> With the Gloranthan Web Page up and running, and a _lot_ of background
> material on it, hopefully the new game will be able to avoid
> reprinting a lot of this material, since it will be available to
> everyone on the Web Page.
Um, Steve. That web page is a wonderful resource, true. But - believe it or not - there are still people with no web access out there. Even some who have email, but can't get at the Web. I seem to remember arguing with some guy or other a while back, who had email but couldn't be bothered to get web access too - come to think of it, that was you, wasn't it?
I hope the "new game" *will* contain a lot of this stuff, because for the majority of the gaming world that's the only way they're ever going to see it. And without the background, Glorantha as a setting is unplayable.
On the subject of "useless" elders, might I suggest that they do a lot of the minding of small infants? Also the spinning, weaving, cooking, and other less physically demanding occupations? (I'm sure there are some "male-role" tasks as well, but they escape me for the moment).
If an eight-year-old can be useful, I would have thought an eighty-year-old could perform at least the same tasks.
Jane Williams jane_at_williams.nildram.co.ukhttp://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~janewill/gloranth/index.shtml
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