Wind Words 2: Scenes from a Market (Pavis Edition)

Here’s our second episode of Wind Words, where we look at scenes in the Founders Market of Pavis. We hope our audio quality has improved somewhat, but we’re still learning and Bill has a terrible head cold which is why he sounds so bad. Andrey Fetisov art used with kind permission of Chaosium Inc/Moon Design Publications for the background header of this blog post. Introduction We are not alone: there is a Finnish language podcast on Glorantha: Dayzatarin Tähtien Alla. The Herald’s Podium Our collection of news (up to date at the time of recording): Corona virusConventions cancelled or still undecided:Glorantha Games 2020 in Birmingham cancelledChaosium Con Down Under cancelled/postponed by a yearEternal Convention – planned for May 29th to June 1st, no announcements yetMini-Kraken – the decision whether to cancel will be made end of April New in the Jonstown Compendium:Stone and Bone: by Kris Herbert and Diana Probst of Beer With Teeth. The same team that did Rocks Fall.Geiron, Lord of Elephants: the new Monster of the Month by Austin Conrad. A new edition of A Rough Guide to Glamour has been announced. Glorantha: The Gods War, last chance to buy:The Kickstarter for the new expansions has ended, but you can still place a late pledge.Sandy Petersen’s activities on YouTube:Sandy of Cthulhu YouTube ChannelPromotional Video The Lore of GloranthaPromotional Video The Art of Gods WarPromotional Video The Lore of Glorantha with Jeff RichardInterview with Jeff Richard on Roliste TV:Glorantha content 13:25 into the videoChaosium’s Next Year: Jörg got the ad in his copy of White Bear and Red Moon signed and dated at Tentacles Convention: Chaosium’s Creature Month at RedBubbleType 40 Crowdfunding AnnouncementRuneQuest Q&A picking up pace on BRP CentralCollected answers are available on the Well of Daliath.Rune Fixes 2 are out Rumour Table Rick Meints Index to Gloranha 2020 updateThe Night of the Quacking Dead!That rumour is totally unsubstantiated. For Jörg’s and Ludo’s eyes only: Main Topic: Scenes from the Founder’s Market of New Pavis An experiment in setting up a scene for Game Masters, hopefully with ideas to build uponBill is setting the sceneA party out of the Rubble meets a pair of Grey Sages – Taking a rather ordinary piece of metal ornamentation found in the Rubble as a lead into more Rubble RunningWhy you shouldn’t mess with trolls, they will mess with you. And does eating humans make you chaotic?A beggar a bit out of place – the seedier side of the city. (Or maybe not.)and of course we get into rambling with each, surprising each other with side issues – the very kind of side issues your average band of player characters will pick up and go haring off on in your sessions, too. Letters to the Editor A question from the audience – what materials do you need as a new player or a new GM in Glorantha? Bill mentioned how he GMed with just the free to download RuneQuest Quickstart Rules, basic dice and stationary on Free RPG Day 2017, and here is the proof: Thanks to Daniel Profeta, aka Dethstroke9, who has a very active YouTube channel about playing Call of Cthulhu. Here’s a randomly grabbed episode that made us blush: We also read out a few lines form other e-mails, thanks to Scott Martin and Minlister from BRP Central. If you have questions you want us to answer or give us feedback, send an e-mail to [email protected].