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Welcome to Ultimate RuneQuest Resources!

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This is the place to come for RuneQuest resources for your adventure or campaign - thereby aiding the community's goal of continuing to expand and immortalize the great roleplaying game of RuneQuest. This game is definetly still alive and well within our imaginations.


These resources have been created and are maintained by several gamemasters and players alike. All of us have been gaming with RuneQuest for about 16 years now and have extensive experience. We have found these resources to be quite valuable and fun to use in our RuneQuest worlds and campaigns. Included are new magical systems, new creatures, alternate rules, maps, items, and much more! We are excited and proud of our accomplishments and hope that you will enjoy what we have to offer the roleplaying community. Please remember to bookmark our site and return often to view our expanding collection of runequest resources!


If you are new to our site, we suggest taking a look at our general roleplaying resources.

What is RuneQuest?

RuneQuest is a fantasy roleplaying game in which you play fantasy-world adventurers, also called characters, helping them to live their lives. A "character" is a roleplaying term for any imaginary person created according to roleplaying game rules. In RuneQuest, the characters which players guide are called adventurers. Characters which the gamemasters operate are called "non-player characters." As a player you wear the mask of your adventurer in the make-believe world which your gamemaster creates. An adventurer is an extension of you, motivated by your imagination and acting by your wishes in a place where your expression can be free. Like you, your adventurers will have problems, likes, and dislikes, and will change and grow through play.

RuneQuest Materials

RuneQuest has been around for years and has been enjoyed by many people. We are now going to briefly cover the materials that you will be required to have in order to play effectively. First of all, you will need the basic RuneQuest game itself. If you would like to purchase your own copy of RuneQuest, we would suggest using eBay to find a copy.

When searching for a copy of RuneQuest, we would recommend that you get the deluxe edition. This edition of RuneQuest includes a players book, magic book, gamemaster book, creatures book, glorantha book, player notes, game aids, and a full color map of fantasy Europe. We will describe each below briefly.

Players Book: This book contains the core of the RuneQuest rules and a blank character sheet. You can make copies of the master character sheet for play. The chapters about creating an adventurer and skills are the most important. The game system chapter covers general procedures. The combat chapter covers specific combat situations. The world chapter explains how to deal with natural forces and events.

Magic Book: The beginning chapter covers the basics of RuneQuest magic. You should familiarize yourself with the three perspectives between spirit, divine, and sorcery magic. The ritual magic section covers common magical practices.

Gamemaster Book: The first chapter covers gamemaster duties, activities, and responsibilities. The other chapters provide encounter tables, standards of living, price lists, ship and sailing rules, and more. The final chapter includes a ready to play scenario.

Creatures Book: The first chapter covers ideas about limitations on creatures. It includes many varied creatures with details about each creatures environment, abilities, and characteristics.

Glorantha Book: An original world created to use with your RuneQuest adventures. It is an alternative to using Fantasy Europe.

Player Notes: This guide gives you several ideas about how to play the game along with various hints.

Game Aids: This other guide includes some of the most useful tables.

RuneQuest also requires the use of several types of dice during play. There are 30-sided dice, 20-sided dice, 10-sided dice, 8-sided dice, 6-sided dice, and 4-sided dice. Certain combinations of these dice will create varied results. All dice have abbreviations. The letter "D" represents the word "die" or "dice." For example, a 6-sided die would be referred to as D6. Dice are also preceded by the number of dice to be rolled. For example: 3D6, 5D6, or 10D6. Sometimes, additions to these rolls can be made such as: 3D6+2 or 4D6-1. Finally, dice designations may be combined such as: 1D6 + 4D8.

Well, now you have a good foundation about what you need to play RuneQuest. If you are interested in playing RuneQuest, or are having trouble finding a copy of the game, please contact us with your questions

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RuneQuest Declaration


The time has come to launch the roleplaying game RuneQuest into the spotlight. This great game has been around for decades and unfortunately has been out of print for years.
We know that there are many of us that have been greatly disappointed with this development and have already created our own resources to replace what might have been printed. It is the purpose of this declaration to officially ask the loyal RuneQuest community to continue on. We must always fight for the game to be re-published as it was originally and to continue creating resources for all of us to enjoy. As a community of roleplayers, we must come together to immortalize RuneQuest and ensure that it never dies.

To this end we will continue expanding our own website and encourage all others to continue as well. We also call upon all Runequesters that do not have a website, to create one when possible, so that they can share their ideas with all of us if desired. We invite any who visit our pages to consider learning about and playing RuneQuest. We have created an area where newbies may come to find Runequesters in their local area to game with. We should help and encourage these new players and show them how much fun and enjoyment roleplaying gives us.

Finally, we would like to thank all of those who continue to support and immortalize RuneQuest. It pleases us that so many players are now online and that resources abound for all of us. May the game to continue to grow. Remember to always enjoy the roleplaying experience and keep it alive within your imagination.

Update: Mongoose Publishing has announced that the legendary RuneQuest roleplaying game will be added to their licensed publications in June 2006.


URR Team


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