Hi Ian, hi all,
Ian, I'd visited your site a couple of times but hadn't actually
twigged there was a Red Cow pdf for download - doh! I've just
downloaded it - looks excellent. Interesting your campaign actually
takes place at appx the same time mine does (1605+), so I shall be
happily pillaging your Maboder / Telmori source material for my own
games - many thanks!
I think from what I've heard it's worth trying to put a site
together, so I think I'll give it a whirl (famous last words -
probably take ages to pull together now I've said it!). I hope the
dearth of new material (and the Red Cow book looks like a splendid
exception) will not continue and people will start "publishing" again
(it's kinda weird to think of bunging something up on your website
as "publishing", especially when it's a couple of excel spreadsheets
or a dodgy handwritten map scan, but there ya go!). I've been with
Glorantha since appx 1980 (ouch!), and I remember *vividly* how
important the web, fan sites, and the hardcopy fanzines were during
the Dark Nineties to keeping Glorantha alive!
Cheers all,
Sarah
- In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, Ian Cooper
<ian_hammond_cooper_at_...> wrote:
>
> >>Would I be correct in thinking that the lack of any published
Gloranthan material whatsoever - fanzine, UW (pdf or no), or
official - over the past year or two (when was Men of the Sea?) is
all tied into the fan policy issue also? <<
>
> I released Red Cow PDF after the FPP, and that was a lot of fan
material - more than a fanzine or UW publication.
>
> http://iancooper.brinkster.net/glorantha/sartar/redcow/redcow.html
>
> Because I wanted to add a downloadable PDF I opted for a formal
licence - you will note that Red Cow carries the Boldhome Press
logo. So it can be said that I didn't even opt for the simplest
possible licence when I applied.
>
> The process was pain-free. Turn around takes a little time - about
a month in my case - but I expected that. It may be much shorter for
a website. Plan accordingly.
>
> I don't re-request for updating the site. I don't need to re-
request for fixing errors in the PDF. If I wanted to add significant
new content I would then apply.
>
> I don't have any concerns about how my IP is being handled and I
will be happy to follow the process again
>
> IIRC somebody else has released under the Boldhome Press logo
since I have. I think they claimed they were the first, but who is
keeping score ;-)
>
> HTH,
>
> Ian Cooper
>