Re: Question(s)--(where to start a game)

From: Mike Dawson <mdawson_at_...>
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 14:34:15 -0000

> If you were new to Glorantha, and wanted to start a campaign for people who have
had no exposure to Glorantha, but had access to all published Gloranthan settings (official or unofficial),
>
> 1) Which one, if any, would you choose?
> 2) If you chose NOT to go with a previously-established Gloranthan setting, which
non-published area would you go with?

I think the biggest variable here is the confidence and experience of the narrator, and that would really change my answer.

For the newish and or unconfident, Barbarian Adventures into Orlanth is Dead is the way to go. More than enough info at all levels, and enough actual material that you can be sure that there'll be more material out before you run out of written scenarios. If I started a BA game today, I could easily manage 2 years of real play from start to the Battle of Iceland.

If I was advising a more experienced GM, I'd reccomend something more like what I did before on this list. A brand new "blank land" ish kind of place where the setting lends itself to the Heroes AND the players matching in their lack of knowledge about the world. That way as the heroes find things out in game, the players do to. Keeps the narrator from having to assign homework to the players.

Mike
http://differentgames.onestop.net/