RV: Observations from the Glorantha Trading Association

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Ra�l (aka Eikinskialdi) ;)

TALES FROM THE GLORANTHA TRADING ASSOCIATION MidSpring Passing (June, 2002)

Greetings to Observers of the Glorantha Trading Association. Summer's promise nears, the Bulls of Spring pass by. Now hail Issaries and rising Yelm. Hearken to the word on Glorantha, Issaries Inc., its partner publishers, and GTA activity. Welcome new members to the growing tribe.

You receive this newsletter as a member of the GTA. For the moment, you can remove your name from this mailing list with an email saying "NO NEWSLETTER" to <gta_at_...>. As described below, the GTA is hoping to move the mailing list to a self-maintaining one, so watch for later word on the new approach. On upgrading your membership, see
<www.herowars.com/inc/gta.html>.

Below you'll find tales about:
Contests, New and Old

         The Best of Glorantha 2001 announced!
         The Best of the Best
         Here are the Top 20 Glorantha websites
         Missed in the Best of Glorantha Nominations?
         GTA Membership Update
         Orlanth is Almost Dead! and Other News
         Short Plugs
         Short Takes
         Miniatures, Miniatures, and More Miniatures
         A Partnership: Glorantha and the Chaosium Digest
         New Email Self-Manager for the GTA
         Issaries' Online Policy For Art, Copyrights, And Trademarks
         Parting Shot


CONTESTS, NEW AND OLD
The winners of the third general GTA Observers drawing were Jonathan Jacobs and Tuomas Palosaari. They each won a set of the first 11 Gloranthan Classics miniatures produced by Dark Ages Miniatures. Congratulations, we hope you enjoy your new "toys"!

The next drawing starts ... NOW! This time around, we will be giving away two copies of the Gloranthan Classics. These gorgeous books, produced by Moon Design Productions under license from Issaries, Inc., contain the complete contents of previously published RuneQuest books. The first volume contains Pavis and Big Rubble, while the second contains Griffin Mountain. Both books also contain brand new information by Greg Stafford, as well as dozens of brand new illustrations.

On July 10th, Issaries will select two non-paid GTA members at random to receive a copy of one of these two books, to be chosen by the winner. (The third volume of the Gloranthan Classics series, the Cult Compendium, cannot be chosen as a prize for this contest.) To be eligible for this drawing, we must receive an email message from you by midnight PST July 9th to
<gta_at_...>. To ensure that we do not overlook your message, please
put GTA RQ CLASSICS DRAWING in the subject line of the message. If you have other correspondence for us, you must send it in a separate message to help avoid any confusion.

Good Luck!

THE BEST OF GLORANTHA 2001 ANNOUNCED!
All the GTA should celebrate the winners of the Best of Glorantha 2001 awards. "Another promising year for Glorantha marks the millennium," said Greg Stafford as he acknowledged the winners of worldwide GTA voting.

Best Glorantha Visual Art
Simon Bray's Heortling "wood cuts" in Thunder Rebels and Storm Tribe

Best Hero Wars Scenario
Saddled with the Nightmare, by Simon Bray and Martin Hawley

Best Hero Wars Description
Pavis Hero Wars by Ian Thomson and Issaries, Inc.

Best Gloranthan Website
Nick Brooke's Etyries.com

Best Glorantha in Print, English
Thunder Rebels, by Issaries, Inc.

Best Glorantha in Print, non-English
Pavis Hero Wars by Multisim (French)

Best Hero Wars House Rule
Benedict Adamson's Enhanced Simple Contests to replace Group Simple Contests

Best Glorantha Playing Aid
Uz, The Trolls of Glorantha, produced by The Unspoken Word

Best Glorantha Short Fiction
John Hughes's Helden novella

Best Issaries, Inc. Publication
Thunder Rebels

Best Licensed Product
Uz, The Trolls of Glorantha, produced by The Unspoken Word

Spirit of Glorantha
Life of Moonson (Gloranthan material from the LARP of the same name by Nick Brooke, Chris Gidlow, David Hall and Kevin Jacklin, with Rick Meints and Michael O'Brien).

THE BEST OF THE BEST
Greg Stafford went on to note his selection of Nick Brooke's Etyries.com from the Best of Glorantha 2001 winners to be the Best of the Best of Glorantha 2001. "Fans picked Nick's site and its contents in both categories in which it was nominated. Material from Nick's site also won last year during the Best of Glorantha contest. His site is full of original material, entertaining and humorous in its perspective, and chock full of stuff which is pretty much canon, as far as the Western religions go. The clincher was his parody of Barbarian Adventures in his "Rough Guide to Sartar;" though posted in 2002, it is a brilliant example of the his material. My congratulations to Nick for a job well done -- and to all the other winners as well."

Congratulations to each winner, who should sport the winner's logo on their websites soon. Check for the full story at
<http://www.glorantha.com/gta/best2001winners.html>. Certificates and other
prizes will be mailed out to them this summer.

HERE ARE THE TOP TWENTY GLORANTHA WEBSITES Issaries and the GTA also announce the Winners of the Top 20 Gloranthan Web Sites, as nominated and voted on by GTA members and observers.

  1. Wesley Quadros' Glorantha site III
  2. Nick Brooke's Etyries.com
  3. John Hughes' "Questlines"
  4. Peter Nordstrand's Hero Wars page
  5. David Dunham's Glorantha Page
  6. Bruce Ferrie's Glorantha Page
  7. James Frusetta's "Troll Wonderhome"
  8. Simon Phipp's RuneQuest/Glorantha Site
  9. Bo Rosen's "Arumbobo's Heroes"
  10. Efendi's "Liber ob Sciscitatora" (Japanese language)
  11. Malion's "TOME: The Book of Secrets of Glorantha" (Japanese language)
  12. Master Gollum's Glorantha Page (Spanish language)
  13. Multisim's official Hero Wars site (French language)
  14. Michael O'Brien's Glorantha Page
  15. Jamie Revell's "Trotsky"
  16. Jonas Schiott's "East Wilds" and Hero Wars pages
  17. Hiroki Shimizu's "Gathering Storm" (Japanese language)
  18. Kalikos (Finnish language)
  19. Steve Marsh's HeroQuest Home Page
  20. Ian Thomson's "Pavis"

(Duplicate numbers indicate ties.)

Congratulations to the winners. Soon an official Top Twenty Glorantha Website logo will be available for posting on those sites. As soon as full detail on the RPGHost Top Role Playing Game WebSites emerges, we will post that list too at <www.glorantha.com/gta/top20list.html>.

MISSED IN THE BEST OF GLORANTHA NOMINATIONS? I'll swear we missed one in both Best of Glorantha nominations. How about a Glorantha Skydome on line? Take a look at Mr. Tines' Gloranthan Planetarium (a Java Applet I cannot shut down); you can launch it from
<http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/1394/ephem.html>. It is on my list
for next year. Is it true that Nick Brooke built a standalone version earlier? And is Mr. Tines Nick's cat?

[Actually, Mr. Tines' applet was developed several years ago, and since then work on the applet has been continued by Alex Ferguson under the direction of Issaries, Inc. Issaries hopes to finish it eventually for the Issaries web site. For the moment, they heartily recommend the older version developed by Mr. Tines. It is truly wonderful.]

GTA MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
Welcome to the growing GTA Tribe. Those of you thinking about joining this loyal band should know that you can now make donations to Issaries via PayPal <www.paypal.com>; strange technologies to continue ancient ways. Donations can be sent via Paypal using <greg_at_...> as the recipient. If you are not yet a PayPal member, list that email address as your referrer to give Issaries additional benefits.

As of this newsletter the GTA has 2 Demi-Gods, 31 Heroes, 44 Runemasters, and 165 Initiates, for a total of 242 members. If you know anyone else who might want to join the Glorantha Tribe, either as an Observer or as a Member, please have them contact us at <gta_at_...>. This is also an ideal time to join the GTA, as all paid members will have their names listed in that book.

      New Heroes:        Richard "MIG" Meints
      New Runemasters:   Richard "Janus" Godard
      New Initiates:     Terry Harvey-Chadwick

Issaries would like to apologize to both Bryan Thexton and Malcolm Serabian, whose Initiate memberships were overlooked in the newsletter last summer. Bad Stephen, no cookie.

The Hero Wars must truly be upon us, for we are still missing many members, no doubt fighting the good fight against Chaotic Lunars or Rebellious Orlanthi (depending on their orientation). Although after our last newsletter five members were found struggling through the Endless Winter and were returned to the tribe, five of the searchers were themselves lost in the snow and ice. Woe to the tribe! If you know of a working email for any of the following members, please contact us at <gta_at_...> or ask them to email us:

   Laurent Deborde Anthony Dunn Michael Hill    Dan McCluskey Al Petterson Michael Pose    Phil Posehn Adrienne Ramsay Andrew Reichart    Don Walli Michael Zaitz

ORLANTH IS ALMOST DEAD! AND OTHER NEWS
Issaries Inc. has been having problems with layout (again), but Orlanth is Dead!, Volume 2 of the Sartar Rising campaign series, is almost done. Thanks to long-time Gloranthan fan Ben Monroe for stepping in to do the layout. It is at the printer now, and should be in the warehouse soon. Those who've seen it are very pleased with how it turned out, and hope you find it worth the wait.

Exactly what will come next is not 100% certain, but both Hero's Book and Imperial Lunar Handbook Volume One are nearing completion. (Hero's Book would have been out already but we wanted to ensure that it was compatible with HeroQuest's rules, and it has thus been delayed.) In addition, editorial work has started on Volume 3 of Sartar Rising. Issaries expects that all three books will be ready for layout in the next couple of months.

However, a new book has entered the line-up, whose working title is (appropriately) Working Class Heroes. This book of hero bands from the Dragon Pass area will take the hero band rules from HeroQuest (originally posted on the Issaries web site last summer) and put them into practice. Each of the twenty-seven bands is drawn from one of the Homelands featured in HeroQuest, thus allowing new players an immediate home for their heroes. This book has something for everyone: Donandar entertainers, Lunar tax collectors, draconic scholars, feuding healers, Imperial magicians, Geo's Inn, and the Slayers of Harrek. Work has progressed so quickly on this book that it is likely to appear before any of the above. Like Hero's Book and Imperial Lunar Handbook, this will be released as a supplement for HeroQuest, not Hero Wars.

Issaries, Inc. still lacks a release date for HeroQuest, but hopes to make an announcement soon. Work on the rules has been slower than expected due primarily to the complete refocusing and rewriting of original Hero Wars rulebook. Meantime you can take a look at the expanded HeroQuest FAQ available at <www.glorantha.com/news/HQ-FAQ.html>. If you have any questions that are not answered in this list, please do not hesitate to ask at <heroquest_at_...>.

Issaries, Inc. has decided to list ALL current GTA members in HeroQuest (except for Anonymous members, of course) regardless of their patronage choice. If you have been thinking of joining the GTA or upgrading your membership, now is the time to do it! Ensure that your name is enshrined forever in HeroQuest; go to <www.glorantha.com/gta> or email us at
<gta_at_...> for details on how to join or upgrade!

Thanks to everyone who has contacted us with new ideas, enthusiasm, good wishes, and the inevitable questions. Happy HeroQuesting!

SHORT PLUGS
After well over a year, King of Sartar is finally back in stock. The problem had to do with coordination between Issaries and Wizards Attic, and simply took some time to resolve. Those who back-ordered King of Sartar will receive it from Wizards Attic in due course, and those who want to can now order it either through the Wizards Attic web site
<www.wizards-attic.com/IssariesHeroFiction.html> or by calling them at
1-800-213-1493. Thanks to the efforts of Issaries Goldentongue, the Storm Tribe now has full control of this book, guaranteeing that the tribe will no longer run out of copies.

Mark Galeotti notes that a rather chilly Orlanth was the featured god of the month in June on the Issaries Orlanthi on-line store
<http://www.cafepress.com/orlanthi>, with a limited edition shirt and mug
available only for a few more days. We also have a frosted Minlister's tankard available for the summer, with more new gear coming soon. There is also a new Dark Troll joke if you follow the links to the Uz store. Yelmalio has joined the Lunar Pantheon in preparation for an all-out assault against Orlanth once Orlanth is Dead! is released. Check the Issaries CafePress.com site at <www.glorantha.com/products/cafepress.html> for information on the five official stores currently open. Also, this is your last chance to get Barbarian Adventures artwork on products, since all of the artwork on <http://www.cafepress.com/issaries> will change once Orlanth is Dead! is released.

If you're really quick and near England, you can make it to Convulsion C02 from July 19-21 at Digby Hall on the University of Leicester Campus. The convention committee promises LARPs, sitdown role playing, board games, seminars, sing-alongs, and maybe even a GTA party. The convention has a line up of Hero Wars and Runequest Glorantha, Call of Cthulhu, and Elric games. Meet the many, many guests of honor: John Hughes, Roderick Robertson, John Tynes, Peter Corless, Michael O'Brien, Ken Rolston, Martin Laurie, Mike Mason, Lawrence Whitaker, Simon Bray, Mark Galeotti, Nick Brooke, Kevin Jacklin, Jamie "Trotsky" Revell, Marcus L Rowland, Eric Rowe, Dan Steel, Ingo Tschinke, and Oliver Dickinson, creator of Griselda. See
<http://www.flar.demon.co.uk/co2/index.htm> for details.

Seen the new Glorantha Comic "Path of the Damned" yet? It's a 48 full color comic with an Orlanth story installment in Jonstown and a short story about a sorcerer in Pent. Tad pricey at 13 Euro but gorgeous and Glorantha and worth it. Ingo has a one-question "poll" to gather reaction:
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Tradetalk-info/surveys?id=909568>, but
you'll have to join the TradeTalk-Info maillist first, if you can stand the Yahoo ads. As of this writing, the poll responses were very positive. You might consider more questions than one, Ingo. How about "Would you like a more readable font in the speech balloons?"

Got my Tradetalk #10, the Wenelia and Ramalia special issue. With nifty info about the Mraloti, Slontos, the Arstola Forest, and suchlike, it will come in very handy. Also from <www.tradetalk.de> is promised Legacy of Pavis (all about the Cult of Pavis, the Flintnail Dwarves and more), for major credit cards online.

Unspoken Word has merged its magazine and book products (makes sense). UW2 - The Thieves' Arm (about Dragon Pass under Imperial Occupation: from bandit country to a mob war in Furthest) has been mailed. Got yours yet? I'm told it was well worth the wait: full of bandits, honorable thieves, cannibals, Pargites, and magic, with information from Greg Stafford about Lanbril, God of Thieves.

Hot on the heels of The Thieves' Arm comes "In Wintertop's Shadow: life and adventure among the Tarsh Exiles" by Ian Cooper, scheduled for release in July. This will be followed by "Imther: Edge of Empire" by Harald Smith and Martin Crim; and "The Far Place," articles and scenarios set in that turbulent region of Dragon Pass. You will probably get all three if your UW subscription reaches number 5. The Lunar Map, which got a lot of enthusiasm in the Best of Glorantha voting, is running low and won't be reprinted, so check <http://www.celtic-webs.com/theunspokenword/>. Me, I await Gloranthan Paper Heroes: the first set may be out by Convulsion (I hope).

Bruce Ferrie's Hero Wars scenario, The Wooing of Enerin and Maniski, in the just released Valkyrie #24 is worth tracking down. It is a fully developed scenario in six scenes, with stats for six narrator characters and Riaassha the Wheat Queen. Way to go Bruce!

Although Issaries, Inc. will not have a booth at Origins this year, Greg Stafford will be there as a guest of honor of the convention. Despite the arduous duties they have given them, Greg has heroically managed to schedule some time for HeroQuest events. Go to
<http://www.glorantha.com/tribes/schedule.html> for details.

Also, at both Origins and GenCon, Michael Schwartz will be running a series of six HeroQuest scenarios. (Yes, he will be using the then-current draft of the new rules.) The Unspoken Word has generously provided prizes for these events in the form of several copies of the gorgeous Lunar Map mentioned elsewhere in this newsletter. If you want to score a new map, see how the new rules are shaping up, or just have some fun colonizing Dragon Pass and defending your clan, check out these events. You can go to
<http://www.glorantha.com/tribes/events.html> for details on the events and
times for both conventions.

SHORT TAKES
Mything Links is a concordance of Gloranthan stories, recently build by Oliver Berneutz at
<http://www.geocities.com/bernuetz/mything/mything.html>. This page
contains myths and stories by David Dunham, Nick Brook, John Hughes, Michael O'Brien, Ian Cooper, Mike Dawson, Oliver Dickinson, Guy Jobbins, Peter Larsen, Roderick Robertson, Harald Smith, Dag St�lhandske, and others. Now over 105 entries are cross referenced by region, title, author, and topic.

Mythic maps of the West are on show at
<http://issaries.com/new/fan/maps.html#westmyth>. Thanks to Jamie Revell.
Nice work with Campaign Cartographer, Jamie!

I hope everyone had a great time at Tentacles, which ran May 17 to May 20 at Castle Stahleck, Germany. Thanks to Issaries Inc, Chaosium Inc, Pegasus Spiele, Der Spieleladen, and Hannover Spielt for sponsoring it; to Fabian Kuechler for coordination; and a GTA toast to guests Greg Stafford, Loz Whitaker, Simon Bray, Jeff Richard, Roderick Robertson, Nick Brooke, and Rick Meints.

Iwasaki Moto has a Japanese site collecting Glorantha map links that don't need Japanese to find or to use, though Latin helps. Follow the Mappae Collectivarum link on
<http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ty2m-iwsk/rq/registra/registrum02.html>.

Issaries, Inc. has finally finished the first in a new series of fonts for HeroQuest. If you're one of the many fans of Gloranthan documents on the web that want or would benefit from the Gloranthan fonts in their new avatar, attend to <http://www.glorantha.com/hw/fonts.html>. HeroQuest Core Runes is available both as a TrueType font for Windows and as a suitcase for the Macintosh, so almost everyone should be able to use it. Issaries does ask that people not make any modifications to this font, but otherwise people are free to pass it on as they wish; the above-mentioned page has an appropriate copyright statement. In addition to the 30 Core Runes, this font also contains runes for all of the major Gloranthan pantheons; runes for the most common affinities, spirits, and other magical abilities; and several brand new runes. A Word document is also available that maps keystrokes to runes. Additional fonts will follow as Stephen Martin has time to complete them, probably beginning with Orlanth, Ernalda, and Storm Tribe fonts.

Digital Glorantha is a Yahoo discussion group dedicated to the creation of artwork, maps, 3D models, and virtual environments for Glorantha, using software such as Poser, Bryce, Vue d'ESprit, Lightwave, VRML, and whatever graphics program you can afford. It's a friendly, low-volume forum where you can swap ideas, models, and props, show off your latest creations, ask for technical or creative assistance, and jointly plan epic 3-D projects. For further information, visit the Glorantha 3D home page at
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Glorantha3D/>.

MINIATURES, MINIATURES, AND MORE MINIATURES GTA Observers have one benefit that paid members do not -- every few months, when we send out the Observers newsletter, Issaries, Inc. and the GTA hold a drawing and give away a prize. (Tell me again guys, why do we leave out the senior members?)

This time around, the drawing was for two complete sets of the first Gloranthan Classics miniatures. The lucky winners are Jonathan Jacobs (despite his invocation of the hated Shepelkirt) and Tuomas Palosaari. This time around, we will be awarding a copy of either Gloranthan Classics volume 1 (Pavis & Big Rubble) or volume 2 (Griffin Mountain) from Moon Design Productions. If you know someone who would like to keep up on all happenings Gloranthan, and maybe score a free prize sometime, have them contact us at <gta_at_...> with the message "Add Observer" in the subject line so that we can add them to the list of almost 1000 Observers.

There are now TWO sets of Gloranthan Classic Miniatures available from Discount Hobby. These miniatures are the 25th anniversary recasting of the original Gloranthan figures released by Archive Miniatures from 1976-1980. These are all in lead-free white metal, with characters and creatures from White Bear & Red Moon, Nomad Gods, and RuneQuest. Replace your Walktapus that got crushed so long ago! You can order by mail from Discount Hobby, 2376 W. Michigan Avenue, Battle Creek, Mi. 49017 USA. Orders can be placed by fax, internet, or check, with payment in US funds; you can even pay using Paypal. See <www.discounthobby.com> or contact Johnny Lauck at
<JDLAUCK_at_...> for details on these and many other miniatures.

Although they have not been released quite as quickly as Issaries, Inc. had hoped, the brand new Gloranthan miniatures from Lance & Laser look awesome! The first few are available through Wizards Attic
<www.wizards-attic.com/LanceLaser.html> or directly from Lance & Laser
<www.lanceandlaser.com>, and more are on the way. In addition to Heortling
heroes, Lunar vexillae, and shadowy Uz, forthcoming figures include dexterous dragonewts, Chaos monstrosities, and even several different types of mermen. Anyone planning to collect them all?

A PARTNERSHIP: GLORANTHA AND THE CHAOSIUM DIGEST As everyone knows, Glorantha originally sprang from Chaos. Similarly, Issaries, Inc. came forth from Chaosium, Inc. and Glorantha would not be what it is today without the efforts of the staff and fans of that mother company. One of the mainstays of Chaosium, Inc. nowadays is the Chaosium Digest, which unlike the Glorantha Digest is a digest-format "newsletter" containing news, scenarios, and articles for Chaosium games. It relies upon email submissions for all of its content.

Issaries, Inc. and the GTA would like to extend a special thank you to The Chaosium Digest. This newsletter is dedicated to Chaosium games, but has always included our press releases, announcements, and even GTA Observer newsletters in their mailings, no matter how long they are. In addition to featuring material on current Chaosium games, the coordinator is more than willing to accept material for former Chaosium properties. Like Glorantha. Just as they support Glorantha, please support them, even if only current Chaosium games are eligible for their quarterly prize. Have a great scenario you plan to put on the Issaries web site or submit to a magazine? Why not send it to the Chaosium Digest at the same time. This will allow the Digest to come out more often, will showcase your talents and expose Glorantha to another audience, and will show appreciation for the Digest's dedication to Glorantha. Contact <GOBACKSTAGE_at_...> for more information, details on submitting material, or enrolling. Let's show them that this is a partnership that we appreciate. (People with articles and scenarios on the Issaries web site can also send them to the Chaosium Digest.)

NEW EMAIL SELF-MANAGER FOR THE GTA
Issaries is moving the GTA email lists to reduce the work involved in sending out GTA Dispatches and Newsletters. In addition, this will allow GTA members and observers to manage for themselves how they receive notifications. After the list is initialized, you will be invited to change your initial password and thereafter to set or reset your mailing preferences. Unless you're an Observer, however, you will still need to contact <gta_at_...> to change your address or unsubscribe (we're working on this negative feature). We expect the move to take place shortly after you receive this.

Because of feedback from several GTA members after the last newsletter, we have decided not to move to YahooGroups or any other public listserver. Graham Robinson was one of several people who offered us space. We accepted Graham's offer because his rpglist.org is already the home of the Glorantha-digest and Glorantha-board lists. Issaries, Inc. will still maintain the databases, but will use the rpglist.org tools to send out GTA emails. Names and other information about GTA members will not be stored in the rpglist.org database, only email addresses and GTA rank. No one besides the list administrators (GTA Steward Mark Leymaster, Webmaster Nils Weinander, and Issaries Inc) can even see the email addresses, so your privacy and anonymity (as appropriate) will be preserved.

Only a few people will be able to post directly to the lists, so there should be no spam. If you want to suggest a posting, contact
<gta_at_...>. Please feel free to express your opinions about this
move to <gta_at_...>. Technical questions are better sent to Graham directly at <graham_at_...>.

ISSARIES' ONLINE POLICY FOR ART, COPYRIGHTS, AND TRADEMARKS Issaries, Inc. thanks the Tribe and all for respecting its copyrights and trademarks. They've asked us all to revise the notices on websites to the following:

   "Glorantha and the Glorantha Trading Association are trademarks of     Issaries, Inc. HeroQuest and Hero Wars are trademarks of Issaries,     Inc. Issaries, Inc. is a registered trademark of Issaries, Inc."

Issaries was asked about use of its artwork besides the runes, and replied that they cannot give blanket approval to use all artwork (in many cases, they do not have the rights to grant). However, Issaries is pleased to now allow use of Simon Bray's wonderful Heortling Art, the Best of Glorantha 2001, on non-commercial web sites. Use of these images must be in accordance with the following rules:

  1. Only the images at
    <http://www.herowars.com/new/art/art_heortling.html> may be used in this
    manner. No other images from this site may be used without express permission from Issaries, Inc, apart from the "Best of Glorantha" award logos used by winners.
  2. No more than three of these images may be used on a single web page. There is no limit to the number that can be used on an individual site as long as this restriction is followed.
  3. Each image must link back to
    <www.HeroWars.com/new/art/art_heortling.html>, <www.HeroWars.com>, or
    <www.glorantha.com>, or <www.issaries.com>.
  4. Each page that includes any of these images must contain the trademark notice indicated in the Issaries online policy as well as the following copyright notice:

   "The Orlanthi deity images by Simon Bray used on this page are copyright     (c) 2000-2002 by Issaries, Inc. and are used with permission."

If any of these images are used on any page on the site, this same notice must also appear with the trademark notice on the site's main page or main Glorantha page.

   5. These images may not be cropped or altered in any way, other than to resize them as needed.

   6. Use of the images must be in accordance with the rest of the online policy, which can be found at
<http://www.glorantha.com/tribes/online-policy.html>.

PARTING SHOT
I really enjoy the reissue of the Glorantha miniature figures from Discount Hobby. They recall for me the cardboard pieces from White Bear & Red Moon, later reified as small sculptures in the first appearance of the cast figures, some time ago. Clearly time to complete my set.

But I also remember table top gaming large scale combats too, and wonder whether we'll see operational miniatures rules, perhaps to go with the dandy work on the Lunar Army by Martin Laurie? I've been tracking a mention of skirmish rules development (maybe with larger scale) from Roderick Robertson, <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Glorwar>. Roderick says he's going to bring figures and run a skirmish game at Convulsion like he did at Tentacles. Let us know how it goes. The rules are updated from time to time, and can be downloaded from that Yahoo site.

Heck, I'd be pleased to run a decent set of mass combat rules with "pasteboard regiments" (perhaps using the forthcoming Gloranthan Paper Heroes) if the artists of this tribe are interested in helping. Let me know and I'll report on developments next time.

Hawkbear aka Mark Leymaster

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