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I just finished playing through a short Runequest campaign, and it's certainly an interesting system and setting. It's extremely "oldschool" in feel (probably stemming from the fact that it's been around for forever.)

The big struggle with Runequest and Glorantha is that there's just so MUCH of it, and a lot of the setting is rather dry. It's a little like reading a history book, except you have to learn what everything means, because it's a self-contained setting. I feel it appeals quite strongly to people who want a lot of "lore" and history in their game, and who want to really get into the weeds of what a political marrage between these two clan leaders means for future trade agreements and military alliances. People who like their fantasy stories to have an index in the back of character names with a pronunciation guide, and their family trees and stuff.

Like... the first hour of character creation was rolling through d20 tables that randomized the eventual fates of each PC's grandparents through various wars and major historical events, so we could determine stuff like "is your family famous?" and "how much do you hate wolf pirates?"

Anyway, here's my girl Tikaret, she's a priestess of Issaries, and she discovered one of his lost aspects on a heroquest once.