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Heortling Stead Project - Links
If you have a Glorantha, roleplaying or analogue site you think should be added to this page, please drop John a line. There is also a form for reporting outdated links.
Far Pointers - Glorantha & The Web
A pure Gloranthan moment - though very RQ2 Prax! Agamemnon (Sean Connery) and the Minotaur from Time Bandits.
Mailing Lists
We are one tribe. For the latest on Glorantha, Heroquest, Hero Wars and Runequest related mailing lists, check out the Gloranthan Mailing List FAQ. This FAQ covers the main Heroquest and HQ-Rules lists, the venerable Gloranthan Digest, and a few minor ones as well.
The Glorantha Digest
Deserving special mention because, after all these years, it is still a prime tool for exploring Glorantha in depth. Check out the Gloranthan Digest web site , which includes links to searchable archives and a nice FAQ.
Gloranthan Web Resources
Top Twenty Gloranthan Sites
As voted on by members of the Gloranthan Trading Association in May 2002. (Questlines came in at number two.)
The Issaries Link List
We are a mighty tribe. Issaries maintains an enormous, multi-lingual list of Glorantha-related web resources.
Issaries
Issaries Inc's official site for Glorantha, Hero Wars and Heroquest. A visit to Issaries will provide you with the latest Gloranthan news and information, including background articles, cult write ups, scenarios, myths, maps, art and details of new products, (with release dates that subscribe to the finest traditions of the industry). This is a tremendous, burgeoning resource, with lots of good stuff hidden away in quiet digital back alleys.
Lokarnos
'Lokarnos.com - your index to all the best Gloranthan websites'. That's the promise, and although the site is only recently launched (May 2003), it delivers on that and more. Despite the occasional triumph of idiosyncrasy over fact, this a a wonderful initiative, an absolute delight just to browse, and already the most useful stopping point for tracking down online Gloranthan resources. Take a look, sign up if you wish, and contribute your own entries!
Gloranthan Mything Links Page
Maintained by Oliver Bernuetz, Mything Links is growing by the day into an indispensable resource. Its aim is to list all the Gloranthan myths and stories to be found on the Net, and Oliver's doing a wonderful job. The links are organised in four ways : alphabetically, by region, by author and by topic.
Etyries
The Loyal Opposition, and your first stopping point for anything on the Lunar Empire. Nick Brooke's Home Page includes a Gloranthan Songbook, Gloranthan Folk Tales, Carmanian Sources, Malkioni Scriptures, Moonie Madness, Life of Moonson characters, insightful essays, cutting though apposite diatribes and more.
Red Cow
Ian Cooper's Book of the Red Cow is a magnificant PDF Orlanthi game resource, starting just a few years after the invasion of Sartar. His background notes are full of insight as well. And thanks Ian, for your kind words about Questlines!
Wesley's Glorantha Site
Wesley's site is superb: maps, cults, sample characters and campaign write-ups abound: there is even a quite corner for the Unspoken Word.
Jane Williams’ (New) Glorantha Page
Virtual Pavis, Vinga, more Vinga, Feminist Glorantha and some great tunes!
MOB's Gloranthan Page
Everything Sun County, Notes from Nochet, and some great writing.
Empire of the Wyrms Friends
Gloranthan classics, Convulsions, and the Meints Index to Glorantha!
Jörg's Glorantha Pages
Jörg Baumgartner is da man when it comes to the Holy Country and Heortland, and there's much more besides.
Oliver D. Bernuetz' Gloranthan Page
Balazar, the Empire, Sartar, some great stories and more. Home to 'The Orlanthi Naminator' and 'The Epithetiser'. A noteworthy recent edition is the Heortling Calendar.
David Dunham's Gloranthan Page
Grazers, Ralios and much more from the man who gave us King of Dragon Pass. A true treasury! Have a close look at the Contents or Index Pages.
Peter Nordstrand's Hero Wars Page
Positively buzzing with ideas. The Aranwyth tribe, heroes, and a wonderful article on enjoying Hero Wars.
Simon Phipp's Glorantha Site
What an amazing resource! Goodies galore, including myths, game aids, Gloranthan background, reviews, and more heroquests than you can point a mystic spear at.
Nick Eden's Hero Wars Resources
Player briefings and some great rune fonts.
A Rainbow Band of Heroes
I play in Russell Hoyle's splendid and multi-national Arumbobo's Heroes IRC (Inter Relay Chat) campaign, set in Sun County and Prax. Our campaign website is maintained by the tireless Bo Rosen.
James Frusetta's Troll Wonderhome
You've seen James' new book Uz, now check out the original web page. Everything you could ever eat about Uz.
Peter Michaels' Glorantha Page
Mysteries of the Trickster, plus some great stories.
Trotsky's Web Page
Information on the Torkarni tribe of Sartar, and on the various Hsunchen animal peoples.
Bruce Ferrie's Glorantha Page
A great collection of Gloranthan myths, including some Vingan myths that are just perfect, and lots of HW/HQ resources.
Griselda
Oliver Dickinson's toast-of-Pavis redhead has her own domain, with a collection of stories, anecdotes and ruminations. She's a Far Walker, don't ya know? And I still think Gillian Anderson...
Pete's Runequest & Roleplaying
Peter Maranci's site includes a wealth of Runequest-related materials, including a thought-provoking essay on The History Of Runequest.
John Tine's Gloranthan Emphemeris
Brilliant! Just Brilliant. Based on Nick Brooke's original and Greg's do hickies, circa 1997. Every Rigsdali needs this page.
Makoto Hokura's Duckland
This page is in Japanese, but Makoto's art is universal, and simply brilliant. You'll find dozens of Uz (chilling! hulking! dark!), Ducks (wooden-legged bandits, storm bills, and others) and a selection of Gloranthan heroes. The artist's unique style is influenced by Manga, Jim Fitzpatrick and Disney. On my last visit, some of the links to Uz art didn't appear to be working properly. However, you can access them from the directory listing at http://folklore.srvf.org/runequest/.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Pantomime Horses proudly presents Runequest in the world of Glorantha
This is campaign page maintained by Paul Sommer, and it has a lot of energy and pure edge. Hidden among the character pages is some great artwork, including a number of very fine rendered Poser models.
Spotlight! Pierre's BP4P Weblog (In French)
Pierre Pradal is a professional game designer, and his web site has much much more than his 'by players for players' gaming blogs. Among the materials available are translations into French of some of my own Gloranthan fiction. Thank you Pierre. Jai Devi Mah!
Google Hero Wars Directory
Because the web changes so quickly, its always an idea to check out a good search engine for recent changes. You can't better the Google Search Engine Directory for Hero Wars.
The good news is that there are now thousands of classic and medieval books available for free as text files on the web - Icelandic sagas, Anglo-Saxon poetry, Greek hymns, Finnish Epic, Germanic myth, you name it - albeit in sometimes quaint Victorian or Edwardian translation. If, like me, you collect such files but find them difficult to read on-screen, let me recommend Text Reader Bookshelf, a free, compact utility that presents your text file in a fully customisable, highly readable form, complete with highlighting, bookmarks and find function. Check out a screen shot to see the magic it works on a plain text file. Go to www.text-reader.com to download the free utility.
Analogues & Inspirations - History
The Perseus Project
A simply stunning collection of ancient literature in the original languages and in English translation.
Regia Anglorum
A prime resource! An enormous site for Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman Living History and re-creation: scholarly, practical and with lots of piccies!
The Heroic Age
An online academic journal devoted to early Medieval Northwestern Europe.
Angelcynn - Anglo-Saxon Living History
New domain. Excellent resources on Dress, Poetry, Society and Warfare.
Clannada na Gadelica - Gaelic Culture Library
Rich pickings from ancient Ireland. Be sure to check out the law articles!
Women As Warriors in History
An excellent overview, with summary pages for different historical periods. Part of the Lothene Experimental (Scottish) Archaeology site.
Warrior Women of the Eurasian Steppes
It could almost be a Roger Corman movie title. But no, its just one of the examples of archaeology catching up with the Amazon myth.
Butser Ancient Farm
A Bronze Age ancient farm, with information on animals and crops, plus some helpful though badly presented photographs.
The Online Medieval Resource Book
Medieval texts in translation, scholarly articles, and quick links to the web's best medieval resources.
The Online Medieval and Classical Library
Hundreds of documents - ancient myth and poetry, Icelandic sagas, Arthurian romances - including that prime Orlanthi source, Saxo Grammaticus' Danish History.
Inspirations & Resources - Anthropology
Anthropology Resources on the Internet
The prime meta-listing, covering thousands of sites.
Academic Resources: Anthropology
An annotated directory of web resources.
Anthromorphemics
A very useful glossary of terms, for deciphering those more outre Digest moments.
Kinship & Social Organisation: An Online Tutorial
If you think Heortling kinship is weird, this excellent online resource will take you through kinship fundamentals and explain some of the mind-bending diversity of human social organisation.
Virtual Religion Index
An incredible, academically focused collection of links on world religious traditions and the anthropology and psychology of religion.
Shamanism FAQs
FAQ documents from various shaman-related newsgroups, plus links to web resources.
The Three Worlds
An intelligent site focusing on shamanism from a contemporary Irish perspective.
Anthropology of Religion
A web jump station containing links to resources on religions, mythologies and spiritual practices ancient and modern.
Analogues & Inspirations - Myth, Poetry & Epic
Foamy Custard
Bob Trubshaw's hip, acid and rigorous site covers folklore, mythology, cultural studies and related disciplines with some excellent introductory and overview essays. If you're tired of the circular vaguries of the universalists, and want to see what myth is really about, then this is the page for you. Informative and entertaining.
HyperEpos: Epic on the Internet
A prime resource and motivation! I have always believed, despite all that rabbiting on about television in the Hero Wars rule book, that the true inspirations for Gloranthan storytelling and campaigning are myth and epic poetry. Glorantha has its own unique mythologic, and we missed an opportunity by failing to evoke and describe it properly in the rules. This site never fails to inspire me.
The Internet Sacred Text Archive
Collection of sacred texts from many world traditions, from the ancient Near East to evolving contemporary spiritualities.
Northvegr Northern European Studies
An excellent, ever growing collection of sagas, eddas, law codes, chronicles, myth and folktale from northern Europe, with a decided Viking edge. And apparently, you can copyright a table layout.
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
A wide ranging collection of myth and folk texts presented according to theme.
Mything Links
Another meta-list, grouped by both mythic theme and geo-cultural area.
Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore & Drama
A glorious, comprehensive and up-to-date collection of links, touching on most areas of Irish mythology and folklore. Here you will find the feats and warp-spasms of Cu Chulainn, the rebel adventures of Finn mac Cumhaill, The Book of Invasions, and much, much more.
Ása - Norse Mythology Source Texts
A comprehensive collection of Eddas and Lays.
The Triads of Ireland
If you'd like to set yourself writing some Heortling Triads, this page will provide plentiful inspiration.
Aneirin
Includes two translations of the Goddodin.
Beowulf and the Finnesburgh Fragment
Angelcynn's poetry page has background information and translations. 'I am Sigeferth, a prince of the Secgan and a well-known warrior; I've braved many trials, tough combats. Even now it is decreed for you what you can expect of me here.'
Building Blocks of Old English Poetry
A short instruction manual on how to write your own.
Havamal
W. H. Auden's translation of The Words of the High One from the Elder Edda. "A flying arrow, an ebbing tide, A coiled adder, the ice of a night, A bride's bed talk, a broad sword, A bear's play, a prince' s children".
Kalevala - The Finnish National Epic
Heroic myth and a very catchy metre that inspired Longfellow's Hiawatha. The Kalevala has always been one of my prime Far Point inspirations.
The Battle of Maldon (991 AD)
"Hear now you, pirate, what this people say? They desire to you a tribute of spears to pay, poisoned spears and old swords, the war-gear which you in battle will not profit from."
The Game
The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord
Nuff said.
The Evil Henchman's Guide
Nemeses have followers too you know. And they're not just APs. Well not always...
The Things I Will Do If I Am Ever the Hero
Advice to aspiring W3s.
The Things I Will Do if I Am Ever The Hero's True Love
Emotions? Not in Glorantha surely. But just in case...
The Things I Will Do if I Am Ever A Follower
Well a sidekick - same difference. You get ignored unless the hero wants something. Typical...
The Normal Innocent Bystander's Survival Guide
I met one once, in the Ironspike market, but Thlud BatBane fumbled his Death Song Berserk.
How To Be A Cultist
Including tips to the Evil Overlord's wicked but beautiful daughter and the Evil Overlord's accountant. Strangely, nothing here about high holy days or "What the Godi Taught Me'. Orlanth loves you for what you are, but the Crimson Bat would prefer a little more ketchup.
The Big List of RPG Plots
They don't include cattle raiding. Or broo bashing. How strange.
The 36 Plots
Loren, we miss you. A well-known Gloranthan scholar dissects Georges Polti for those of us who can't afford the book. (See also the Story Structures section below).
Rules For Writing A Fantasy Novel
Or narrating a fantasy campaign. Ignore #2 if running anything around Lagerwater.
The Well-Tempered Plot Device
What is the clench racing of Glorantha? Nick Lowe (doubtless a God Learner) explores "Collect the Plot Coupons", the "Universal Plot Generator", and our old standby, "deus ex machina".
Styles of Roleplaying
John Kim has compiled a great set of links that discuss roleplaying style in theory and practice. His entire site deserves some in-depth exploration.
Analogues & Inspirations - Visual
Kalevala Pictures - The Art of Akseli Gallen-Kallela
More Kavelava. The image of Lemminkäinen's Mother is a particular favourite.
Jim Fitzpatrick
Renowned Celtic artist whose mythological excursions first turned me on to the world of myth.
Analogues & Inspirations - Story Structures
The Nine Act Structure Home Page
A great template for writing modules and planning campaigns.
The Monomyth
Nicely presented short summary of the Campbellian Journey of the Hero.
The Hero's Journey
In depth-analysis of Joseph Campbell's Monomyth structure from the perspective of creating stories. Worth taking some time with.
Story Structure
A comic book writer introduces us to Aristotle, Three Act Structure, and the essence of good drama. Nice!
The Joseph Campbell Foundation
Dedicated to the last of the universalists, the Joseph Campbell Foundation website is a nice idea still waiting to happen. The site is true to its namesake in that it is all structure and very little content. You won't find much of immediate value here for your Gloranthan campaigning, but careful searching may find some items of value for those interested in the study of mythology. Warning: you will need to register to log in.
Binary Opposition
A very to-the-point set of anthropology lecture notes by Michael Wesch that clearly describes Claude Levi-Strauss' idea of binary opposition in myth.
Claude Levi-Strauss - The Structural Study of Myth
Short essay on Levi-Strauss, binary opposition and 'mythemes'. Like Campbell, limited real world utility but a rooly useful conceptual tool for the storyteller and world creator.
Analogues & Inspirations - Miscellaneous Resources
Tesarta Online - Gamer's Resource List
Start with the Gamer's Resource page, and if you can't find what you're after, there's also a meta-list of other gaming resource pages.
RPGnet Gamers Encyclopedia
As a meta-list of topics and related sites, this isn't a bad place to start a topic search. The emphasis here is on direct relevance to gaming needs.
Milieux
The costume site. Nuff said.
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