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After too long a hiatus, we are back with our friend Austin Conrad to look at the classic RuneQuest supplement "Cults of Terror" and the narrative thread woven through it! Chaos is fun!

We said we were back from our summer break with episode 32, but we lied! Joerg's laptop died and he was busy growing a moustache, and Ludo was ridiculously busy with work. Either way, we...

Our Guests In this episode we welcome returning guests Evan Franke and J-M DeFoggi (who had to leave early because of Imperial Administration requirements). You would of course know Evan and J-M from our previous...

In this episode of the Glorantha Initiation Series we chat with Amber and Christian, from DMs After Dark! We mention using Glorantha's unique character concepts to lure players into a new campaign, collecting too many books, different game styles and pacing, sharing narrative control, managing sensitive topics, skipping elements of the lore, old school vs new school dungeon crawling, and of course wolves!

A new episode is out but Joerg still doesn't have his replacement laptop so there are no detailed show notes again! Our Guest We welcome the ever prolific Austin Conrad back on the show to...

Show Notes Joerg is still without a computer, so not only are there no detailed show notes again, but he's not here to stop me from giving a clickbaity title to this episode! Because, indeed,...

This time we interview Gloranthan newcomer Joel Bridge, who thinks we're intimidating but also nice! Joel is originally from New Jersey but currently lives in San Diego. You can find Joel on Discord as @sirjamesfriendofthecolonel,...

Our Guests For this episode, we have Nick Brooke and Simon Bray as our guests to talk about Simon's book Furthest, Crown Jewel of Lunar Tarsh, and about what goes on in Lunar Tarsh in...

Put on your best hat, because it's time for some Gloranthan freeforms! David Hall, Kevin Jacklin, and Joerg explain to Ludo what a freeform is, and how to play in one. We chat about gaming history, conventions, Tales of the Reaching Moon, strategically placed clouds, and more!

For this new initiation series episode we are happy to welcome Aaron King! Show Notes Things we discuss in this episode include: Credits The intro music is “Dancing Tiger” by Damscray. The outro music is...

We finally have Jeff Richard on the show, talking all things Cults of RuneQuest, the revisions of Glorantha material, and even a surprise lore auction!

It's time for another Glorantha Initiation episode! We welcome Matt, who talks about RQ2 vs RQG, implied vs incomplete settings, character creation systems, and more!

In this episode which we finally get around to talking about 13th Age Glorantha. Ludo and Jörg are joined by Becca of “Dames & Dice” fame on the Iconic Podcast, and by Evan Franke, of...

Our guest for this episode is Austin Conrad, who last graced our podcast in episode 2, On the Road. Austin is the author of many things on the Jonstown Compendium, generally publishing under the “Akhelas”...

In this month's Glorantha Initiation interview, Ludo talks to Bryon Ross without any Joerg present. Bryon is a long time RuneQuest lover, but he played mostly with the Fantasy Earth setting until the release of...

We start this episode with a minor existential crisis on Ludo's identity, followed by Ludo being protective of our usual guests by volunteering to take the brunt of Jörg's incoming obscurantism and pedantry. Ludo accuses...

Joerg and Ludo welcome Bud from Bud's RPG Review, where we see his hands in a typical unboxing set-up, not just doing flip-throughs but also a whole series of explanation videos: [1] It seems that...

After a hiatus last month we are back with another Glorantha Initiation episode in which we interview a newcomer to the tribe. This time, Ludo is by himself due to some scheduling issue with Joerg...

We resume our series on the People of Glorantha with, according to our guest, the very best people that there is on Glorantha. Our guest is indeed Nick Brooke! Among his many hats, Nick is:...

This episode starts with Jörg pronouncing our guest's name wrongly! We welcome James Coquillat of Chaosium to talk about RuneQuest actual play and gamemastering. James is both on the digital content team and on the...

In this episode of our Glorantha Initiation Series, we had the absolute pleasure of talking to Lee O'Connor. He came to Glorantha during the initial pandemic lockdown by way of his love for mythology and...

Our guest for this episode is Harald Smith, aka Jajagappa. You can also find Harald on the Facebook RuneQuest group and Jonstown Compendium Creators Circle group. Introduction Jajagappa is the dog-headed psychopomp of Saird, known...

We kick off this new season of the Glorantha Initiation series with the lovely Bridgett Jeffries, aka “the happiest voice in cosmic horror”! About Bridgett You can find Bridgett all around the internet, but in...

In this episode Joerg is still taking a break, but Ludovic is here to welcome Evan Franke and JM DeFoggi (not to be confused with JM DeMatteis!) Exploring Glorantha Evan and JM are probably best...

Drew Baker is back on the show to accompany Ludovic on the last leg of Biturian Varosh's travels. Sadly Joerg could not make it this time, and stayed behind in Pavis to rest. Introduction Drew...

We are back into Gloranthan anthropology (more or less) for this episode, with our guest Brian Duguid, author of Children of Hykim. By virtue of having literally written a book on the subject, Brian is...

This twelfth episode of the Glorantha Initiation series brings us to the last of the interviews we recorded in the fall of 2021! We are talking to Chris, who discovered RuneQuest 2nd edition just last...

For this episode we welcome two guests: Katrin Dirim and Claudia Loroff. The Guests Claudia is part of Jeff's house campaigns with notable characters like Gina Gravedancer in the White Bull campaign, Yanioth, and the...

In episode 11 of our Initiation Series, we chat with Juan Ochoa, an illustrator that fell in love with Glorantha with the most unlikely book you could ever start with. And he wishes he had...

Our guest for this episode is Dom Twist of the Beer With Teeth writers' (and gamers') collective, known for his contributions both in a couple of Chaosium publications (Pegasus Plateau‘s Crimson Petals, and Weapon and...

Episode 10 of the Glorantha Initiation Series is with Chris Webb, who played RuneQuest 2nd edition once in the early 1980s, and gave up after saving Gringle's Pawnshop from baboons. Him and his friends played...

In Episode 14, the God Learner podcast returns to its exploration of the Nomad Gods, with David Scott from Chaosium. News The “Write Your First Adventure” summer workshop has started, with a RuneQuest course by...

We talk to another Scott this month for our Initiation Series. This one was recorded back in November 2021, which is why we still mention the very imminent release of the RuneQuest Starter Set. Scott...

Our guest for episode 13 is Nikolas Lloyd, the multi-talented host of the Lindybeige YouTube channel. News Jörg mentions Eternal Convention at Castle Stahleck in Bacharach, Germany, and the UK Game Expo which both just...

The new Initiation Series interview features Scott Rinehart, and was recorded back in October 2021. Scott is new to Glorantha, having only played in a couple of one-shot games, but he has flipped through the...

Shannon Appelcline is our guest for the 12th episode. Shannon tells us about his entry into the roleplaying genre, which features the typical games of the early eighties. RuneQuest became one of his main systems...

This episode was recorded in November 2021. For this Initiation Series interview we welcome back Diana Probst, the totally biologically human member of Beer With Teeth, which we already had on the show with some...

In episode 11 of the God Learners podcast Drew Baker joins us again to follow the travels of Biturian Varosh. Plus: Drew's latest book on travel in Dragon Pass!

For episode 6 of the Glorantha Initiation Series we welcome Wayne Peters, who played RuneQuest once in the 80s and hated it. More than 30 years later, Wayne returned to Glorantha with the Broken Tower,...

Ludo and Joerg welcome Chaosium president Rick Meints to the God Learners podcast! We chat about news such as Pavisite fanzines, ChaosiumCon, RuneQuest streaming, and podcasts. We then talk about Rick's origin story, his "Index to Glorantha" book, foreign licensees, magazines, HeroQuest rules, LARPing, board games, collector items, and more!

In this new episode of the Glorantha Initiation series, we welcome Steinar, aka Felix, aka Coffeemancer. We talk with him about convincing players to try RuneQuest, getting started with King of Dragon Pass, stealing Lunar...

We apologize for the tardiness on this episode: we are not used to Earth's weird calendar where one month is surprisingly shorter than the others. Plus, Ludovic was busy with work and with writing two...

For this fourth episode of the Initiation Series, we chat with Discord regular Skulldixon, which is apparently how everybody actually calls him except for his parents. Skull (let's call him Skull for short?) talks about...

We are joined on this trip down memory lane by Doc Cowie, Doc sums up his credits as “40 years RuneQuest player, published one scenario”. Ludo also gets Doc to talk about his custom-made bronze...

For our third episode of our Initiation Series, we interview Erin McGuire, who was only supposed to play RuneQuest for one night, but hasn't stopped for the past couple years, and is now possibly an...

Ludo and Jörg are joined by Diana Probst, aka Berra from Beer With Teeth, bravely entering a realm of unreal time before sunrise. News Episode 2 of our Initiation to Glorantha series was released, and...

On this second episode of the Glorantha Initiation Series, we interview Russano Greenstripe. Russsano discovered Glorantha with King of Dragon Pass, a game by A-Sharp, available on pretty much any platforms you'd want to play...

This topic was actually suggested to us by our guests Jon Webb and Neil Gibson. Jon Webb is the initiator and an author of the four volumes of the Sandheart series, following the challenges of...

This is the inaugural episode of the Glorantha Initiation series, where we talk to members of the tribe who recently joined the God Learner studies. The God Learner Podcast wants to investigate how people comparatively...

Our guest for this episode is Drew Baker, author of a series of products on the Jonstown Compendium, including the QAD (Quick and Dirty) series (available as the omnibus edition “Pimper's Block“), the Rubble Redux...

This episode's guests are Beer with Teeth, at time in character: Erin (aka Varanis, a noble of Sartar lineage) Dom (aka Rajar, a huge Storm Bull axe fighter) Diana (aka Berra, a tiny Humakti warrior)...