Fwd: Re: White Bear & Red Moon map

From: Stephen P. Martin <glorantha-board_at_rpglist.org>
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 10:41:38 -0800


Hi All,

A message that fell through the cracks in my email. In October, someone mentioned that Sartar is shaped like a bear in the WB&RM and/or Dragon Pass boardgame maps. Here is Greg's response:

> > One person noted some of the intentional "designs" in the maps -- the cow
> > in the Eiritha Hills, the circular nature of the Glowline on the Dragon
> > Pass map, etc. That same person pointed out that Sartar (the orange section
> > on the color DP map) looks like a bear. Given the early association of
> > Harrek and the white bear with the WB&RM game, the general consensus is
> > that shaping Sartar to look like a bear was intentional. It even looks like
> > the Exiles' area around Wintertop is the bear's claw.
> >
> > Is this true? Was this intentional when first mapping out Sartar and
> > Wintertop?
>
>Wow. I would like to take credit and say yes, but in fact this seems to be
>entiely new to me. I don't have the map and can't visualize the bear,
>even. But if it is so, it must hae been my genius subscionscous working to
>make the title of the game visible. :)

Cheers,

Stephen

Stephen Martin
<administrator_at_glorantha.com>
Issaries, Inc., publisher of HeroQuest, Roleplaying in Glorantha P.O. Box 272914 Concord, CA 94527
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