[Chaosium] RuneQuest Glorantha Bestiary is 'Pay-What-You-Want' for Australian Bushfire Relief

Chaosium is raising funds to help with Australian bush fire relief efforts by asking people to buy the RuneQuest Glorantha Bestiary as pay-what-you-want, but donate to charity instead of paying them!

From Chaosium:

We're making the RuneQuest Glorantha Bestiary 'Pay-What-You-Want' on DriveThruRPG for the next seven days (regular price is USD$19.99). If you download it, instead of paying us, we encourage you to make a donation to the Australian fire-fighting and recovery effort.

We at Chaosium think Gloranthan beasts are special; however Australian animals are unique and precious - and real. But it is estimated up to half a billion of them have perished so far in the devasting wildfires still raging across the continent. That number is expected to rise dramatically, as vast swathes of habitat have been consumed by flame.

Some places where you can donate:

• WIRES is a wildlife rescue nonprofit rescuing and caring for thousands of sick, injured and orphaned Australian native animals.
• World Wildlife Fund Australia is directing its efforts towards koala conservation. Thousands have perished so far.
• The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital is raising funds to distribute automatic drinking stations in the burnt areas to help in koala and wildlife survival, and sharing the funds with other wildlife organisations in the fire affected regions.
• Other places to support: Australian Red Cross, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Country Fire Authority Victoria.

 

[Egg Embry]

I appreciate Chaosium's example and all the good it's doing! Thank you!

 

[5atbu]

Thanks Chaosium!
Oz Red Cross for me

 

[Michael O'Brien]

Many thanks, the response so far has been wonderful!

(BTW, we might have chosen our newest RuneQuest release for this instead of the Bestiary, but we thought its title - The Smoking Ruin - was just too ironically grim under the circumstances...)

Thanks Chaosium!
Oz Red Cross for me

 

[Michael O'Brien]

Many thanks to the almost 2000 people so far who have downloaded THE GLORANTHA BESTIARY and made a donation to Australian bushfire relief.

This book (normally $19.99) will be 'pay-what-you-want' until Sunday Jan 12. Rather than pay us for it, there are links on the product page at DriveThruRPG where you can instead make a donation to the Australian fire-fighting and recovery effort, including animal welfare initiatives. Surviving the fires is only the first part of an uncertain future for Australia's unique wildlife.

RuneQuest - Glorantha Bestiary - Chaosium | RuneQuest | DriveThruRPG.com

 

[Michael O'Brien]

Many thanks to the 2200 people who downloaded a 'Pay-What-You-Want' copy of the RuneQuest Glorantha Bestiary over the past seven days and made a donation to Australian bushfire relief. Based on messages and feedback from supporters of this initiative, we estimate more than USD$20,000 has been raised for the Australian fire-fighting and recovery effort!

We thought a collection of fantastical creatures was an appropriate choice for this fundraiser, as the bushfires' devastating effect on Australia's unique wildlife is heartbreaking. In fires that have burned more than 24 million acres so far, more than one billion Australia animals have perished. Yet surviving the fires is only the first part of an uncertain future. Fundraising efforts will help look after wildlife while the land recovers.

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