Which Glorantha books are in colour?

[DigitalMage]

I find nowadays that I prefer to read RPGs thast are full colour and on glossy paper - i don't know why, but b&w on matt paper seems to put me in a frame of mind that makes it a drag to read the book.

So, out of interest, which of the Glorantha books are full colour like GtSA is?

Cheers!

 

[Rurik]

Glorantha,the Second Age (as you already know).

Cults of Glorantha 1&2

Magic of Glorantha

Monsters (The Stand Alone before it was combined with the Core and Companion in Deluxe).

Those were all printed in coler as hardcover before Mongoose switched to it's now abandoned in house printing. Asking Mongoose about the status of reprints is a good idea, they will likely be reprinted as softback and possibly b&w, so it is best to check.

I imagine the abovementioned titles are still all the originals in stock - my FLGS has copies of the color hardbacks.

 

[Lord High Munchkin]

This is not in any way a rant at any one particular games company - it's in reality an industry wide issue....

The problem is not black and white versus colour - but rather books poorly designed to be read in black and white (if they even were in the first place, most being grayscale), vs. colour.

Too many modern game books are simply grayscale pastiches of colour, rather than actually fully thought-out and designed B&W books from the get-go.

You must have seen the symptoms, over-dark computer generated maps and text that is visually far too dense, as well as having heavily shaded moiré'd (dotted) page backgrounds. Those are a few of the signs of sloppy design and lack of consideration of a book's final use.

Just because it is easy to do fully shaded and "glossy" grayscale, doesn't mean it's actually the best choice. A well laid out and purposefully designed B&W book is in many ways a contrast and a joy to read.

Shame virtually no one produces them nowadays.

 

[DigitalMage]

Glorantha,the Second Age (as you already know).
Cults of Glorantha 1&2
Magic of Glorantha
Monsters

Thanks for the list! Those look as though they will provide a quite comprehensive games (along with the b&w Players Guide I already own). Now if only I can convince my gaming group to play it (along with all the other games I want to run!)