About the Runequest category

“Fantasy is not so much a suspension of disbelief as it is an acceptance of our own unconsciousness. Fantasy is as old as man, beginning back in our animal history when someone had the first abstract thought. In our Western society, empirical data and rational thought have become the touchstones of experience. This is worse than cutting off half your body. The fantastic is easily half of the universe, whether you count galaxies and nucleotides or court a demon in a pentacle.” --Greg Stafford

Runequest is a role-playing game in Greg Stafford’s mythic world of Glorantha, which draws its main inspiration from Bronze Age cultures where the relationship between mortals and the gods are much stronger. The Sun is a living god, and not a nearby star; the laws of physics are subordinate to the whims of the gods and spirits; and rulers and leaders use magical means to achieve their ends.