Volume One (of Three so far) of Sandheart is just what it advertises itself as, a sandbox campaign setting, but it is more than that too. This is especially true of the Remastered Edition which adds to and enhances the original publication in every way. Tales of the Sun County Militia was one of the first offerings on the Jonstown Compendium, and it filled a perfect niche of giving an underdeveloped corner of Glorantha, adjacent to the big players of Prax, Sun County, Pavis and the Big Rubble, a spotlight, and a special place to play a campaign or a one shot. It explores the rigid Solar religious culture practiced by the farmer-soldiers of Yelmalio, in a particularly backwater rural area surrounded by dangers and threats on the fringes of Sun Country and exposed to the plains of Prax. The original offering gave backgrounds, locations and an adventure to get you started. The art, layout and overall presentation was acceptable for a fan publication.
Here, in the remastered eddition, which was upgraded at no extra cost to the early adopters, goes above and beyond the original vision. Additional background material, and dozens of pieces of new, evocative and suitably Mad Max meets 300 entertaining art that just makes you fall in love with this part of Glorantha again. This is an inspirational work, which allows for hours and hours of play, shows how to make Glorantha your own (because always, Your Glorantha Will Vary), and lays a template for others to follow in making their own corners in which to campaign in Glorantha.
The materials are aimed at the most recent edition RuneQuest mechanically, but the sandbox and stats are easily transferrable to playing this in HeroQuest/Questworlds or 13th Age Glorantha (or into your homebrew system, whether you are using Tunnels & Trolls, World of Darkness or some other of your favorite system). This supplement is a gift that keeps on giving, and is an affordable campain starter in a PDF.
Happily, it does not end there, because there are two more offerings for Sandheart when you finish with this one, and the sequel, Corn Dolls, is receiving the Remastered treatment as we speak. I congratulate all involved, and I congratulate you if you decide to buy the product. I think you will be well pleased!
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