Following in the wake of their Miskatonic Repository team up, DriveThruRPG-OBS and Chaosium have created the Jonstown Compendium for their Glorantha properties. Here, players and game masters can flex their content creation muscles and upload the enormous amount of Your Glorantha May Vary (YGMV) lore they have accumulated over the years. Those who are not as familiar with Glorantha and its associated games may not be aware of the loyalty and interest the world has spawned over the last forty-odd years. Jonstown Compendium is an opportunity for some of that material to see not only the light of day, but the authors to earn something for their creations. Remember, if you are a content creator and would like EN World to review or give an overview of your product, contact us and let us know!
Games Supported
The Jonstown Compendium does not yet support content creation for 13th Age Glorantha. However, the compendium does support material created for Runequest: Glorantha, HeroQuest: Glorantha, and Runequest Classic. This variety should ensure that authors who prefer the previous editions are able to offer their content alongside the newest game editions.
What’s Selling and What’s Hot
As of this writing, there are 44 items for sale on the Jonstown Compendium. The variety is impressive, with everything from adventures to character sheets to tokens for your VTT. Below is a list of the top five current best sellers and beneath that, a few of the newest additions to the Jonstown Compendium lineup that caught our eye.
Five Hottest Community Titles
Tusk Raiders and Other related products By: Dario Corallo
Dario has created a selection of token products for use with various VTT platforms. These products cover several of the well known creatures and characters of Glorantha.
Hunters of the Sky, Monster of the Month #4 (April 2020) By: Akhelas, Austin Conrad
Another interesting series of products. This one introduces a new beast for Glorantha GMs to use in their adventures and for players to encounter. Each of these entries looks like it could be a useful addition to your Glorantha game.
Capsule Review: Tales of the Sun County Militia: Sandheart Vol 1. By Jonathan Webb
I grabbed this adventure as it looked interesting to me and while I have interest in Sun County, I do not know that much about it. Jonathon Webb has written an interesting introduction to the area of Sandheart, an area of his own creation. The author talks about some of the glory and pitfalls of this Yelmalian culture in the brief introduction, encouraging players and GMs to interact with some of the ideas and challenge those ideas that seem outdated. Jonathan Webb takes a brief dip into the YGMV (YGWV) territory to explain Sandheart’s potential place in your Glorantha lore.
The first part of the supplement deals with Sandheart, establishing the details of the community and of the Sandheart Militia. There are maps and some art that give greater details about the arms and armor of the Yelmalian farmers. Inspiration is and, historically has been, Hellenistic Greek. A number of NPCs are included as is information on several plinths that are important to the settlement.
In addition there is an adventure, No Country for Cold Men. The adventure sets the players and the Militia against some illegal trafficking in and around Sandheart. Stat blocks are included for the adventure and together with the encounters, these take about about half of the book. There are more maps of course and a few handouts and tables. Overall, I liked Tales of the Sun County Militia, Vol 1 and will be getting a group together to play through it. Volume 2, Corn Dolls, is out as well.
I hope you enjoyed this brief look into the Jonstown Compendium. We may continue to look over the various community content programs that we have not previously covered. If you have any thoughts, please let us know!
The Jonstown Compendium does not yet support content creation for 13th Age Glorantha. However, the compendium does support material created for Runequest: Glorantha, HeroQuest: Glorantha, and Runequest Classic. This variety should ensure that authors who prefer the previous editions are able to offer their content alongside the newest game editions.
What’s Selling and What’s Hot
As of this writing, there are 44 items for sale on the Jonstown Compendium. The variety is impressive, with everything from adventures to character sheets to tokens for your VTT. Below is a list of the top five current best sellers and beneath that, a few of the newest additions to the Jonstown Compendium lineup that caught our eye.
Five Hottest Community Titles
- A Rough Guide to Glamour By: Chris Gidlow, Mike Hagen, Nick Brooke, Michael O'Brien, Jeff Richard, Greg Stafford
- Elgar’s Blade: Part 2 of Red Deer Saga By: Paul Baker
- White Stone Ruin: Part 1 of Red Deer Saga By: Paul Baker
- The Armies and Enemies of Dragon Pass By: Martin Helsdon
- The Duel At Dangerford By Nick Brooke
Tusk Raiders and Other related products By: Dario Corallo
Dario has created a selection of token products for use with various VTT platforms. These products cover several of the well known creatures and characters of Glorantha.
Hunters of the Sky, Monster of the Month #4 (April 2020) By: Akhelas, Austin Conrad
Another interesting series of products. This one introduces a new beast for Glorantha GMs to use in their adventures and for players to encounter. Each of these entries looks like it could be a useful addition to your Glorantha game.
Capsule Review: Tales of the Sun County Militia: Sandheart Vol 1. By Jonathan Webb
I grabbed this adventure as it looked interesting to me and while I have interest in Sun County, I do not know that much about it. Jonathon Webb has written an interesting introduction to the area of Sandheart, an area of his own creation. The author talks about some of the glory and pitfalls of this Yelmalian culture in the brief introduction, encouraging players and GMs to interact with some of the ideas and challenge those ideas that seem outdated. Jonathan Webb takes a brief dip into the YGMV (YGWV) territory to explain Sandheart’s potential place in your Glorantha lore.
The first part of the supplement deals with Sandheart, establishing the details of the community and of the Sandheart Militia. There are maps and some art that give greater details about the arms and armor of the Yelmalian farmers. Inspiration is and, historically has been, Hellenistic Greek. A number of NPCs are included as is information on several plinths that are important to the settlement.
In addition there is an adventure, No Country for Cold Men. The adventure sets the players and the Militia against some illegal trafficking in and around Sandheart. Stat blocks are included for the adventure and together with the encounters, these take about about half of the book. There are more maps of course and a few handouts and tables. Overall, I liked Tales of the Sun County Militia, Vol 1 and will be getting a group together to play through it. Volume 2, Corn Dolls, is out as well.
I hope you enjoyed this brief look into the Jonstown Compendium. We may continue to look over the various community content programs that we have not previously covered. If you have any thoughts, please let us know!
