> I think playing a game in which you presume to controll the
> actions of your gods, or even those of others, would be
> regarded as extreme hubris.
>>
A more serious objection IMO is that if one side is Orlanth and the
thunderbrothers, who does the opponent play? The Emperor and his minions?
Chaos? I can't think of any opponents that a heortling would _want_ to step
into the shoes of, however metaphorically. It's possible that both players
are Orlanth, but I think that's too weird for most orlanthi. So I feel a
more reasonable idea is that the pieces represent conflicting clans - a
concept close to the hearts of all heortlings.
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The two sidescan easily portray different Thunder Brothers, or the Earth and Storm families, not necessarily a "true" enemy of the storm tribe.
Hmm, a chess game where each piece has it's own special power - The Vanganth piece can fly to any position on the board, unless the Kadone piece grounds it...
RR
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