Walk down the memory lane – where it all began – Apple Lane – Encounters for Mythras

I still remember the first time I GM’d Runequest. It was sometime February 1981 and the scenario was Apple Lane. We had played D&D for a few years and I wanted to try something new.

It was love on first game – everything clicked – the combat – the milieu – the crunchy style, the tactics for the attackers, spells. I searched thru my garage and found my original Apple Lane set, still containing the markings of hit points going down, skill percentage changes and fallen marks.

Here are the stats for Rq6 for those who would like to try to help Gringle and Quackjohn. May your game with these create as good memories as mine did.

• Gringle’s Pawnshop with Gringle and friends.
• The baboon troop
• Xarban’s Gang 
• Gringle himself
• Quackjohn, Gringle’s Assistant

The young baboon troop contains

• Young Baboon Alpha Male,
• young hunters
• baboon Rabble
• Baboon Mother.

Xarban’s gang has

• Beaked Dragonewt with Sorcery
• Northern Centaur Warrior

Added some villagers of the Apple Lane

• Inn at Sartar
• Sartar Clan Thane, Horsemaster
• Villagers at Apple Lane
• Smith

A map for the village is nowadays available here . The Return to Apple Lane scenario there is for Heroquest and very different than the original and could be run as a follow-on to the original even.