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List of RuneQuest supplements

This is a list of supplements for the RuneQuest role-playing game.

RuneQuest first (1978), second (1979), and Classic (2016) editions

RuneQuest 1 & 2 products and edition by Chaosium:

  • 4001 - RuneQuest 1 softcover Rulebook; Perrin, Steve; Turney, Ray & Friends (Henderson, Steve; James, Warren; editing and special sections: Sapienza, John & Stafford, Greg; Illustrations Perenne (Perrin), Luise; Map Sartar & Prax: Church, William) 120 pages, 1978.
  • 4001 - RuneQuest 2 softcover Rulebook; Perrin, Steve; Turney, Ray & Friends (Henderson, Steve; James, Warren; editing and special sections: Sapienza, John & Stafford, Greg; Illustrations Perenne (Perrin), Luise; Map Sartar & Prax: Church, William) 120 pages, 1979.
  • 4001-X - RuneQuest 2, Boxed; softcover Rulebook, Perrin, Steve; Turney, Ray & Friends (Henderson, Steve; James, Warren; editing and special sections: Sapienza, John & Stafford, Greg; Illustrations Perenne (Perrin), Luise; Map Sartar & Prax: Church, William) 120 pages,. Read This First 1 pages. Basic Role-playing, Stafford, Greg; Willis, Lynn; 16 pages. Apple Lane, scenario, Stafford, Greg; 32 pages. Fangs, Forthoffer, David; 16 pages. 8 pages of characters and monsters; 6 dice; 1980. Licensed edition published in the UK by Games Workshop
  • 4001-H - RuneQuest 2 Hardcover Rulebook, Perrin, Steve; Turney, Ray & Friends (Henderson, Steve; James, Warren; editing and spécial sections: Sapienza, John & Stafford, Greg; Illustrations Perenne (Perrin), Luise; Map Sartar & Prax: Church, William) 120 pages, June 1982.
  • 4002 - Balastor's Barracks; Henderson, Steve; James, Warren; Perrin, Steve; Illustrations Conrad, G.; 24 pages, 1978
  • 4003 - Trolls and Trollkin; Turney, Ray; Illustrations Perenne (Perrin), Luise; 20 pages, 1978
  • 4004 - ; Turney, Ray; Illustrations Perenne (Perrin), Luise; 20 pages, 1978
  • 4005 - Apple Lane; 32 pages.
  • 4006 - Militia & Mercenaries; Turney, Ray; Illustrations Leialoha, Steve 'S.L.; 16 pages, 1979
  • 4007 - Snake Pipe Hollow, RuneQuest Adventures in Caverns of Chaos; Stafford, Greg; Kraft, Rudy; Illustration, Cover: Church, William; Interior Perenne (Perrin); February 1979 second edition Illustration, Cover Sullivan, Tom 1981, 48 pages.
  • 4008 - Cults of Prax; Perrin, Steve; Stafford, Greg; Illustration: cover: Swenston, Steve; Interior: Church, William; Conrad, Guy; Day, Gene; Perenne (Perrin), Luise; Rune: Church, William; 112 pages, May 1979 (Licensed edition published in the UK by Games Workshop cover and Rune Church, William; January 1981).
  • 4009 - Foes; 1200 Monsters of RuneQuest; Forthoffer, David; illustrations Becker, Richard; 112 pages, 1980
  • 4010 - The Gateway Bestiary; Petersen, Sandy; Illustrations: Becker, Richard; 64 pages, June 1980
  • 4011 - Plunder; Kraft, Rudy; Illustration: Becker, Richard; 48 pages, August 1980
  • 4012 - Runemasters; Keyes, William R.; Illustrations Perenne (Perrin), Luise; 48 pages, August 1980
  • 4013 - Griffin Mountain; Jaquays, Paul; Kraft, Rudy; Petersen, Sandy; Perrin, Steve; Stafford, Greg; Illustration Jaquays, Paul; 202 pages, May 1981 (Licensed edition published in the UK by Games Workshop).
  • 4014 - Cults of Terror; Willis, Lynn; Stafford, Greg; Krank, Charlie; Kaufer, Ken; Swenson, Anders; Natzke, John; Petersen, Sandy; Summers, Sean; Jaquays, Paul; Kraft, Rudy; Illustration: Map: Krank, Charlie; Cover Painting: Jaquays, Paul; Interior: Jaquays, Paul; Becker, Richard; 96 pages, May 1981.
  • 4015-X - Borderlands; Boxed; Boyle, John E.; Chodak, Yurek; Fiorito, Tony; Free, Lisa A.; Hoffman, Reid; Kirby, Janet; Kraft, Rudy; Perrin, Steve; Petersen, Sandy; Rolston, Ken; Stafford, Greg; Willis, Lynn; Wolcott, Elizabeth A.; Map: Chodak, Yurek; Church, William; Illustration: Free, Lisa A.; booklet: What's in the box (1 page); Common Knowledge for Players (4 pages); Referee's Handbook (48 pages); Referee's Encounter Book (32 pages); Map of the Raus Domain (22x17), Map of N. & S. River Cradles (11x34); Individual Scenario 1-7: 1 Scouting the Land (4 pages), 2 Outlaw Hunt (6 pages), 3 Jezra's Rescue (8 pages), 4 Revenge of Muriah (8 pages), 5 5-Eyes Temple (20 pages), 6 Condor Crags (6 pages), 7 To Giant Land! (8 pages); April 1982.
  • 4016-X - Troll Pak; Boxed; Perrin, Steve; Petersen, Sandy; Stafford, Greg; Illustration: Cover: Dupont, Don; Interior: Free, Lisa A.; booklet: What's in the box (1 page ); Book One: Uz Lore (64 pages); Book Two: Book of Uz (48 pages); Book Three: Book of Adventures (64 pages); Player Handouts (8 pages); Munchrooms A (12 pages); Munchrooms B (6 pages); Map of Dagori Inkarth, July 1982.
  • 4017 - SoloQuest; LaVergne, Alan; Illustration cover: Becker, Richard; pages 80, June 1982.
  • 4018-X - Questworld; Boxed; Boyle, John E.; Florio, Mark; Goldberg, Ron; Harmon, Mark; Kirby, Janet; LaVergne, Alan; Stafford, Greg; Map: Krank, Charlie; Willis, Lynn; Illustration: Cover: Roland, Mark; Interior: Perenne (Perrin), Luise; booklet: What's in the box (1page); Introduction to Questworld (8 pages); Candlefire (40 pages); Lord Skyppen's Mansion (48 pages); Greenwald Tales (32 pages); Map of Kanos (17x22); Map of Greenwald region (17x22); August 1982.
  • 4019 - ; LaVergne, Alan; Illustration, Cover: Becker, Richard; 96 pages, July 1982.
  • 4020 - ; LaVergne, Alan; Illustrations Perenne (Perrin), Luise; 48 pages, November 1982.
  • 4021-X - ; Boxed; Dickinson, Oliver; Krank, Charlie; Perrin, Steve; Petersen, Sandy; Rolston, Ken; Stafford, Greg; Swenson, Anders; Trout, Michael; Willis, Lynn; Willner, M.B.; Map: Chodak, Yurek; Krank, Charlie; Willis, Lynn; Illustration: Cover: Blum, Michael; Foster, Brad W.; Interior: Blum, Michael; Foster, Brad W.; Perenne (Perrin), Luise; booklet: What's in the box (1 page); Common Knowledge for Players (40 pages); City Guide for the Gamemaster (40 pages); Map of New Pavis (17x22); Episodes for the Gamemaster (40 pages); Map of N. & S. River Cradles (11x34); 1983.
  • 4022-X - ; Boxed; Perrin, Steve; Stafford, Greg et al.; booklet: What's in the box (1 page); Common Knowledge for Players (16 pages); Guide for the Gamemaster (32 pages); Episodes for the Gamemaster (96 pages); Map of Big Rubble (11x34); 1983.
  • 4023 - RuneQuest Companion; Johnson, Bill; Kahn, Sherman; LaVergne, Alan; McCormick, Jim; Nance, Ron; Petersen, Sandy; Stafford, Greg; Cartes: Krank, Charlie; Illustration: Cover: Becker, Richard; Interior: Becker, Richard; Church, William; Day, Gene; Ramos, James Kevin; Swenston, Steve; 72 pages, 1983.
  • 4500 - King of Sartar; Book by Stafford, Greg; 285 pages, 1992
  • 4501 - Wyrms Footprints, Glorantha Legends and Lore by Stafford, Greg; Stafford, Greg; Hargrave, David A.; Johnson, Bill; Krank, Charlie; Illustration: Cover: Barker, Dan; Interior: Church, William; Horsley, Ralph 'RCH'; Roland, Mark; Swenston, Steve; 112 pages, June 1995
  • XXXX - The Sea Cave, scenario, Stafford, Greg; Illustrations Jaquays, Jennell; 24 pages, 1980 (published in 2016)

Avalon Hill third edition

  • AH857 - RuneQuest Fantasy Roleplaying Adventure, Deluxe Edition,

Boxed Supplements

The boxed supplements each contained a number (usually three) paper covered books.

  • AH8573 - Monster Coliseum Avalon Hill: RuneQuest 3 (1985 Box)
  • AH8574 - Adventurer Sheets: Human Avalon Hill: RuneQuest 3 (1985 Box)
  • AH8575 - Adventurer Sheets: Nonhuman Avalon Hill: RuneQuest 3 (1985 Box)
  • AH8576 - Vikings, Nordic Roleplaying for RuneQuest. Boxed set 4,
  • AH8577 - Gods of Glorantha, 60 Religions for RuneQuest. boxed set 5,
  • AH8578 - Griffin Island Partial reworking of the Griffin Mountain book published for RQ2.
  • AH8584 - Land of Ninja
  • AH8585 -
  • AH8586 - Trollpak (Second edition) Largely reprinting the RQ2 Trollpak box, but without the bulk of the adventures or cults, both of which would be spun off into separate products.
  • AH8587 - Troll Gods Mainly derived from RQ2 Tollpak, but with some new material.
  • AH8588 - Elder Secrets of Glorantha Overview of non-human races of Glorantha. Derives some material from Trollpak, but much new content.

Softback books

The softback books were generally saddle stitched, though some were prefect bound. All had cardboard covers.

Games Workshop third edition

The Games Workshop supplements were hardback books converted from the Avalon Hill boxed sets.

Mongoose RuneQuest 4th and 5th Editions

There were an extensive number of MRQ supplements, generally published as hardback books. The bulk are set in the second age of Glorantha.

The Design Mechanism RuneQuest 6th edition

In 2012 RuneQuest 6th edition was written and published by The Design Mechanism. In 2015 the RuneQuest licence reverted to Chaosium. In 2016 RuneQuest 6 was re-branded and re-published by The Design Mechanism as Mythras. RuneQuest 6th edition and its supplements are available as Mythras editions after 2016.

RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha

Supplements for RQG are generally hardcover books and PDF's.

4027 RuneQuest Quickstart

4028 RuneQuest - Roleplaying in Glorantha

4029 Gamemaster Screen Pack - Screen plus adventure/setting book.

4032 Glorantha Bestiary -

4033 The Glorantha Sourcebook

4034 The Red Book of Magic - Grimoire.

4035 RuneQuest Starter Set - Boxed set containing four paper covered books, maps, character sheets and play aids.

4036 Weapons and Equipment -

4038 The Pegasus Plateau & Other Stories - Six ready to run adventures.

4039 The Smoking Ruin & Other Stories - Six ready to run adventures.

4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology

4042 Cults of RuneQuest: The Prosopaedia - An Encyclopedia of the Deities of RuneQuest.

4043 Cults of RuneQuest: The Lightbringers - Seventeen long cult write-ups for RuneQuest.

4044 Cults of RuneQuest: The Earth Goddesses - Sixteen long cult write-ups for RuneQuest.

As well as the official books listed above there is an active fan publishing scheme known as the Jonstown Compendium and published through DriveThruRPG. By March 2022 there were over 200 such publications, some of which were available as Print On Demand hard copies.

The Battle of Dangerford (2021) is a solo adventure from RuneQuest Starter Set, that was also published online and available for free.

Books by third party publishers

Games Workshop

Judges Guild

References