Re: The Scale of Glorantha

From: ttrotsky2 <TTrotsky_at_oLRZfoT3FDGI95Ml7SRfeSL76tkSEotXsg_MNSiedMtin2yr33IIKXSMSdKhebAGSIu>
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:23:07 -0000

>
> It is good to get some clarity on this issue. As it says on the blog
> some of the scales on the published maps are way out. On an earlier
> post Greg wrote:
>
> "Measuring from just south of Wilmskirk to the edge of Snakepipe
> Hollow, Sartar is approximately 125 miles, and from the Marsh to the
> edge of Prax, about 100 miles." and also: "The breadth of the Lunar
> Empire is supposed to be approximately 1000 miles by 1000 miles."
>
> This is the guide I have used on maps since then e.g. at
> http://www.halberdgames.com/Glorantha.htm

When I checked with Greg to make sure I was using the canonical scale for LotW2 and 3, I was told to use a scale that's quite radically different from the one now in use. I had to go through and change everything (ironically, from a scale pretty close to the latest one!) and now I'll have to change it all over again. Sigh.

Not that I can blame Moon Design for this - it's quite right that they pick a uniform scale for everyone, and this one is probably closer to what most people use than the one I was told to employ. But such is life as a Glorantha writer :)

-- 
Trotsky
Gamer and Skeptic

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