wrote:
> --- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, Mikko Rintasaari
<mikrin_at_u...> wrote:
>
> > The only thing that really rubs me the wrong way about HQ is the
> > profound silliness and flippantness of the play-examples. The
characters
> > don't seem very Gloranthan at all, and are very superfiscial in
depth.
>
> Now that you mention it, I agree strongly. I just HATE that damn
teshnan surfer-wannabe.
>
> The puma-man who wants to become "a real live boy" pisses me off
too,
> but then I have a pet peeve about any story that involves someone
who
> is already more than human (Data, for example) setting their
goals so
> low as to only want to become human.
>
> Mike Dawson
Anyone else notice that Glorantha somehow manages to have a
reputation for being both too serious ("you need a degree in
anthropology to play!") and too humorous ("it's got Ducks!") at the
same time?
Mark Mohrfield