The 100 Word Essay is Back? from mob on 1998-10-05 (Glorantha Digest Vol 06)

From: mob <mob_at_bayswater.schnet.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 09:41:24 +0500

G'day all,

The 100 Word Essay is Back?

So it's back again (at LA I remember I was told it had been dropped).

Shannon:

>Subtext: yes, the descriptive form of character creation still exists
>and will continue to exist in Orlanthi likelihood.

OK, knocking together a 100 word character description might not bother us old Gloranthan hacks, but if anything, *anything* is likely to break first-time gamers or even keen Gloranthan newbies into a cold sweat, it'd be the thought of just this. I'm not saying drop the idea - I actually think it's a good one (as an adjunct to the other method of character generation) - - but if I were Chaosium I wouldn't make a big deal of it: "Oh yeah, I've heard of Hero Wars. That's that game where they expect you to sit down and write a fucking essay before you can play." Try getting high school kids or college students interested if they've heard that!

Hey, just my opinion,

MOB

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