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I haven't played any RPG's for a long time. My favorite by far was Runequest. I had and played a ton of the 2nd edition and owned the 3rd edition but didn't play it much as that was at the end of my RPG career.

I'm looking for a site where I can purchase a PDF of Runequest 3rd Edition. Anyone have any ideas? Scribd 101 for free documents. Rocket Age, RuneQuest, Slayers, Savage Worlds, Shadow of the Demon Lord, Shadow Sword and Spell, Stars. Basic Roleplaying Chaosium. 2nd ed: 3rd ed.

I loved the percentile based skill system and was a big fan of Glorantha and it's cults. I have a 10 year old son that is showing a lot of interest in fantasy RPG things so I'm thinking about getting into this area again. Should I go back into 2nd/3rd edition RQ or one of the newer versions?

Maybe a different system? Again, I really liked the skill system and Glorantha. Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide. I haven't played any RPG's for a long time. My favorite by far was Runequest.

I had and played a ton of the 2nd edition and owned the 3rd edition but didn't play it much as that was at the end of my RPG career. I loved the percentile based skill system and was a big fan of Glorantha and it's cults. I have a 10 year old son that is showing a lot of interest in fantasy RPG things so I'm thinking about getting into this area again.

Should I go back into 2nd/3rd edition RQ or one of the newer versions? Maybe a different system? Again, I really liked the skill system and Glorantha. Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide. Well the new still has the percentile system. So has its predecessor system (which as based on Mongoose Runequest II).

Legend is available (as PDF) for $1.00 so it is easy to get it and see if it will suit from a system pov. It has a number of settings available. Runequest 6 has a few settings in the pipeline - mainly historical but also Luther Arkwright I believe. It is also fairly compatible with Legend/MRQ II (all three systems were all written by the same two people and share the same DNA) and it would be very easy to take stuff for that system and convert it over. Glorantha stuff is mainly coming out for Heroquest and are fairly stat free although it does make some assumptions about system. There are other systems and it all depends on how crunchy you want the rules to be. Do you want them to try and simulate the real world, or to concentrate on moving a story forwards.

Do you just want fantasy or do you want it easy to do pulp and science fiction too? I loved RQ 25 years ago too!

I lent my Cults of Prax to a school friend in 1988 and we left the school and I never saw him again. I then spent about 22 years moaning about it until my buddy bought me a replacement one a couple of years back. Complete again.

About a year ago I was invited to join a game. Turns out it's what RQ has evolved into. This campiagn is all set in Glorantha and it's heavy on the runes. The skills aren't percentage based though, but are instead handled by a pretty nifty d20 mechanic. I'm still getting into it I think, but if you want that RQ feel in a newer game, I reckon that's a good bet. There is still lots of stuff being published for Glorantha, which must surely make it one of the longest continuously supported settings?

Wasn't it invented back in the 60's? On the other hand the RQ percentile skills fed directly into Call of Cthulhu, so if you like the skills that might be an option. Quite adult themes though, so might not be appropriate for your 10 year old. Or you could just use your 2nd edition RQ rules. Oh the memories.

Do you still have your books? Some of them are quite sought after I believe. Edit: or you could see the post above which is far more informed!

If you have your old books and material, just use those to introduce your son. If you don't or if you are looking for something that you can buy your son as a present, you have a few options. The first option is to purchase the published by Chaosium.

The author used Runequest 3 as the basis to form the core rules and depending on what optional rules you choose from the book, you can easily make it like the old Runequest you loved. It is a 'generic' book that you can use to run most genres of games with. The second option is the cheapest. Mongoose Publishing re-released it's 2nd version of Runequest (MRQ2) as Legend and you can. The third option is to get the most current version of Runequest in print which is. It is a revised and expanded version of MRQ2. It is also a massive sized book.

Unfortunately, the size of the book and the small size of the publisher makes the book expensive. Mechanics wise, it's 95% or more compatible with Legend, so I'd try Legend at $1 before spending the money on RQ6. A fourth option is a simplified, but still fun version called OpenQuest.

It took MRQ1's open gaming license and made it into a an easy to use d100 system that a lot of people like. A new is due out soon. That covers it for rules.

Now for Gloranthan material. If you need to re-acquire the old Gloranthan material, the cheapest way is to buy them as PDF. For $60 you can get a which includes: Pavis and Big Rubble, Griffin Mountain, Cult Compendium, and Borderlands and Beyond. Some of them can be had as hard copy reprints from. Alternatively, you can set your campaign in the 2nd Age of Glorantha with.

These books were originally written for MRQ2 and now are sold as 'archived' PDF copies by the RQ6 publisher. Unfortunately purchasing the original games can set you back $100 or more. Download Free Accident Reconstruction Software. Then there's acquiring the old supplements What did you enjoy the most about the game? Was it the the game rules or the setting? I liked Glorantha a lot, my friends and I really had fun with the various cults and the magic system.

I liked the percentile based system of the rules and the way you could gain experience by using a skill. It seems that there were a ton of different skills that each character had but they didn't seem to make the game more futzy. You want to climb that wall, roll vs. Your climbing skill. Made sense to us at the time. I don't have any of my old stuff. It seems my mother has removed it from our old house.

She never was a fan of my 'baby games' so I'm not surprised she rid the house of them. The first option is to purchase the published by Chaosium.

The author used Runequest 3 as the basis to form the core rules and depending on what optional rules you choose from the book, you can easily make it like the old Runequest you loved. It is a 'generic' book that you can use to run most genres of games with. The second option is the cheapest. Mongoose Publishing re-released it's 2nd version of Runequest (MRQ2) as Legend and you can. The third option is to get the most current version of Runequest in print which is.

It is a revised and expanded version of MRQ2. It is also a massive sized book. Unfortunately, the size of the book and the small size of the publisher makes the book expensive. Mechanics wise, it's 95% or more compatible with Legend, so I'd try Legend at $1 before spending the money on RQ6. A fourth option is a simplified, but still fun version called OpenQuest.

It took MRQ1's open gaming license and made it into a an easy to use d100 system that a lot of people like. A new is due out soon. That covers it for rules. Now for Gloranthan material. If you need to re-acquire the old Gloranthan material, the cheapest way is to buy them as PDF. For $60 you can get a which includes: Pavis and Big Rubble, Griffin Mountain, Cult Compendium, and Borderlands and Beyond. Download Frostbite 2 Game Engine Free Free. Some of them can be had as hard copy reprints from.

Alternatively, you can set your campaign in the 2nd Age of Glorantha with. These books were originally written for MRQ2 and now are sold as 'archived' PDF copies by the RQ6 publisher. Thanks for the great info! I'd like a system that is more in line with RQ 2nd edition from the early 80's than the AH RQ 3rd edition.

Are any of the newer versions better candidates or should I just go out and buy the 2nd edition off of Ebay. Looking at those links for the Glorantha material just made me want to be 14 all over again. The first option is to purchase the published by Chaosium. The author used Runequest 3 as the basis to form the core rules and depending on what optional rules you choose from the book, you can easily make it like the old Runequest you loved. It is a 'generic' book that you can use to run most genres of games with. The second option is the cheapest. Mongoose Publishing re-released it's 2nd version of Runequest (MRQ2) as Legend and you can.

The third option is to get the most current version of Runequest in print which is. It is a revised and expanded version of MRQ2. It is also a massive sized book.

Unfortunately, the size of the book and the small size of the publisher makes the book expensive. Mechanics wise, it's 95% or more compatible with Legend, so I'd try Legend at $1 before spending the money on RQ6. A fourth option is a simplified, but still fun version called OpenQuest. It took MRQ1's open gaming license and made it into a an easy to use d100 system that a lot of people like.

A new is due out soon. That covers it for rules. Now for Gloranthan material. If you need to re-acquire the old Gloranthan material, the cheapest way is to buy them as PDF. For $60 you can get a which includes: Pavis and Big Rubble, Griffin Mountain, Cult Compendium, and Borderlands and Beyond. Some of them can be had as hard copy reprints from.

Alternatively, you can set your campaign in the 2nd Age of Glorantha with. These books were originally written for MRQ2 and now are sold as 'archived' PDF copies by the RQ6 publisher. Thanks for the great info! I'd like a system that is more in line with RQ 2nd edition from the early 80's than the AH RQ 3rd edition. Are any of the newer versions better candidates or should I just go out and buy the 2nd edition off of Ebay.

Looking at those links for the Glorantha material just made me want to be 14 all over again. In that case I would say that OpenQuest is the closest to what you want. That old RQ 2 feel is what Newt was aiming for. Thanks for the great info!

I'd like a system that is more in line with RQ 2nd edition from the early 80's than the AH RQ 3rd edition. Are any of the newer versions better candidates or should I just go out and buy the 2nd edition off of Ebay. Looking at those links for the Glorantha material just made me want to be 14 all over again. Another option I forgot about, might be to see if the D100II SRD meets your needs. It can be downloaded. It's basically a retroclone of RQ2.

I just did a quick search of the two main used rpg stores that I know of (Noble Knight Games and Troll and Toad) and neither one has RuneQuest 2nd Edition in stock. Ebay has a few for sale. I think is a 2nd edition and is fairly cheap @ $30. Also a softcover book for, a boxed set for. I haven't played any RPG's for a long time. My favorite by far was Runequest.

I assume you don't have your old books anymore? If you do, why not use those? If you don't, why not shop around and see if you can get those? Play the game you loved the way you loved it. If it was good enough for you then, it should be just as good for your son now.

Indeed, probably a lot better - he has an adult fan to participate in it with him. I like this idea on the one hand, but on the other, I think going for an in print version could help out if his son wants to introduce it to his friends and they want to get a copy as well.