a <em>big</em> book, 416 pages. I like the art, some of which I
recognize from earlier products, but there is lots of new art too.
I like the layout and typography, generally speaking. Lots of
neat looking stuff.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/">Mongoose Publishing</a></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Glorantha</p>
<ul>
<li><p><cite>Glorantha: The Second Age</cite>, the MRQ2 <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="https://tkurtbond.github.io/posts/2012/06/11/glorantha-gaming-bonanza-moon-design-and-moongoose/#mrq2" id="footnote-reference-2" role="doc-noteref"><span class="fn-bracket">[</span>2<span class="fn-bracket">]</span></a> core rulebook for
Glorantha.</p></li>
<li><p><cite>Cults of Glorantha</cite></p></li>
<li><p><cite>Pavis Rises</cite></p></li>
<li><p><cite>Races of Glorantha, Volume 1</cite></p></li>
<li><p><cite>The Abiding Book</cite></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>Elric (MRQ2)</p>
<ul>
<li><p><cite>Elric of Melnibone</cite>, the MRQ2 core rulebook for Elric.</p></li>
<li><p><cite>Cults of the Young Kingdoms</cite></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>RuneQuest II</p>
<ul>
<li><p><cite>Arms and Equipment</cite></p></li>
<li><p><cite>Empires</cite></p></li>
<li><p><cite>Vikings</cite></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<aside class="footnote-list brackets">
<aside class="footnote brackets" id="glorantha-classics" role="doc-footnote">
<span class="label"><span class="fn-bracket">[</span><a role="doc-backlink" href="https://tkurtbond.github.io/posts/2012/06/11/glorantha-gaming-bonanza-moon-design-and-moongoose/#footnote-reference-1">1</a><span class="fn-bracket">]</span></span>
<p>The <cite class="series">Glorantha Classics</cite> series republished a bunch of the
Glorantha material from the original <a class="reference external" href="http://www.chaosium.com/">Chaosium</a> RuneQuest run, and
was a nice alternative to picking up the rather expensive original
versions. The <cite class="series">Glorantha Classics</cite> are mostly out of print
again, but they are available in PDF form from <a class="reference external" href="http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/83388/Gloranthan-Classics---Mega-Mega-Pack-%5BBUNDLE%5D">DrivethruStuff</a>.</p>
</aside>
<aside class="footnote brackets" id="mrq2" role="doc-footnote">
<span class="label"><span class="fn-bracket">[</span><a role="doc-backlink" href="https://tkurtbond.github.io/posts/2012/06/11/glorantha-gaming-bonanza-moon-design-and-moongoose/#footnote-reference-2">2</a><span class="fn-bracket">]</span></span>
<p>Mongoose marked the books for the second edition of their
<cite>RuneQuest</cite> as “RQII”, but I've seen that abbreviation used online
for Chaosium's second edition of <cite>RuneQuest</cite>, from 1980, which is
often referred to online as “RQ2”. I usually refer to Mongoose's
second edition as “MRQ2” to mark it unambiguously.</p>
</aside>
</aside>Sartar: Kingdom of Heroeshttps://tkurtbond.github.io/posts/2010/09/27/sartar-kingdom-of-heroes/2010-09-27T00:00:00-05:002010-09-27T00:00:00-05:00T. Kurt Bond<p>My copy of <cite>Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes</cite> by Greg Stafford and Jeff
Richard and published by <a class="reference external" href="http://www.glorantha.com/">Moon Design Publications</a> finally arrived!</p>
<p>I've only briefly skimmed it, but it is big and looks good.</p>