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 120 pages, 1978.
- 4001 - RuneQuest 2 softcover Rulebook; Perrin, Steve; Turney, Ray & Friends 120 pages, 1979.
- 4001-X - RuneQuest 2, Boxed; softcover Rulebook, Perrin, Steve; Turney, Ray & Friends 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 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, Luise; 20 pages, 1978
- 4004 - Creatures of Chaos 1; Turney, Ray; Illustrations Perenne, 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 ; 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, Luise; Rune: Church, William; 112 pages, May 1979.
- 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, 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.
- 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 ; Common Knowledge for Players ; Referee's Handbook ; Referee's Encounter Book ; Map of the Raus Domain, Map of N. & S. River Cradles ; Individual Scenario 1-7: 1 Scouting the Land, 2 Outlaw Hunt, 3 Jezra's Rescue, 4 Revenge of Muriah, 5 5-Eyes Temple, 6 Condor Crags, 7 To Giant Land! ; 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 ; Book One: Uz Lore ; Book Two: Book of Uz ; Book Three: Book of Adventures ; Player Handouts ; Munchrooms A ; Munchrooms B ; 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, Luise; booklet: What's in the box ; Introduction to Questworld ; Candlefire ; Lord Skyppen's Mansion ; Greenwald Tales ; Map of Kanos ; Map of Greenwald region ; August 1982.
- 4019 - SoloQuest 2: Scorpion Hall; LaVergne, Alan; Illustration, Cover: Becker, Richard; 96 pages, July 1982.
- 4020 - SoloQuest 3: The Snow King's Bride; LaVergne, Alan; Illustrations Perenne, Luise; 48 pages, November 1982.
- 4021-X - Pavis: Threshold to Danger; 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, Luise; booklet: What's in the box ; Common Knowledge for Players ; City Guide for the Gamemaster ; Map of New Pavis ; Episodes for the Gamemaster ; Map of N. & S. River Cradles ; 1983.
- 4022-X - Big Rubble: The Deadly City; Boxed; Perrin, Steve; Stafford, Greg et al.; booklet: What's in the box ; Common Knowledge for Players ; Guide for the Gamemaster ; Episodes for the Gamemaster ; Map of Big Rubble ; 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
Avalon Hill third edition
- AH857 - RuneQuest Fantasy Roleplaying Adventure, Deluxe Edition,
Boxed Supplements
The boxed supplements each contained a number paper covered books.- AH8573 - Monster Coliseum Avalon Hill: RuneQuest 3
- AH8574 - Adventurer Sheets: Human Avalon Hill: RuneQuest 3
- AH8575 - Adventurer Sheets: Nonhuman Avalon Hill: RuneQuest 3
- 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 - Glorantha: Genertela, Crucible of the Hero Wars
- AH8586 - Trollpak 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.- AH85712 - Apple Lane A reissue of the RQ2 adventure.
- AH85713 - Snake Pipe Hollow A reissue of the RQ2 adventure.
- AH85711 - Gloranthan Bestiary
- AH85714 - RuneQuest Cities
- AH85715 - Into the Troll Realms, Troll Adventures and Encounters for RuneQuest, A reprint of the shorter adventures contained in the first edition Trollpak box.
- AH85716 - The Haunted Ruins A reprint of a longer adventure from the first edition of Trollpak.
- AH85717 - Daughters of Darkness and the Chronicles of Santon, Adventures in an original setting.
- AH8589 - Eldarad: The Lost City, An original adventure setting.
- AH8590 - Sun County
- AH8591 - River of Cradles A mix of new material and work taken from the RQ2 Pavis and Big Rubble boxes.
- AH8592 - Dorastor: Land of Doom,
- AH8594 - Shadows on the Borderland
- AH8593 - Strangers in Prax
- AH8595 - Lords of Terror Draws from and expands the RQ2 book Cults of Terror.
Games Workshop third edition
The Games Workshop supplements were hardback books converted from the Avalon Hill boxed sets.- GW4616 - Runequest Fantasy Roleplaying Adventure, 1st Volume
- GW4628 - Advanced Runequest, 2nd Volume
- GW4667 - RuneQuest Monsters, 3rd Volume
- GW4655 - Land of Ninja, 4th Volume Reprint of the Avalon Hill boxed set.
- GW4630 - Griffin Island, 3rd Volume
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.| Code | Title | Published | Author | Setting | Notes |
| MGP8100 | Runequest Rulebook | 2006 | Matthew Sprange | ||
| MGP8101 | Glorantha, The Second Age | 2006 | Robin D Laws | Glorantha | |
| MGP8102 | Games Master's Screen | 2006 | None given | Generic | |
| MGP8103 | RuneQuest Monsters | 2006 | Richard Ford & Greg Lynch | Generic | |
| MGP8104 | RuneQuest Companion | 2006 | Greg Lynch, Kenneth Hite & Ian Belcher | Generic | |
| MGP8105 | Cults of Glorantha Volume 1 | 2006 | Jeff Kye | Glorantha | |
| MGP8106 | Legendary Heroes | 2006 | Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Richard Ford, Bryan Steele | Generic | |
| MGP8107 | Magic of Glorantha | 2006 | Aaron Dembski-Bowden | Glorantha | |
| MGP8108 | Arms & Equipment | 2006 | Bryan Steele | Generic | |
| MGP8109 | Player's Guide to Glorantha | 2006 | Bryan Steele | Glorantha | |
| MGP8110 | Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar | 2006 | Aaron Dembski-Bowden | Lankhmar | |
| MGP8111 | Rune of Chaos | 2006 | Bryan Steele | Generic | |
| MGP8112 | Trolls - A Guide to the Uz | 2007 | Aaron Dembski-Bowden | Glorantha | |
| MGP8115 | The Clanking City | 2007 | Aaron Dembski-Bowden | Glorantha | |
| MGP8116 | Elric of Melniboné | 2007 | Lawrence Whitaker | Elric of Melniboné | |
| MGP8120 | Cults of Glorantha Volume 2 | 2006 | Jeff Kyer & Robin D Laws | Glorantha | |
| MGP8123 | Jrustela | 2007 | Gareth Hanrahan | Glorantha | |
| MGP8124 | Dragonewts - A Guide to the Eravssarr | 2007 | Lawrence Whitaker | Glorantha | |
| MGP8128 | Blood of Orlanth | 2007 | Gareth Hanrahan | Glorantha | |
| MGP8129 | Dara Happa Stirs | 2008 | Lawrence Whitaker | Glorantha | |
| MGP8130 | Elfs - A Guide to the Aldryami | 2007 | Shannon Appelcline | Glorantha | |
| MGP8134 | Games Master's Handbook | 2008 | Lawrence Whitaker | Generic | |
| MGP8137 | Land of Samurai | 2008 | Lawrence Whitaker | Mythic Earth | |
| MGP8138 | RuneQuest Spellbook | 2007 | Bryan Steele | Generic | |
| MGP8139 | RuneQuest Character Pack | 2007 | Generic | ||
| MGP8141 | Pirates | 2007 | Gareth Hanrahan | Mythic Earth | |
| MGP8146 | Magic of the Young Kingdoms | 2007 | Lawrence Whitaker | Elric of Melniboné | |
| MGP8148 | Dwarfs - A Guide to the Mostali | 2009 | Lawrence Whitaker | Glorantha | |
| MGP8149 | Ruins of Glorantha | 2008 | Joshua Cole | Glorantha | |
| MGP8150 | Elric of Melniboné Companion | 2007 | Lawrence Whitaker | Elric of Melniboné | |
| MGP8151 | Cults of the Young Kingdoms | 2008 | Lawrence Whitaker | Elric of Melniboné | |
| MGP8154 | Elric of Melniboné: Dream Realms | 2009 | Joshua Cole | Elric of Melniboné | |
| MGP8155 | Fronela | 2009 | Lawrence Whitaker | Glorantha | |
| MGP8156 | Ducks - A Guide to the Durulz | 2008 | Bryan Steele | Glorantha | |
| MGP8159 | Ralios | 2006 | Robin D Laws | Glorantha | |
| MGP8165 | Lankhmar Unleashed | 2009 | Simon Beal, Aaron Dembski-Bowden | Lankhmar |
| Code | Title | Published | Author | Setting | Notes |
| MGP8170 | RuneQuest II Core Rulebook | 2010 | Lawrence Whitaker and Pete Nash | ||
| MGP8172 | Pavis Rises | 2010 | Lawrence Whitaker | Glorantha | |
| MGP8175 | Cults of Glorantha | 2010 | Lawrence Whitaker | Glorantha | |
| MGP8176 | Races of Glorantha, volume 1 | 2010 | Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Bryan Steele, Lawrence Whitaker, Pete Nash | Glorantha | |
| MGP8177 | Arms & Equipment | 2010 | Bryan Steele and Lawrence Whitaker | Generic | |
| MGP8178 | Monster Coliseum | 2010 | Lawrence Whitaker | Generic | |
| MGP8180 | Glorantha The Second Age Core Rulebook | 2010 | Robin Laws, Bryan Steele and Lawrence Whitaker | Glorantha | |
| MGP8182 | Necromantic Arts | 2010 | Gareth Hanrahan and Simon Beal | Generic | |
| MGP8184 | Empires | 2010 | Lawrence Whitaker | Generic | |
| MGP8185 | Deus Vult | 2010 | Gareth Hanrahan | Mythic Earth | |
| MGP8188 | Ex Cathedra | 2010 | Gareth Hanrahan | Mythic Earth, Adventures for Deus Vult | |
| MGP8191 | The Abiding Book | 2010 | Lawrence Whitaker | Glorantha | |
| MGP8196 | Elric of Melniboné | 2010 | Lawrence Whitaker, Pete Nash | Elric of Melniboné | |
| MGP8199 | Vikings | 2010 | Pete Nash | Mythic Earth | |
| MGP8201 | Cults of the Young Kingdoms | 2010 | Lawrence Whitaker, Pete Nash | Elric of Melniboné | |
| MGP8211 | Cities of the Young Kingdoms_ The South | 2011 | Lawrence Whitaker | Elric of Melniboné |
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.
| Code | Title | Published | Author | Setting | Notes |
| TDM100S | RuneQuest 6 | 2012 | Lawrence Whitaker and Pete Nash | Generic | |
| Firearms | 2012 | Lawrence Whitaker and Pete Nash | Generic | ||
| TDM101 | Book of Quests | 2013 | Darren Driver, Tom Griffith, Russell Hoyle, Bruce Mason, Keane Peterson, Marko Vojnovic, Jonathan Webb, John White, and Lawrence Whitaker | The Realm | |
| TDM102 | Monster Island | 2013 | Pete Nash & Friends | Sword & Sorcery | |
| TDM103 | Ships & Shield Walls | 2014 | Jonathan Drake, Pete Nash and Lawrence Whitaker | Generic | |
| TDM200 | Mythic Britain | 2014 | Lawrence Whitaker | Roleplaying in Dark Ages Britain | |
| TDM300 | Shores of Korantia | 2014 | Jonathan Drake & Friends | Thennla | |
| TDM400 | Luther Arkwright | 2015 | Chad Bowser, Pete Nash, Bryan Steele and Lawrence Whitaker | Roleplaying Across the Parallels. Luther Arkwright Created by Bryan Talbot |
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 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
- Broken Tree Inn
- City of Lei Tabor
- Duck Pond
- Hellpits of Nightfang
- Legendary Duck Tower
- RuneQuest Judges Shield