Cameos and kid's games

From: Sergio Mascarenhas <sermasalmeida_at_mail.telepac.pt>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 16:05:14 +0100


Jane Williams:
>Then in the same gem of a Digest we have Sergio's "cameos". Wow. If that's

> what you call a cameo, I'd love to see your idea of a scenario, or even a
> campaign!

I have a confession to make: I really didn't know what was a cameo. I saw you people using the term both in GD and in zines, and figured-out that it meant something like a short description of a scenario hook. Like an abstract. And I also figured out that the term 'cameo' should be one of those words used by obscure communities (like IT people), so I didn't check my dictionnaire. After reading your comment, I decided to pick it up, and bang, here it is: "cameo - short piece of writing describing a character or a situation (...)". Lazyness doesn't pay.

> Consider both of them adopted.

Good you liked-it. In fact, the first is the basis of a full story I created... in my mind. I've got to put it on paper. But writing all those words... and in english...

> I doubt if I could run them as they stand due to a lack of female
players,

I guess I'll face the oposite problem within a couple of years. I mean, I don't play Glorantha now, but when HW comes out and I get my hands on it I'll try to start a campaign. My problem is that I will likely have more female players than male players.

> but as situations for the party to run into they'd be great.

I guess that the MGF will be when the I-swear-by-my-sword characters (and players) find themselves in a context where they must act within a feminine worldview ("Control yourself lad. What's that sword doing here? You want shelter and food? Work for it. And I don't mean boasting around your manhood, I mean *useful* work. Drop the lance and pick the fork.").

David Dunham:
> It's really no different from the Cowboys & Indians problem (apologies if
> something different is played in Europe -- it's where you point your
finger
> at your friend and yell, "Bang! I got you!" and he replies "Did not!")

Kids used to play Cowboys & Indians in Europe, at least here in Portugal. I wrote 'used' because my references date to 20 years ago. I don't know about present-day kids. Maybe they play Dragonball Z... Anyway, when I was ten, there was a revolution in my country that finished with a 5-decades long right wing dictatorship. In the following couple of years the communist party had a lot of power. So, we stoped playing Cowboys & Indians and started to play Communists & Fascists.

In Gloranthan terms it could go this way:

(Somewhere in Boldhome, 161x)

"Let's play Sartar & Lunars. I'm Sartar, you're the lunar." "No, not again! I always play the lunar. Can't I play the good guys, at least for once?"
"It's not my fault if you always loose, and you know that the looser plays the lunars."

(Enters Mumm)

"I told you NOT to play THAT game again."

(After a momment)

"Let's play Wind & Darkness. I'm Wind, you're Darkness"...

Sergio


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