Re: Re: Do the rules determine the nature of Glorantha?

From: Gerald Bosch <gbosch_at_...>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:52:52 -0400

I undertand completely... I'm just saying I'm not sure you will ever get the sort of answers you are looking for. Certainly there is no reason not to ask The Powers That Be (insofar as they exist), and they may even come up with a "canonical" answer, but they might not. I think that a lot of things that might be pinned down in other settings are going to be left to each narrator's individual choice in Glorantha. Also, the "canon" keeps changing. Do you remember the Elmal/Yelmalio thing? Finally, the rules themselves allow for so much variety, and there are so many individual exceptions, that there is only a limited amount that can be extrapolated from them about Gloranthan "reality."

On the other hand, what do I know? I didn't write any of this stuff, and my one fan-boy contribution really sucked.

Gerald Bosch

Andrew Dawson wrote:

> While I agree that there is no need to pin down all details of the one
> true
> Glorantha, I am approaching HQ at cons as a missionary. I would like to
> communicate the rules, including the intended/unintended
> repercussions, in
> a consistent manner so as to attract new gamers to Glorantha. Other
> fantasy
> games are the competition, so I would prefer to push the interesting
> setting (especially the real pervasiveness of magic) and the interesting
> game system. I will avoid the wishy-washy YGVW explanation; that's for
> after the introduction.
>
> For my own games, the details of how Glorantha should work are
> interesting,
> but not necessary. For example, unless I see a convincing, reasoned
> argument for the bait-and-switch approach of enticing heroes to start
> with
> common magic, spend resources on it, and then drop it to pursue the
> really
> interesting magic, I'm not going to have this IMG. (While not a
> problem for
> the inhabitants of Glorantha, this is going to irritate a certain portion
> of players.) However, I find it relevant whether big established churches
> are more effective than small new churches in the West, so I'm waiting on
> more information. IMO, the difference in effectiveness of large and small
> congregations has a huge impact on how to portray Western society.
>
> Regardless of these issues, I'll be running HQ games at conventions the
> next two weekends.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
> At 05:26 PM 9/24/2003 +0000, Gerald Bosch wrote:
> >The problem, of course, is that this might limit the appeal of HQ if a
> >person sits in on a game at a con and they don't like the approach of
> >that narrator, or they might be confused by sitting in on more than
> >one game. The trade-off is a real diversity that allows for a million
> >different Gloranthas.
>
>
>
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