''Cults of Terror'' is a

tabletop role-playing game A tabletop role-playing game (typically abbreviated as TRPG or TTRPG), also known as a pen-and-paper role-playing game, is a form of role-playing game (RPG) in which the participants describe their characters' actions through speech. Participa ...

supplement for ''

RuneQuest ''RuneQuest'' (commonly abbreviated as RQ) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game originally designed by Steve Perrin, Ray Turney, Steve Henderson (game designer), Steve Henderson, and Warren James, and set in Greg Stafford's mythical world of ...

'', originally published by

Chaosium Chaosium Inc. is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford in 1975. Chaosium's major titles include '' Call of Cthulhu'', based on the horror fiction stories of H. P. Lovecraft'', RuneQuest Glorantha'', ''Pendragon'' ...

in 1981. The sourcebook details nine evil deities and the cults that worship them, for use in

Greg Stafford Francis Gregory Stafford (February 9, 1948 – October 10, 2018), usually known as Greg Stafford, was an American game designer, publisher, and practitioner of shamanism. Stafford is most famous as the creator of the fantasy world of Glorantha ...

's fantasy world of

Glorantha Glorantha is a fantasy world created by Greg Stafford. It was first introduced in the board game '' White Bear and Red Moon'' (1975) by Chaosium and then in a number of other board, roleplaying and computer games, including ''RuneQuest'' and ''He ...

Publication history

Originally published as a softback book by

in 1981. It was republished in 2002 by

Moon Design Publications Moon Design Publications are publishers of tabletop role-playing game books set in Greg Stafford's world of Glorantha. They were founded in 1998 by Rick Meints and Colin Phillips in the UK. History In the 1990s, American expatriate Rick Meints was ...

in a single volume with '' Cults of Prax'' as ''Glorantha Classics Volume 3, Cult Compendium'', as a hardback with a dustcover and softback, it was republished as a PDF in 2010. The 1981 edition was republished in 2016 in PDF format as part of Chaosium's RuneQuest: Classic Edition Kickstarter.

* Introduction - How Gloranthan cults work, maps, a pronouciation guide and ''The Reminiscences of Paulis Longvale'', an in-world document detailing a region called ''Dorastor''. * History And Cosmology By Greg Stafford. An 11 page Gloranthan guide. * Primal Chaos By Ken Kaufer * Mallia By Anders Swenson * Bagog By Charlie Krank And John Natzke * Thed By Sandy Petersen * Vivamort By Sean Summers * Thanatar By Jennell Jaquays * The Crimson Bat By Rudy Kraft * Krarsht By John Natzke, Lynn Willis, and Charlie Krank * Nysalor/Gbaji By Greg Stafford

Reception

Ron Pehr reviewed ''Cults of Terror'' in ''

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'' No. 42. Pehr commented that "if you play ''RuneQuest'', or even if you just want to see what an excellent game aid can be, you'll buy ''Cults of Terror''." Oliver Dickinson reviewed ''Cults of Terror'' for ''

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'' #34, giving it an overall rating of 6 out of 10, and stated that "For GMs who set their campaigns in ''Glorantha'' and use the ''RuneQuest'' religious structures and cosmology, and for all those who wish to know more of this fascinating world, this book is essential reading."

Reviews

* ''

Different Worlds ''Different Worlds'' was an American role-playing games magazine published from 1979 to 1987. Scope ''Different Worlds'' published support articles, scenarios, and variants for various role-playing games including ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Ru ...

'' #17 (Dec., 1981)

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