At one level, all classic "dungeon delves" are a form of a heroquest. The adventurers cross over into the underground, overcome obstacles, gain the reward, and return changed from the experience. You just need to put on your metaphorical glasses and view that dungeon poetically.

I certainly get the appeal to the character creation approach that has me roll the dice to get my characteristics, then pick whatever defines your character's main abilities and progression path (cult, class, archetype, whatever), and maybe roll to see other key attributes. It

Greg Stafford was my mentor and friend. Hard to believe that it was seven years ago I got the terrible call that he had passed away. We had just put together the deal with Steve Wieck bringing Pendragon back to Chaosium, and getting all of Chaosium's key legacy (Cthulhu. RQ, and

I'm off to Gamehole, where I'll be doing a load of things including some panels and running some RQ using a battle map and miniatures. Now I normally run games using Theatre of the Mind - you know just describe and narrate the combat. That's been my default for 40 years. But

RuneQuest to me is like Robert E. Howard mixed with the Mahabharata. Everyone gets magic and gods and spirits show up, but the fights are fast and deadly, a barrage of attacks, blocks, and dodges until someone screws up and dies. But I was thinking what writer feels like 5e? I

Now I've not yet played the new Vampire Bloodlines 2 game so I have no idea whether I will enjoy it or not, but reading through some of the reviews I was struck by the idea that power progression = RPG. Now I like gaining new powers, better skills, and bigger stakes in my game as

Maybe it is just me but my favourite two genres of TTRPG campaigns are: 1. Players start with some straightforward action which starts a cycle of violence and revenge that propels them through the setting into legend and ultimately to some dramatic resolution set to Wagnerian