Thanks to all for your advice.
As my company decided to pay my salary earlier this month I just made the jump and bought the PDF to start with. The book will have to wait a little.
And yes I'm really a fan of the Heortlings.
Manuel
>
> Douglas Seay wrote:
> >
> > Two years doesn't matter that much for a source book, does it? For the
> > adventures, sure. But not so much for how to play a Heortling in
> > Sartar.
> >
> Wouldn't seem so. Pre-invasion would be the only significant difference,
> I would think, and even then not so much.
>
> > The main difference seems the rules, especially with HQ1's
> > focus on subcults, and HQ2 focus on runes. I haven't noticed any glaring
> > differences so far, and it just adds to the YGWV.
> >
> *nod* This does seem a major shift, however.
> >
> >
> > > The Whitewall book (coming out late next year after Guide to
> > Glorantha - sorry, I can only work on one book at a time) massively
> > expands upon the material in the SR campaign and cover the years
> > 1620-1625 in the style of the Great Pendragon Campaign.
> >
> > Then scrap all effort any wasted on Prax or Pavis and get going on this
> > ASAP. I'm far more interested in hairy barbarians than unwashed nomads.
> >
> > :-)
> >
>
> While Whitewall would be fun, I'd actually like getting the nomads since
> I haven't seen them since I found Glorantha with HQ1. :)
> >
> >
> > > Cults are presented quite differently in SKH but the material is
> > broadly compatible. However, TR and ST are out of print and are not
> > relied upon or refered to in future releases.
> >
> > Eh. Isn't part of the magic of Glorantha hunting down out-of-print
> > works?
> >
> Magic? I wouldn't use that word. :-)
> >
> > Obscure references mentioned once in some fan press have been
> > around as long as I have. That is part of the power of Peter Metcalfe's
> > vast knowledge of Glorantha. If everything is in print, he might be out
> > of a job.
> >
> I sometimes think Glorantha would benefit from a "re-imagining" along
> the lines of BSG. :-)
>
>
> >
> > > Definitely wait until you get SKH. Although it is based on the one
> > in King of Dragon Pass (as was the one in OiD), the SKH clan
> > questionaire is specifically designed for the new HQ2 community
> > resource rules.
> >
> > I agree 100% with Jeff on this one. I really liked the questionnaire
> > and clan generation in S:KoH. I have nothing against the older ones,
> > but I do think this is better.
> >
> > -
> >
> I've heard this from a number of places, actually. So that seems pretty
> much a no-brainer. :)
>
>
> LC
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