German RuneQuest Society

As one of the current chairmen I feel obliged to point at the activities of this organisation. Check out our official webpage for more information, but let's suffice to say here that we are an organisation devoted to further the game of RuneQuest and related games as well as the world of Glorantha.

Our Activities:

We will try to help contact other RQ players (mainly in Germany, but also elsewhere if we have contacts). Anybody who wants to be contacted by other RuneQuesters or Gloranthaphiles is encouraged to send me a message with his or her address, e-mail, and phone, and possibly special areas of interest. I will try to put these data into a data-base and contact these people via email as soon as anybody sends me an e-mail looking for contacts in the same region (I'd appreciate if people looking for contacts agree to be included in the data-base, but that's not obligatory. None of these data will be given away for commercial use). If there is a demand for such a thing, I might try to set up a black board for contacts.

German RQ-Cons

These are held annually at Pentecost, at varying locations. 1998's convention is planned to be held at Burg Stahleck in Bacharach on the Rhine (again, like in 1996 and 1997). We hope to be able to offer another medium-sized Glorantha freeform game, Life Action Trollball, game rounds in German and English, Dragon Pass and/or Nomad Gods boardgames, panels, etc.

Preliminary Announcement for the 9th German RuneQuest Con - 1998

1998's RuneQuest Con will take place, as last year's, at the youth hostel Burg Stahleck in Bacharach on the Rhine. The con will be held on Whitsun weekend from Friday evening till Monday, around noon or so. The castle and village under it are alone worth the trip. Our invitations as Guests of Honor for the 1998 con went to:

Michael O'Brien, David Hall, and Sandy Petersen.

To finance their travel costs we have initiated a Teelo-Norri-Fund. We would greatly appreciate any donations.

Last year's con started on Friday and turned out rather well because we then had more time for getting acquainted and for playing games. We will again be starting on Friday, but the opening greeting will be on Saturday for those of us who arrive then. Aside from its idyllic atmosphere, the hostel offers enough space for all. The cost of the con is DM 130 (German Marks), or 100 for those who arrive on Saturday. The free-forms (LARPs) will cost around DM 10. We have to ask that anyone coming by car please bring others, so as to travel in as few vehicles as possible as there is only limited space for parking.

Planned Program Points

Concerning Trollball: Please bring inflatable pool toys and things for use as "weapons". Further info regarding the con will be sent upon our receiving your registration. Vegetarian meals are available and the rest is also good. Breakfast and dinner are included in the basic price. Lunch can be purchased for those who are not too busy gaming and discussing Glorantha. Those arriving by train can call the hostel to have someone drive down to pick up their baggage. The scenic footpath to the castle is not long, but is rather steep. Since the youth hostel has retained the pavement of a medieval castle (even though the interior was modernized), mind your legs, especially in the dark!

Magazines

Free INT was the name of the German language magazine of the RQ Society before it was changed into "Schattenklinge". Tradetalk is our English language magazine which has translations of some of our original stuff from Free INT plus a few previously unpublished articles. Apart from publishing these, we also distribute a couple of other English language RQ- or Glorantha magazines in Germany and parts of Europe.

Other Publications:

We have produced booklets for out freeform games, and we have published two German language scenario booklets set in Sartar.

The Chaos Society in the US and Down Under

Recently our members who live far from Germany have spawned similar organisations in distant lands. For the US, contact Scott Knowles, for Australia contact Andrew Bean.