Re: Re: Travel Narratives in Glorantha

From: Lev Lafayette <lev_lafayette_at_...>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 15:53:50 -0800 (PST)

> In message
> <693495.47131.qm_at_...> Jane
> Williams writes:
> >John:
> >
> >> > >These limitations are worth stating explictly.
> >> > Among them are
> >> > >Glorantha's simplistic and unreflexive view of
> >> > religion (albeit, one
> >> > >shared by many western roleplaying games), its
> >> > over-reliance on an
> >> > >universalistic and discredited model of
> mythology
> >> > (Campbell) that denies
> >> > >much of what is interesting about real
> >> mythological processes, its
> >> > >creeping essentialism, gender bias, and deeply
> >> > conservative 'boys own' seventies masculism.
> >
> >Lev:
> >> I must say I reject this paragraph in toto.
> >
> >I'd been staring at it and wondering about it, too.
> It
> >isn't often I disagree with John.
>
> That's a misattibution. The paragraph was actually
> by
> David Cake.

I think you may be mistaken.

Dave Cake's post
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/33404

John Hughes's post
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/33401

HTH, Lev



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