Alex Ferguson
I'm not sure about the needing to ask permission thing, I felt it prudent
(bearing in mind what happened to [yet another Dan] Prentice who was
threatened with legal action by Avalon Hill. (I hope you've got a lot of
pipes, Alex ;) ) Chaosiana wasn't just RQ, it was supposed to be for ALL
Chaosium games (including at least one article per ish on an OOP game). RQ
was only a minor bit as we knew better than to meddle with that kettle of
fish. You would have thought that they'd be a bit more forthcoming with a
mag dedicated solely to their games.
Martin Laurie
Yep, you're completely right about the way armies organise - that's why I
feel that the Lunar Army should be all conquering (with the exception of
James Frusetta's trolls) because they're a proper combined arms force. If
you equate magicians to tanks (high firepower, but brittle) then the lunar
college of magic regiments is the way to go (cf Guderian), they also have
quality heavy infantry (the phalanxes) quality cavalry (Char-un and the
Grazers they hire) and elite skirmishers (thunder delta slingers). What
more could they possibly need? The only thing that would crucify the Lunars
would be over expansion and that they seem to be coping with admirably with
their 'assimilate the local gods' routine - just as the Christians did all
them years ago.
And you're also right about points of opinion, I agree completely. I just thought I'd like to give the 'let the good guys win' a go. But I will keep that separate from 'the official version of events', as it were.
I just get annoyed when people do the 'I know more than you about Glorantha because I've read everything there is twice and you haven't' attitude which appears occassionally. The root problem stems from the fact that history must be subjective because of the way people interpret things - this can be seen in the digest in the way that people argue and counter argue a point and then realise that what they thought someone said, they didn't actually say.
All hail the preaching moon and hurrah for Sheffcon 4 starting tomorrow.
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