Jonstown Compendium Catalogue [2023]

Nick Brooke's Jonstown Compendium Catalogue - 2023 Edition details every supplement published in the first four years of Chaosium's community content programme for RuneQuest and Glorantha. This book merges the 2022 JC Catalogue with the 2023 JC Index to present every release up to the end of December 2023, divided into categories. Titles in most categories are ranked by sales.

The nine categories used are RuneQuest (scenarios), Glorantha (sourcebooks), QuestWorlds, Monsters of the Month, Virtual Tabletop Tokens, Cartography & Battle-Maps, Artpacks & Stock Art, Shorter Works, and Play Aids & Random Stuff. Detailed listings analyse content (pages split between scenario, stats, maps, etc.), price per page of content (excluding front matter, blank pages, etc.), and summarise key details about each title. Three Where in the World? maps show product locations (where they can be pinned down). There are notes on when each scenario and campaign is set (by year and season, inc. all Chaosium RQG scenarios). Appendices include notes for creators and best-seller charts (all time and 2023 by quarter), and a selection of fascinating bar-charts showing the growth of the programme.

Like previous Catalogues, this title is a year-end snapshot (and a printed book) which will not be updated. I will bring out a new, regularly-updated Index starting in January 2024, with a new print Catalogue in 12 months' time.

NOTE: Material indexed in this book may deal with mature themes. GMs are advised to adjust their presentation of this subject matter in accordance with their own and their group’s comfort levels.